Shelley Dean Kilpatrick
I received a B.A. in sociology and psychology from Baylor University, and an M.A. and Ph.D. in social psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. I also completed a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Institute for Healthcare Research in Rockville, MD (Supervisor: Michael McCullough. 1998-2000) and served as Project Director at the UCLA/RAND Center for Adolescent Health Promotion from 2000 to 2003.
Currently, I'm a professor of psychology and chair of Behavioral Sciences at Southwest Baptist University, where I teach Social Psychology, Statistics, Research Methods, and a specialty course in Altruism and Prosocial Behavior. I am also the faculty advisor for Psi Chi.
Primary Interests:
- Close Relationships
- Ethics and Morality
- Helping, Prosocial Behavior
- Research Methods, Assessment
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Journal Articles:
- Chung, P. J, Borneo, H., Kilpatrick, S. D., Lopez, D. M., Travis, R., Lui, C., Khandwala, S., & Schuster, M. A. (2005). Parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families: A demonstration of community-based participatory research. Ambulatory Pediatrics, 5(1), 50-55.
- Chung, P. J., Travis, R., Kilpatrick, S. D., Elliot, M. N., Lui, C., Khandwala, S., Dancel, T. M., Vollandt, L., & Schuster, M. A. (2007). Acculturation and parent-adolescent communication about sex in Filipino-American families: A community-based participatory research study. Journal of Adolescent Health, 40, 543-550.
- Kilpatrick, S. D., Bissonnette, V. L., & Rusbult, C. E. (2002). Empathic accuracy and accommodative behaviors among newly married couples. Personal Relationships, 9, 369-393.
- Kilpatrick, S. D., Weaver, A. J., McCullough, M. E., Puchalski, C. M., Larson, D. B., Hays, J. C., Farran, C. J., & Flannelly, K. J. (2005). Spiritual and religious variables in nursing research journals. Journal of Religion and Health, 44(1), 55-66.
- McCullough, M. E., Bellah, C. G., Kilpatrick, S. D., & Johnson, J. L. (2001). Vengefulness: Relationships with forgiveness, rumination, well-being and the big five. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 27(5), 601-610.
- McCullough, M. E., Emmons, R. A., Kilpatrick, S. D., & Mooney, C. (2003). Narcissists as victims: The role of narcissism in the perception of transgressions. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 29(7), 885-893.
- McCullough, M. E., Kilpatrick, S. D., Emmons, R. A., & Larson, D. B. (2001). Is gratitude a moral affect? Psychological Bulletin, 127(2), 249-266.
- Schopler, J., Insko, C. A., Currey, D., Smith, S., Brazil, D., Riggins, T., Gaertner, L., & Kilpatrick, S. (1994). The survival of a cooperative tradition in the intergroup discontinuity context. Motivation and Emotion, 18(4), 301-315.
Other Publications:
- Bissonnette, V. L., Rusbult, C. E., & Kilpatrick, S. D. (1997). Empathic accuracy and marital conflict resolution. In W. Ickes (Ed.), Empathic accuracy (pp. 251-281). New York: Guilford.
- Kilpatrick, S. D. (2007). Helping behavior. In R. F. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (Vol. 1, pp. 420-424). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Kilpatrick, S. D. (2007). Volunteerism. In R. F. Baumeister and K. D. Vohs (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Social Psychology (Vol. 2, pp. 1015-1016). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
- Kilpatrick, S. D., & McCullough, M. E. (2002). Personality and individual differences in altruism and prosocial behavior: An annotated bibliography. In S. G. Post, L. G. Underwood, J. P. Schloss, & W. B. Hurlbut (Eds.), Altruism and altruistic love: Science, philosophy, and religion in dialogue. New York: Oxford University Press.
Courses Taught:
- Adolescent Development
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Advanced Research Design and Methods
- Linked image: With Southwest Baptist University Students
- Agape Love and Altruism: Perspectives of Science and Faith
- Attitudes and Persuasion
- Elementary Statistics
- Introduction to Research
- Social Psychology
Shelley Dean Kilpatrick
Department of Behavioral Sciences
Southwest Baptist University
1600 University Avenue
Bolivar, Missouri 65613
United States of America
- Phone: (417) 328-1735
- Fax: (417) 327-1732
