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Research Overview
As a graduate student, I have been able to blend my interests in biology and medicine with social psychological theories and traditions. The result is a research track primarily devoted to the prediction and change of health behaviors. To date I have conducted meta-analyses on the prevention and cessation of smoking, the efficacy of safer sex interventions, and the psychological antecedents most predictive of condom use and exercise. In addition, I recently defended my master’s thesis, which was a primary-level study examining the structure and function of forty-eight different behaviors, many of which are health-related. The purpose of the study was to determine the necessary components for the formation of habits and intentions.
I also am keenly interested in the development and application of innovative statistical techniques, including the refinement of appropriate methodologies for structural equation modeling of meta-analytic data, longitudinal modeling, multilevel modeling, and linear/logistic regression analyses.
Education
M.A., University of Connecticut, 2005 (psychology)
B.A., Purdue University, 2003 (psychology and French)
Featured Publications
Boynton, M. B., (2006). The Role of Behavioral Complexity in the Prediction and Modeling of Automatic and Deliberative Behaviors. Unpublished manuscript.
Boynton, M. B., Kalichman, S. C., Simbayi, L. C. (2006). Understanding the role of religiousness versus spirituality in predicting safer sex behavior in a South African context. Manuscipt in development.
Johnson, B. T., & Boynton, M. B. (2006). The psychology of cigarette smoking: A research synthesis of studies using the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior. Unpublished manuscript.
Johnson, B. T., Boynton, M. B., & Albarracín, D. (2006). When spontaneity is dangerous – rethinking the role of intentions in condom use: a meta-analysis. Manuscript in development.
Petkova, K., Boynton, M. B., Johnson, B.T. (2006). A research synthesis examining academic achievement. Manuscript in development.
Boynton, M. B. (2004, June). SPSSI 2004 Conference Health Track Summary. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues convention in Washington D.C. (Kay B. Deaux, Chair).
Boynton, M. B., Johnson, B. T., & Albarracín. D. (2004, February). Attitudes can impact behavior directly: A meta-analytic comparison of spontaneous versus deliberative condom use. Poster presentation at the 5th annual conference of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology, Austin, TX.
Boynton, M. B., Johnson, B. T., & Hebert, K. (2005, May). The past matters: Using the theory of planned behavior to examine the influence of past behavior on future smoking behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association. Chicago, IL.
Johnson, B. T., & Boynton, M. B. (2005, July). Intentionally- vs. attitudinally-driven social behavior in deliberative vs. spontaneous contexts. In H. Plessner & J. Halberstadt (Convenors), “Intuition in social judgment and decision making” symposium, 14th general meeting of the European Association of Experimental Social Psychology, Würzburg, Germany.
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