Hitlan

Research interests

     My research focuses on the antecedrnets and consequences associated with social and workplace stressors. Within the workpace, I have been
    examining how ostracism and harassment (including sexual, ethnic, and bystander) impact individual employee and workgroup attitudes and
    behaviors. One important facet of this line of research concerns how individuals respond to being linguistically ostracized by others conversing
    in a language with which the target individual (or group) has extremely limited (if any) ability to understand. We argue that the outcomes/
    effects of such experiences can be viewed by the target individual (or group) as either a challenge or a threat depending on whether the
    ostracizers are perceived to be ingroup or outgroup members. In addition to examining such interactions via traditional self-reports, we are
    also interested in how such interactions relate to actual behaviors, as well as, neuroendocrine and immunological functioning. The work on
    sexual harassment focuses on the additive and multiplicative effects of experiencing multiple types of harassment.

Sample Publications

Hitlan, R. T., Zarate, M. A., Kelly, K., & DeSoto, M. C. (2015). Linguistic ostracism causes prejudice: Support for a serial mediation effect. Journal of Social
Psychology. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C. & Hitlan, R. T. (2015). Can Dual Hormones Ever Duel? Neuroendocrine Interactions During Social Exclusion. North American Journal of
Psychology, 17, 555-574. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2013). Vaccine safety study as an interesting case of “over-matching”. Autism / Book 1, ISBN 980-953-307-737-1, InTech open
science. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2012). Fish consumption advisories and the surprising relationship to prevalence rate of developmental disability as reported by
public schools. Journal of Environmental Protection, 3, 1579-1589. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2012). Synthetic folic acid supplementation during pregnancy may increase risk of developing autism. Journal of Pediatric
Biochemistry, 2, 251-261. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2010). Sorting out the spinning of autism: Heavy metals and the question of incidence. Acta Neurobiologiae Experimentalis, 70,
165-176. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., Hitlan, R. T., *Deol, R. S., & *McAdams, D. (2010). Testosterone fluctuations in young men: The difference between interacting with like and
not-like others. Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 173-178. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T., & Noel, J. M. (2009). The Influence of Workplace Exclusion and Personality on Counterproductive Workplace Behaviors: An Interactionist
Perspective. European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology, 18, 477-502. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T, Pryor, J. B., Hesson-McInnis, M. S., & *Olson, M. (2009). Antecedents to gender harassment: An analysis of person and situation factors. Sex
Roles: A Journal of Research, 61,794-807. Full Text

DeSoto, M. C., & Hitlan, R. T. (2007). Blood levels of mercury are related to diagnosis of autism: A reanalysis of an important data set. Journal of Child
Neurology, 22, 1321-1323. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T., Carrillo, K., Aikman, S. N., & Zarate, M. A. (2007). Attitudes toward immigrant groups and the effects of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Peace and
Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 13, 1-18. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T., Schneider, K. T., & Walsh, B. (2006). Upsetting behavior: Reactions to personal and bystander sexual harassment experiences. Sex Roles: A
Journal of Research, 55, 187-195. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T., Cliffton, R. J., & DeSoto, M. C. (2006). Perceived Exclusion in the Workplace: The Moderating Effects of Gender on Work-Related Attitudes and
Psychological Health. North American Journal of Psychology, 8, 217-236. Full Text

Hitlan, R. T., Kelly, K., Schepman, S., Schneider, K. T., & Zarate, M. A. (2006). Language Exclusion and the Consequences of Perceived Ostracism in the
Workplace. Group Dynamics: Theory, Research, and Practice, 10, 56-70. Full Text

Zarate, M. A., Garcia, B, Garza, A. A., & Hitlan, R. T. (2004). Cultural threat and perceived realistic group conflict as predictors of attitudes towards Mexican
immigrants. Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, 40, 99-105. Full Text

Schneider, K. T., & Hitlan, R. T., & Radhakrishnan, P. (2000) An examination of the nature and correlates of ethnic harassment experiences in multiple contexts.
Journal of Applied Psychology, 85(1), 3-12. Full Text