Research

Research Interests

My academic research focused on self-control and moral psychology, particularly how cultural factors influence self-regulation and how people make moral attributions in political contexts.

Publications

Journal Articles

Mack, T. D., Hackney, A. A., & Pyle, M. B. (2011). The relationship between psychopathic traits and attachment behavior in a non-clinical population. Personality and Individual Differences, 51, 584-588. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2011.05.019

Conference Proceedings

Fraser, K., Pyle, M. B., & Cullers, A. (2018). Comparison of wellness in undergraduate health and non-health majors. Annual Meeting of ACSM - Central States, Kansas City, Missouri.

Sholl, J., Pyle, M. B., & Cullers, A. (2018). Body mass index and the likelihood of embarrassment when exercising with others. Annual Meeting of ACSM - Central States, Kansas City, Missouri.

Briley, K., Naufel, K., & Pyle, M. B. (2010). Outsiders in academia: Sex-stereotyping of women professors in “female appropriate” contexts. Conference for SPSP, Las Vegas, Nevada.

Pyle, M. B. (2009). Trait self-control as a result of religious cultural values. Georgia Southern University Graduate Research Symposium, Statesboro, Georgia.

Thesis

Pyle, M. B. (2011). Culture and Regulation: Examining Collectivism and Individualism as Predictors of Self-Control [Master’s thesis]. Available from Digital Commons

Working Papers and Stubs

The following papers represent work in varying states of completion. Some half-baked, some just fallen off a cliff in the middle. Just a place for my thoughts:

• Moral Attributions in Political Psychology (Extract)
• Self-Control Model Competition (Extract)