Jessica Cameron

• PSYC 2380 - Psychology of Gender
• PSYC 3570 - Psychology of Women
• PSYC 3630 - Measurement and Assessment
• PSYC 4520 - Honours Research Seminar

I investigate the dynamic relationship between the self and interpersonal relationships, focusing on relationship initiation, self-esteem, and gender diversity.

• PhD (Social and Personality Psychology), University of Waterloo, 2003
• BA Honours (Psychology), University of Manitoba, 1998

Research interests

• Social and personality psychology
• Romantic relationships
• Relationship initiation
• Insecurity
• Self-esteem
• Gender 

Research summary

I have three main research interests. First, I focus on romantic relationships with an emphasis on relationship initiation. Much of this work intersects with my second and third research interests and thus, focuses on how insecurity and gender influence how romantic relationships begin. Recently, our research on the friends-to-lovers pathway has investigated how romantic desire can form within a platonic friendship. Second, I am keenly interested in the consequences of insecurity (e.g., low self-esteem; insecure attachment). Here, I investigate the consequences (and perhaps the sources) of insecurity in close relationships. Within this broad research area, I have also taken an interest in social stereotypes about being insecure and the measurement of insecurity. Third, I am interested in issues surrounding gender diversity, gender roles and attitudes and women’s unique experiences. For example, I study the use and creation of inclusive gender demographic measures. 

• Cameron, J. J., & Stinson, D. A. (2022). "Ethical gender/sex measurement in Canadian research." Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 63 (4), 536-544.
• Stinson, D. A., Cameron, J. J., & *Hoplock, L. B. (2022). "The friends-to-lovers pathway to romance: Prevalent, preferred, and neglected by science." Social and Personality Psychology Science, 13(2), 562-571. (open access link)
• Cameron, J. J., & *Curry, E. (2020). "Gender roles and date context in hypothetical scripts for a woman and a man on a first date in the 21st century." Sex Roles, 82(5), 345–362.
• Cameron, J. J., & Stinson, D. A. (2019). "Gender (mis)measurement: Guidelines for respecting gender diversity in psychological research." Social and Personality Psychology Compass. 13(11), article e12506. (open access link)
• Cameron, J. J., & *Granger, S. (2019). "Does self-esteem have an interpersonal imprint beyond self-reports? A meta-analysis of self-esteem and objective interpersonal indicators." Personality and Social Psychology Review, 23(1), 73–102.
• Cameron, J. J., Stinson, D. A., *Hoplock, L.,*Hole, C., & *Schellenberg, J. (2016). "The robust self-esteem proxy: Impressions of self-esteem inform judgments of personality and social value." Self and Identity, 15(5), 561–578.
• Robinson, K. J., & Cameron, J. J. (2012). "Self-esteem is a shared relationship resource: Additive effects of dating partners’ self-esteem levels predict relationship quality." Journal of Research in Personality, 46(2), 227–230.
• Cameron, J. J., Stinson, D. A., *Gaetz, R., & *Balchen, S. (2010). "Acceptance is in the eye of the beholder: Self-esteem and motivated perceptions of acceptance from the opposite sex." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 99(3), 513–529. 

• 2022 - Merit Award (combined category) for Research and Teaching, University of Manitoba
• 2017 - Outstanding Professor Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba
• 2011 - Rh Award for Outstanding Contributions to Scholarship and Research in the Social Sciences category, University of Manitoba
• 2008 - Merit Award for Teaching, University of Manitoba
• 2007-2008 - Department of Psychology Teaching Award, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba