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  • 1998 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

Overview

Sandra L. Calvert is affiliated with Georgetown University in the United States, focusing research primarily within the social sciences and arts and humanities. Their work intersects multiple disciplines, emphasizing education, literature and literary theory, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, and statistics and probability.

The core topics addressed in Sandra L. Calvert's research include child development and digital technology, media influence and health, the impact of technology on adolescents, AI in service interactions, cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills, and educational methods and practices.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Sandra L. Calvert feature the following:

  • "Parent reports of children's parasocial relationships with conversational agents: Trusted voices in children's lives" (2021), published in Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • "Intelligent digital beings as children's imaginary social companions" (2021), published in Journal of Children and Media
  • "Young children's mathematics learning from same-gender and other-gender intelligent character prototypes" (2022), published in Technology Mind and Behavior
  • "Parasocial Engagement in Childhood" (2020), published in The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Sandra L. Calvert include:

  • Anna Hoffman
  • Diana Owen
  • Marisa M. Putnam
  • Rebecca M. Ryan
  • Evan Barba

Publication venues regularly featuring their work include:

  • Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies
  • Journal of Children and Media
  • Technology Mind and Behavior
  • The International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology

Sandra L. Calvert has been recognized as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) since 1998, indicating a longstanding professional engagement in the field of psychology.

Best Publications

  • College students' social networking experiences on Facebook

    Tiffany A. Pempek;Yevdokiya A. Yermolayeva;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Gender, Identity, and Language Use in Teenage Blogs

    David A. Huffaker;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Children as consumers: advertising and marketing.

    Sandra L. Calvert

  • Screen Media Exposure and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.

    Thomas N. Robinson;Thomas N. Robinson;Jorge A. Banda;Lauren Hale;Amy Shirong Lu

  • Exergames for Physical Education Courses: Physical, Social, and Cognitive Benefits

    Amanda E. Staiano;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Brief report: vocabulary acquisition for children with autism: teacher or computer instruction.

    Monique Moore;Sandra Calvert

  • Impact of virtual reality on young adults' physiological arousal and aggressive thoughts: Interaction versus observation

    Sandra L. Calvert;Siu-Lan Tan

  • The Relation Between Selective Attention to Television Forms and Children's Comprehension of Content.

    Sandra L. Calvert;Aletha C. Huston;Bruce A. Watkins;John C. Wright

  • Children's Journeys Through the Information Age

    Sandra L. Calvert

  • Adolescent exergame play for weight loss and psychosocial improvement: A controlled physical activity intervention†

    Amanda E. Staiano;Anisha A. Abraham;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Age, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Patterns in Early Computer Use A National Survey

    Sandra L. Calvert;Victoria J. Rideout;Jennifer L. Woolard;Rachel F. Barr

  • Infant and Early Childhood Exposure to Adult-Directed and Child-Directed Television Programming: Relations with Cognitive Skills at Age Four

    Rachel Barr;Alexis Lauricella;Elizabeth Zack;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Youth violence: What we know and what we need to know.

    Brad J. Bushman;Katherine Newman;Sandra L. Calvert;Geraldine Downey

  • Identity construction on the Internet.

    Sandra L. Calvert

  • Tipping the balance: use of advergames to promote consumption of nutritious foods and beverages by low-income African American children.

    Tiffany A. Pempek;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Parent-child interactions during traditional and computer storybook reading for children's comprehension

    Alexis R. Lauricella;Rachel Barr;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Toddlers' Learning From Socially Meaningful Video Characters

    Alexis R. Lauricella;Alice Ann Howard Gola;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Competitive versus Cooperative Exergame Play for African American Adolescents' Executive Function Skills: Short-Term Effects in a Long-Term Training Intervention.

    Amanda E. Staiano;Anisha A. Abraham;Sandra L. Calvert

  • Pace and Continuity of Television Programs: Effects on Children's Attention and Comprehension.

    John C. Wright;Aletha C. Huston;Rhonda P. Ross;Sandra L. Calvert

  • The handbook of children, media, and development

    Sandra L. Calvert;Sandra L. Calvert;Barbara Jan Wilson

  • The development of a child into a consumer

    P.M. Valkenburg;J. Cantor;S. Calvert;C. Cocking

Frequent Co-Authors

Rachel Barr
Rachel Barr Georgetown University
John C. Wright
John C. Wright The University of Texas at Austin
Ellen Wartella
Ellen Wartella Northwestern University
Aletha C. Huston
Aletha C. Huston The University of Texas at Austin
Brad J. Bushman
Brad J. Bushman The Ohio State University
Patricia M. Greenfield
Patricia M. Greenfield University of California, Los Angeles
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall
Gordon C. Nagayama Hall University of Oregon
Joanne Cantor
Joanne Cantor University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sandra Graham
Sandra Graham University of California, Los Angeles
Ann S. Masten
Ann S. Masten University of Minnesota

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