Frederick Rhodewalt (March 23, 1949 – August 19, 2011) was an American social psychologist at the

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Background

Rhodewalt completed his BA at Lincoln University (1975) and a PhD in Social Psychology at

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(1979). He spent his entire 31 year academic career at the University of Utah in the Department of Psychology where he published extensively on issues related to

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and the

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. Rhodewalt was elected fellow of Division 8 (Social and Personality Psychology) as well as the Society of Experimental Social Psychology. Rhodewalt was awarded a Superior Research Award at the

(1991) for his work. Besides being on numerous editorial boards, he was the Editor of '' Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin'', ''

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'', and Associate Editor for the '' Journal of Personality'' and ''Social Psychology: Personality Processes and Individual Differences'', and the ''

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''. In the later part of his career, served as the Chair of two different departments (

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) and Associate Dean of the Graduate School.

Awards and honors

* Fellow-Elect. Division 8 of the American Psychological Association. * Fellow-Elect. Society of Experimental Social Psychology. * 1991 Superior Research Award. University of Utah College of Social and Behavioral Sciences. * 2003 Distinguished Service Award. Society for Personality and Social Psychology. * 2012 Fred Rhodewalt Social Psychology Ski Conference (renamed in his honor).

Selected publications

* Jones, E. E., Rhodewalt, F., Bergals, S., & Skelton, J.A. (1981). Effects of strategic self-presentation on subsequent self-esteem. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 41, 407 - 421. * Rhodewalt, F., & Agustsdottir, S. (1986). Effects of self-presentation on the phenomenal self. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, Vol 50(1), 47–55. * Morf, C. C., & Rhodewalt, F. (1993). Narcissism and self-evaluation maintenance: Explorations in object relations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 668 - 676. * Rhodewalt, F. (1994). Conceptions of ability, achievement goals, and individual differences in self-handicapping: On the application of implicit theories. Journal of Personality, 62, 67–85. * Rhodewalt, F., Sanbonmatsu, D. M., Tschanz, B. T., Feick, D. L., & Waller, A. (1995). Self-handicapping and interpersonal trade-offs: The effects of claimed self-handicaps on observers' performance evaluations and feedback. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 21, 1042 - 1050. * Rhodewalt, F. (1998). Self-presentation and the phenomenal self: The "carryover" effect revisited. In J. Cooper & J. Darley (Eds.), Attribution processes, person perception, and social interaction: The legacy of Ned Jones. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum. * Feick, D. L., & Rhodewalt, F. (1998). The double-edged sword of self-handicapping: Discounting, augmentation, and the protection and enhancement of self-esteem. Motivation and Emotion, 21, 147 - 163. * Morf, C. C., & Rhodewalt, F. (2001). Unraveling the paradoxes of Narcissism: A dynamic self-regulatory processing model. Psychological Inquiry, 12, 177–196. * Tschanz, B. T., & Rhodewalt, F. (2001). Autobiography, reputation, and the self: On the role of the evaluative valence and self-consistency of the self-relevant information. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 37, 32 - 48. * Rhodewalt, F., & Edding, S. K. (2002). Narcissis reflects: Memory distortion in response to ego relevant feedback in high and low narcissistic men. Journal of Research in Personality, 36, 97-116. * Rhodewalt, F., & Tragakis, M. (2002). Self-handicapping and the social self: The costs and rewards of interpersonal self-construction. In J. P. Forgas & K. Williams, (Eds.), The Social Self: Cognitive, Interpersonal, and Intergroup Perspectives (pp. 121–142). New York: Psychology Press. * Rhodewalt, F., & Vohs, K. D. (2005). Defensive strategies, motivation, and the self: A self-regulatory process view. In A. Elliot & C. Dweck (Eds.), Handbook of Competence and Motivation. New York: Guilford Press. * Rhodewalt, F., Tragakis, M., & Finnerty, J. (2006). Narcissism and self-handicapping: Linking self-aggrandizement to behavior. Journal of Research in Personality, 40, 573–597. * Rhodewalt, F. (2006). Possessing and striving for high self-esteem. In M. Kernis (Ed.), Self-Esteem: A Source Book. New York: Psychology Press. * Rhodewalt, F. (Ed.). (2008). Personality and social behavior. New York: Psychology Press.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rhodewalt, Frederick 1949 births 2011 deaths American social psychologists University of Utah faculty Lincoln University (Pennsylvania) alumni Princeton University alumni People from Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania