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The Theory of 'Identity Dissonance': Mass Communication, Romance Fiction, and the Self-Concept
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PhD,
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"A very Glamorized Picture, that": Images of Scottish Female Herring Workers on Romance Novel Covers
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The Scientification of Love: A Cognitive Literary Approach to Romance Novels
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Confessions of a Harlequin Reader: Romance and the Myth of Male Mothers
Canadian Journal of Political and Social Theory
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Popular Feminine Narratives: A Study of Romances, Gothics, and Soap Operas
PhD,
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The Disappearing Act: A Study of Harlequin Romances
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Forum for World Literature Studies
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ETC: A Review of General Semantics
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Psychological Reports
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Gender Roles, Romantic Fiction and Family Therapy
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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
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Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women’s Romance Fiction
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Rape myths are the theory--romance novels are the practice: The impact of exposure to images of women in popular culture
PhD,
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(2021)
How Damsels Love: The Transgressive Pleasure of Romance
New Horizons in English Studies
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Reading Literary Fiction Is Associated With a More Complex Worldview
Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin
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Journal of Language and Social Psychology
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Re-inventing romance: Reading popular romantic fiction
Women's Studies International Forum
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Romance and Repetition: Testing the Limits of Love
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Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature
Chapel Hill:
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The effects of romance in young adult fiction on pre-adolescent African-American females
MA thesis,
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Romance Novels and Higher Education
Inter-Text: An Undergraduate Journal for Social Sciences and Humanities
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Journal of Popular Romance Studies
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International Journal of Women's Studies
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American Journal of Family Therapy
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Psychology of Aesthetics, Creativity, and the Arts
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(2024)
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