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Patricia H. Hawley is affiliated with Texas Tech University in the United States. Their research primarily spans the field of psychology, with a specific focus on social psychology. Their work also engages with subfields such as sociology and political science, as well as literature and literary theory.

Their scholarly contributions explore topics including climate change communication and perception, animal and plant science education, media influence and health, and bullying, victimization, and aggression.

Recent publications by Patricia H. Hawley include the following:

  • Science on tap: effective public engagement or preaching to the choir?, 2020, Journal of Science Communication
  • Preservice Teachers' Power Characteristics and Antibullying Efforts: Differential Response to a New Professional Development Workshop, 2021, Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
  • A Professional Development Workshop Addressing Bullying and Power: Enhancing Preservice Teachers' Management Intentions and Self-Efficacy, 2020, Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting

Frequent co-authorship includes collaboration with Cara Ocobock.

Patricia H. Hawley has published in venues such as:

  • Journal of Science Communication
  • Proceedings of the 2021 AERA Annual Meeting
  • Proceedings of the 2020 AERA Annual Meeting

Best Publications

  • Disentangling the "whys" from the "whats" of aggressive behaviour

    Todd D. Little;Christopher C. Henrich;Stephanie M. Jones;Patricia H. Hawley

  • The Ontogenesis of Social Dominance: A Strategy-Based Evolutionary Perspective

    Patricia H. Hawley

  • The evolutionary basis of risky adolescent behavior: Implications for science, policy, and practice

    Bruce J. Ellis;Marco Del Giudice;Thomas J. Dishion;Aurelio José Figueredo

  • Prosocial and Coercive Configurations of Resource Control in Early Adolescence: A Case for the Well-Adapted Machiavellian

    Patricia H. Hawley

  • Social dominance and prosocial and coercive strategies of resource control in preschoolers.

    Patricia H. Hawley

  • Strategies of control, aggression, and morality in preschoolers: an evolutionary perspective.

    Patricia H Hawley

  • The allure of a mean friend: Relationship quality and processes of aggressive adolescents with prosocial skills

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little;Noel A. Card

  • Rethinking Aggression: A Typological Examination of the Functions of Aggression.

    Todd D. Little;Jessica Brauner;Stephanie M. Jones;Matthew K. Nock

  • Winning friends and influencing peers: Strategies of peer influence in late childhood

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little;Monisha Pasupathi

  • Forms and Functions of Aggression in Adolescent Friendship Selection and Influence: A Longitudinal Social Network Analysis

    Jelle J. Sijtsema;Tiina Ojanen;Rene Veenstra;Siegwart Lindenberg

  • The Myth of the Alpha Male: A New Look at Dominance-Related Beliefs and Behaviors among Adolescent Males and Females.

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little;Noel A. Card

  • The Evolution of Personality and Individual Differences

    David M. Buss;Patricia H. Hawley

  • 17: Three Views of the Agentic Self: A Developmental Synthesis

    Todd D. Little;Patricia H. Hawley;Christopher C. Henrich;Katherine W. Marsland

  • On Winning Some and Losing Some: A Social Relations Approach to Social Dominance in Toddlers.

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little

  • Aggression and adaptation: The bright side to bad behavior.

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little;Philip C. Rodkin

  • Physical attractiveness in preschoolers: Relationships with power, status, aggression and social skills

    Patricia H. Hawley;Sarah E. Johnson;Jennifer A. Mize;Kelly A. McNamara

  • The Academic Conference as a Chilly Climate for Women: Effects of Gender Representation on Experiences of Sexism, Coping Responses, and Career Intentions

    Jacklyn Biggs;Patricia H. Hawley;Patricia H. Hawley;Monica Biernat

  • Articulating the theory of bullying intervention programs: Views from social psychology, social work, and organizational science

    Patricia H. Hawley;Anne Williford

  • Theories of social competence from the top-down to the bottom-up: A case for considering foundational human needs.

    Kathryn N Stump;Jacklyn M Ratliff;Yelena P Wu;Patricia H Hawley

  • Aggression and Adaptive Functioning: The Bright Side to Bad Behavior

    Patricia H. Hawley;Brian E. Vaughn

  • Winning friends and inè uencing peers: Strategies of peer inè uence in late childhood*

    Patricia H. Hawley;Todd D. Little;Monisha Pasupathi

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd D. Little
Todd D. Little Texas Tech University
Monisha Pasupathi
Monisha Pasupathi University of Utah
Monica Biernat
Monica Biernat University of Kansas
Noel A. Card
Noel A. Card University of Georgia
Stephanie M. Jones
Stephanie M. Jones Harvard University
Christopher C. Henrich
Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham
Gale M. Sinatra
Gale M. Sinatra University of Southern California
Bruce J. Ellis
Bruce J. Ellis University of Utah
W. Jake Jacobs
W. Jake Jacobs University of Arizona
Siegwart Lindenberg
Siegwart Lindenberg University of Groningen

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