Eric C. Prichard Source Confirmed

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University of Arkansas at Monticello

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9 h-index 29 pubs 447 cited

Research Areas

Behavioral and Psychological Studies Social and Intergroup Psychology SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19 Research Health disparities and outcomes Mental Health Research Topics Meta-analysis and systematic reviews Behavioral Health and Interventions

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Eric C. Prichard's research interests encompass behavioral and psychological studies, with a particular focus on personality, social psychology, and their intersection with health-related behaviors. His recent work has investigated the psychological underpinnings of resistance to public health measures, such as mask-wearing during the COVID-19 pandemic, examining the roles of authoritarianism and psychopathy. Prichard has also explored the relationship between societal characteristics and public health outcomes, as seen in his study on left-handedness rates and COVID-19 outcomes in US states.

Further research by Prichard delves into the application of psychological principles in research methodology, including discussions on the philosophy of science in classifying handedness and the integration of Bayesian reasoning into psychological research. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 9, with 29 total publications and 447 total citations, indicating ongoing contributions to the field.

Metrics

  • h-index: 9
  • Publications: 29
  • Citations: 447

Selected Publications

  • Positivism, Postmodernism, and Dichotomizing the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory: Can the Philosophy of Science Help Researchers Think about How to Classify Handedness? (2025) DOI
  • The Bayesian Range: Simple Methods for Incorporating Bayesian Reasoning into Psychological Research for Psychologists and Psychology Students Unfamiliar with Bayes' Theorem (2024) DOI
  • Historical changes in everyday human lifestyles and their effects on hemispheric activation: Speculations on McGilchrist’s<i>The Master and His Emissary</i> (2024) DOI
  • Differences Between Consistent and Inconsistent Handedness Remain Consistently Interesting: Ten Years of Research on the Consistency of Handedness With the Edinburgh Handedness Inventory (2023) DOI
  • Righty-tighty, lefty-loosey: relation between societal tightness scores, left-handedness rates, and COVID-19 outcomes in US states (2023) DOI
  • Psychopathy, prospect theory, and the Madoff Curve: a dual behavioral neuroscience and behavioral economic framework for understanding White Collar Crime (2023) DOI
  • Awe Correlates With Resilience to COVID-19 Stressors Independent of Religiosity (2023) DOI
  • Authoritarianism, psychopathy, and resistance to wearing masks during the COVID-19 pandemic: A partial replication and extension of key findings (2023) DOI
  • Is the Use of Personality Based Psychometrics by Cambridge Analytical Psychological Science's “Nuclear Bomb” Moment? (2021) DOI

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