Meagan Docherty
Biographic Data
| ID | 230336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meagan Docherty |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meagan |
| FAMILY NAME | Docherty |
| SIGNATURE | DOCHERTY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Bowling Green State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5995-5122 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Political violence exposure and youth aggression in the context of the social ecological systems and family stress models
Based on the social ecological systems framework and the family stress model, we examine a model in which the family’s exposure to ethnic-political violence in the Middle East predicts negative family functioning, which in turn predicts subsequent harsh physical punishment toward one’s children, and in turn, children’s aggression by late adolescence/early adulthood. Beginning in 2007, we collected four waves of data from Israeli Jewish ( N = 451 …
Pants on fire
INTRODUCTION: Most people are generally honest, but around 5% of individuals are prolific liars, some of whom lie for fun or no reason. However, developmental research on atypical lying features (e.g., motives, attitudes, inclinations for dishonesty) and the associated traits and negative outcomes is lacking. We examined how psychopathic traits are related to the development of lying trajectories and whether exhibiting atypical lying features dur…
Cognitive loopholes of crime
Prior research has examined individuals' perceptions of punishments (PP) and rewards (PR) for crime, as well as their use of moral disengagement (MD), to understand why adolescents and young adults commit crimes. However, the joint development of these cognitions as a broader risk-perception mechanism remains understudied. This paper explores the independent and relational development of these processes in justice-involved youth. Data from 1,170 …
Chronicle of deceit
Lying is a universal, psychosocially complex behavior that society paradoxically views as morally reprehensible yet socially necessary. However, learning how and when to lie can be difficult, with a small proportion of the population failing to do so and lying prolifically into adulthood while suffering the consequences. Following a comprehensive review of the literature on the cognitive development of lying, including its normative and atypical …
In the shadow of September 11
What are the underpinnings and ramifications of anti‐Muslim attitudes in the United States? While scholars have emphasized the centrality of race and racial attitudes to American politics, examinations of hostility towards Muslim Americans with context‐specific measures are still lacking despite the increasing relevance of this population in the public imagination. Particularly after the tragic 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia emerged as a pervasive fo…
Motivations underlying Latino Americans’ group-based social media engagement
Guided by the Social Identity Model of Collective Action, the current research utilizes a three-wave longitudinal study collected pre and post the 2020 U.S. Presidential election to examine the motivations underlying Latino Americans’ group-based social media engagement (N = 1,050). Results revealed that Time 1 group (Latino) identity increased Time 2 perceptions of social media as efficacious in improving group outcomes, which in turn increased …
Stigma and negative mental health outcomes in sexual/gender minority youth in Utah
Exploring mental health and help-seeking attitudes among sexual minoritized adults in Utah
Sexual minoritized individuals living in Utah face unique social challenges that may adversely affect their mental health and ability to seek help for mental health problems. Due to the large social presence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sexual minoritized individuals living in Utah may face religious-based stigma that negatively impacts their mental health and creates barriers to getting help from family, mental health prof…
Exposure to violence predicts callous‐unemotional traits and aggression in adolescence in the context of persistent ethnic‐political conflict and violence
According to social‐cognitive ecological theory, violence exposure increases emotional factors—such as callous‐unemotional (CU) traits—which then contribute to engagement in aggressive behavior. However, previous research has generally not tested this mediational pathway, particularly in the context of persistent ethnic‐political violence exposure. The present study examined associations among violence exposure, CU traits, and aggression in a sam…
Developmental Changes in the Relation between Youth Disclosure and Parenting Behavior
Improvement in Emotion Regulation While Detained Predicts Lower Juvenile Recidivism
The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships between observer-rated skills related to emotional and cognitive regulation post-admission and pre-release in a secure facility and official records of juvenile felony recidivism up to 1 year after release. Data came from a sample of 599 youth in a residential facility in Washington state (84% male; 38% White). Latent change score models indicated that both initial level of emotio…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicidal/Self-Harming Thoughts, and Suicide Attempts Among LGB and Heterosexual Utahns
Current research suggests that sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk for experiencing suicidal/self-harming thoughts and suicide attempts than heterosexuals in Utah. However, to date no research has been conducted examining potential reasons sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk. Using two representative samples of Utahns, we examine (a) disparities in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) between sexual minoritie…
Intersecting Identities and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Youth
Recent research suggests that intersecting marginalized identities may be important in explaining suicide-related mental health disparities. However, inconsistent findings have emerged regarding nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Guided by an intersectionality framework, we examined relations between identity and NSSI using a representative sample of 8th through 12th graders from Utah (N = 49,425). The independent influence of sexual orientation, ge…
Family, faith, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among LGBTQ youth in Utah
Longitudinal predictions of young adults' weapons use and criminal behavior from their childhood exposure to violence
In this study, we examine whether youth who are exposed to more weapons violence are subsequently more likely to behave violently with weapons. We use data collected with a 3‐cohort, 4‐wave, 10‐year longitudinal study of 426 high‐risk youth from Flint, Michigan, who were second, fourth, or ninth‐graders in 2006–2007. The data were obtained from individual interviews with the youth, their parents, and their teachers, from archival school and crimi…
Effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for gang-involved youth offenders
Examining the moderating role of gang involvement on the context and impact of victimization
Purpose – Research suggests that gang-involved youth are more likely than non-gang youth to experience victimization. However, very little research has addressed the issue of whether the relationship between gang involvement and victimization depends on the context in which victimization takes place. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the relation between gang involvement and violent victimization in both street and school cont…
In the shadow of September 11
What are the underpinnings and ramifications of anti‐Muslim attitudes in the United States? While scholars have emphasized the centrality of race and racial attitudes to American politics, examinations of hostility towards Muslim Americans with context‐specific measures are still lacking despite the increasing relevance of this population in the public imagination. Particularly after the tragic 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia emerged as a pervasive fo…
Longitudinal predictions of young adults' weapons use and criminal behavior from their childhood exposure to violence
In this study, we examine whether youth who are exposed to more weapons violence are subsequently more likely to behave violently with weapons. We use data collected with a 3‐cohort, 4‐wave, 10‐year longitudinal study of 426 high‐risk youth from Flint, Michigan, who were second, fourth, or ninth‐graders in 2006–2007. The data were obtained from individual interviews with the youth, their parents, and their teachers, from archival school and crimi…
Developmental Changes in the Relation between Youth Disclosure and Parenting Behavior
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicidal/Self-Harming Thoughts, and Suicide Attempts Among LGB and Heterosexual Utahns
Current research suggests that sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk for experiencing suicidal/self-harming thoughts and suicide attempts than heterosexuals in Utah. However, to date no research has been conducted examining potential reasons sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk. Using two representative samples of Utahns, we examine (a) disparities in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) between sexual minoritie…
Family, faith, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among LGBTQ youth in Utah
Examining the moderating role of gang involvement on the context and impact of victimization
Purpose – Research suggests that gang-involved youth are more likely than non-gang youth to experience victimization. However, very little research has addressed the issue of whether the relationship between gang involvement and victimization depends on the context in which victimization takes place. The purpose of this paper is to examine the nature of the relation between gang involvement and violent victimization in both street and school cont…
Effectiveness of Multisystemic Therapy for gang-involved youth offenders
Intersecting Identities and Nonsuicidal Self-Injury among Youth
Recent research suggests that intersecting marginalized identities may be important in explaining suicide-related mental health disparities. However, inconsistent findings have emerged regarding nonsuicidal self-injury (NSSI). Guided by an intersectionality framework, we examined relations between identity and NSSI using a representative sample of 8th through 12th graders from Utah (N = 49,425). The independent influence of sexual orientation, ge…
Family, faith, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs) among LGBTQ youth in Utah
Longitudinal predictions of young adults' weapons use and criminal behavior from their childhood exposure to violence
In this study, we examine whether youth who are exposed to more weapons violence are subsequently more likely to behave violently with weapons. We use data collected with a 3‐cohort, 4‐wave, 10‐year longitudinal study of 426 high‐risk youth from Flint, Michigan, who were second, fourth, or ninth‐graders in 2006–2007. The data were obtained from individual interviews with the youth, their parents, and their teachers, from archival school and crimi…
Improvement in Emotion Regulation While Detained Predicts Lower Juvenile Recidivism
The goal of the current study was to investigate the relationships between observer-rated skills related to emotional and cognitive regulation post-admission and pre-release in a secure facility and official records of juvenile felony recidivism up to 1 year after release. Data came from a sample of 599 youth in a residential facility in Washington state (84% male; 38% White). Latent change score models indicated that both initial level of emotio…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Suicidal/Self-Harming Thoughts, and Suicide Attempts Among LGB and Heterosexual Utahns
Current research suggests that sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk for experiencing suicidal/self-harming thoughts and suicide attempts than heterosexuals in Utah. However, to date no research has been conducted examining potential reasons sexual minorities living in Utah may be at higher risk. Using two representative samples of Utahns, we examine (a) disparities in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) between sexual minoritie…
Motivations underlying Latino Americans’ group-based social media engagement
Guided by the Social Identity Model of Collective Action, the current research utilizes a three-wave longitudinal study collected pre and post the 2020 U.S. Presidential election to examine the motivations underlying Latino Americans’ group-based social media engagement (N = 1,050). Results revealed that Time 1 group (Latino) identity increased Time 2 perceptions of social media as efficacious in improving group outcomes, which in turn increased …
Stigma and negative mental health outcomes in sexual/gender minority youth in Utah
Exploring mental health and help-seeking attitudes among sexual minoritized adults in Utah
Sexual minoritized individuals living in Utah face unique social challenges that may adversely affect their mental health and ability to seek help for mental health problems. Due to the large social presence of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sexual minoritized individuals living in Utah may face religious-based stigma that negatively impacts their mental health and creates barriers to getting help from family, mental health prof…
Exposure to violence predicts callous‐unemotional traits and aggression in adolescence in the context of persistent ethnic‐political conflict and violence
According to social‐cognitive ecological theory, violence exposure increases emotional factors—such as callous‐unemotional (CU) traits—which then contribute to engagement in aggressive behavior. However, previous research has generally not tested this mediational pathway, particularly in the context of persistent ethnic‐political violence exposure. The present study examined associations among violence exposure, CU traits, and aggression in a sam…
Developmental Changes in the Relation between Youth Disclosure and Parenting Behavior
Chronicle of deceit
Lying is a universal, psychosocially complex behavior that society paradoxically views as morally reprehensible yet socially necessary. However, learning how and when to lie can be difficult, with a small proportion of the population failing to do so and lying prolifically into adulthood while suffering the consequences. Following a comprehensive review of the literature on the cognitive development of lying, including its normative and atypical …
In the shadow of September 11
What are the underpinnings and ramifications of anti‐Muslim attitudes in the United States? While scholars have emphasized the centrality of race and racial attitudes to American politics, examinations of hostility towards Muslim Americans with context‐specific measures are still lacking despite the increasing relevance of this population in the public imagination. Particularly after the tragic 9/11 attacks, Islamophobia emerged as a pervasive fo…
Political violence exposure and youth aggression in the context of the social ecological systems and family stress models
Based on the social ecological systems framework and the family stress model, we examine a model in which the family’s exposure to ethnic-political violence in the Middle East predicts negative family functioning, which in turn predicts subsequent harsh physical punishment toward one’s children, and in turn, children’s aggression by late adolescence/early adulthood. Beginning in 2007, we collected four waves of data from Israeli Jewish ( N = 451 …
Pants on fire
INTRODUCTION: Most people are generally honest, but around 5% of individuals are prolific liars, some of whom lie for fun or no reason. However, developmental research on atypical lying features (e.g., motives, attitudes, inclinations for dishonesty) and the associated traits and negative outcomes is lacking. We examined how psychopathic traits are related to the development of lying trajectories and whether exhibiting atypical lying features dur…
Cognitive loopholes of crime
Prior research has examined individuals' perceptions of punishments (PP) and rewards (PR) for crime, as well as their use of moral disengagement (MD), to understand why adolescents and young adults commit crimes. However, the joint development of these cognitions as a broader risk-perception mechanism remains understudied. This paper explores the independent and relational development of these processes in justice-involved youth. Data from 1,170 …
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Developmental psychology (10 works) · Social Psychology (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Poison control (6 works) · Social Psychology (6 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (5 works)