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Howell, R. T., Ksendzova, M., Nestingen, E., Yerahian, C., & Iyer, R. (2017). Your personality on a good day: How trait and state personality predict daily well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, 250-263.

Ksendzova, M., Donnelly, G. E., & Howell, R. T. (2017). A brief money management scale and its associations with personality, financial health, and hypothetical debt repayment. Journal of Financial Counseling and Planning, 28(1).

Razavi, P., Zhang, J. W., Hekiert, D., Yoo, S. H., Howell, R. T. (2016). Cross-cultural similarities and differences in the experience of awe. Emotion16(8), 1097-1101.

Hsu, T., Tam, L., & Howell, R. T. (2017). Do you feel financially secured? The investigation of economic indicators and consequences of financial well-being. Atlantic Marketing Journal, 5(3), 15-34.

Mello, Z. R., Zhang, J. W., Barber, S. J., Paoloni, V. C., Howell, R. T., Worrell, F. C. (2016). Psychometric properties of time attitude scores in young, middle, and older adult samples. Personality and Individual Differences101, 57-61.

Donnelly, G. E., Ksendzova, M., Howell, R. T., Ohs, K. D., & Baumeister, R. F. (2016). Buying to blunt negative feelings: Materialistic escape from the self. Review of General Psychology, 20(3), 272-316.

Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., Howell, C. J. (2016). Living in wealthy neighborhoods increases material desires and maladaptive consumption. Journal of Consumer Culture, 16(1), 297-316.

Ksendzova, M., Iyer, R., Hill, G., Wojcik, S. P., & Howell, R. T.(2015). The portrait of a hedonist: The personality and ethics behind the value and maladaptive pursuit of pleasure. Personality and Individual Differences, 79, 68-74.

Cunningham, K. F., Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T. (2015). Time perspective and subjective well-being: A dual-pathway framework. In: Stolarski M., Fieulaine N., van Beek W. (eds) Time Perspective Theory; Review, Research and Application. Springer, Cham

Guevarra, D. A. & Howell, R. T. (2015). To have in order to do: Exploring the effects of consuming experiential products on well-being. Journal of Consumer Psychology, 25(1), 28-41.

Hill, G. & Howell, R. T. (2014). Moderators and mediators of pro-social spending and well-being: The influence of values and psychological need satisfaction. Personality and Individual Differences, 69, 69-74.

Pchelin, P. & Howell, R. T. (2014). The hidden cost of value-seeking: People do not accurately forecast the economic benefits of experiential purchases. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 9(4), 322-334.

Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., Caprariello, P. A., & Guevara, D. A. (2014). Damned if they do, damned if they don't: Material buyers are not happier from material or experiential consumption. Journal of Research in Personality, 50, 71-83.

Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., & Iyer, R.. (2014). Engagement with natural beauty moderates the positive relation between connectedness with nature and psychological well-being. Journal of Environmental Psychology, 38, 55-63.

Zhang, J. W., Howell, R. T., & Caprariello, P. A. (2013). Buying life experiences for the "right" reasons: A validation of the Motivations for Experiential Buying Scale. Journal of Happiness Studies, 14(3), 817-842.

Howell, R. T., Kurai, M , & Tam, L. (2013). Money buys financial security and psychological need satisfaction: Testing need theory in affluence. Social Indicators Research, 110, 17-29.

Donnelly, G., Iyer, R., & Howell, R.T. (2012). The Big Five personality traits, material values, financial well-being of self-described money managersJournal of Economic Psychology, 33, 1129-1142.

Howell, R. T., Pchelin, P, & Iyer, R. (2012). The preference for experiences over possessions: Measurement and construct validation of the experiential buying tendency scale. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 7, 57-71.

Howell, R. T & Hill, G. (2009). The mediators of experiential purchases: Determining the impact of psychological needs satisfaction and social comparison. The Journal of Positive Psychology, 4, 511 – 522.

Howell, R. T., & Howell, C. J. (2008). The relation of economic status to subjective well-being in developing countries: A meta-analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 134, 536 – 560. 

Zhang, J. & Howell, R. T. (2011). Do time perspectives predict unique variance in life satisfaction beyond personality traits?Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 1261 – 1266.

Purvis, A., Howell, R. T., & Iyer, R. (2011). Exploring the role of personality in the relationship between maximization and well-being. Personality and Individual Differences, 50, 370 – 375.

Howell, R. T., Chenot, D., Hill, G., & Howell, C. J. (2011). Momentary happiness: The role of psychological need satisfaction. The Journal of Happiness Studies, 1, 1-15. 

Howell, R. T., Rodzon, K. S. Kurai, M., & Sanchez, A. H. (2010). A validation of well-being and happiness surveys for administration via the Internet. Behavior Research Methods, 42, 775-784.

Howell, R. T., Kern, M. L., & Lyubomirsky, S. (2007). Health benefits: Meta-analytically determining the impact of well-being on objective health outcomes. Health Psychology Review, 1, 83 – 136.

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