Journal Articles

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​--------------------In Press--------------------
Hyatt, C.S., Chester, D.S., Zeichner, A., & Miller, J.D. (in press). Facet-level analysis of the relations between personality and laboratory aggression. Aggressive Behavior. PDF

Chester, D.S., Clark, M.A., & DeWall, C.N. (in press). The flux, pulse, and spin of aggression-related affect. Emotion. PDF

Chester, D.S. & Dzierzewski, J.M. (in press). Sour sleep, sweet revenge? Aggressive pleasure as a potential mechanism underlying poor sleep quality’s link to aggression. Emotion. PDF

--------------------2019--------------------
*Lasko, E.N., Chester, D.S., *Martelli, A.M., *West, S.J., & DeWall, C.N. (2019). An investigation of the relationship between psychopathy and greater gray matter density in lateral prefrontal cortex. Personality Neuroscience, 2, 1-10. PDF

Chester, D.S., Bell, S.B., DeWall, C.N., *West, S.J., Romero-Lopez, M., & Craig, A.W. (2019). Neural correlates of intertemporal choice in aggressive behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 45(5), 507-516. PDF

Chester, D.S. (2019). Beyond the aggregate score: Using multilevel modeling to examine trajectories of laboratory-measured aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 45(5), 498-506. PDF
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Chester, D.S., DeWall, C.N., & Enjaian, B. (2019). Sadism and aggressive behavior: Inflicting pain to feel pleasure. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 45(8), 1252-1268. PDF

Hyatt, C.S., Chester, D.S., Zeichner, A., & Miller, J.D. (2019). Analytic flexibility in laboratory aggression paradigms: Relations with personality traits vary (slightly) by operationalization of aggression. Aggressive Behavior, 45(4), 377-388. 

Chester, D.S. & *Lasko, E.N. (2019). Validating a standardized approach to the Taylor Aggression Paradigm. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 10(5), 620-631. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2019). Intimate partner violence perpetration corresponds to a dorsal-ventral gradient in medial PFC reactivity to interpersonal provocation. Social Neuroscience, 14(2), 173-182. PDF

--------------------2018--------------------
​*Martelli, A.M, Chester, D.S., Brown, K.W., Eisenberger, N.I., & DeWall, C.N. (2018). When less is more: Mindfulness predicts adaptive affective responding to rejection via reduced prefrontal recruitment. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(6), 648-655. PDF

Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Milich, R. & DeWall, C.N. (2018). Neural mechanisms of the rejection-aggression link. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 13(5), 501-512. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2018). Aggression is associated with greater subsequent alcohol consumption: Shared neural basis in the ventral striatum. Aggressive Behavior, 44(3), 285-293. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2018). Personality correlates of revenge-seeking: Multidimensional links to physical aggression, impulsivity, and aggressive pleasure. Aggressive Behavior, 44(3), 235-245. PDF

Peters, J.R., Chester, D.S., Walsh, E.C., DeWall, C.N., & Baer, R.A. (2018). The rewarding nature of provocation-focused rumination in women with borderline personality disorder: A preliminary fMRI investigation. Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation, 5(1), 1-12. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2018). The roots of intimate partner violence. Current Opinion in Psychology, 19, 55-59. PDF

--------------------2017--------------------
Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Milich, R. & DeWall, C.N. (2017). Physical aggressiveness and gray matter deficits in ventromedial prefrontal cortex. Cortex, 97, 17-22. PDF

Chester, D.S., Whitt, Z.T., Davis, T.S., & DeWall, C.N. (2017). The Voodoo Doll Self-Injury Task: A new measure of sub-clinical self-harm tendencies. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 36(7), 554-578. PDF

Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Milich, R., & DeWall, C.N. (2017). Social rejection magnifies impulsive behavior among individuals with greater negative urgency: An experimental test of urgency theory. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 146(7), 962-967. PDF

Chester, D.S. (2017). The role of positive affect in aggression. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 26(4), 366-370. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2017). Combating the sting of rejection with the pleasure of revenge: A new look at how emotion shapes aggression. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 112(3), 413-430. PDF

--------------------2016--------------------
Chester, D.S., DeWall, C.N., Derefinko, K.J., Estus, S., Lynam, D.R., Peters, J.R., & Jiang, Y. (2016). Looking for reward in all the wrong places: Dopamine receptor gene polymorphisms indirectly affect aggression through sensation-seeking. Social Neuroscience, 11(5), 487-494. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2016). The pleasure of revenge: Retaliatory aggression arises from a neural imbalance toward reward. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(7), 1173-1182. PDF​

Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Powell, D.K., & DeWall, C.N. (2016). Narcissism is associated with weakened frontostriatal connectivity: A DTI study. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 11(7), 1036-1040. PDF

Pearson, C.M., Chester, D.S., Powell, D.K., Wonderlich, S.A., & Smith, G.T. (2016). Investigating the reinforcing value of binge anticipation. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 49(6), 539-541.

Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Milich, R., & DeWall, C.N. (2016). Craving versus control: Negative urgency and neural correlates of alcohol reactivity. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 163(Supplement 1), S25-S28. PDF

Chester, D.S., DeWall, C.N., & Pond, R.S. (2016). The push of social pain: Does rejection’s sting motivate subsequent social reconnection? Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Neuroscience, 16(3), 541-550. PDF

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2016). Sound the alarm: The effect of narcissism on retaliatory aggression is moderated by dACC reactivity to rejection. Journal of Personality, 84(3), 361-368. PDF

DeWall, C.N., Baumeister, R.F., Chester, D.S., & Bushman, B.J. (2016). How often does currently felt emotion predict social behavior and judgment? A meta-analytic test of two competing theories. Emotion Review, 8(2), 136-143.

Chester, D.S., Lynam, D.R., Milich, R., Powell, D.K., Andersen, A.H., & DeWall, C.N. (2016). How do negative emotions impair self-control? A neural model of negative urgency. NeuroImage, 132, 43-50. PDF

--------------------2015--------------------
Chester, D.S., *Merwin, L.M., & DeWall, C.N. (2015). Maladaptive perfectionism’s link to aggression and self-harm: Emotion regulation as a mechanism. Aggressive Behavior, 41(5), 443-454. PDF

Chester, D.S., Pond, R.S., & DeWall, C.N. (2015). Alexithymia is associated with blunted anterior cingulate response to social rejection: Implications for daily rejection. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(4), 517-522. PDF

Riva, P., Romero-Lauro, L.J., DeWall, C.N., Chester, D.S., & Bushman, B.J. (2015). Reducing aggressive responses to social exclusion using transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS). Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 10(3), 352-356.

Chester, D.S., DeWall, C.N., Derefinko, K.J., Estus, S., Peters, J.R., Lynam, D.R., & Jiang, Y. (2015). Monoamine oxidase A (MAOA) genotype predicts greater aggression through impulsive reactivity to negative affect. Behavioural Brain Research, 283, 97-101. PDF

DeWall, C.N., Chester, D.S., & *White, D.S. (2015). Can acetaminophen reduce the pain of decision-making? Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 56, 117-120.

--------------------2014--------------------
Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2014). Prefrontal recruitment during social rejection predicts greater subsequent self-regulatory imbalance and impairment: Neural and longitudinal evidence. NeuroImage, 101, 485-493. PDF

Chester, D.S., Eisenberger, N.I., Pond, R.S., Richman, S.B., Bushman, B.J., & DeWall, C.N. (2014). The interactive effect of social pain and executive functioning on aggression: An fMRI experiment. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 9(5), 699-704. PDF

--------------------2013--------------------
Chester, D.S., Powell, C.A.J., Smith, R.H., Joseph, J.E., Kedia, G., Combs, D.J.Y., & DeWall, C.N. (2013). Justice for the average Joe: The role of envy and the mentalizing network in the deservingness of others’ misfortunes. Social Neuroscience, 8(6), 640-649. PDF

Beer, J.S., Chester, D.S., & Hughes, B.L. (2013). Social threat and cognitive load magnify self-enhancement and attenuate self-deprecation. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 49(4), 706-711.

--------------------2012--------------------
​Chester, D.S., Pond, R.S., Richman, S.B., & DeWall, C.N. (2012). The optimal calibration hypothesis: How life history modulates the brain’s social pain network. Frontiers in Evolutionary Neuroscience, 4, 10. PDF

Book Chapters and Commentaries
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DeWall, C. N. & Chester, D. S. (in press). Aggression, violence, and revenge. In P. A. M. Van Lange, E. T. Higgins, & A. W. Kruglanski (Eds.), Social psychology: handbook of basic principles (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Guilford.

Chester, D.S. & *Martelli, A.M. (in press). Why revenge sometimes feels so good. In E. L. Worthington & N. Wade (Eds.), Handbook of forgiveness (2nd ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2017). Adaptations to avoid ostracism. In T. Shackelford & V. Weekes-Shackelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of evolutionary psychological science. New York, NY: Springer.

DeWall, C.N. & Chester, D.S. (2016). Taming the impulsive beast: Understanding the link between self-regulation and aggression. In E. Hirt, J. J. Clarkson, & L. Jia (Eds.), Self-regulation and ego control (pp. 165-181)​. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier.

Chester, D.S. & Riva, P. (2016). Brain mechanisms to regulate negative reactions to social exclusion. In P. Riva & J. Eck (Eds.), Social exclusion: psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact (pp. 251-273). Cham, Switzerland: Springer International Publishing.

DeWall, C.N. & Chester, D.S. (2014). The neurobiology of aggression: Looking underneath the hood. In M. DeLisi & M.G. Vaughn (Eds.), Routledge handbook of biosocial criminology (pp. 251-262). New York, NY: Routledge.

Pond, R.S., Richman, S.B., Chester, D.S., & DeWall, C.N. (2014). Social pain and the brain: How insights from neuroimaging advance the study of social rejection. In T.D. Papageorgiou, G. Christopolous, & S. Smirnakis (Eds.), Advanced brain neuroimaging topics in health and disease: methods and applications (pp. 619-651). New York, NY: InTech.

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2013). Psychopathology and susceptibility to violence. In M.S. Eastin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of media violence (pp. 296-299). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chester, D.S. & DeWall, C.N. (2013). Trait aggression. In M.S. Eastin (Ed.), Encyclopedia of media violence (pp. 352-356). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Chester, D.S., Pond, R.S., & DeWall, C.N. (2013). The evolution of argument: A commentary on Mercier. In P.H. Crowley & T.R. Zentall (Eds.), Comparative decision making (pp. 316-318). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.