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  • 2008 - Fellow of the American Educational Research Association

Overview

Michael J. Furlong is affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara in the United States. Their research work primarily spans psychology and social sciences with a significant focus on clinical psychology, social psychology, and education. The body of work reflects interests in child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, psychological well-being and life satisfaction, resilience and mental health, early childhood education and development, COVID-19 and mental health, youth development and social support, and health disparities and outcomes.

The scientist has published extensively in frequent venues such as School Mental Health, Contemporary School Psychology, The Educational and Developmental Psychologist, Australian Journal of Psychology, and Assessment for Effective Intervention.

Michael J. Furlong's recent publications include:

  • Enhancement and Standardization of a Universal Social-Emotional Health Measure for Students' Psychological Strengths (2020, Journal of Well-Being Assessment)
  • Bored with school! Bored with life? Well-being characteristics associated with a school boredom mindset (2021, Journal of Positive School Psychology)

Other notable recent papers, co-authored in the broader research network, include:

  • Introducing a dual continuum model of belonging and loneliness (2021, Australian Journal of Psychology)
  • Longitudinal association between school climate and depressive symptoms: The mediating role of psychological suzhi (2020, School Psychology)
  • Social support profiles associations with adolescents' psychological and academic functioning (2022, Journal of School Psychology)

Frequent collaborators in Michael J. Furlong's work include Erin Dowdy, Karen Nylund-Gibson, Mei-ki Chan, Delwin Carter, and Rhea Wagle.

Recognition of their contributions includes being awarded the status of Fellow of the American Educational Research Association in 2008.

Best Publications

  • Student engagement with school: Critical conceptual and methodological issues of the construct.

    James J. Appleton;Sandra L. Christenson;Michael J. Furlong

  • Handbook of positive psychology in schools

    Michael J. Furlong;Richard Gilman;E. Scott Huebner

  • The School in School Violence: Definitions and Facts

    Michael Furlong;Gale Morrison

  • Engaging students at school and with learning: A relevant construct for all students

    Michael J. Furlong;Sandra L. Christenson

  • Multiple Contexts of School Engagement: Moving Toward a Unifying Framework for Educational Research and Practice

    Michael J. Furlong;Angela D. Whipple;Grace St. Jean;Jenne Simental

  • A Latent Transition Mixture Model Using the Three-Step Specification

    Karen Nylund-Gibson;Ryan Grimm;Matt Quirk;Michael Furlong

  • Relations among school connectedness, hope, life satisfaction, and bully victimization

    Sukkyung You;Michael J. Furlong;Erika D. Felix;Jill D. Sharkey

  • Getting precise and pragmatic about the assessment of bullying: the development of the California Bullying Victimization Scale

    Erika D. Felix;Jill D. Sharkey;Jennifer Greif Green;Michael J. Furlong

  • School Violence to School Safety: Reframing the Issue for School Psychologists

    Gale M. Morrison;Michael J. Furlong;Richard L. Morrison

  • Preliminary Development and Validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for Secondary School Students

    Michael J. Furlong;Sukkyung You;Tyler L. Renshaw;Douglas C. Smith

  • Development of the California school climate and safety survey-short form

    Michael J. Furlong;Jennifer L. Greif;Michael P. Bates;Angela D. Whipple

  • Who Are the Victims of School Violence? A Comparison of Student Non-Victims and Multi-Victims.

    Michael J. Furlong

  • Ethnic Group Preferences for Counselor Characteristics.

    Donald R. Atkinson;W. Carlos Poston;Michael J. Furlong;Pauline Mercado

  • Afro-American preferences for counselor characteristics.

    Donald R. Atkinson;Michael J. Furlong;W. Carlos Poston

  • Evaluating counselor effectiveness: A critical review of rating scale instruments.

    Joseph G. Ponterotto;Michael J. Furlong

  • Strength-Based Assessment and School Psychology: A Summary and Synthesis

    Shane R. Jimerson;Jill D. Sharkey;Vanessa Nyborg;Michael J. Furlong

  • FIGHTING AN EPIDEMIC: THE ROLE OF SCHOOLS IN REDUCING CHILDHOOD OBESITY

    Sara A. Pyle;Jill Sharkey;Georgette Yetter;Erika Felix

  • Introduction to miniseries: School violence and safety in perspective.

    Michael J. Furlong;Gale M. Morrison

  • Enhancing School-Based Mental Health Services with a Preventive and Promotive Approach to Universal Screening for Complete Mental Health.

    Erin Dowdy;Michael Furlong;Tara C. Raines;Bibliana Bovery

  • Handbook of school violence and school safety: From research to practice.

    Shane R. Jimerson;Michael J. Furlong

  • Handbook of School Violence and School Safety : International Research and Practice

    Shane Jimerson;Amanda Nickerson;Matthew J. Mayer;Michael J. Furlong

Frequent Co-Authors

Erin Dowdy
Erin Dowdy University of California, Santa Barbara
Sukkyung You
Sukkyung You Hankuk University of Foreign Studies
Jennifer Greif Green
Jennifer Greif Green Boston University
Shane R. Jimerson
Shane R. Jimerson University of California, Santa Barbara
Tyler L. Renshaw
Tyler L. Renshaw Utah State University
Melissa K. Holt
Melissa K. Holt Boston University
Donald R. Atkinson
Donald R. Atkinson University of California, Santa Barbara
Amanda B. Nickerson
Amanda B. Nickerson State University of New York
Ian M. Shochet
Ian M. Shochet Queensland University of Technology
Dewey G. Cornell
Dewey G. Cornell University of Virginia

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