Department of Psychological Sciences

Mark A. Barnett, Ph.D.

barnettContact Information

Office: BH 422/502
Phone: 532-0603
E-mail: barn@ksu.edu

 

Research Interests

Research interests generally concern individuals' social-emotional responses to others. Recent studies have examined (a) antisocial and prosocial teasing in children, and (b) children’s reactions to peers with various undesirable characteristics. Other areas of study have included the factors associated with individuals’ willingness to engage in various minor moral and legal violations, the factors that influence the development and expression of prosocial emotions (e.g., empathy) and behaviors (e.g., helping), sex-role stereotyping and sex differences, and perceptions of parental discipline.

Selected Publications

Barnett, M. A., *Burns, S. R., *Sanborn, F. W., *Bartel, J. S., & **Wilds, S. J. (2004). Antisocial and prosocial teasing among children: Perceptions and individual differences. Social Development, 13, 292-310.

Barnett, M. A., *Sanborn, F. W., & **Shane, A. C. (2005). Factors associated with individuals' likelihood of engaging in various minor moral and legal violations. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 27, 77-84.

Barnett, M. A., *Barlett, N. D., *Livengood, J. L., **Murphy, D. L., & **Brewton, K. E. (2010). Factors associated with children's anticipated responses to ambiguous teases. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171, 54-72.

Barnett, M. A., *Livengood, J. L., *Sonnentag, T. L., *Barlett, N. D., & **Witham, R. Y. (2010). Children's anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics: Role of peers' desire to change, effort to change, and outcome. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 171, 262-269.

Barnett, M. A., *Sonnentag, T. L., *Livengood, J. L., **Struble, A. L., & *Wadian, T. W. (2011). Role of fault attributions and desire, effort, and outcome expectations in children’s anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with various undesirable characteristics. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 173, 317-329.

**Struble, A. L., *Wadian, T. W., *Sonnentag, T. L., *Livengood, J. L., & Barnett, M. A. (2013). An investigation of the characteristics, experiences, and attitudes of Court Appointed Special Advocate (CASA) volunteers. Journal of Psychological Inquiry, 18, 17-22.

*Sonnentag, T. L., & Barnett, M. A. (2013). An exploration of moral rebelliousness with adolescents and young adults. Ethics & Behavior, 23, 214-236.

Barnett, M. A., **Nichols, M. B., *Sonnentag, T. L., & *Wadian, T. W. (2013). Factors associated with early adolescents' anticipated emotional and behavioral responses to ambiguous teases on Facebook. Computers in Human Behavior, 29, 2225-2229.

Barnett, M. A., *Wadian, T. W., *Sonnentag, T. L., & **Nichols, M. B. (2015). Role of various fault attributions and other factors in children's anticipated response to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics. Social Development, 24, 113-127.

Barnett, M. A., *Sonnentag, T. L., *Wadian, T. W., *Jones, T. L., & **Langley, C. A. (2015). Children's perceptions of hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics: Role of the peers' desire to change, source of effort to change, and outcome. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 176, 55-63.

*Sonnentag, T. L., & Barnett, M. A. (2016). Role of moral identity and moral courage characteristics in adolescents’ tendencies to be a moral rebel. Ethics & Behavior, 26, 277-299.

*Wadian, T. W., *Jones, T. L., *Sonnentag, T. L., & Barnett, M. A. (2016). Cyberbullying: Adolescents’ experiences, responses, and their beliefs about their parents' recommended responses. Journal of Educational and Developmental Psychology, 6, 47-52.

*Jones, T. L., Barnett, M. A., *Wadian, T. W., & *Sonnentag, T. L. (2016). Individual differences associated with emotional and behavioral responses to ambiguous social situations in which rejection might be inferred. Journal of General Psychology, 143, 298-310.

*Wadian, T. W., Barnett, M. A., & *Sonnentag, T. L. (2017). Destigmatization by association: Improving children's reactions to an obese storybook character. Journal of General Psychology, 144,130-139.

*Jones, T. L., *Wadian, T. W., Barnett, M. A., **Hellmer, M. K., & **Pino, L. N. (2018). Young children’s ability to discriminate between antisocial and prosocial teases. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 179, 1-8.

*Sonnentag, T. L., *Wadian, T. W., Barnett, M. A., Gretz, M. R., & Bailey, S. M. (2018). Characteristics associated with individuals’ situation-specific expressions of the tendency to be a moral rebel. Ethics & Behavior, 28, 411-428.

*Wadian, T. W., *Sonnentag, T. L., *Jones, T. L., & Barnett, M. A. (2019). Role of fault attributions and other factors in adults’ attitudes toward hypothetical children with an undesirable characteristic. Psychological Reports, 122, 61-78.

Note: *current or former graduate student, **former undergraduate student

Graduate and undergraduate research assistants attend a weekly research meeting and are actively involved in all phases of group projects (e.g., study design and development of materials, data collection and analysis, write-up for presentation and/or publication). Undergraduate assistants typically present the results of a group or independent project at the Department's Annual Undergraduate Research Convocation.

Current Graduate Students

  • Tucker Jones