Education

• 1995, Ph.D., Arizona State University. Clinical Psychology.
• 1994, Clinical Fellow in Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School.
• 1990, M.A., Carleton University. Personality Psychology.
• 1988, B.A., Carleton University. Psychology.

Courses Taught

1. PSY 105: Introductory Psychology (click here to get course information) - offered spring and fall semesters
2. PSY 346: Personality Psychology (click here to get course information) - offered all semesters
3. PSY 425: Tests and Measures (click here to get course information) - not currently offered
4. PSY 525: Psychological Assessment I (click here to get course information) - offered spring semester
5. PSY 526: Psychological Assessment II (click here to get course information) - offered fall semester

Research Interests

• early detection of memory loss (for more info visit Memory Assessment and Research Services at: www.memoryassessment.com)
• motivational underpinnings of hypochondriasis, depression, anxiety, and pain
• personality as a predisposition for psychiatric disorders.
• fear responses to bio-terrorism and the mitigation of those responses
• the assessment of juror bias in criminal cases.

Research Opportunities for Students

• Every semester our lab works on several projects. The lab is made up of undergraduate and graduate students working together and learning from each other. Good research assistants are always welcome. Please stop by or send me an email!

  • Assessing memory change
  • Ongoing research opportunities in the study of mood states and their assessment
  • Ongoing research opportunities in the study of hypochondriasis (preoccupation and fear of illness) and its relation to fears of bio-terrorism.
  • Ongoing research opportunities in understanding the role of pretrial juror biases in juror decision-making.
• Students may get experience as a research assistant through the course PSY 491 (Directed Individual Study) or, in some cases, by conducting an honors thesis under my supervision (PSY 491).

  Please contact me if you are interested leccil@uncw.edu

Select Publications

• Lecci, L., & Cohen, D. J. (2007). Altered processing of health threat words as a function of hypochondriacal tendencies and experimentally manipulated control beliefs. Cognition and Emotion, 21, 211-224.

• Peterman, A., & Lecci, L., (2007). Personal projects in health and illness. In B. R. Little, K. Salmela-Aro, & S. D. Phillips (Eds.), Personal project pursuit: Goals, action, and human Flourishing (pp. 329-353). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

• Lecci, L. & Wirth, R. J. (2006). Methodological and practical issues in the experience, induction and assessment of mood states. In A. V. Clark (Ed.) The psychology of moods: New Research (pp. 37-55) New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

• Johnson, J., Lecci, L. & Swim, J. (2006). Predicting perceived racism and acceptance of negative behavioral intergroup responses: Validating the JLS in a college and community sample of Blacks. Personality and Individual Differences, 40, 421-431.

• Lecci, L. (2004). An essential tool for the treatment and study of adult hypochondriasis. [Review of the book Hypochondriasis: Modern perspectives on an ancient malady]. Contemporary Psychology, 49, 88-91.

• Lecci, L., MacLean, M. G., & Croteau, N. (2002). Personal goals as predictors of college student drinking motives, alcohol use and related problems. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 62, 620-630.

• Lecci, L., & Myers, B. (2002). Examining the construct validity of the original and revised JBS: A cross-validation of sample and method. Law and Human Behavior, 26, 455-463.

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Click here for a description of previously funded research.

Address

Len Lecci, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
University of North Carolina Wilmington
601 South College Rd.
Wilmington, N.C., 28403-5612
phone: 910-962-7262 Fax: 910-962-7010
leccil@uncw.edu