W. Kyle Hamilton

PhD Candidate in Psychological Science

University of California, Merced

Biography

W. Kyle Hamilton is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of California, Merced in the Psychological Sciences graduate program. He is advised by Dr. Linda Cameron and is part of the health psychology program. His research interests include electronic cigarettes, adverse childhood experiences, emotion regulation, evidence synthesis, and meta-analysis. He is active in the open science community and is a BITSS Catalyst, part of the metaverse project, and is a community member of rOpenSci. He has released five R packages and a meta-analysis module for Jamovi.

Interests

Evidence Synthesis
Meta Analysis
Health Communications
Community Interventions

Education

PhD in Psychological Science, 2021
University of California, Merced
BA in Psychology, 2012
University of California, Merced
AA in Social Science, 2010
Reedley College

Experience

Research & Survey Designer

United States Department of State - Office of the Curator

Sep 2016 – May 2017 Washington, DC

Created surveys and analyzed data on the educational initiatives related to the Diplomatic Reception Rooms in Washington DC.

Teaching Assistant

University of California, Merced

Aug 2015 – Present Merced, CA

Courses include:

Psychology 10 Analysis of Psychological Data
Psychology 10L Analysis of Psychological Data Lab
Psychology 15 Research Methods in Psychology
Psychology 125 Cognition, Affect, and Health
Psychology 156 Social Psychology
Psychology 158 Positive Psychology
Psychology 159 Personality Psychology
Psychology 190 Theories of Behavior Change

Recent Publications

Beneath the surface: Abstract construal mindset increases receptivity to metaphors in health communications

Widespread messages use metaphoric language and imagery to prompt recipients to interpret health-related concepts in terms of …

Mark J Landau, Linda D Cameron, Jamie Arndt, W Kyle Hamilton, Trevor J Swanson, Michael Bultmann

Evaluation of an intervention promoting emotion regulation skills for adults with persisting distress due to adverse childhood experiences

This phase II trial evaluated psychosocial and health outcomes of an intervention designed to improve emotion regulation skills in …

Linda D Cameron, Paul Carroll, W Kyle Hamilton

Positive Discipline Parenting Scale: Reliability and Validity of a Measure

Positive Discipline is a type of parenting program based on the work of Alfred Adler and Rudolph Dreikurs and designed to teach …

Paul Carroll & W Kyle Hamilton