Empathic Accuracy (Everyday Mind Reading)

Ickes, W., Stinson, L., Bissonnette, V., & Garcia, S. (1990). Naturalistic social cognition: Empathic accuracy in mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 59, 730-742.

Stinson, L., & Ickes, W. (1992). Empathic accuracy in the interactions of male friends versus male strangers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 787-797.

Ickes, W. (1993). Empathic accuracy. Journal of Personality, 61, 587-610.

Marangoni, C., Garcia, S., Ickes, W., & Teng, G. (1995). Empathic accuracy in a clinically relevant setting. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 68, 854-869.

Simpson, J., Ickes, W., & Blackstone, T. (1995). When the head protects the heart: Empathic accuracy in dating relationships. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 69, 629-641.

Hancock, M., & Ickes, W. (1996). Empathic accuracy: When does the perceiver-target relationship make a difference? Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 179-199.

Ickes, W. (Ed.) (1997). Empathic accuracy. New York: Guilford Press.

Graham, T., & Ickes, W. (1997). When women's intuition isn't greater than men's. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 117-143). New York: Guilford Press.

Colvin, C.R., Vogt, D.S., & Ickes, W. (1997). Why do friends understand each other better than strangers do? In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 169-193). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J. (1997). Managing empathic accuracy in close relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 218-250). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., Marangoni, C., & Garcia, S. (1997). Studying empathic accuracy in a clinically relevant context. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 282-310). New York: Guilford Press.

Buysse, A., & Ickes, W. (1999). Topic-relevant cognition and empathic accuracy in laboratory discussions of safer sex. Psychology and Health, 14, 351-366.

Simpson, J.A., Ickes, W., & Grich, J. (1999). When accuracy hurts: Reactions of anxious-ambivalent dating partners to a relationship-threatening situation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 754-769.

Gesn, P.R., & Ickes, W. (1999). The development of meaning contexts for empathic accuracy: Channel and sequence effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 746-761.

Ickes, W., Gesn, P.R., & Graham, T. (2000). Gender differences in empathic accuracy: Differential ability or differential motivation? Personal Relationships, 7, 95-109.

Ickes, W., Buysse, A., Pham, H., Rivers, K., Erickson, J.R., Hancock, M., Kelleher, J., & Gesn, P.R. (2000). On the difficulty of distinguishing “good” and “poor” perceivers: A social relations analysis of empathic accuracy data. Personal Relationships, 7, 219-234.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J.A. (2000). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In G.J.O. Fletcher & M.S. Clark (Eds.), Interpersonal processes: Blackwell handbook in social psychology (pp. 229-249). Blackwell: Oxford, UK.

Simpson, J.A., Ickes, W.,& Oriña, M. (2001). Empathic accuracy and preemptive relationship maintenance. In J. H. Harvey & A. Wenzel (Eds.), Close relationships: Perspectives on maintenance and enhancement (pp. 27-46). Mahwah, N. J.: Erlbaum.

Flury, J. & Ickes, W. (2001). Emotional intelligence and empathic accuracy. In J. Ciarrochi, J. Forgas, & J. Mayer (Eds.), Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry (pp. 113-132). Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Ickes, W. (2001). Measuring empathic accuracy. In J.A. Hall & F.J. Bernieri (Eds.), Interpersonal sensitivity: Theory and measurement (pp. 219-241). Mahwah, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Schweinle, W.E., Ickes, W., & Bernstein, I.H. (2002). Empathic inaccuracy in husband to wife aggression: The overattribution bias. Personal Relationships, 9, 141-159.

Schweinle, W.E., & Ickes, W. (2002). On empathic accuracy and husbands' abusiveness: The "overattribution bias." In P. Noller and J. A. Feeney (Eds.), Understanding marriage: Developments in the study of couple interaction (pp. 228-250). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ickes, W. (2003). Everyday mind reading: Understanding what other people think and feel. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.

Simpson, J.A., Oriña, M.M., & Ickes, W. (2003). When accuracy hurts, and when it helps: A test of the empathic accuracy model in marital interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 881-893.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J.A. (2004). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In M.B. Brewer & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Emotion and motivation (pp. 225-246). Malden, MA: Blackwell. [Reprinted from Ickes, W., & Simpson, J. (2001). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In G.J.O. Fletcher & M.S. Clark (Eds.), Interpersonal processes: Blackwell Handbook in Social Psychology (pp. 229-249). Oxford, UK: Blackwell]

Ickes, W., Simpson, J.A., & Oriña, M. (2005). Empathic accuracy and inaccuracy in close relationships. In B. Malle and S. Hodges (Eds.), Other minds: How humans bridge the divide between self and others (pp. 310-322). New York: Guilford Press.

Schmid Mast, M., Hall, J.A., & Ickes, W. (2006). Inferring power-related thoughts and feelings in others: A signal detection analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 1-10.

Flury, J., & Ickes, W. (2006). Emotional intelligence and empathic accuracy. In J. Ciarrochi, J. Forgas, & J. Mayer (Eds.), Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry (2nd ed.), pp. 140-165. New York: Psychology Press. [An updated and expanded version of the chapter that appeared in the first edition of this book].

Schmid Mast, M.S. & Ickes, W. (2007). Empathic accuracy: Measurement and potential clinical applications. In T.F.D. Farrow and P.W. R. Woodruff (Eds.), Empathy and mental Illness, pp. 408-427. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Schweinle, W., & Ickes, W. (2007). The role of men’s critical/rejecting overattribution bias, affect, and attentional disengagement in marital aggression. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26, 173-198.

Vervoort, T., Crombez, G., Buysse, A., Goubert, L., De Backer, T., & Ickes, W. (2007). The accuracy of parents for the thoughts and feelings of their adolescent suffering from chronic fatigue: A preliminary study of empathy. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 32, 494-499.

Clements, K., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Schweinle, W., & Ickes, W. (2007). Empathic accuracy of intimate partners in violent versus nonviolent relationships. Personal Relationships, 14, 369-388.

Ickes, W., & Schmid Mast, M. (2007). Empathic accuracy. In R.F. Baumeister & K.D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of social psychology (Vol. 1), pp. 294-296. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Flury, J., Ickes, W., & Schweinle, W. (in press). The Borderline Empathy Effect: Do high BPD individuals have greater empathic ability? Or are they just more difficult to “read”? Journal of Research in Personality.

Decety, J., & Ickes, W. (in press). The social neuroscience of empathy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ickes, W. (in press). Empathic accuracy: Its links to clinical, cognitive, developmental, social, and physiological psychology. Chapter to appear in J. Decety & W. Ickes (Eds.), The social neuroscience of empathy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ickes, W. (in press). Mind reading superheroes: Fiction and facts. Chapter to appear in The psychology of superheroes. Dallas: BenBella Books.

Intersubjective Social Cognition

Ickes, W., Patterson, M.L., Rajecki, D.W., & Tanford, S. (1982). Behavioral and cognitive consequences of reciprocal versus compensatory responses to pre-interaction expectancies. Social Cognition, 1, 160-190.

Ickes, W., Robertson, E., Tooke, W., & Teng, G. (1986). Naturalistic social cognition: Methodology, assessment, and validation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 66-82.

Ickes, W., Tooke, W., Stinson, L., Baker, V.L., & Bissonnette, V. (1988). Naturalistic social cognition: Intersubjectivity in same-sex dyads. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 12, 58-84.

Stinson, L., & Ickes, W. (1992). Empathic accuracy in the interactions of male friends versus male strangers. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 62, 787-797.

Ickes, W., & Gonzalez, R. (1994). "Social" cognition and social cognition: From the subjective to the intersubjective. Small Group Research, 25, 294-315.

Ickes, W., & Gonzalez, R. (1996). "Social" cognition and social cognition: From the subjective to the intersubjective. In J. Nye and A. Brower (Eds.), What's social about social cognition? Research on socially shared cognition in small groups (pp. 285-309) Newbury Park, CA.: Sage. [An expanded and updated version of the article by Ickes and Gonzalez (1994).

Gesn, P.R., & Ickes, W. (1999). The development of meaning contexts for empathic accuracy: Channel and sequence effects. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77, 746-761.

Ickes, W., Buysse, A., Pham, H., Rivers, K., Erickson, J. R., Hancock M., Kelleher, J., & Gesn, P. R. (2000). On the difficulty of distinguishing "good" and "poor" perceivers: A social relations analysis of empathic accuracy data. Personal Relationships, 7, 219-234.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J.A. (2000). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy: Chapter to appear in G.J.O. Fletcher & M.S. Clark (Eds.), Interpersonal processes: Blackwell handbook in social psychology (pp. 229-249). Blackwell: Oxford, UK.

Ickes, W., & Dugosh, J.W. (2000). An intersubjective perspective on social cognition and aging. Basic and Applied Social Psychology (special issue on Social Cognition and Aging), 22, 157-167.

Ickes, W., & Duck, S.W. (2000). Personal relationships and social psychology. In W. Ickes & S.W. Duck (Eds.), The social psychology of personal relationships (pp. 1-8). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Ickes, W. (2002). The social self in subjective and intersubjective research paradigms. In J. P. Forgas and K. D. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, interpersonal and intergroup perspectives (pp. 205-218). Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Ickes, W. (2002). Subjective and intersubjective paradigms for the study of social cognition. New Review of Social Psychology, 1, 112-121.

Ickes, W., Hutchison, J., & Mashek. D. (2004). Closeness as intersubjectivity. Social absorption and social individuation. In D. Mashek and A. Aron (Eds.), The handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 357-373). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Verhofstadt, L.L., Buysse, A., Ickes, W., DeClerq, A., & Peene, O.J. (2005). Conflict and support interactions in marriage: An analysis of couples' interactive behavior and on-line cognition. Personal Relationships, 12, 23-42.

Schmid Mast, M., Hall, J.A., & Ickes, W. (2006). Inferring power-related thoughts and feelings in others: A signal detection analysis. European Journal of Social Psychology, 36, 1-10.

Oriña, M.M., Simpson, J.A., Ickes, W., Asada, K., Fitzpatrick, M.A., & Braz, M.E. (in press). Making it (inter-)personal: Self and partner moderated influence during marital conflict discussions. Social Influence.

Whittington, J.L., Holloway, R., Goodwin, V.L., Ickes, W., & Murray, B. (in press). Transactional leadership revisited: Self-other agreement and its consequences. Journal of Applied Social Psychology.

Methods for Studying Naturalistic Social Interaction

Ickes, W. (1982). A basic paradigm for the study of personality, roles, and social behavior. In W. Ickes and E.S. Knowles (Eds.), Personality, roles, and social behavior (pp. 305-341). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1983). A basic paradigm for the study of unstructured dyadic interaction. In H. Reis (Issue Ed.), New Directions for Methodology of Behavioral Science: Naturalistic approaches to studying social interaction. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 5-21.

Ickes, W., & Robertson, E. (1984). A new paradigm for the study of personality. In O. Neumaier (Ed.), Mind, language, and society (pp. 31-41). Vienna: vwgo-verlag.

Ickes, W., & Trued, S. (1985). A system for collecting dyadic interaction data on the Apple II computer. Electronic Social Psychology, Article #8501012, 1, 1-13.

Ickes, W., Robertson, E., Tooke, W., & Teng, G. (1986). Naturalistic social cognition: Methodology, assessment, and validation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 66-82.

Ickes, W., & Tooke, W. (1988). The observational method: Studying the interactions of minds and bodies. In S. Duck, D.F. Hay, S.E. Hobfoll, W. Ickes, & B. Montgomery (Eds.), Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (pp. 79-97). Chichester: Wiley.

Ickes, W., Bissonnette, V., Garcia, S., & Stinson, L. (1990). Implementing and using the dyadic interaction paradigm. In C. Hendrick & M. Clark (Eds.), Review of Personality and Social Psychology: Volume 11, Research methods in personality and social psychology, (pp. 16-44). Newbury Park, CA.: Sage.

Ickes, W. (1994). Methods of studying close relationships. In A.L. Weber & J.H. Harvey (Eds.) Perspectives on close relationships (pp. 18-44). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Reprinted in W. Ickes & S. W. Duck (Eds.), The social psychology of personal relationships (pp. 157-180). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Ickes, W. (2001). Measuring empathic accuracy. In J.A. Hall & F.J. Bernieri (Eds.), Interpersonal sensitivity: Theory and measurement (pp. 219-241). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

DeClerq, A., Buysse, A., Roeyers, H., Ickes, W., Ponnet, K., & Verhofstadt, L. (2001). VIDANN: A video annotation system. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers, 33, 159-166.

Rehmatullah, M., & Ickes, W. (2006). In A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of personal relationships, pp. 51-71. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Sex Roles (Gender Roles) and Relationships

Ickes, W., & Barnes, R.D. (1978). Boys and girls together--and alienated: On enacting stereotyped sex roles in mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 669-683.

Ickes, W., Schermer, B., & Steeno, J. (1979). Sex and sex role influences in same-sex dyads. Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 373-385.

LaFrance, M., & Ickes, W. (1981). Posture mirroring and interactional involvement: Sex and sex typing effects. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 5, 139-154.

Ickes, W. (1981). Sex-role influences in dyadic interaction: A theoretical model. In C. Mayo and N. Henley (Eds.), Gender and nonverbal behavior (pp. 95-128). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1985). Sex-role influences on compatibility in relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Compatible and incompatible relationships (pp. 187-207). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1993). Traditional gender roles: Do they make, and then break, our relationships? Journal of Social Issues, 49, 71-86.

Ickes, W., Gesn, P.R., & Graham, T. (2000). Gender differences in empathic accuracy: Differential ability or differential motivation? Personal Relationships, 7, 95-109.

Personality and Social Behavior

Ickes, W., & Barnes, R.D. (1977). The role of sex and self-monitoring in unstructured dyadic interactions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 35, 315-330.

Ickes, W., Corcoran, C., Rajecki, D.W., & Lenerz, K. (1977). Social Facilitation of Human Performance: Mere Presence Effects. Journal of Social Psychology, 102, 297-310.

Ickes, W., & Barnes, R.D. (1978). Boys and girls together--and alienated: On enacting stereotyped sex roles in mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 36, 669-683.

Ickes, W., Schermer, B., & Steeno, J. (1979). Sex and sex role influences in same-sex dyads. Social Psychology Quarterly, 42, 373-385.

Dishman, R.K., Ickes, W., & Morgan, W.D. (1980). Self-motivation and adherence to habitual physical activity. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 10, 115-132.

LaFrance, M., & Ickes, W. (1981). Posture mirroring and interactional involvement: Sex and sex typing effects. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 5, 139-154.

Rajecki, D.W., Ickes, W., & Tanford, S. (1981). Locus of control and reactions to a stranger. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 7, 282-289.

Dishman, R.K., & Ickes, W. (1981). Self-motivation and adherence to therapeutic exercise. Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 4, 421-438.

Ickes, W. (1981). Sex-role influences in dyadic interaction: A theoretical model. In C. Mayo and N. Henley (Eds.), Gender and nonverbal behavior (pp. 95-128). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W., & Knowles, E.S. (Eds.) (1982). Personality, roles, and social behavior. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1982). A basic paradigm for the study of personality, roles, and social behavior. In W. Ickes and E.S. Knowles (Eds.), Personality, roles, and social behavior (pp. 305-341). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1983). Influences of past relationships on subsequent ones. In P. Paulus (Ed.), Basic group processes (pp. 315-337). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W., & Turner, M. (1983). On the social advantages of having an older, opposite-sex sibling: Birth order influences in mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 45, 210-222.

Yuen, K., & Ickes, W. (1984). "Prudes" and "pornographiles": Effects of subject and audience attitudes on the viewing and rating of pornographic materials. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 2, 215-229.

Ickes, W. (1984). Compositions in black and white: Determinants of interaction in interracial dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 47, 330-341.

Ickes, W. (1984). Personality. In A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Research methods in clinical psychology (pp. 157-178). New York: Pergamon.

Ickes, W., & Robertson, E. (1984). A new paradigm for the study of personality. In O. Neumaier (Ed.), Mind, language, and society (pp. 31-41). Vienna: vwgo-verlag.

Ickes, W. (1985). Sex-role influences on compatibility in relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Compatible and incompatible relationships (pp. 187-207). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Snyder, M., & Ickes, W. (1985). Personality and social behavior. In G. Lindzey and E. Aronson (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology: Third edition. Vol. 2 (pp. 883-947). New York: Random House.

Ickes, W., Reidhead, S., & Patterson, M.L. (1986). Machiavellianism and self-monitoring: As different as "me" and "you." Social Cognition, 4, 58-74.

Ickes, W., Robertson, E., Tooke, W., & Teng, G. (1986). Naturalistic social cognition: Methodology, assessment, and validation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 51, 66-82.

Ickes, W., & Teng, G. (1987). Refinement and validation of Brickman's measure of internal-external correspondence. Journal of Research in Personality, 21, 287-305.

Tooke, W.S., & Ickes, W. (1988). A measure of adherence to conventional morality. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7, 310-334.

Ickes, W., Tooke, W., Stinson, L., Baker, V.L., & Bissonnette, V. (1988). Naturalistic social cognition: Intersubjectivity in same-sex dyads. Journal of Nonverbal Behavior, 12, 58-84.

Marangoni, C., & Ickes, W. (1989). Loneliness: A theoretical review with implications for measurement. Journal of Personal and Social Relationships, 6, 93-128.

Ickes, W., Bissonnette, V., Bernstein, I., & Knowles, E. (1990). Personality moderating variables: A warning about statistical artifact and a comparison of analytic techniques. Journal of Personality, 58, 567-587.

Ickes, W., Bissonnette, V., Bernstein, I., & Knowles, E. (1990). Item variances and median splits: Some discouraging and disquieting findings. Journal of Personality, 58, 595-601.

Garcia, S., Stinson, L., Ickes, W., Bissonnette, V., & Briggs, S.R. (1991). Shyness and physical attractiveness in mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 35-49.

Ickes, W. (1993). Traditional gender roles: Do they make, and then break, our relationships? Journal of Social Issues, 49, 71-86.

Stiles, W.B., Walz, N.C., Schroeder, M., Williams, L.L., & Ickes, W. (1996). Attractiveness and disclosure in initial encounters of mixed-sex dyads. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 13, 303-312.

Stiles, W.B., Lyall, L.M., Knight, D.P., Ickes, W., Waung, M., Lowry Hall, C., & Primeau, B.E. (1997). Gender differences in verbal presumptuousness and attentiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 759-772.

Ickes, W., Snyder, M., & Garcia, S. (1997). Personality influences on the choice of situations. In R. Hogan, J. Johnson, & S. Briggs (Eds.) Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 165-195). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Gaines, S.O., Jr., & Ickes, W. (1997). Perspectives on interracial relationships. In S.W. Duck, K. Dindia, W. Ickes, R.M. Milardo, R. Mills, & B. Sarason (Eds.), Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (2nd ed.) (pp. 197-220). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Simpson, J.A., Ickes, W., & Grich, J. (1999). When accuracy hurts: Reactions of anxious-uncertain individuals to a relationship-threatening situation. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 76, 754-769.

Ickes, W., Gesn, P. R., & Graham, T. (2000). Gender differences in empathic accuracy: Differential ability or differential motivation? Personal Relationships, 7, 95-109.

Ickes, W., Buysse, A., Pham, H., Rivers, K., Erickson, J. R., Hancock, M., Kelleher, J., & Gesn, P. R. (2000). On the difficulty of distinguishing "good" and "poor" perceivers: A social relations analysis of empathic accuracy data. Personal Relationships, 7, 219-234.

Schweinle, W. E., Ickes, W., & Bernstein, I. H. (2002). Empathic inaccuracy in husband to wife aggression: The overattribution bias. Personal Relationships, 9, 141-159.

Ickes, W., Dugosh, J.W., Simpson, J.A., & Wilson, C. (2003). Suspicious minds: The motive to acquire relationship-threatening information. Personal Relationships, 10, 131-148.

Ickes, W., Hutchinson, J., & Mashek, D. (2004). Closeness as intersubjectivity: Social absorption and social individuation.In D. Mashek and A. Aron (Eds.), The handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 357-373). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W., Holloway, R., Stinson, L., & Hoodenpyle, T. (2006). Self-monitoring in social interaction: The centrality of self-affect. Journal of Personality, 74, 1-26.

Charania, M.R., & Ickes, W. (2007). Predicting marital satisfaction: Social Absorption and individuation versus attachment anxiety and avoidance. Personal Relationships, 14, 187-208.

Flury, J., Ickes, W., & Schweinle, W. (in press). The Borderline Empathy Effect: Do high BPD individuals have greater empathic ability? Or are they just more difficult to “read”? Journal of Research in Personality.

Books

Harvey, J., Ickes, W., & Kidd, R. (Eds.) (1976). New directions in attribution research. Vol. 1. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Harvey, J., Ickes, W., & Kidd, R. (Eds.) (1978). New directions in attribution research. Vol. 2. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Harvey, J., Ickes, W., & Kidd, R. (Eds.) (1981). New directions in attribution research. Vol. 3. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W., & Knowles, E.S. (Eds.) (1982). Personality, roles, and social behavior. New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (Ed.) (1985). Compatible and incompatible relationships. New York:Springer-Verlag.

Duck, S.W., Hay, D.F., Hobfoll, S.E., Ickes, W., & Montgomery, B., (Eds.), (1988). Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (1st ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Duck, S.W., Dindia, K., Ickes, W., Milardo, R.M., Mills, R., & Sarason, B. (Eds.) (1997). Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (2nd ed.). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Ickes, W. (Ed.) (1997). Empathic accuracy. New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., & Duck, S.W. (Eds.) (2000). The social psychology of personal relationships. Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Ickes, W. (2003). Everyday mind reading: Understanding what other people think and feel. Amherst, NY: Prometheus Books.

Decety, J. & Ickes, W. (Eds.) (in press). The social neuroscience of empathy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Book Chapters

Ickes, W. (Ed.) (1976). A conversation with Fritz Heider. In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds.), New directions in attribution research. Vol. 1 (pp. 3-18). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W., & Kidd, R. (1976). An attributional analysis of helping behavior. In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds.), New directions in attribution research. Vol. 1 (pp. 311-334). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Harvey, J., Ickes, W., & Kidd, R. (1978). A conversation with Edward E. Jones and Harold H. Kelley. In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds.), New directions in attribution research. Vol. 2 (pp. 371-388). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W., & Layden, M.A. (1978). Attributional styles. In J. Harvey, W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds.), New directions in attribution research. Vol. 2 (pp. 119-152). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Gottlieb, A., & Ickes, W. (1978). Attributional strategies of social influence. In J. Harvey,W. Ickes, and R. Kidd (Eds.), New directions in attribution research. Vol. 2 (pp. 261-296). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

Nerenz, D.R., Ickes, W., Kerr, N.L. & Oliver, D.F. (1979). Reactions to personal space invasion: Experimental tests of an attributional analysis. In M. Gurkaynak and W.A. LeCompte (Eds.), Human consequences of crowding. NATO Conference Series III: Human Factors, Vol. 10. New York: Plenum.

Ickes, W. (1981). Sex-role influences in dyadic interaction: A theoretical model. In C. Mayo and N. Henley (Eds.), Gender and nonverbal behavior (pp. 95-128). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1982). A basic paradigm for the study of personality, roles, and social behavior. In W. Ickes and E.S. Knowles (Eds.), Personality, roles, and social behavior. (pp. 305-341). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1983). Influences of past relationships on subsequent ones. In P. Paulus (Ed.), Basic group processes (pp. 315-337). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Ickes, W. (1984). Personality. In A.S. Bellack & M. Hersen (Eds.), Research methods in clinical psychology (pp. 157-178). New York: Pergamon.

Ickes, W., & Robertson, E. (1984). A new paradigm for the study of personality. In O. Neumaier (Ed.), Mind, language, and society (pp. 31-41). Vienna: vwgo-verlag.

Brehm, S., Ickes, W., et al. (1984). Panel commentary on "Interfaces in Psychology: Social perception in clinical and counseling psychology." In R.P. McGlynn, J.E. Maddux, C.D. Stoltenberg, & J.H. Harvey (Eds.), Interfaces in psychology: Social perception in clinical and counseling psychology (pp. 167-185). Lubbock, TX: Texas Tech Press.

Ickes, W. (1985). Sex-role influences on compatibility in relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Compatible and incompatible relationships (pp. 187-207). New York: Springer-Verlag.

Snyder, M., & Ickes, W. (1985). Personality and social behavior. In G. Lindzey and E. Aronson (Eds.), Handbook of social psychology: Third edition. Vol. 2 (pp. 883-947). New York: Random House.

Ickes, W., & Tooke, W. (1988). The observational method: Studying the interactions of minds and bodies. In S. Duck, D.F. Hay, S.E. Hobfoll, W. Ickes, & B. Montgomery (Eds.), Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (pp. 79-97). Chichester: Wiley.

Ickes, W. (1988). Attributional styles and the self-concept. In L.Y. Abramson (Ed.), Social cognition and clinical psychology: A synthesis (pp. 66-97). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., Bissonnette, V., Garcia, S., & Stinson, L. (1990). Implementing and using the dyadic interaction paradigm. In C. Hendrick & M. Clark (Eds.), Review of Personality and Social Psychology: Volume 11, Research methods in personality and social psychology (pp. 16-44). Newbury Park, CA.: Sage.

Ickes, W. (1994). Methods of studying close relationships. In A.L. Weber & J.H. Harvey (Eds.) Perspectives on close relationships (pp. 18-44). Boston: Allyn & Bacon. Reprinted in W. Ickes & S. W. Duck (Eds.), The social psychology of personal relationships (pp. 157-180). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Ickes, W., & Gonzalez, R. (1996). "Social" cognition and social cognition: From the subjective to the intersubjective. In J. Nye and A. Brower (Eds.), What's social about social cognition? Research on socially shared cognition in small groups (pp. 285-309) Newbury Park, CA.: Sage. [An expanded and updated version of the article by Ickes and Gonzalez (1994)]

Ickes, W., Snyder, M., & Garcia, S. (1997). Personality influences on the choice of situations. In R. Hogan, J. Johnson, & S. Briggs (Eds.) Handbook of personality psychology (pp. 165-195). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Gaines, S.O., Jr., & Ickes, W. (1997). Perspectives on interracial relationships. In S.W. Duck, K. Dindia, W. Ickes, R.M. Milardo, R. Mills, & B. Sarason (Eds.), Handbook of personal relationships: Theory, research, and interventions (2nd ed.) (pp. 197-220). Chichester, UK: Wiley. Reprinted in W. Ickes & S.W. Duck (Eds.), The social psychology of personal relationships (pp. 55-78). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Graham, T., & Ickes, W. (1997). When women's intuition isn't greater than men's. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 117-143). New York: Guilford Press.

Colvin, C.R., Vogt, D.S., & Ickes, W. (1997). Why do friends understand each other better than strangers do? In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 169-193). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J. (1997). Managing empathic accuracy in close relationships. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 218-250). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., Marangoni, C., & Garcia, S. (1997). Studying empathic accuracy in a clinically relevant context. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 282-310). New York: Guilford Press.

Ickes, W., & Duck, S. W. (2000). Personal relationships and social psychology. In W. Ickes & S. W. Duck (Eds.), The social psychology of personal relationships (pp. 1-8). Chichester, UK: Wiley.

Malle, B. F., & Ickes, W. (2000). Fritz Heider: Philosopher and psychologist. In G. A. Kimble & M. Wertheimer (Eds.), Portraits of pioneers in psychology (Vol. 4, pp. 195-213). Washington, D.C., & Mahwah, NJ: American Psychological Association and Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J. (2000). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In G. J. O. Fletcher and M. S. Clark (Eds.), Interpersonal processes: Blackwell handbook in social psychology (pp. 229-249). Oxford: UK.

Flury, J., & Ickes, W. (2001). Emotional intelligence and empathic accuracy. In J. Ciarrochi, J. Forgas, and J. Mayer (Eds.), Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry (pp. 113-132). New York: Psychology Press.

Ickes, W. (2001). Measuring empathic accuracy. In J. A. Hall and F. J. Bernieri (Eds.), Interpersonal sensitivity: Theory and measurement (pp. 219-241). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Simpson, J. A., Ickes, W., & Oriña, M. (2001). Empathic accuracy and preemptive relationship maintenance. In J. H. Harvey and A. Wenzel (Eds.). Close romantic relationships: Maintenance and enhancement (pp. 27-46). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W. (2002). The social self in subjective and intersubjective research paradigms. In J. P. Forgas and K. D. Williams (Eds.), The social self: Cognitive, Interpersonal, and intergroup perspectives (pp. 205-218). Philadelphia: Psychology Press.

Schweinle, W. E., & Ickes, W. (2002). On empathic accuracy and husbands' abusiveness: The "overattribution bias" In P. Noller and J. A. Feeney (Eds.), Understanding marriage: Developments in the study of couple interaction (pp. 228-250). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Ickes, W., Hutchison, J., & Mashek, D. (2004). Closeness as intersubjectivity: Social absorption and social individuation. In D. Mashek and A. Aron (Eds.), The handbook of closeness and intimacy (pp. 357-373). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Ickes, W., & Simpson, J.A. (2004). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In M.B. Brewer & M. Hewstone (Eds.), Emotion and motivation (pp. 225-246). Malden, MA: Blackwell. [Reprinted from Ickes, W., & Simpson, J. (2001). Motivational aspects of empathic accuracy. In G.J.O. Fletcher & M.S. Clark (Eds.), Interpersonal processes: Blackwell handbook in social psychology (pp. 229-249). Oxford, UK: Blackwell]

Ickes, W., Simpson, J.A., & Oriña, M. (2005). Empathic accuracy and inaccuracy in close relationships. In B. Malle and S. Hodges (Eds.), Other minds: How humans bridge the divide between self and others (pp. 310-322). New York: Guilford Press.

Flury, J., & Ickes, W. (2006). Emotional intelligence and empathic accuracy. In J. Ciarrochi, J. Forgas, & J. Mayer (Eds.), Emotional intelligence in everyday life: A scientific inquiry (2nd ed.), pp. 140-165. New York: Psychology Press. [An updated and expanded version of the chapter that appeared in the first edition of this book].

Rehmatullah, M., & Ickes, W. (2006). Research methods for the study of personal relationships. Chapter to appear in A. Vangelisti & D. Perlman (Eds.), Cambridge handbook of personal relationships, pp. 51-71. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Schmid Mast, M.S. & Ickes, W. (2007). Empathic accuracy: Measurement and potential clinical applications. In T.F.D. Farrow and P.W. R. Woodruff (Eds.), Empathy and mental Illness, pp. 408-427. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.

Ickes, W. (in press). Empathic accuracy: Its links to clinical, cognitive, developmental, social, and physiological psychology. Chapter to appear in J. Decety & W. Ickes (Eds.), The social neuroscience of empathy. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Ickes, W. (in press). Mind reading superheroes: Fiction and facts. Chapter to appear in The psychology of superheroes. Dallas: BenBella Books.