Selected Publications
On self-compassion ...
Bailis, D. S., & Mathews, N. K. (2025). How self-compassion informs decision-making in ordinary times. Self and Identity, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2554968
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Geddes, A., Strachan, S., & Bailis, D. (2024). When Self-Compassion Lacks Ferocity: Anger and Responding to False Accusations. Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1111/jopy.13004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39635931.
Bailis, D. S., Single, A. N., Brais, N. J. J. R., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2023). Going for broke: Self-compassion, risky decision-making, and differences in problem gambling severity among undergraduates. Self and Identity, 22(3), 379-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2104363.
Bailis, D. S., Brais, N. J., Single, A. N., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2021). Self-compassion buffers impaired decision-making by potential problem gamblers in a casino setting. Journal of Gambling Studies, 37, 269-282. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09993-8.
Other topics in motivation ...
Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2019). Passionately motivated reasoning: Biased processing of passion-threatening messages. Journal of Personality, 87(3), 518-531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12412
Bailis, D. S., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2012). Hope and optimism. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behaviour (2nd ed., pp. 342-349). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Thacher, T. M., & Bailis, D. S. (2012). Selective defensiveness or nondefensiveness: How does relative autonomy relate to excuse-making when goal pursuits do not succeed? Motivation and Emotion, 36, 323-337.
Bailis, D. S., Thacher, T. M., Aird, N., & Lipschitz, L. J. (2011). Affective and behavioral traces of goal conflict with physical activity. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 128-144.
Bailis, D. S., Segall, A., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2010). Age, relative autonomy, and change in health locus of control beliefs: A longitudinal study of members of a health-promotion facility. Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 326-338.
Bailis, D. S., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2006). Emotional and self-evaluative effects of social comparison information in later life: How are they moderated by collective self-esteem? Psychology and Aging, 21, 291-302.
Bailis, D. S., Chipperfield, J. G., & Perry, R. P. (2005). Optimistic social comparisons of older adults low in primary control: A prospective analysis of hospitalization and mortality. Health Psychology, 24, 393-401.
Bailis, D. S., Segall, A., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2003). Two views of self-rated general health status. Social Science and Medicine, 56, 203-217.
Bailis, D. S., & Mathews, N. K. (2025). How self-compassion informs decision-making in ordinary times. Self and Identity, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2025.2554968
Schellenberg, B. J. I., Geddes, A., Strachan, S., & Bailis, D. (2024). When Self-Compassion Lacks Ferocity: Anger and Responding to False Accusations. Journal of Personality. doi: 10.1111/jopy.13004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 39635931.
Bailis, D. S., Single, A. N., Brais, N. J. J. R., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2023). Going for broke: Self-compassion, risky decision-making, and differences in problem gambling severity among undergraduates. Self and Identity, 22(3), 379-407. https://doi.org/10.1080/15298868.2022.2104363.
Bailis, D. S., Brais, N. J., Single, A. N., & Schellenberg, B. J. I. (2021). Self-compassion buffers impaired decision-making by potential problem gamblers in a casino setting. Journal of Gambling Studies, 37, 269-282. doi: 10.1007/s10899-020-09993-8.
Other topics in motivation ...
Schellenberg, B. J. I., & Bailis, D. S. (2019). Passionately motivated reasoning: Biased processing of passion-threatening messages. Journal of Personality, 87(3), 518-531. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12412
Bailis, D. S., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2012). Hope and optimism. In V. S. Ramachandran (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Human Behaviour (2nd ed., pp. 342-349). Oxford, UK: Elsevier.
Thacher, T. M., & Bailis, D. S. (2012). Selective defensiveness or nondefensiveness: How does relative autonomy relate to excuse-making when goal pursuits do not succeed? Motivation and Emotion, 36, 323-337.
Bailis, D. S., Thacher, T. M., Aird, N., & Lipschitz, L. J. (2011). Affective and behavioral traces of goal conflict with physical activity. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 128-144.
Bailis, D. S., Segall, A., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2010). Age, relative autonomy, and change in health locus of control beliefs: A longitudinal study of members of a health-promotion facility. Journal of Health Psychology, 15, 326-338.
Bailis, D. S., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2006). Emotional and self-evaluative effects of social comparison information in later life: How are they moderated by collective self-esteem? Psychology and Aging, 21, 291-302.
Bailis, D. S., Chipperfield, J. G., & Perry, R. P. (2005). Optimistic social comparisons of older adults low in primary control: A prospective analysis of hospitalization and mortality. Health Psychology, 24, 393-401.
Bailis, D. S., Segall, A., & Chipperfield, J. G. (2003). Two views of self-rated general health status. Social Science and Medicine, 56, 203-217.
