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·      Locke, K.D. (2011). Interpersonal moderators of the effects of upward comparisons on ability judgments. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 33, 37-46.

·      Locke, K.D. (2011). Circumplex measures of interpersonal constructs. In L. M. Horowitz & S. Strack (Eds.), Handbook of Interpersonal Psychology (pp. 313-324). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.

·      Swami, V., et al. [I was one of 60 co-authors]. (2010). The attractive female body weight and female body dissatisfaction in 26 countries across 10 world regions: results of the International Body Project I.  Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 36, 309–325.

·       Locke, K.D. (2009). Aggression, narcissism, self-esteem, and the attribution of desirable and humanizing traits to self versus others. Journal of Research in Personality, 43, 99-102.

·       Locke, K.D., & Baik, K. (2009). Does an acquiescent response style explain why Koreans are less consistent than Americans? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 40, 319-323.

·       Locke, K.D., & Braun, C.C. (2009). Ambivalence versus valence: Analyzing the effects of opposing attitudes. Social Cognition, 27(1), 89-104.

·       Locke, K.D. (2008). Attachment styles and interpersonal approach and avoidance goals in everyday couple interactions. Personal Relationships, 15, 359-374.

·        Schmitt, D.P., et al. [I was one of dozens of co-authors]. (2007). The geographic distribution of big five personality traits: Patterns and profiles of human self-description across 56 nations. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 38, 173-212.

·        Locke, K.D., & Christensen, L. (2007). Re-Construing the relational self-construal and its relationship with self-consistency. Journal of Research in Personality, 41, 389-402.

·        Locke, K.D. (2007). Personalized and generalized comparisons: Causes and consequences of variations in the focus of social comparisons. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 213-225.

·       Locke, K.D. & Sadler, P. (2007). Self-efficacy, values, and complementarity in dyadic interactions: Integrating interpersonal and social-cognitive theory. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 33, 94-109.

·        Locke, K.D. (2006). Interpersonal circumplex measures. In S. Strack (Ed.), Differentiating normal and abnormal personality (2^nd Ed., pp. 383-400). New York: Springer.

·        Locke, K.D. (2006). What predicts well-being: a consistent self-concept or a desirable self-concept? Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 25, 228-247.

·        Locke, K.D. (2005). Interpersonal problems and interpersonal expectations in everyday life. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 24, 915-931.

·         Locke, K.D. (2005). Connecting the horizontal dimension of social comparison with self-worth and self-confidence. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 31, 795-803.

·         Schmitt, D.P., et al. [I was one of dozens of co-authors]. (2004). Patterns and Universals of Adult Romantic Attachment Across 62 Cultural Regions: Are Models of Self and Other Pancultural Constructs? Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 35, 367-402.

·         Schmitt, D.P., et al. [I was one of dozens of co-authors]. (2004). Patterns and universals of mate poaching across 53 nations: The effects of sex, culture, and personality on romantically attracting another person's partner. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 86, 560-584.

·         Schmitt, D.P., et al. [I was one of dozens of co-authors]. (2003). Are men universally more dismissing than women? Gender differences in romantic attachment across 62 cultural regions. Personal Relationships, 10, 309-333.

·         Schmitt, D.P., et al. [I was one of dozens of co-authors]. (2003). Universal sex differences in the desire for sexual variety: Tests from 52 nations, 6 continents, and 13 islands. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 85, 85-104.

·         Locke, K.D. (2003). Status and solidarity in social comparison: agentic and communal values and vertical and horizontal directions. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 84, 619-631.

·         Locke, K.D. (2003). H as a measure of the complexity of social information processing. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7, 268-280.

·         Locke, K.D. (2002). Are descriptions of the self more complex than descriptions of others? Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28, 1094-1105.

·         Locke, K.D. (2000). Circumplex Scales of Interpersonal Values: Reliability, validity, and applicability to interpersonal problems and personality disorders. Journal of Personality Assessment, 75, 249-267.

·         Locke, K.D., & Nekich, J. (2000). Agency and communion in naturalistic social comparison. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 26, 864-874.

·         Eldredge, K.L., Locke, K.D., & Horowitz, L.M. (1998). Patterns of interpersonal problems associated with binge eating disorder. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 23, 383-389.

·         Locke, R.G., Baumgart, S., Locke, K.D., Goodstein, M., Thies, C., & Greenspan, J. (1997). The effect of maternal depression on premature infant health during initial hospitalization. Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, 97, 145-149.

·         Locke, K.D., & Horowitz. L.M. (1997). The multifaceted self effect: flexibility or merely self-enhancement? Journal of Research in Personality, 31, 406-422.

·         Matano, R., & Locke, K.D. (1995). Personality disorder scales as predictors of interpersonal problems of alcoholics. Journal of Personality Disorders, 9, 62-67 (co-first-authored).

·         Matano, R., Locke, K.D., & Schwartz, K. (1994). MCMI personality subtypes for male and female alcoholics. Journal of Personality Assessment, 63, 250-264. (co-first-authored)

·         Locke, K.D., & Keltner, D. (1993). Using art for comparison and distraction: Effects on negative emotions and judgements of satisfaction. Cognition and Emotion, 7, 443-460.

·         Keltner, D., Locke, K.D., & Audrain, P. (1993). The influence of attributions on the relevance of negative feelings to personal satisfaction. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 19, 21-29.

·         Horowitz, L.M., Locke, K.D., Morse, M.B., Waikar, S.V., Dryer, D.C., Tarnow, E., & Ghannam, J. (1991). Self-derogations and interpersonal theory. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 61, 68-79.

·         Locke, K.D., & Horowitz, L.M. (1990). Satisfaction in interpersonal interactions as a function of similarity in level of dysphoria. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 58, 823-831.