William Kelly

William Kelly

Associate Professor Psychology Office Location: AD 327
Dr. Kelly completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Louisiana Tech University. He joined the psychology faculty at 不良研究所 in 2024 after holding academic posts at University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Texas A&M University-Kingsville, Robert Morris University, and California State University, Bakersfield. He has worked clinically in agencies, university counseling centers, the psychiatric wing of a community hospital, and private practice. Dr. Kelly's research focuses on nightmares, dreams, and personality. His primary teaching interests are clinically-related courses.

Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University, 2000

M.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1993

B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1992

Kelly, W. E., & Mathe, J. R. (2024). Revisiting trait and state predictors of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress. Dreaming, 34(3), 242-256.

Kelly, W. E. (2024). The Nightmare Proneness Scale as a measure of the propensity to experience frequent nightmares. International Journal of Dream Research, 17(1), 116-119.

Kelly, W. E. (2024). Exploring the role of a concretizing style and its manifestations in nightmare etiology: A cross-sectional study. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, 14(1), 1-10.

Kelly, W. E. & Kim, H. (2024). Relational nightmares: A new scale and test of the continuity hypothesis of dreams applied to nightmares, Dreaming, 34(1), 26-39.

Kelly, W. E., Daughtry, D., & Mathe, J. R. (2024). Concretization as a possible mechanism of nightmare proneness: Some theoretical considerations and empirical findings. Dreaming, 34(1), 8-25.

Kelly, W. E. (2023). Clarifying negative affect and distressing past imagery in predicting nightmare frequency, International Journal of Dream Research, 16(2), 173-176.

Mathe, J. R., & Kelly, W. E. (2023). Mental boundaries relationship with self-esteem and social support: New findings for mental boundaries research. Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 43(1), 29-42.

Kelly, W. E. (2023). Taking heart: Cardiac symptoms and nightmares differentiate nightmare proneness and psychological distress among young adults. Sleep Science, 16(1), 59-67.

Mathe, J. R., & Kelly, W. E. (2022). An exploratory factor analysis on the Boundary Questionnaire 18: Insights for future research. Imagination, Cognition and Personality, 42(1), 77-86.

Kelly, W. E., & Daughtry, D. (2022). Elucidating nightmare proneness: Relationships with emotional dysregulation and psychological vulnerability. Dreaming 32(3), 281-291.

Kelly, W. E. (2022). Bad dreams and bad sleep: Relationships between nightmare frequency, insomnia, and nightmare proneness. Dreaming, 32(2), 194-205.

Kelly, W. E., & Daughtry, D. (2021). Gender differences in retrospective nightmare frequency among young adults: Effects of nightmare distress and affective distress. International Journal of Dream Research, 14(1), 131-135.

Kelly, W. E., & Mathe, J. R. (2020). Comparison of single- and multiple-item nightmare frequency measures. International Journal of Dream Research, 13(2), 1-7.

Kelly, W. E. (2020). Nightmares and ego strength revisited: Ego strength predicts nightmares above neuroticism and general psychological distress. Dreaming, 30(1), 29-44.

Kelly, W. E., & Mathe, J. R. (2019). Facets of the Nightmare Proneness Scale and their relationships to nightmares, negative affect, and psychological distress, Sleep and Hypnosis, 21(4), 360-370.

Kelly, W.E., & Mathe, J.R. (2019). A brief self-report measure for frequent distressing nightmares: The Nightmare Experience Scale (NExS). Dreaming, 29(2), 180-195.

Kelly, W.E. (2019). "Hypnotic" attachment to the night sky: Theoretical considerations and an abbreviated measure of noctcaelador. Sleep and Hypnosis, 21(2), 147-157.

Kelly, W.E. (2018). Pathological and nonpathological worry: Their relationships with nightmare frequency. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,8(1), 1-6.

Kelly, W.E., & Daughtry, D. (2018). A shorter short version of Barron's Ego Strength Scale. College Student Journal, 52(2), 227-231.

Kelly, W.E. (2018). The Nightmare Proneness Scale: A proposed measure for the tendency to experience nightmares. Sleep and Hypnosis, 20(2), 120-127.

Kelly, W.E. (2018). Academic performance, attention, and nightmare frequency among college students. International Journal of Dream Research, 11(1), 62–65. 
Kelly, W.E. (2016). Some personality characteristics of college students reporting frequent nightmares. Sleep and Hypnosis, 18(3), 69–73.