Masculinity and Culture of Honor (MACH) Lab
Education
Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2020
M.S., Oklahoma State University, 2017
B.S., University of Wisconsin – La Crosse, 2013
Academic Positions
2024-present Academic Professional Lecturer of Psychology, University of Wyoming
2023-2024 Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma State University
2020-2023 Assistant Professor of Psychology, Towson University
Research Interests
My research broadly examines gender norms within cultures of honor, with a specific focus on how masculinity norms and features of honor cultures (e.g., firearm accessibility) impact mental health and suicide risk. Recent publications appear in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Psychology of Men and Masculinities, and Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior.
Teaching
General Psychology (PSYC 1000)
Social Psychology (PSYC 2380)
Research Methods (PSYC 2000)
Teaching of Psychology (PSYC 5765)
Publications
*Denotes undergraduate co-author
Lopez, H. N., Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., & Cross, S. E. (2024). Beyond the dichotomy: Creation and validation of a continuous statewide index of U.S. honor culture. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. https://doi.org/10.1177/01461672241255494
Bock, J. E., Daruwala, S. E., Tucker, R. P., Foster, S. D., Bandel, S. L., Gunn, J., & Anestis, M. D. (2024). Honor endorsement and increased firearm purchasing behavior and intentions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Psychological Reports. https://doi.org/10.1177/00332941241255323
Foster, S., Albright, A., & Bock, J. E. (2024). The role of emotional suppression and emotional beliefs in explaining the honor-suicide link. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior. http://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.13079
Foster, S., & Bock, J. E. (2024). Honor concerns moderate the link between perceived reputation and depressive symptoms. Journal of Social Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2024.2334036
Rubinstein, R. S., & Bock, J. E. (2024). The effects of counterstereotypical social vs. economic ideology information on explicit and implicit political person perception. Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 12(1), 38-56. https://doi.org/10.5964/jspp.11879
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Carvallo, M. (2024). Making the world a more hostile place: Honor endorsement and the hostile attribution bias. Psychology of Violence, 14(2), 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000493
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., Pomerantz, A. L., & Raj, A. (2024). Preliminary validation of the single-item masculine and feminine honor prototype scales. Journal of Personality Assessment, 106(4), 522-531. https://doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2023.2291688
Ko, A., Bock, J. E., Ko, J., & Krems, J. A. (2023). Contagious or prosocial? Perceptions of mask-wearers toward Whites and Asians: A cross-cultural comparison during the early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 17(11), e12880. https://doi.org/10.1111/spc3.12880
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., & Carvallo, M. (2023). No boys allowed: An investigation into the role of honor concerns, stigma, and views of HPV vaccinations for men. Sex Roles, 89, 475-491. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-023-01404-7
Bock, J. E., Tucker, R. P., Brown, R. P., Foster, S., & Anestis, M. D. (2023). Veteran suicide rates mirror, but do not account for, elevated suicide rates among the general population in U.S. cultures of honor. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 53(4), 692-701. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12974
Foster, S., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Feminine honor concerns heighten reactivity to femininity threats in U.S. women. Current Psychology, 1-14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04875-9
Harrington, E. E., Reese-Melancon, C., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Sometimes they show, sometimes they don’t: Appointment attendance as a naturalistic prospective memory task. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 37(3), 590-599. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.4066
Krems, J. A., & Bock, J. E. (2023). The role of women’s and men’s body shapes in explicit and implicit fat stigma. Obesities, 3(2), 97-118. https://doi.org/10.3390/obesities3020009
Foster, S. D., Gul, P., & Bock, J. E. (2023). Masculine honor endorsement is linked with stigmatization of men who have been sexually assaulted. Psychology of Men & Masculinities. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000425
Foster, S., Bock, J. E., Carvallo, M., *Pollet, C. L., & Stern, W. (2022). Honor-endorsing women and relational aggression: Evidence for the presence of feminine aggression norms in Southern U.S. women. Personality and Individual Differences, 194, 111668. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111668
Bock, J. E., Tucker, R. P., Brown, R. P., Harrington, E. E., Bauer, B. W., Daruwala, S. E., Capron, D. W., & Anestis, M. D. (2021). Factors contributing to honor-endorsing men’s suicide capability: Firearm ownership, practical capability, and exposure to painful and provocative events. Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 51(6), 1247-1258. https://doi.org/10.1111/sltb.12807
Rubinstein, R. S., Jussim, L., Bock, J. E., & Loh, B. (2021). Unobservable stereotypes are more malleable than observable stereotypes in implicit person perception. Journal of Theoretical and Social Psychology, 5(4), 318-337. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts5.96
Bock, J. E., & Brown, R. P. (2021). To be liked or feared: Honor-oriented men’s sensitivity to masculine reputation concerns depends on status-seeking strategy. Personality and Individual Differences, 173, 110615. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2020.110615
Bock, J. E., Brown, R. P., & Green, K. (2019). Aging with honor: Examining ambivalent ageism and interpersonal risk-factors for suicide as explanations for the honor-suicide link. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38(9), 721-750. https://doi.org/10.1521/jscp.2019.38.9.721
Bell, A. C., Burkley, M., & Bock, J. (2019). Examining the asymmetry in judgments of racism in self and others. Journal of Social Psychology, 159(5), 611-627. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224545.2018.1538930
Bock, J., & Burkley, M. (2019). On the prowl: Examining the impact of the men-as-predators and women-as-prey metaphors on attitudes that perpetuate sexual violence. Sex Roles, 80, 262-276. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11199-018-0929-1
Bock, J., Byrd-Craven, J., & Burkley, M. (2017). The role of sexism in voting in the 2016 presidential election. Personality and Individual Differences, 119, 189-193. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.07.026
Burkley, M., Andrade, A., Bell, A. C., & Bock, J. (2016). You’re smart, for a woman: Examining stereotypic backhanded compliments. In A. M. Columbus (Ed.), Advances in Psychology Research (Vol. 118, pp. 51-68). New York, NY: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
