Keith Eugene Davis Contact Information: E-mail: daviske@mailbox.sc.edu Phone: (803) 777-4639 Office: Barnwell 463

Affiliations:

College of Arts & Sciences
Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Psychology
Doctoral Program in Clinical-Community Psychology

Education:

Ph.D., Duke University, 1963
Master’s                            
Bachelor’s, Duke University, 1958       
   

Research Interest:

• Personal Relationships
• Prevention of Violence & Stalking
• Prevention of Negative health-related Behaviors

Relevant Grants:

• Changing Carolina: Men Taking Leadership in Preventing Violence Against Women, ($2,500). SAGES award from SPSSI.  June 1, 2007 to May 31, 2009.  (With Suzanne Swan & Chris Allen)
• Research initiation grant for gerontological research.  National Institute on Aging, 1979-1982.  (The total award for 1979-80 was $72,722 and for 1980-81 and 1981-82 was $55,000); Dr. Thomas Cafferty and I are Co-IP's for a longitudinal study of life satisfaction and friendship networks as factors in adult adjustment.  Our portion of the grant for each year has been $27,500.
• The structure of friendships.  USC Research and Productive Scholarship.  $2,100.  January-December 1979.
• Family conflict, divorce, and subsequent interpersonal relations.  USC Biomedical Research Grant, May - December 31st, 1980.  ($3,304).
• Stress, social support, and health: A longitudinal analysis.  National Institute of Mental Health.  MH-37406-01. $29,511.  Funded September 15th, 1982 to August 31st, 1984.
  
• Dispositional and Relationship Factors in Couple Progress & Dissolution.  NIH Biomedical Research Support Grant #S07 RR 07160.  $7,000. May 1, 1989 to April 30, 1990.
• Attachment style and the consequences of Desert Shield separation and reunion on families.  NSF SES-9118878.  $31,319.  Oct. 3, 1991 to Sept. 30, 1992.  (In collaboration with Drs. Cafferty & Medway).

Relevant Publications:

• Davis, K. E. (2008/in press). Closeness. In H. Reis & S. Sprecher (Eds.), SAGE Handbook of Human Relations.
• Sui, X., Laditka, J., Church, T., Hardin, J., Chase, N., Davis, K. E., & Blair, S. N. (2008, in press). Prospective study of cardiorespiratory fitness and depressive symptoms in women and men.  Journal of Psychiatric Research,
• Kim, H. & Davis K. E. (2008). Toward a Comprehensive Theory of Problematic Internet Use: Evaluating the Role of Self-esteem, Anxiety, Flow, and the Self-Rated Importance of Internet Activities. Computers in Human Behavior, in press.
• Davis, K. E., Frieze, I. H., & Maiuro, R. D. (Eds.) (2002).  Stalking: Perspectives on victims and perpetrators.  NY: Springer.
• Coker, A. L., Davis, K. E., Arias, I., Desai, S., Sanderson, M., Brandt, H., & Smith, P. H. (2003). Physical and mental health consequences of intimate partner violence in men and women.  American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 24(4), 260-268.
• Davis, K. E., Coker, A. L., & Sanderson, M. (2002). Physical and mental health effects of being stalked for men and women. Violence and Victims, 17(4), 429-443.
• Dye, M. L. & Davis, K. E. (2003). Stalking and psychological abuse: Common factors and relationship specific characteristics. Violence & Victims, 18(2), 163-180. [Translated into Spanish and published in Gender and health with specialization on gender violence.]
• Davis, K. E. (2006). Stalkers and their Worlds.  In K. E. Davis & R. M. Bergner (Eds.), Advances in Descriptive Psychology  (Vol. 8, pp. 326-347).  Ann Arbor, MI: Descriptive Psychology Press.
• Davis, K. E. & Mechanic, M. B. (in press, 2009).  Stalking victimization: Its consequences and prevention. In C. Mitchell & D. Anglin (Eds.), Intimate Partner Violence: A health-based perspective. New York: Oxford University Press.
• Davis, K. E., Jackson, K. L., Kronenfeld, J. J., & Blair, S. N. (1984).  Intent to participate in worksite health promotion activities: A model of risk factors and psychosocial variables.  Health Education Quarterly, 11(4), 361-377.
• Davis, K. E. (1985).  Near and dear: Friendship and love compared.  Psychology Today, 19(2), 22-30. Tranlated and reprinted as (60.) Davis, K. E. (1985).  Liebe ist: Freundschaft plus... Psychologie heute, 12(7), 43-47, and (61.) Davis, K. E. (1986).  Amicizia e amore a confronto.  Psicologia Contemporanea, 13(7), 18-24.
• Kronenfeld, J. J., Jackson, K. L., Blair, S. N., Davis, K. E., Gimarc, J. D., Salisbury, Z., Maysey, D., & Gelfman-Lamkin, J. (1987).  Evaluating health promotion: A longitudinal quasi-experimental design.  Health Education Quarterly, 14(2), 123-139
• Davis, K. E., Jackson, K. L., Kronenfeld, J. J., & Blair, S. N. (1987).  Determinants of Participation in Worksite Health Promotion Activities.  Health Education Quarterly, 14(2), 195-205.
• Kronenfeld, J. J., Jackson, K. L., Davis, K. E., & Blair, S. N. (1988).  Changing health practices: The experience from a worksite health promotion project.  Social Science and Medicine, 26, 515-523.
• Gergen, K. G., & Davis, K. E. (Eds.). (1985).  The social construction of the person.  New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Davis, K. E., & Braucht, G. N. (1973).  Exposure to pornography, character, and sexual deviance: A retrospective survey.  Journal of Social Issues, 19, 184-196.
• Jones, E. E., & Davis, K. E. (1965).  From acts to dispositions: The attribution process in person perception.  In L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Advances in experimental social psychology, Vol. II. New York: Academic Press, pp. 219-266.  Reprinted  in (15.) C. McClintock, and J. Maki (Eds.), Social psychology theory.  Praeger, 1982 and in (16.) L. Berkowitz (Ed.), Cognitive theories in social psychology: Papers from advances in experimental social psychology, Academic Press, 1978. [This paper is a citation classic.]