William Kelly

Associate Professor Psychology Office Location: AD 327 Email: wkelly@uiwtx.edu

Bio

Dr. Kelly completed his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Louisiana Tech University. He joined the psychology faculty at UIW 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.

Education

Ph.D., Louisiana Tech University, 2000

M.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1993

B.A., Louisiana Tech University, 1992

Recent Publications and Presentations

Kelly, W. E., & Mathe, J. R. (2024). Revisiting trait and state predictors of nightmare frequency and nightmare distress. Dreaming, 34(3), 242-256. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000266

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. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2024.1.95135

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. https://doi.org/10.5455/PBS.20231217074456

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. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000248

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. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000265

Kelly, W. E. (2023). Clarifying negative affect and distressing past imagery in predicting nightmare frequency, International Journal of Dream Research, 16(2), 173-176. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2023.2.93949

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762366231158274

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. https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0043-1767752

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/02762366221082508

Kelly, W. E., & Daughtry, D. (2022). Elucidating nightmare proneness: Relationships with emotional dysregulation and psychological vulnerability. Dreaming 32(3), 281-291. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000207

Kelly, W. E. (2022). Bad dreams and bad sleep: Relationships between nightmare frequency, insomnia, and nightmare proneness. Dreaming, 32(2), 194-205. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000203

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. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2021.1.73786

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. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2020.2.64362

Kelly, W. E. (2020). Nightmares and ego strength revisited: Ego strength predicts nightmares above neuroticism and general psychological distress. Dreaming, 30(1), 29-44. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000118

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. http://dx.doi.org/10.37133/Sleep.Hypn.2019.21.0206

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. https://doi.org/10.1037/drm0000106

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. http://doi.org/10.5350/Sleep.Hypn.2019.21.0183

Kelly, W.E. (2018). Pathological and nonpathological worry: Their relationships with nightmare frequency. Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,8(1), 1-6. http://doi.org/10.5455/jmood.20180204033253

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. http://doi.org/10.5350/Sleep.Hypn.2017.19.0143

Kelly, W.E. (2018). Academic performance, attention, and nightmare frequency among college students. International Journal of Dream Research, 11(1), 62–65. https://doi.org/10.11588/ijodr.2018.1.37349

Kelly, W.E. (2016). Some personality characteristics of college students reporting frequent nightmares. Sleep and Hypnosis, 18(3), 69–73. http://doi.org/10.5350/Sleep.Hypn.2016.18.0110