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  • 1983 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Joel Meyers is affiliated with Georgia State University in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields of study primarily focusing on social sciences, physics and astronomy, and psychology. Within these areas, their work frequently addresses topics related to early childhood education and development, behavioral and psychological studies, bullying, victimization, and aggression, as well as cosmology and gravitation theories.

Their academic contributions include studies in education, nuclear and high energy physics, astronomy and astrophysics, social psychology, and developmental and educational psychology. Meyers has published in venues such as arXiv (Cornell University), the Journal of School Psychology, Physical Review D, Psychology in the Schools, and Educational Psychology.

Among their recent publications are:

  • PBIS fidelity, school climate, and student discipline: A longitudinal study of secondary schools (2021) published in Psychology in the Schools
  • Collective moral disengagement and its associations with bullying perpetration and victimization in students (2021) published in Educational Psychology
  • Cosmological preference for a negative neutrino mass (2025) published in Physical Review D
  • Examining Measurement Invariance and Perceptions of School Climate Across Gender and Race and Ethnicity (2021) published in Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment
  • Can a school climate survey accurately and equitably measure school quality? Examining the multilevel structure and invariance of the Georgia School Climate Scale (2022) published in Journal of School Psychology

Meyers has collaborated frequently with a group of researchers including Kenneth G. Rice, Kris Varjas, Faith Zabek, Ann Cale Kruger, and Johari Harris.

Their prominent research topics encompass:

  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Cosmology and Gravitation Theories
  • Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena
  • Neutrino Physics Research
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Joel Meyers was recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 1983.

Best Publications

  • Thankful for the little things: A meta-analysis of gratitude interventions

    Don E. Davis;Elise Choe;Joel Meyers;Nathaniel Wade

  • Urban Middle School Students' Perceptions of Bullying, Cyberbullying, and School Safety

    Kris Varjas;Christopher C. Henrich;Jacquelyn Meyers

  • General Education Teachers’ Perceptions of Behavior Management and Intervention Strategies:

    Amy Dutton Tillery;Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Amanda Smith Collins

  • High School Students’ Perceptions of Coping With Cyberbullying

    Leandra Parris;Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Hayley Cutts

  • Bystander motivation in bullying incidents: to intervene or not to intervene?

    Robert Thornberg;Laura Tenenbaum;Kristen Varjas;Joel Meyers

  • Structured extracurricular activities among adolescents: Findings and implications for school psychologists

    Rich Gilman;Joel Meyers;Laura Perez

  • Coping strategies and perceived effectiveness in fourth through eighth grade victims of bullying

    Laura S. Tenenbaum;Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Leandra Parris

  • Ecological Approaches to Organizational Consultation and Systems Change in Educational Settings

    Adena B. Meyers;Joel Meyers;Emily C. Graybill;Sherrie L. Proctor

  • Content-Specific Strategies to Advocate for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Youth: An Exploratory Study.

    Emily C. Graybill;Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Laurel B. Watson

  • The Importance of Adult Connections in Adolescents' Sense of School Belonging: Implications for Schools and Practitioners

    Amy Dutton Tillery;Kris Varjas;Andrew T. Roach;Gabriel P. Kuperminc

  • A Brief Measure of Adolescent Perceptions of School Climate.

    Nick White;Jeffrey S. Ashby;Joel Meyers

  • Consultation and Human Diversity: First Things First

    Mary Henning-Stout;Joel Meyers

  • Gay–Straight Alliance Advisors: Negotiating Multiple Ecological Systems When Advocating for LGBTQ Youth

    Laurel B. Watson;Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Emily C. Graybill

  • Technology Hurts? Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Youth Perspectives of Technology and Cyberbullying

    Kris Varjas;Joel Meyers;Sarah Kiperman;Alice Howard

  • Bullying in Schools Towards Sexual Minority Youth

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  • The acceptability of organizational consultation with prereferral intervention teams.

    Stephen D. Truscott;Gina Cosgrove;Joel Meyers;Kirsten A. Eidle-Barkman

  • Dyadic Agreement Concerning the Consultation Process and Its Relationship to Outcome

    William P. Erchul;Jan N. Hughes;Joel Meyers;Julia A. Hickman

  • A Consultation Model for School Psychological Services

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  • The Role of Prereferral Intervention Teams in Early Intervention and Prevention of Mental Health Problems

    Kirsten A. Eidle;Joel Meyers;Stephen D. Truscott;Tammy Boyd

  • Pre-teen alcohol use initiation and suicide attempts among middle and high school students: Findings from the 2006 Georgia Student Health Survey

    Monica H. Swahn;Robert M. Bossarte;Jeffrey S. Ashby;Jacquelyn Meyers

  • Awakening to a New Dawn: Perspectives of the Future of School Psychology

    Gena N. Ehrhardt-Padgett;Chryse Hatzichristou;Jennifer Kitson;Joel Meyers

  • Further Explorations of Request-Centered Relational Communication within School Consultation.

    William P. Erchul;Jan N. Hughes;Joel Meyers

  • Students’ views of factors affecting their bystander behaviors in response to school bullying: a cross-collaborative conceptual qualitative analysis

    Camilla Forsberg;Laura Wood;Jennifer Smith;Kristen Varjas

Frequent Co-Authors

Robert Thornberg
Robert Thornberg Linköping University
Jeffrey S. Ashby
Jeffrey S. Ashby Georgia State University
Christopher C. Henrich
Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham
Kenneth G. Rice
Kenneth G. Rice Georgia State University
Gabriel P. Kuperminc
Gabriel P. Kuperminc Georgia State University
Everett L. Worthington
Everett L. Worthington Virginia Commonwealth University
Don E. Davis
Don E. Davis Georgia State University
Gianluca Gini
Gianluca Gini University of Padua
Joshua N. Hook
Joshua N. Hook University of North Texas

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