Eddie M. Clark, Ph.D.
Professor, Experimental Program: Social
Department of Psychology
Courses Taught
General Psychology; Social Psychology; Health Psychology; African American Psychology; Close Relationships; Social Psychology of Attitudes; Social Psychology of Close Relationships; Research Methods and Social Psychology; Social Psychology of Health
Education
Ph.D., Ohio State University
M.A., Ohio State University
B.A., Northwestern University
Research Interests
- Health attitudes/persuasion
- Close relationships
Labs and Facilities
Publications and Media Placements
Clark, E. M., Ma, L., Williams, B. R., Ghosh, D., Park, C. L., Schulz, E., Woodard, N., & Knott, C. L. (2023). A longitudinal study of social, religious, and spiritual capital and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(3), 978-997.
Reyes, M. & Clark, E. M. (2023). Predictors of relationship dissolution. In R. A. R. Gurung (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World. Routledge.
Clark, E. M., Ma, L., Williams, B. R., Park, C. L., Knott, C. L., Schulz, E., & Ghosh,
D. (2022). Social support as a mediator of the personality-physical functioning relationship
in a national sample of African Americans: A two-wave longitudinal study. Journal of Black Psychology, 48(1), 43-66.
Schulz, E., Ghosh, D., Clark, E. M., Williams, B. R., Williams, R., Ma, L., Park,
C. L., & & Knott, C. L. (2022). Disability and health in African Americans: Population
research and implications for occupational therapy community-based practice. Open Journal of Occupational Therapy, 10(1), 1-19.
Clark, E. M., Reyes, M., Ma, L., & Stiles, D. L. (2022). . In R. A. R. Gurung (Ed.), Routledge Encyclopedia of Psychology in the Real World. Routledge.
Williams, B. R., Williams, R. M., Clark, E. M., Park, C. L., Schulz, E., Ghosh, D.,
& Knott, C. L. (2021). Marital status and depressive symptoms in African Americans:
The moderating role of social and religious resources. Journal of Family Issues, 42 (7), 1403-1428.
Schulz, E., Bay, R. C., Clark, E. M., Williams, B. R., Park, C. L., Ma, L., & Knott,
C. (2021). Predictors of African American belief in illness as punishment for sin.
Spiritual Psychology and Counseling,
6(3), 31-47.
Clark, E. M., Ma, L., Knott, C. L., Williams, B. R., Park, C., Schulz, E. K., & Ghosh,
D. (2020). A longitudinal examination of social support as a mediator of the personality-health
relationship in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 46, 607-637.
Clark, E. M., Votaw, K. L. B., Harris, A. L., Hasan, M., & Fernandez, P. (2020). Unrequited
love: The role of prior commitment, motivation to remain friends,
and friendship maintenance. Journal of Social Psychology, 160, 293-309.
Park, C. L., Knott, C. L., Williams, R. M., Clark, E. M., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2020). Meaning in life predicts decreased depressive symptoms and increased positive affect over time but does not buffer stress effects in a national sample of African-Americans. Journal of Happiness Studies, 21, 3037-3049.
Knott, C.L, Ghosh, D., Williams, B.R., Park, C. L., Schulz, E., Williams, R.M., He,
X., Stewart, K., Bell, C., & Clark, E.M. (2020). Do neighborhood characteristics contribute
beyond individual demographics to cancer control behaviors among African American
adults? Cancer Epidemiology, 64, 101666.
Clark, E. M., Williams, R. M., Park, C. L., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R. & Knott, C.
L. (2019). Explaining the relationship between personality and health in a national
sample of African Americans: The mediating role of social support. Journal of Black Psychology, 45, 339-375.
Park, C. L., Clark, E. M. Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., Williams, R. M., & Holt, C. L. (2019). Unique contribution of education to behavioral and psychosocial antecedents of health in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 42, 860-872.
Clark, E. M., Williams, B. R., Huang, J., Roth, D. L., & Holt, C. L. (2018). A longitudinal study of religiosity, spiritual health locus of control, and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of Religion and Health, 57, 2258-2278.
Clark, E. M., Williams, R. M., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., & Holt, C. L. (2018). Personality, social capital, and depressive symptomatology among African Americans. Journal of Black Psychology, 44, 422-449.
Holt, C. L., Roth, D. L., Huang, J., & Clark, E. M. (2018). Role of religious social support in longitudinal relationships between religiosity and health-related outcomes in African Americans. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 41, 62-73.
Holt, C. L., Roth, D. L., Huang, J., Park, C., & Clark, E. M. (2017). Longitudinal鈥痚ffects of religious involvement on religious coping and health behaviors in a鈥痭ational sample of African Americans. Social Science and Medicine. 187, 11-19.
Bosch, J., Weaver, T. L., Arnold, L. D., & Clark, E. M. (2017). The impact of intimate partner violence on women's physical health: Findings from the Missouri Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32, 3402-3419.
Hasan, M. & Clark, E. M. (2017). I get so lonely baby: The effects of loneliness and鈥痵ocial isolation on romantic dependency. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 429-444.
Clark, E. M., Fernandez, P., Harris, A. L., Hasan, M., & Votaw, K. B. (2017).鈥疶he Aftermath: Friendship after romantic relationship termination. In鈥疢. Hojjat & A. Moyer (Eds.). The Psychology of Friendship (pp. 177-194). Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.
Clark, E. M., Huang, J., Roth, D. L., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., & Holt, C. L. (2017).鈥疶he relationship between religious beliefs and behaviors and changes in spiritual health鈥痩ocus of control over time in a national sample of African Americans. Mental Health,鈥疪eligion and Culture, 71, 449-463.
Clark, E. M., Holt, C. L., Wang, M. Q., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2017). Which鈥痯ersonality traits moderate the relationship between religious capital and depressive鈥痵ymptomology in a national sample of African Americans? Journal of Black Psychology,鈥�43, 517-537.
Roth, D. L., Usher, T., Clark, E. M., & Holt, C. L. (2016). Religious involvement and health鈥痮ver time: Predictive effects in a national sample of African Americans. Journal for the鈥疭cientific Study of Religion, 55, 417-424.
Le, D., Holt, C. L., Hosack, D. P., Huang, J., & Clark, E. M. (2016). Religious participation鈥痠s associated with increases in religious social support in a national longitudinal study of African鈥疉mericans. Journal of Religion and Health, 55, 1449-1460.
Gaines, S. O., Jr., Clark, E. M., & Afful, S. E. (2015). Interethnic marriage in the鈥疷nited States: An introduction. Journal of Social Issues, 71, 647-658 (Special Issue鈥痮n Interethnic Marriage).
Clark, E. M., Harris, A. L., Hasan, M., Votaw, K. B., & Fernandez, P. (2015). Concluding鈥痶houghts: Interethnic marriage through the lens of interdependence theory.鈥疛ournal of Social Issues, 71, 822-834 (Special Issue on Interethnic Marriage).
Holt, C. L., Le, D., Calvanelli, J. V., Huang, J., Clark, E. M., Roth, D. L., Williams, B. R.,鈥�& Schulz, E. (2015). Participant retention in a national telephone survey of African American鈥痬en and women. Ethnicity & Disease, 25, 187-192.
Holt, C. L., Roth, D. L., Huang, J., & Clark, E. M. (2015). Gender differences in the roles of鈥痳eligion and locus of control on alcohol use and smoking among African Americans. Journal鈥痮f Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76, 482-492.
Williams, B. R., Wang, M. Q., Schulz, E., Clark, E. M., & Holt, C. L. (2015). Social integration鈥痑nd health insurance status among African American men and women. Journal of Women and鈥疉ging, 27, 195-215.
Holt, C. L., Clark, E. M., Wang, M. Q., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2015). The religion-health鈥痗onnection among African Americans: What is the role of social capital? Journal of Community鈥痑nd Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1-18.
Sanders Thompson, V. L., Harris, J., Clark, E. M., Purnell, J., & Deshpande, A. D. (2015).鈥疊roadening the examination of socio-cultural constructs relevant to African American colorectal鈥痗ancer screening. Psychology, Health & Medicine, 20, 47-58.
Holt, C. L., Clark, E. M., & Roth, D. L. (2014). Positive and negative religious beliefs explaining鈥痶he religion-health connection among African Americans. International Journal for Psychology of鈥疪eligion, 24, 311-331.
Holt, C. L., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., Clark, E. M., & Wang, M. Q. (2014). Social support as a鈥痬ediator of religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of鈥疉frican Americans. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 17, 421-435.
Holt, C. L., Roth, D. L., Clark, E. M., Debnam, K. J. (2014). Positive self-perceptions as a mediator鈥痮f religious involvement and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of鈥疊ehavioral Medicine, 37, 102-112.
Holt, C. L., Clark, E. M., Debnam, K. J., & Roth, D. L. (2014). Religious involvement and health鈥痓ehaviors in a national sample of African Americans: The role of religious coping. American鈥疛ournal of Health Behavior, 38, 190-199.
Clark, E. M., Holt, C. L., Wang, M. Q., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2013). The relationship鈥痓etween spiritual health locus of control and social and religious capital. Counseling & Spirituality,鈥�32, 105-121.
Holt, C. L., Wang, M. Q., Clark, E. M., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2013). Religious involvement鈥痑nd physical and emotional functioning among African Americans: The mediating role of religious鈥痵upport. Psychology and Health, 28, 267-283.
Van Berkel, L. D., Solomon, E. D., & Clark, E. M. (2012). Security and similarity:鈥疨arent-child political attitude congruence as predicted by parental attachment.鈥疨si Chi Journal of Psychological Research, 17, 90-98.
Mattingly, B. A. & Clark, E. M. (2012). Weakening the relationship that we are trying to鈥痯reserve? Motivated sacrificial behavior as a mediator between attachment anxiety and鈥痑voidance and relationship satisfaction. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42, 373-386.
Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M. & Cahill, M. J. (2012). Approach and avoidance motivation as鈥痯redictors of pro-relationship behaviors. Personality and Individual Differences, 52, 21-25.
Sanders Thompson, V. L., Clark, E. M., & Purnell, J. (2012). The role of African American racial鈥痠dentification in health behavior. In Sullivan, J. M. & Esmail, A. (Eds.). African American鈥痠dentity: Racial and cultural dimensions of the Black experience (pp. 189-220). Lanham, MD:鈥疞exington Books.
Holt, C. L., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., Clark, E. M., & Wang, M. Q. (2012). Assessment of鈥痳eligious and spiritual capital in African American communities. Journal of Religion and Health,鈥�51, 1061-1074.
Hackathorn, J., Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., & Mattingly, M. J. B. (2011). Practicing what you鈥痯reach: Infidelity attitudes as a predictor of fidelity. Current Psychology, 30, 299-311.
Weidler, D. J. & Clark, E. M. (2011). A distinct association: Inclusion of other in self and鈥痵elf-disclosure. New School Psychology Bulletin, 9, 36-45.
Bullock, M., Hackathorn, J., & Clark, E. M. (2011). Can we be (and stay) friends? Remaining鈥痜riends after dissolution of a romantic relationship. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 662-666.
Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., Weidler, D. J., Bullock, M., Hackathorn, J., & Blankmeyer , K. (2011).鈥疭ociosexual orientation, commitment, and infidelity: A mediational analysis.鈥疛ournal of Social Psychology, 151, 222-226.
Mattingly, B. A., Oswald, D. L., & Clark, E. M. (2011). An examination of relational-鈥痠nterdependent self-construal, communal strength, and pro-relationship behaviors in friendships.鈥疨ersonality and Individual Differences, 50, 1243-1248.
Wilson, K., Mattingly, B. A., Clark, E. M., Weidler, D. J., & Bequette, A. W. (2011). The gray鈥痑rea: Exploring attitudes toward infidelity and the development of the Perceptions of Dating鈥疘nfidelity scale. Journal of Social Psychology, 151, 63-86.
Mattingly, B. A., Wilson, K., Clark, E. M., Bequette, A. W., & Weidler, D . J. (2010). Foggy鈥痜aithfulness: Relationship quality, religiosity, and the Perceptions of Dating Infidelity Scale in an鈥痑dult sample. Journal of Family Issues, 31, 1465-1480.
Oswald, D. L., & Clark, E. M. (2006). How do friendship maintenance behaviors and problem-solving styles function at the individual and dyadic level? Personal Relationships, 13, 333-348.
Oswald, D. L., Clark, E. M., & Kelly, C. M. (2004). Friendship maintenance: An analysis of鈥痠ndividual and dyad behaviors. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 23, 413-441.
Oswald, D. L. & Clark, E. M. (2003). Best friends forever?: High school best friendships and鈥痶he transition to college. Personal Relationships, 10, 187-196.