Meagan M Patterson
Biographic Data
| ID | 169682 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meagan M Patterson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meagan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Patterson |
| SIGNATURE | PATTERSON M M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4788-8401 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 32 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 167 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 32 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
The power of connection: Exploring self-efficacy and growth mindset as pathways from school connectedness to well-being
School connectedness is a key protective factor to reduce risk of negative outcomes during adolescence. However, relatively few studies have investigated the role of school connectedness in promoting positive psychological outcomes during this period. Using the 2018 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data, this study aimed to examine the relation between school connectedness and well-being, and to explore self-efficacy and grow…
Parental socialization and identity in U.S. Muslim youth
A Review of School Connectedness: Definitions, Antecedents, and Psychological Outcomes
BACKGROUND: There is extensive research on the importance of school connectedness (SC). However, studies vary in how SC is operationalized, and little work has investigated factors that promote SC or how it relates to psychological outcomes, especially positive ones. METHOD: This study includes a narrative review of the definitions/operationalizations, theoretical foundations, and predictors of SC as well as a systematic review of 90 empirical ar…
Academic resilience in learning English as a foreign language: Relations to classroom climate and beliefs about language learning
Directed Motivational Currents in US Undergraduate Language Learners: A Mixed‐Methods Study
Directed motivational currents (DMC) are periods of intense engagement in tasks related to highly valued goals. The current study examined the prevalence and characteristics of DMC experiences in learning of languages other than English among undergraduate students from two universities in the United States, along with factors that may promote DMC. This study investigated both internal and external contributors, including hope, language mindset, …
Adults' perceptions of children's negotiation: Effects of target and perceiver gender
Although there is extensive research on gender and negotiation in adults, research on how gender impacts adults' perceptions of negotiation in children is lacking. The current study used videos of child actors playing an “art dealer” game to examine whether adults perceived the children differently based on their gender and negotiation behaviors, with comparisons of four targets (i.e., boy who negotiated, boy who did not negotiate, girl who negot…
Longitudinal Relations between School Connectedness and Internalizing Problems during Early Adolescence
Student engagement in foreign language learning: Relations with classroom goal structure, self-efficacy, and gender
The present study examined the effects of classroom goal structure, self-efficacy, and gender on student engagement among college students ( N = 606) learning English as a foreign language in China. Data analysis using multi-group structural equation modeling found that mastery classroom goal structure impacted male students’ engagement both directly and indirectly through self-efficacy, whereas only the indirect path via self-efficacy was signif…
Predictors of White parents' racial socialization: Links to attributions for racial inequalities and views of White privilege
To explore predictors of variations in White parents’ racial socialization messages, we collected data on racial socialization practices, attributions for racial inequalities, and views about White privilege from White parents of White children between the ages of 10 and 14 ( N = 194). After controlling for education and political ideology, endorsement of external attributions for racial inequality was related to sending more frequent messages ab…
What Fosters School Connectedness? The Roles of Classroom Interactions and Parental Support
The effects of gratitude and affection journaling interventions on relationship quality and gratitude for Chinese adolescent - mother dyads
This study examined the effects of journaling-based interventions on perceived relationship quality (i.e., mother-adolescent interactions and conflict) and gratitude among Chinese adolescents (ages 12-14 years) and their mothers ( N = 339 dyads). Mother-adolescent dyads were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., gratitude, affection, and control), and kept a daily journal on assigned topics for 21 days. Participants' mother-adolesce…
The elephant (and donkey) in the room: Parents’ approaches to political socialization surrounding the 2020 US election
The current study examined parents’ attitudes toward political socialization and political socialization messages related to the 2020 United States presidential election, using a sample of 185 parents of 6‐ to 12‐year‐old children from across the United States. Overall, parents viewed political socialization as somewhat important. However, a meaningful number of parents indicated beliefs that political socialization was not important, that their …
Teachers as targets of student bullying: Data from China and the United States
The current study took a cross‐cultural perspective in understanding the phenomenon in which teachers are bullied by students, comparing Chinese and U.S. teachers. The survey examined Chinese ( n = 154) and U.S. ( n = 61) teachers' experiences of being bullied by students or witnessing other teachers bullied by students in the past year. Approximately one‐third of teachers in both China and the United States reported being the target of student b…
Critical consciousness among rural adolescents: The roles of school connection and positive relationships with teachers
Relations among cultural identity, motivation for language learning, and perceived English language proficiency for international students in the United States
As the number of international students in the United States increases, many researchers show interest in understanding how international students adapt to the local society and what factors influence this process. Cultural identity and language proficiency, as two important factors for international students in adaptation, cannot be ignored. The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of cultural identity to language learning for inte…
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Empathy Training on Empathy Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality for Chinese Adolescents and Their Mothers: A Mixed Methods Study
Using a pre- and post-test design, this study examined the changes in empathy skills, life satisfaction, and relationship quality among mainland Chinese adolescents (ages 13–15 years) and their mothers ( N = 108 dyads) following an empathy training intervention. Participants completed a 20-day empathy training, including two in-person group training sessions and daily journals on assigned topics. Participants’ mother-child relationship quality, m…
The roles of class social climate, language mindset, and emotions in predicting willingness to communicate in a foreign language
White parents’ racial socialization and young adults’ racial attitudes: Moral reasoning and motivation to respond without prejudice as mediators
This study examined relations between parental racial socialization messages (i.e., egalitarianism, racemute, and preparation for bias) and racial attitudes in a sample of 282 White young adults (ages 18–22) in the United States. Egalitarianism messages were positively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members, whereas preparation for bias was negatively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members. In both cases the relation between r…
Relations of Chinese Mothers’ Cultural Values and Parental Control to Early Adolescents’ Self-Construals
This study examined associations between mothers’ Chinese cultural values, monitoring, and psychological control with early adolescents’ independent and interdependent self-construals (SCs). Adolescents ( n = 594) and their mothers were recruited from urban areas in mainland China. Mothers reported their Chinese cultural values; adolescents reported their mothers’ monitoring and psychological control and their independent and interdependent SCs. …
Relations of Collectivism Socialization Goals and Training Beliefs to Chinese Parenting
Parenting behaviors may be influenced by multiple factors, including parental values, beliefs, socialization goals, and children's characteristics (e.g., personality, age). This study examined relations between Chinese mothers' collectivism socialization goals and "training" beliefs and their parenting styles and behaviors with their children (youth ages 9-17 years), using structural equation modeling (SEM). In addition, in an exploratory manner,…
Racial Socialization Practices Among White American Parents: Relations to Racial Attitudes, Racial Identity, and School Diversity
This study examines racial socialization practices among White American parents ( N = 154) of children aged 8 to 12 years, using both quantitative and qualitative measures, as well as the relations of racial attitudes, racial identity, and racial diversity of the schools that children attend to socialization practices. Responses on the qualitative socialization measure indicate that White parents are generally unlikely to discuss race or racism w…
Effects of consistency between self and in‐group on children's views of self, groups, and abilities
Children's developing views of self and in‐groups inevitably conflict at points during childhood (e.g., a girl who thinks of herself as strong encounters the gender stereotype that girls are weak). How are self and group views reconciled in such cases? To test hypotheses based on Greenwald et al.'s model of self, group, and attribute relations, children (N = 107; ages 7–12; M = 9 years, 6 months) were assigned to novel social groups, denoted by r…
Perceptions of Parental Control in China: Effects of Cultural Values, Cultural Normativeness, and Perceived Parental Acceptance
The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese young adults' judgments, of parental control across a range of domains (e.g., clothing and friendship), whether judgments would be influenced by experimentally manipulated information regarding cultural values and cultural normativeness, and whether perceptions of parental acceptance/rejection influenced parental control judgments. Participants viewed parental control of training school and clothin…
A Qualitative Study of Urban, Chinese Middle-Class Mothers’ Parenting for Adolescents
Through interviews with 22 middle-class mothers and their adolescent children, we explored contemporary approaches to parenting in urban China. The participants provided evidence of authoritative parenting style. We also examined the applicability of Chao’s construct of Chinese parenting guan (管) for adolescence; the participants seemed to support the idea, but viewed the underlying meaning of guan differently than described in earlier studies co…
General and domain-specific beliefs about intelligence, ability, and effort among preservice and practicing teachers
Racial Socialization Practices Among White American Parents: Relations to Racial Attitudes, Racial Identity, and School Diversity
This study examines racial socialization practices among White American parents ( N = 154) of children aged 8 to 12 years, using both quantitative and qualitative measures, as well as the relations of racial attitudes, racial identity, and racial diversity of the schools that children attend to socialization practices. Responses on the qualitative socialization measure indicate that White parents are generally unlikely to discuss race or racism w…
The roles of class social climate, language mindset, and emotions in predicting willingness to communicate in a foreign language
Self-Perceived Gender Typicality, Gender-Typed Attributes, and Gender Stereotype Endorsement in Elementary-School-Aged Children
A Qualitative Study of Urban, Chinese Middle-Class Mothers’ Parenting for Adolescents
Through interviews with 22 middle-class mothers and their adolescent children, we explored contemporary approaches to parenting in urban China. The participants provided evidence of authoritative parenting style. We also examined the applicability of Chao’s construct of Chinese parenting guan (管) for adolescence; the participants seemed to support the idea, but viewed the underlying meaning of guan differently than described in earlier studies co…
General and domain-specific beliefs about intelligence, ability, and effort among preservice and practicing teachers
Student Characteristics Associated with Girls’ Success in a Single-sex School
Relations among cultural identity, motivation for language learning, and perceived English language proficiency for international students in the United States
As the number of international students in the United States increases, many researchers show interest in understanding how international students adapt to the local society and what factors influence this process. Cultural identity and language proficiency, as two important factors for international students in adaptation, cannot be ignored. The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of cultural identity to language learning for inte…
Relations of Collectivism Socialization Goals and Training Beliefs to Chinese Parenting
Parenting behaviors may be influenced by multiple factors, including parental values, beliefs, socialization goals, and children's characteristics (e.g., personality, age). This study examined relations between Chinese mothers' collectivism socialization goals and "training" beliefs and their parenting styles and behaviors with their children (youth ages 9-17 years), using structural equation modeling (SEM). In addition, in an exploratory manner,…
Reasoning About Single-Sex Schooling for Girls Among Students, Parents, and Teachers
White parents’ racial socialization and young adults’ racial attitudes: Moral reasoning and motivation to respond without prejudice as mediators
This study examined relations between parental racial socialization messages (i.e., egalitarianism, racemute, and preparation for bias) and racial attitudes in a sample of 282 White young adults (ages 18–22) in the United States. Egalitarianism messages were positively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members, whereas preparation for bias was negatively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members. In both cases the relation between r…
Effects of consistency between self and in‐group on children's views of self, groups, and abilities
Children's developing views of self and in‐groups inevitably conflict at points during childhood (e.g., a girl who thinks of herself as strong encounters the gender stereotype that girls are weak). How are self and group views reconciled in such cases? To test hypotheses based on Greenwald et al.'s model of self, group, and attribute relations, children (N = 107; ages 7–12; M = 9 years, 6 months) were assigned to novel social groups, denoted by r…
When personal identities confirm versus conflict with group identities: Evidence from an intergroup paradigm
This study provides an experimental investigation of the consequences of conflict between children's personal identities and experimentally manipulated group identities. Elementary‐school‐aged children (N = 82, ages 5–11) attending a summer school program rated their own academic and athletic abilities and were then randomly assigned to one of two novel groups. Children's views of the academic and athletic skills of the novel groups were assessed…
Perceptions of Parental Control in China: Effects of Cultural Values, Cultural Normativeness, and Perceived Parental Acceptance
The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese young adults' judgments, of parental control across a range of domains (e.g., clothing and friendship), whether judgments would be influenced by experimentally manipulated information regarding cultural values and cultural normativeness, and whether perceptions of parental acceptance/rejection influenced parental control judgments. Participants viewed parental control of training school and clothin…
Relations of Chinese Mothers’ Cultural Values and Parental Control to Early Adolescents’ Self-Construals
This study examined associations between mothers’ Chinese cultural values, monitoring, and psychological control with early adolescents’ independent and interdependent self-construals (SCs). Adolescents ( n = 594) and their mothers were recruited from urban areas in mainland China. Mothers reported their Chinese cultural values; adolescents reported their mothers’ monitoring and psychological control and their independent and interdependent SCs. …
The effects of gratitude and affection journaling interventions on relationship quality and gratitude for Chinese adolescent - mother dyads
This study examined the effects of journaling-based interventions on perceived relationship quality (i.e., mother-adolescent interactions and conflict) and gratitude among Chinese adolescents (ages 12-14 years) and their mothers ( N = 339 dyads). Mother-adolescent dyads were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., gratitude, affection, and control), and kept a daily journal on assigned topics for 21 days. Participants' mother-adolesce…
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Empathy Training on Empathy Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality for Chinese Adolescents and Their Mothers: A Mixed Methods Study
Using a pre- and post-test design, this study examined the changes in empathy skills, life satisfaction, and relationship quality among mainland Chinese adolescents (ages 13–15 years) and their mothers ( N = 108 dyads) following an empathy training intervention. Participants completed a 20-day empathy training, including two in-person group training sessions and daily journals on assigned topics. Participants’ mother-child relationship quality, m…
Contents Vol. 50, 2007
When and Why Social Categorization Produces Inequality (and vice versa)
Student Characteristics Associated with Girls’ Success in a Single-sex School
When personal identities confirm versus conflict with group identities: Evidence from an intergroup paradigm
This study provides an experimental investigation of the consequences of conflict between children's personal identities and experimentally manipulated group identities. Elementary‐school‐aged children (N = 82, ages 5–11) attending a summer school program rated their own academic and athletic abilities and were then randomly assigned to one of two novel groups. Children's views of the academic and athletic skills of the novel groups were assessed…
Self-Perceived Gender Typicality, Gender-Typed Attributes, and Gender Stereotype Endorsement in Elementary-School-Aged Children
Reasoning About Single-Sex Schooling for Girls Among Students, Parents, and Teachers
Contingent Self‐worth in Chinese Adolescents and Young Adults: Relations with Global Self‐Esteem and Depressive Symptoms
Contingent self‐worth (CSW) is the extent to which an individual's sense of self‐worth is dependent on performance in a particular domain. CSW has been linked to poorer psychological health (e.g., lower global self‐esteem, greater depression and anxiety). However, the majority of work on CSW has been conducted with US college students. Far less is known about the influence of CSW for younger individuals or for non‐Western populations. This study …
A Qualitative Study of Urban, Chinese Middle-Class Mothers’ Parenting for Adolescents
Through interviews with 22 middle-class mothers and their adolescent children, we explored contemporary approaches to parenting in urban China. The participants provided evidence of authoritative parenting style. We also examined the applicability of Chao’s construct of Chinese parenting guan (管) for adolescence; the participants seemed to support the idea, but viewed the underlying meaning of guan differently than described in earlier studies co…
General and domain-specific beliefs about intelligence, ability, and effort among preservice and practicing teachers
Effects of consistency between self and in‐group on children's views of self, groups, and abilities
Children's developing views of self and in‐groups inevitably conflict at points during childhood (e.g., a girl who thinks of herself as strong encounters the gender stereotype that girls are weak). How are self and group views reconciled in such cases? To test hypotheses based on Greenwald et al.'s model of self, group, and attribute relations, children (N = 107; ages 7–12; M = 9 years, 6 months) were assigned to novel social groups, denoted by r…
Perceptions of Parental Control in China: Effects of Cultural Values, Cultural Normativeness, and Perceived Parental Acceptance
The purpose of this study was to examine Chinese young adults' judgments, of parental control across a range of domains (e.g., clothing and friendship), whether judgments would be influenced by experimentally manipulated information regarding cultural values and cultural normativeness, and whether perceptions of parental acceptance/rejection influenced parental control judgments. Participants viewed parental control of training school and clothin…
Racial Socialization Practices Among White American Parents: Relations to Racial Attitudes, Racial Identity, and School Diversity
This study examines racial socialization practices among White American parents ( N = 154) of children aged 8 to 12 years, using both quantitative and qualitative measures, as well as the relations of racial attitudes, racial identity, and racial diversity of the schools that children attend to socialization practices. Responses on the qualitative socialization measure indicate that White parents are generally unlikely to discuss race or racism w…
Relations of Collectivism Socialization Goals and Training Beliefs to Chinese Parenting
Parenting behaviors may be influenced by multiple factors, including parental values, beliefs, socialization goals, and children's characteristics (e.g., personality, age). This study examined relations between Chinese mothers' collectivism socialization goals and "training" beliefs and their parenting styles and behaviors with their children (youth ages 9-17 years), using structural equation modeling (SEM). In addition, in an exploratory manner,…
White parents’ racial socialization and young adults’ racial attitudes: Moral reasoning and motivation to respond without prejudice as mediators
This study examined relations between parental racial socialization messages (i.e., egalitarianism, racemute, and preparation for bias) and racial attitudes in a sample of 282 White young adults (ages 18–22) in the United States. Egalitarianism messages were positively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members, whereas preparation for bias was negatively related to warmth toward racial outgroup members. In both cases the relation between r…
Relations of Chinese Mothers’ Cultural Values and Parental Control to Early Adolescents’ Self-Construals
This study examined associations between mothers’ Chinese cultural values, monitoring, and psychological control with early adolescents’ independent and interdependent self-construals (SCs). Adolescents ( n = 594) and their mothers were recruited from urban areas in mainland China. Mothers reported their Chinese cultural values; adolescents reported their mothers’ monitoring and psychological control and their independent and interdependent SCs. …
The elephant (and donkey) in the room: Parents’ approaches to political socialization surrounding the 2020 US election
The current study examined parents’ attitudes toward political socialization and political socialization messages related to the 2020 United States presidential election, using a sample of 185 parents of 6‐ to 12‐year‐old children from across the United States. Overall, parents viewed political socialization as somewhat important. However, a meaningful number of parents indicated beliefs that political socialization was not important, that their …
Teachers as targets of student bullying: Data from China and the United States
The current study took a cross‐cultural perspective in understanding the phenomenon in which teachers are bullied by students, comparing Chinese and U.S. teachers. The survey examined Chinese ( n = 154) and U.S. ( n = 61) teachers' experiences of being bullied by students or witnessing other teachers bullied by students in the past year. Approximately one‐third of teachers in both China and the United States reported being the target of student b…
Critical consciousness among rural adolescents: The roles of school connection and positive relationships with teachers
Relations among cultural identity, motivation for language learning, and perceived English language proficiency for international students in the United States
As the number of international students in the United States increases, many researchers show interest in understanding how international students adapt to the local society and what factors influence this process. Cultural identity and language proficiency, as two important factors for international students in adaptation, cannot be ignored. The purpose of this study was to examine the relations of cultural identity to language learning for inte…
Evaluation of the Effectiveness of an Empathy Training on Empathy Skills, Life Satisfaction, and Relationship Quality for Chinese Adolescents and Their Mothers: A Mixed Methods Study
Using a pre- and post-test design, this study examined the changes in empathy skills, life satisfaction, and relationship quality among mainland Chinese adolescents (ages 13–15 years) and their mothers ( N = 108 dyads) following an empathy training intervention. Participants completed a 20-day empathy training, including two in-person group training sessions and daily journals on assigned topics. Participants’ mother-child relationship quality, m…
The roles of class social climate, language mindset, and emotions in predicting willingness to communicate in a foreign language
Student engagement in foreign language learning: Relations with classroom goal structure, self-efficacy, and gender
The present study examined the effects of classroom goal structure, self-efficacy, and gender on student engagement among college students ( N = 606) learning English as a foreign language in China. Data analysis using multi-group structural equation modeling found that mastery classroom goal structure impacted male students’ engagement both directly and indirectly through self-efficacy, whereas only the indirect path via self-efficacy was signif…
Predictors of White parents' racial socialization: Links to attributions for racial inequalities and views of White privilege
To explore predictors of variations in White parents’ racial socialization messages, we collected data on racial socialization practices, attributions for racial inequalities, and views about White privilege from White parents of White children between the ages of 10 and 14 ( N = 194). After controlling for education and political ideology, endorsement of external attributions for racial inequality was related to sending more frequent messages ab…
What Fosters School Connectedness? The Roles of Classroom Interactions and Parental Support
The effects of gratitude and affection journaling interventions on relationship quality and gratitude for Chinese adolescent - mother dyads
This study examined the effects of journaling-based interventions on perceived relationship quality (i.e., mother-adolescent interactions and conflict) and gratitude among Chinese adolescents (ages 12-14 years) and their mothers ( N = 339 dyads). Mother-adolescent dyads were randomly assigned to one of three conditions (i.e., gratitude, affection, and control), and kept a daily journal on assigned topics for 21 days. Participants' mother-adolesce…
Psychology (28 works) · Social Psychology (24 works) · Developmental psychology (21 works) · Social Psychology (15 works) · Early Childhood Education and Development (10 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (6 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Socialization (6 works)