Vail, K. E., & Horner, D. E. (2023). The captain of my soul: Self-determination and need-satisfaction help manage death-related cognition, anxiety, and well-being. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. Advance online publication. https://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pspa0000357

Vail, K. E., Galgali, M., Reed, D. E., Helm, P. J., Edwards, M. E., Jimenez, T., Arndt, J., Lehinger, E., Sedivy, L., McGeary, D. D., Nabity, P., & Cobos, B. (2023). COVID-19-related threat, existential isolation, and well-being. Clinical Psychologist. DOI: 10.1080/13284207.2022.2155510

Vail, K. E., Harvell-Bowman, L., Lockett, M., Pyszczynski, T., & Gilmore, G. (2022). Motivated reasoning: Election integrity beliefs, outcome acceptance, and polarization before, during, and after the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Motivation & Emotion. DOI: 10.1007/s11031-022-09983-w

Soenke, M., Vail, K. E., & Greenberg, J. (2022). Investigating the role of normative support in atheists’ perceptions of meaning in life following reminders of death. Frontiers in Psychology (section: Personality and Social Psychology), 13, 913508.

Helm, P. J., Jimenez, T., Galgali, M., Edwards, M. E., Vail, K. E., & Arndt, J. (2022). Divergent effects of social media use on meaning in life via loneliness and existential isolation during the coronavirus pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39, 1768-1793.

*Arrowood, R. B., *Vail, K. E., & Cox, C. (2022). The existential quest: Doubt, openness, and the exploration of religious uncertainty. The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, 32, 89-126.

Reed, D. E., Cobos, B., Lehinger, E., Nabity, P., Vail, K. E., & McGeary, D. D. (2021). Pain-Related Disability, PTSD Symptoms, and Mood among a Comorbid Chronic Pain and PTSD Sample Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Health Psychology, 34689654.

Reed, D. E., Lehinger, E., Cobos, B., Vail, K. E., Nabity, P., Helm, P. J., Galgali, M., & McGeary, D. D. (2021). Authenticity as a resilience factor against CV-19 threat among those with chronic pain and posttraumatic stress disorder. Frontiers in Psychology (section: Health Psychology), 12, 643869.

Vail, K. E., Reed, D., Goncy, E., Cornelius, T., & Edmondson, D. (2020). Anxiety buffer disruption: Self-evaluation, death anxiety, and stressor appraisals among low and high posttraumatic stress symptom samples. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 39, 353-382.

Vail, K. E., Sullivan, D., Landau, M. J., & Greenberg, J. (2020). Applying existential social psychology to mental health. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 39, 229-237.

Vail, K. E., Conti, J., Goad, A., & Horner, D. (2020). Existential threat fuels worldview defense, but not after priming autonomy orientation. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 42, 150-166.

Vail, K. E., Soenke, M., Waggoner, B. J., & Mavropoulou, I. (2020). Natural, but not supernatural, literal immortality affirmation attenuates mortality salience effects on worldview defense in atheists. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 46, 312-326.

Vail, K. E., Horner, D., Waggoner, B. J., & Conti, J. P. (2019). Pushing up daisies: Goal orientation, death awareness, and satisfaction with life. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 85, 103891.

Vail, K. E., Courtney, E., Goncy, E., Cornelius, T., & Edmondson, D. (2019). Anxiety buffer disruption: Relationship threat, death-anxiety, and coping appraisals among low and high posttraumatic stress symptom samples. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 38, 501-511.

Vail, K. E., Courtney, E., & Arndt, J. (2019). The influence of existential threat and tolerance salience on anti-Islamic attitudes in American politics. Political Psychology, 40, 1143-1162.

Vail, K. E., Goncy, E., & Edmondson, D. (2019). Anxiety buffer disruption: Worldview threat, death thought accessibility, and worldview defense among low and high posttraumatic stress symptom samples. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 11, 647-655.

Vail, K. E., & Soenke, M. (2018). The impact of mortality salience on meaning in life among religious and atheists. Religion, Brain, & Behavior, 8, 44-56.

Arrowood, R. B., Jong, J., Vail, K. E., & Hood, R. W. (2018). On the importance of integrating terror management theory and psychology of religion. Religion, Brain, & Behavior, 8, 1-3.

McCabe, S., Vail, K. E., & Arndt., J. (2018). The impact of death awareness on sizes of self-representational objects. British Journal of Social Psychology, 57, 174-188.

Vail, K. E., Morgan, A., & Kahle, L. (2018). Self-affirmation attenuates death-thought accessibility after mortality salience, but not among a high-posttraumatic stress sample. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10, 112-120.

Sedikides, C., Wildschut, T., Routledge, C., Arndt, J., Hepper, E. G., Vail, K. E., et al. (2016). Nostalgia Fosters Self-Continuity: Uncovering the Mechanism (Social Connectedness) and Consequence (Eudaimonic Wellbeing). Emotion, 16, 524-539.

Vail, K. E., & Juhl, J. (2015). An appreciative view of the brighter side of terror management processes. Social Sciences, 4, 1020-1045.

McCabe, S., Arndt, J., Goldenberg, J. L., Vess, M., Vail, K. E., Gibbons, F. X. (2015). The effect of visualizing healthy eaters and mortality reminders on nutritious grocery purchases: An integrative terror management and prototype willingness analysis. Health Psychology, 34, 279-282.

McCabe, S., Vail, K. E., Arndt, J., & Goldenberg, J. L. (2014). Hails from the crypt: A terror management health model investigation of the effectiveness of health-oriented vs. celebrity-oriented endorsements. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 40, 289-300.

Arndt, J., Vail, K. E., Cox, C. R., Goldenberg, J. L., Piasecki, T. M., & Gibbons, F. X. (2013). The interactive effect of mortality reminders and tobacco craving on smoking topography. Health Psychology, 32, 525-532.

Vail, K. E., Arndt., J., & Abdollahi, A. (2012). Exploring the existential function of religion and supernatural agent beliefs among Christians, Muslims, Atheists and Agnostics. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 38, 1288-1300.

Pyszczynski, T., Motyl, M., Vail, K. E., Hirschberger, G., Arndt, J., & Kesebir, P. (2012). Drawing attention to global climate change decreases support for war. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 18, 354-368.

Vail, K. E., Juhl, J., Arndt, J., Vess, M. K., Routledge, C., & Rutjens, B. T. (2012). When death is good for life: Considering the positive trajectories of terror management. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 16, 303-329.

Vail, K. E., Arndt, J., Motyl, M. S., & Pyszczynski, T. (2012). The aftermath of destruction: Images of destroyed buildings increase support for war, dogmatism, and death thought accessibility. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 48, 1069-1081.

Vail, K. E., Rothschild, Z. K., Weise, D., Solomon, S., Pyszczynski, T., & Greenberg, J. (2010). A terror management analysis of the psychological functions of religion. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 14, 84-94.

Vail, K. E., & Motyl, M. S. (2010). Support for Diplomacy: Peacemaking and militarism as a unidimensional correlate of social, environmental, and political attitudes. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 16, 29-57.

Vail, K. E., Arndt, J., Motyl, M., & Pyszczynski, T. (2009). Compassionate values and presidential politics: Mortality salience, compassionate values, and support for Barack Obama and John McCain in the 2008 Presidential election. Analysis of Social Issues and Public Policy. 9, 255-268.