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School of Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies

Rebecca Martin

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Title

Professor of Psychology

Office Building

Psychology, Sociology and Rural Studies

Office

213

Mailing Address

Ag Engineering 213
Psychology-Box 2120
University Station
Brookings, SD 57007

Biography

Rebecca M. Martin is a professor of psychology. Her research examines gender and emotion and how both influence individuals’ responses to a variety of topics, including test performance and coping. She also examines parental and societal influences on young children’s understanding of gender and emotion. Her work involves participants from the preschool years through early adulthood. Her recent work has been published in Psychology, Personality and Individual Differences, Early Child Development and Care and Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media.

Education

  • Ph.D. in developmental psychology

Academic Interests

  • Child psychology
  • Psychological gender issues

Committees and Professional Memberships

Committees:

  • Teacher Education Faculty Committee
  • Society for Research in Child Development Teaching Committee
  • CAHSS Faculty Council

Professional Memberships:

  • American Psychological Association
  • Association of Psychological Science
  • Society of Research in Child Development

Areas of Research

  • Emotional development
  • Gender issues in both children and adults

Publications

  1. Martin, R. (2024) Gender differences in suppression based on type of emotion. Psychology, 15, 883-899. doi: 10.4236/psych.2024.156052.
  2. Martin, R. M. (2020). Gender differences in competitiveness and narcissism as exhibited through pictures on Facebook. Personality and Individual Differences, 162, doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2020.110011 
  3. Martin, R. (2020). Developmental changes in fright reactions through the lifespan. International Encyclopedia of Media Psychology. John Wiley and Sons, Inc. doi: 10.1002/9781119011071
  4. Martin, R. (2019). Influence of biological sex, trait gender and state gender on pain threshold, pain tolerance and ratings of pain severity. Personality and Individual Differences, 138, 183-187. doi: 10.1016/j.paid.2018.09.038
  5. Martin, R. (2019). Comparison of multiple methods of assessing parental emotion language discourse and their effects on Preschooler’s emotion understanding. Early Child Development and Care, 189(4), 683-696. doi: 10.1080/03004430.2017.1339275
  6. Martin, R. (2017). Gender and emotion stereotypes in children’s television. Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media, 61(3), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/08838151.2017.1344667
  7. Martin, R. M. and Green, J. A. (2005). The use of emotion explanations by mothers: Relation to preschoolers' gender and understanding of emotions. Social Development, 14(2), 229-249.

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