Selected Publications and Presentations

Publications

Brodey, B.B., McMullin, D., Ainsworth, A.T., Stonerock, G.L., Burnet, J.E., and Brooks-DeWeese, A. (under review).  Development of an item set for depression using item response theory.  Psychological Assessment.

Whitehead, K., Ainsworth, A. T., Wittig, M. A., and Gadino, B. (in press).  Implications of ethnic identity strength and ethnic identity exploration for intergroup attitudes among adolescents.  Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Wittig, M. A., Molina, L. E., Giang, M. T., & Ainsworth, A. (2007).  Responding to racial/ethnic diversity:  A mutual acculturation model of prejudice reduction.  In R. Brown, D. Capozza, & O. Licciardello (Eds.), Proceedings of the Conference on the Contact Hypothesis and Immigrant Acculturation.  Rome: Franco Angeli, Publishers.

Morizot, J., Ainsworth, A.T., & Reise, S.P. (2007). Toward modern psychometrics: Application of item response theory models in personality research. In R.W. Robins, R.C. Fraley, & R.F. Krueger (Eds.), Handbook of research methods in personality psychology (pp. 407-423). Guilford Press.

Reise, S. P., Meijer, R. R., Ainsworth, A. T., Morales, L. S., and Hays, R. D. (2006).  Application of group-level item response models in the evaluation of health plan quality.  Multivariate Behavioral Research, 41(1), 85-102.

Reise, S.P., Ainsworth, A.T. and Haviland, M.G. (2005).  Item Response Theory: Fundamentals, applications, and promise in psychological research.  Current Directions in Psychology, 14(2), 95-101.

Wittig, M. A., Molina, L., Smurda, J., Ainsworth, A., & Despues, D. (1999). Prejudice, stereotyping, and discrimination: Research funding priorities. Report funded by and submitted to the Ford Foundation.

Ainsworth, A. T., Wittig, M. W. and Rabinowitz, J. L. (in preparation).  A comparative test of an acculturation model of prejudice in two multicultural education programs.

Presentations:

Ainsworth, A.T., Wittig, M.A. and Rabinowitz, J. (2006).  Generalization of the Mutual Acculturation Model of Prejudice Reduction. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Biennial Convention, Long Beach, California, CA.

Ainsworth, A. T. (2005).  A comparison of the ML and MUML approaches in two-level covariance structure analysis.  Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology Annual Conference, Lake Tahoe, CA.

Wittig, M. A., Molina, L., & Giang, M. A, Ainsworth, A.T. (2004). Mutual acculturation model of intergroup prejudice reduction.  Invited plenary address, International Conference on the Contact Hypothesis and Immigrant Acculturation, University of Catania, Sicily, Italy.

Wittig, M. A., Ainsworth, A., & Molina, L. (2002).  Relative utility of common ingroup identity and acculturation models of intergroup bias reduction.  European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, San Sebastian, Spain.

Ainsworth, A. & Wittig, M. (2002, May). Ethnic group differences in a mediational model of prejudice reduction. Poster will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Ruzicka, A., Ainsworth, A., Galvez, G., & Wittig, M. (2002, May). Change in acculturation strategy following a prejudice reduction program. Poster will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Galvez, G., Ainsworth, A., & Wittig, M. (2002, May). Majority and minority acculturation strategy preferences and change following intervention. Poster will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Ghovanloonia, B., Ainsworth, A., & Wittig, M. (2002, May). Changes in Ethnic Identity, Outgroup Orientation, and Affective Bias among racial groups. Poster will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Miramontez, D., Galvez, G., Ainsworth, A. & Wittig, M. (2002, May). Educational aspirations as a predictor of acculturation among ninth graders. Poster will be presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Irvine, CA.

Ainsworth, A., Molina, L., Banks, H. D., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Factor analytic structure of predictors of affective intergroup prejudice. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI.

Molina, L., Ainsworth, A., Galvez, G., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Test of two mediational models of intergroup prejudice reduction. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI.

Galvez, G., Ainsworth, A., Molina, L., & Wittig, M. A. (2001, May). Acculturation strategy preferences and change between majority and minority groups. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI.

Despues, D., Molina, L., Ainsworth, A., Banks, H., Wittig, M. A. (2001, February). Test of an acculturation model of affective intergroup bias. Poster was presented at the annual meeting of Society of Personality and Social Psychology, San Antonio, Texas.