Psychology Department
Cameron Kay
Job Title
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Bailey Hall 301A
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Pronouns
he/him
Research interests
The ultimate goal of Dr. Kay's research is to help psychologists conduct better research by providing them with tools and techniques for collecting higher-quality data. He pursues this goal through two interrelated lines of research. First, he develops methods for identifying and reducing the impact of careless responding (e.g., the Comprehensive Infrequency/Frequency Item Repository). Second, he develops and validates new scales (e.g., the Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale - 5).
Teaching interests
Dr. Kay teaches courses on personality, social psychology, statistical methods, and conspiracy theories.
Publications
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Kay, C. S. & Arrow, H. (2023). Eight misconceptions about the elemental approach and aversive personality trait research: A response to Andrews and colleagues (2023). Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 1-5.
Kay, C. S. & Saucier, G. (2023). The Comprehensive Infrequency/Frequency Item Repository (CIFR): An online database of items for detecting careless/insufficient-effort responders in survey data. Personality and Individual Differences, 205.
Kay, C. S. & Slovic, P. (2023). The Generic Conspiracist Beliefs Scale - 5: A short-form measure of conspiracist ideation. Journal of Research in Personality, 102, 104315.
March, E., Kay, C. S., Dinić, B. M., Wagstaff, D., Grabovac, B., & Jonason, P. K. (2023). "It’s all in your head": Personality traits and gaslighting tactics in intimate relationships. Journal of Family Violence.
Kay, C. S. (2022). Animal House: The Dark Tetrad traits and membership in sororities and fraternities. Acta Psychologica, 222, 103473.
Kay, C. S. & Arrow, H. (2022). Taking an elemental approach to the conceptualization and measurement of Machiavellianism, narcissism, and psychopathy. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 16(4), e12662.
Kay, C. S. & Dimakis, S. (2022). Moral foundations partially explain the association of Machiavellianism, grandiose narcissism, and psychopathy with homonegativity and transnegativity. Journal of Homosexuality.
van Mulukom, V. [and 12 others, including Kay, C. S.] (2022). Antecedents and consequences of COVID-19 conspiracy beliefs: A systematic review. Social Science & Medicine, 301.
Kay, C. S. (2021). Actors of the most fiendish character: Explaining the associations between the Dark Tetrad traits and conspiracist ideation. Personality and Individual Differences, 171.
Kay, C. S. (2021). Negative traits, positive assortment: Revisiting the Dark Triad and a preference for similar others. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(4), 1259-1278.
Kay, C. S. (2021). The targets of all treachery: Delusional ideation, paranoia, and the need for uniqueness as mediators between two forms of narcissism and conspiracy beliefs. Journal of Research in Personality, 93.
Kay, C. S. & Saucier, G. (2020). Deviating from the social consensus: Relations among the Dark Triad, moral normativity, and general social normativity. Personality and Individual Differences, 159.
Kay, C. S. & Saucier, G. (2020). Insert a joke about lawyers: Evaluating preferences for the Dark Triad traits in six occupations. Personality and Individual Differences, 159.
Book Chapters
Kay, C. S. & Saucier, G. (2023). Measuring personality traits in context: Four approaches to situations in self-report measures of personality. In P. K. Jonason (Ed.), Shining light on the dark side of personality: Measurement properties and theoretical advances. Hogrefe.
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Academic credentials
B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Oregon
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