Natalie D. Brown

Advisor: Dr. Mark A. Barnett

Description of Research

My primary research interest focuses on relatively common antisocial behaviors in children. More specifically, I am interested in the interpersonal manipulativeness of young children and the relationship between manipulativenss and other variables: empathy, prosocial behavior, antisocial behavior, and affective perspective taking. My research interest has also broadened to include understanding the relationships between relational aggression and many variables of interest.

Representative Publications

Barnett, M. A., Brown, N. D., Livengood, J. L., Murphy, D. L., & Brewton, K. E. (2007). Factors associated with children’s responses to ambiguous teases. (under review).

Brown, N. D., Barlett, C. P., & Saucier, D. A. (2007). Gender differences in relational aggression: A meta-analysis. (under review).

Barnett, M. A., Brown, N. D., Sanborn, F. W., Shane, A. C., Sperfslage, J. L., & Edison, A. L. (2006). Individual differences associated with undergraduates’ and children’s likelihood of engaging in various minor moral and legal violations. Individual Differences Research, 4, 226-243.

Representative Presentations

Brown, N. D., & Barnett, M. A. (2008). The measurement and correlates of interpersonal manipulativeness in young children.

Poster accepted to the 9th Annual Society for Personality

and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Livengood, J. L., Brown, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Brewton, K. E., & Murphy, D. L. (2008). Factors associated with children’s responses to ambiguous teases.

Poster accepted to the 9th Annual Society for Personality

and Social Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.

Livengood, J. L., Brown, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Brewton, K. E., & Murphy, D. L. (2007). Children as recipients of antisocial and prosocial teases: Experiences and perceptions.

Poster presented at the 2007 Biannual Society for

Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Brown, N. D., Koon, S., Gibb, K., Murphy, D., & Barlett, C. P. (2006). The effects of gender on relational aggression: A meta-analysis.

Poster presented at the 77th Annual Midwestern

Psychological Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Brown, N.D., Barnett, M.A., & Edison, A.L. (2006). Factors associated with children’s willingness to engage in various minor moral and legal violations.

Poster presented at the 7th Annual Society for Personality

and Social Psychology Conference. Palm Springs, CA.

Teaching Experience

Classes Taught:

General Psychology - Spring 2007, Fall 2006, Spring 2006, Spring 2005
Social Psychology - Summer 2006
Child and Adolescent Psychology - Spring 2006
Experimental Methods Lab - Fall 2005

Teaching Assistant (TA) assignments:

Advanced Social Psychology - Fall 2007
Experimental Design - Spring 2005
General Psychology - Fall 2004
Concepts of Clinical - Lab - Fall 2007, Fall 2004
General Psychology - Spring 2004
Life Span Development - Spring 2004
Personality Psychology - Fall 2003
General Psychology - Fall 2003

Education

B.S. - Psychology - Kansas Wesleyan University, 2003

M.S. - Psychology - Kansas State University, 2007