Rebecca Anne Turner
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Rebecca Turner is a professor of Organizational Psychology at the California School of Professional Psychology, Alliant International University in San Francisco, where she teaches courses and seminars in applied social and organizational psychology. Her career has focused on the application of social psychology concepts to research in medical settings (at University of California San Francisco) and consultation to organizations. Her professional practice focuses on executive coaching, team development and large-scale management studies for global organizations.
Primary Interests:
- Applied Social Psychology
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Group Processes
- Interpersonal Processes
- Organizational Behavior
Journal Articles:
- Knutson, B., Wolkowitz, O. M., Cole, S. W., Chan, T., Moore, E. A., Johnson, R. C., Terpstra, J., Turner, R. A., & Reus, V. (1998). Serotonergic intervention alters a major dimension of normal personality. American Journal of Psychiatry, 155, 373-379.
- Moore, P., Turner, R. A., Park, C., & Adler, N. E. (1996). The impact of behavior and addiction on psychological models of cigarette and alcohol use during pregnancy. Addictive Behaviors, 21, 645- 658.
- Park, C., Moore, P., Turner, R. A., & Adler, N. E. (1997). The role of constructive thinking and optimism in psychological and behavioral adjustments during pregnancy. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 73, 584-592.
- Stover, C. S., Van Horn, P., Turner, R. A., Cooper, B. A., & Lieberman, A. (2003). The effects of father visitation on preschool-aged witnesses of domestic violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18, 1149-1166.
- Tschann, J. M., Adler, N. E., Irwin, C. E., Millstein, S. G., Turner, R. A., & Kegeles, S. M. (1994). Initiation of substance use in early adolescence: The roles of pubertal timing and emotional distress. Health Psychology, 13, 326-333.
- Turner, R. A. (2007). Culture wars in the workplace: Interpersonal subtlety, emotional expression and the self-concept. Consulting Psychology Journal.
- Turner, R. A., Altemus, M., Enos, T., Cooper, B., & McGuinness, T. L. (1999). Preliminary research on plasma oxytocin levels in healthy, normal cycling women: Investigating emotional states and interpersonal distress. Psychiatry, 65, 97-113.
- Turner, R. A., Altemus, M., Yip, D. N., Kupferman, E., Fletcher, D., Bostrom, A., Lyons, D., & Amico, J. (2002). Effects of positive and negative emotion on oxytocin, prolactin, and ACTH in women. Stress, 5, 269-276.
- Turner, R. A., Irwin, C. E., Jr., & Millstein, S. G. (1991). Family structure, family processes and experimenting with substances during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 1, 93-106.
- Turner, R. A., Irwin, C. E., Jr., Tschann, J. T., & Millstein, S. G. (1993). Autonomy, relatedness and the initiation of health risk behaviors in early adolescence. Health Psychology, 12, 200-208.
- Turner, R. A., Januszewski, B., Flack, A., Guerin, L., & Cooper, B. (1997). Attachment representations and sexual behavior in humans. In Conference Proceedings on the Integrative Neurobiology of Affiliation. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 807, 583-586.
Other Publications:
- Levin, I., & Turner, R. A. (2009). Can leaders really be "developed"? California Psychologist, 42, 17-19.
- Turner, R. A. (2007). Leadership success: Does personality matter? The California Psychologist, 40, 10-14.
Courses Taught:
- Executive Coaching
- Group Dynamics in Organizations
- Organizational Assessment
- Research Seminar: Applied Social Psychology
- Social Psychology in Organizations
Rebecca Anne Turner
38 Woodland Avenue
San Francisco, California 94117
United States of America
- Phone: (415) 602-0304