Natalie D. Barlett

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. Livengood, J. L., Sonnentag, T. L., Barlett, N. D., & Witham, R. Y. (under review). Children's anticipated responses to hypothetical peers with undesirable characteristics: Role of peers' desire to change, effort to change, and outcome.

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.

Harris, R. J., & Brown, N. D. (2009). The effects of advertising on children. In R. A. Shweder, T. R. Bidell, A. C. Dailey, S. D. Dixon, P. J. Miller, & J. Modell (Eds.), The chicago companion to the child. Chicago, IL: University of Chicago Press.

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

Barlett, N. D., & Barlett, C. P. (2010). Comparing relational aggression and relational victimization in adults: The role of social desirability, trait aggression, and sex.

Poster accepted for the 2010 Annual Society for Personality and Social Psychology Conference, Las Vegas, NV.

Sonnentag, T. L., Livengood, J. L., Barlett, N. D., Barnett, M. A., & Witham, R. Y. (2009). Children's perceptions of and responses to peers with various undesirable characteristics.

Poster accepted for the 2009 Annual American Psychological Society Conference, San Fransisco, CA.

Sonnentag, T. L., Brown, N. D., Barnett, M. A., Livengood, J. L., & Witham, R. Y. (2009). Undergraduates’ perceptions of the desirability of specific personality traits and body types.

Poster accepted for the 10th Annual Society for Personalityand Social Psychology Conference, Tampa, FL.

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.

Teaching Experience

Classes Taught:

Advanced Social Psychology - Spring 2008
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