Eddie M. Clark
Eddie Clark is a social psychologist with two areas of interest:
(1) Close Relationships, especially relationship satisfaction and commitment, love attitudes, perceptions of infidelity, relationship maintenance, and relationships between ex-romantic partners.
(2) Attitudes and Persuasion, especially health attitudes and communication, culturally appropriate health communication, and identifying the mediators of the religiosity-health relationship.
He teaches undergraduate courses in General Psychology, Health Psychology, African American Psychology, and Close Relationships. He also teaches graduate seminars in the Social Psychology of Attitudes, Social Psychology of Close Relationships, and Social Psychology of Health.
Primary Interests:
- Attitudes and Beliefs
- Close Relationships
- Communication, Language
- Culture and Ethnicity
- Health Psychology
Research Group or Laboratory:
Journal Articles:
- Clark, E. M., Holt, C. L. Wang, M. Q., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2013). The relationship between spiritual health locus of control and social and religious capital. Counselling & Spirituality, 32, 105-121.
- Holt, C.L., Clark, E.M., Wang, M.Q., Williams, B.R., & Schulz, E. (2015). The religion-health connection among African Americans: What is the role of social capital? Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, 25, 1-18.
- Clark, E. M., Holt, C. L., Wang, M. Q., Williams, B. R., & Schulz, E. (2017). Which personality traits moderate the relationship between religious capital and depressive symptomology in a national sample of African Americans? Journal of Black Psychology, 43, 517-537.
- Clark, E. M., Huang, J., Roth, D. L., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., & Holt, C. L. (2017). The relationship between religious beliefs and behaviours and changes in spiritual health locus of control over time in a national sample of African Americans. Mental Health, Religion and Culture, 71, 449-463
- Clark, E. M., Harris, A. L., Hasan, M., Votaw, K. B., & Fernandez, P. (2015). Concluding thoughts: Interethnic marriage through the lens of interdependence theory. Journal of Social Issues, 71, 822-834 (Special Issue on Interethnic Marriage).
- 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., 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Gaines, S. O., Jr., Clark, E. M., & Afful, S. E. (2015). Interethnic marriage in the United States: An Introduction. Journal of Social Issues, 71, 647-658 (Special Issue on Interethnic Marriage).
- Hasan, M. & Clark, E. M. (2017). I get so lonely, baby: The effects of loneliness and social isolation on romantic dependency. Journal of Social Psychology, 157, 429-444.
- Holt, C. L., Roth, D. L., Clark, E. M., & Debnam, K. J. (2014). Positive self-perceptions as a mediator of religious involvement and health behaviors in a national sample of African Americans. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 37,102-112.
- 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., & 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., Schulz, E., Williams, B. R., Clark, E. M., & Wang, M. Q. (2014). Social support as a mediator of religious involvement and physical and emotional functioning in a national sample of African Americans. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 17, 421-435.
- Le, D., Holt, C.L., Hosack, D.P., Huang, J., & Clark, E.M. (2016). Religious participation is associated with increases in religious social support in a national longitudinal study of African Americans. Journal of Religion and Health, 55, 1449-1460.
- 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.
- Roth, D. L., Usher, T., Clark, E. M., & Holt, C.L. (2016). Religious involvement and health over time: Predictive effects in a national sample of African Americans. Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 55, 417-424
- Williams, B. R., Wang, M. Q., Schulz, E., Clark, E. M., & Holt, C. L. (2015). Social integration and health insurance status among African American women and men. Journal of Women and Aging, 27, 195-215
Other Publications:
- Clark, E. M., Fernandez, P., Harris, A. L., Hasan, M., & Votaw, K. B. (2017). The Aftermath: Friendship after romantic relationship termination. In M. Hojjat & A. Moyer (Eds.). The psychology of friendship (pp. 177-194). Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press.
- Thompson, V. L. S., Clark, E. M., & Purnell, J. (2012). The role of African American racial identification in health behavior. In Sullivan, J. M. & Esmail, A. (Eds.). African American identity: Racial and cultural dimensions of the Black experience (pp. 189-220). Lanham, MD: Lexington Books.
Courses Taught:
- African American Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Close Relationships (Undergraduate)
- General Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Health Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Social Psychology (Undergraduate)
- Social Psychology of Attitudes (Graduate)
- Social Psychology of Close Relationships (Graduate)
- Social Psychology of Health (Graduate, offered occasionally)
Eddie M. Clark
Department of Psychology
Morrissey Hall, Saint Louis University
3700 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, Missouri 63108
United States of America
- Phone: (314) 977-2272