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Andrew Dane is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Brock University. His research focuses on aggression, bullying, and peer victimization in adolescents from developmental and evolutionary perspectives. He examines how characteristics like strength, popularity, and personality influence aggressive behaviors as social strategies. He also studies cooperative behavior as an alternative prosocial strategy. Dane's work aims to improve bullying interventions by understanding motivational payoffs and social goals.
Education: Ph.D. in Psychology from the University of Toronto. His research interests include peer relations, dominance hierarchies, and the evolutionary functions of aggression. He has published extensively on bullying dynamics, cyber aggression, and adolescent social strategies.
Key research themes include the costs/benefits of aggression, evolutionary adaptations of bullying, and the role of empathy in prosocial/antisocial behavior. Recent work explores cyber aggression's social impacts and anonymous aggression mechanisms.
Publications highlight analysis of bullying's adaptive functions, social network influences on dominance, and links between aggression and reproductive success. He collaborates frequently with researchers like Drs. Volk, Lapierre, and Andrews.
No specific awards listed. Advising/grants section remains blank due to lack of stated advisees or grant details. His work connects with Brock University's research initiatives in developmental and evolutionary psychology.
