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Michelle Drouin is affiliated with Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of technology and human behavior, particularly in social sciences and psychology. The areas of study include sociology and political science, gender studies, clinical psychology, social psychology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main research topics covered in their work consist of:

  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
  • Gender, Feminism, and Media
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Sexual Assault and Victimization Studies
  • Social Media and Politics

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Michelle Drouin are:

  • How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety (2020), published in Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
  • Daily technoference, technology use during couple leisure time, and relationship quality (2020), published in Media Psychology
  • The role of HEXACO personality traits in different kinds of sexting: A cross-cultural study in 10 countries (2020), published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • Is chatting with a sophisticated chatbot as good as chatting online or FTF with a stranger? (2021), published in Computers in Human Behavior
  • Work-related technoference at home and feelings of work spillover, overload, life satisfaction and job satisfaction (2021), published in International Journal of Workplace Health Management

Frequent publication venues for their research include:

  • Computers in Human Behavior
  • Cyberpsychology Behavior and Social Networking
  • ASAIO Journal
  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

Michelle Drouin has collaborated extensively with several co-authors throughout their career, including:

  • Brandon T. McDaniel
  • Jessica Pater
  • Tammy Toscos
  • Mindy Flanagan
  • Michael Mirro

In addition to journal articles, Drouin has contributed to book publications, notably with The MIT Press, where they authored Out of Touch in 2022.

Best Publications

  • Texting, sexting, and attachment in college students' romantic relationships

    Michelle Drouin;Carly Landgraff

  • Let’s talk about sexting, baby: Computer-mediated sexual behaviors among young adults.

    Michelle Drouin;Kimberly N. Vogel;Alisen Surbey;Julie R. Stills

  • How Parents and Their Children Used Social Media and Technology at the Beginning of the COVID-19 Pandemic and Associations with Anxiety.

    Michelle Drouin;Brandon T. McDaniel;Jessica Pater;Tammy Toscos

  • Sexting: A New, Digital Vehicle for Intimate Partner Aggression?

    Michelle Drouin;Jody Ross;Elizabeth Tobin

  • Unwanted but consensual sexting among young adults: Relations with attachment and sexual motivations

    Michelle Drouin;Elizabeth Tobin

  • R u txting? Is the Use of Text Speak Hurting Your Literacy?

    Michelle Drouin;Claire Davis

  • The Relationship Between Students' Perceived Sense of Community and Satisfaction, Achievement, and Retention in an Online Course

    Michelle A. Drouin

  • Do You Have Anything to Hide? Infidelity-Related Behaviors on Social Media Sites and Marital Satisfaction.

    Brandon T. McDaniel;Michelle Drouin;Jaclyn D. Cravens

  • College Students' Text Messaging, Use of Textese and Literacy Skills

    Michelle A. Drouin

  • "Technoference" and Implications for Mothers' and Fathers' Couple and Coparenting Relationship Quality.

    Brandon T. McDaniel;Adam M. Galovan;Jaclyn D. Cravens;Michelle Drouin

  • Why do people lie online? Because everyone lies on the internet

    Michelle Drouin;Daniel Miller;Shaun M.J. Wehle;Elisa Hernandez

  • Phantom vibrations among undergraduates: Prevalence and associated psychological characteristics

    Michelle Drouin;Daren H. Kaiser;Daniel A. Miller

  • Is sexting good for your relationship? It depends

    Michelle Drouin;Manda Coupe;Jeff R. Temple

  • Daily Technology Interruptions and Emotional and Relational Well-Being.

    Brandon T. McDaniel;Michelle Drouin

  • Students' Feelings of and Desire for Sense of Community in Face-to-Face and Online Courses

    Michelle Drouin;Lesa Rae Vartanian

  • Texting, textese and literacy abilities: a naturalistic study

    Michelle Drouin;Brent Driver

  • Sexting Among Married Couples: Who Is Doing It, and Are They More Satisfied?

    Brandon T. McDaniel;Michelle Drouin

  • Name writing and letter knowledge in preschoolers: Incongruities in skills and the usefulness of name writing as a developmental indicator

    Michelle Drouin;Jenna Harmon

  • Ignore your partners’ current Facebook friends; beware the ones they add!

    Michelle Drouin;Daniel A. Miller;Jayson L. Dibble

  • Sexting profiles in the United States and Canada

    Adam M. Galovan;Michelle Drouin;Brandon T. McDaniel

Frequent Co-Authors

Susan Sprecher
Susan Sprecher Illinois State University
Piotr Sorokowski
Piotr Sorokowski University of Wrocław
Antonio Chirumbolo
Antonio Chirumbolo Sapienza University of Rome
Koen Ponnet
Koen Ponnet Ghent University
Michel Walrave
Michel Walrave University of Antwerp
Fiorenzo Laghi
Fiorenzo Laghi Sapienza University of Rome
Roberto Baiocco
Roberto Baiocco Sapienza University of Rome
Lucia F. O'Sullivan
Lucia F. O'Sullivan University of New Brunswick
Jeffrey Temple
Jeffrey Temple The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston

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