Patti McDougall

Dr. Patti McDougall is a researcher at Queen’s University specializing in developmental psychology, with a focus on social development in childhood and adolescence. Her work emphasizes peer acceptance, friendship dynamics, and reading instruction remediation.

Research Interests:

• Social development in school-age children
• Peer acceptance and bullying behavior
• Gender non-conformity in early adolescence
• Contextual analysis of bullying
• Developmental differences in friendship conceptions

Publication Trends: Her 2007-2010 research spans school violence prevention, peer victimization, and educational psychology, often combining empirical studies with theoretical analysis of power structures and gender dynamics.