Teaching
and Research
Dr. Pritchard has research interests in both health psychology and psychology and law. Her interests in health psychology include health behaviors of college students and adolescents, obesity, eating disordered behaviors, and body image, athlete stress, health, and risky health behaviors, health in at-risk populations (e.g., Native Americans). Her research interests in law include juror memory and jury deliberation.
Teaching
Social Psychology, Cognitive Psychology, Health Psychology, Psychology and Law
Selected/Recent
Publications
(* denotes student)
Pritchard, M. E., & Wilson, G. L. (in press). Factors influencing body image in female adolescent athletes. Women in Sport and Physical Activity Journal.
*James, N., & Pritchard, M. E. (in press). The relationship between disordered eating and stress, class year, and figure dissatisfaction among college students. Psi Chi Journal.
Pritchard, M. E., Wilson, G., & *Yamnitz, B. (in press). What predicts adjustment among college students? A Longitudinal Panel Study. Journal of American College Health.
Wilson, G. S., & Pritchard, M. E. (in press). Comparing Sources of Stress in College Student Athletes and Non-Athletes. Athletic Insight.
Wilson, G.
S., Pritchard, M. E., & *Schaffer, J. (in
press). Individual differences in adolescent
health symptoms: The effects of gender and
coping. Journal of Adolescence.
Pritchard, M. E. (2004). Body satisfaction in
male and female adolescents: Associations with
parental behavior. Perceptual and Motor
Skills, 99, 257-258.
Wilson, G. S., Pritchard, M. E., & *Schaffer,
J. (2004). Athletic status and drinking
behavior in college students: The influence of
gender and coping styles. Journal of
American College Health, 52, 269-276.
Wilson, G. S., & Pritchard, M. E. (2004).
Behavioral motives for the use of performance
supplements by college students. Medicine
and Science in Sports and Exercise, 36,
350.
*Green, S. P., & Pritchard, M. E. (2003).
Predicting body image dissatisfaction in adult
men and women. Social Behavior and
Personality, 31, 215-222.
Pritchard, M. E., & Wilson, G. (2003). Using
emotional and social factors to predict
student success. Journal of College Student
Development, 44, 18-27.
*Schaffer, J., & Pritchard, M. E. (2003).
Impact of stress on health and coping tactics
in relation to sex. Psi Chi Journal, 8,
12-20.
Pritchard, M. E., & McIntosh, D. N. (2003).
What predicts psychological outcomes among law
students: A longitudinal panel study.
Journal of Social Psychology, 143,
727-745.
Pritchard, M. E., & Keenan, J. M. (2002). Does
jury deliberation really improve jurors’
memories? Applied Cognitive Psychology,
16, 589-601.
Wilson, G. S., Raglin, J., & Pritchard, M. E.
(2002). Optimism, pessimism, and
precompetition anxiety in college athletes.
Personality and Individual Differences,
32, 893-902.
Pritchard, M. E., & Keenan, J. M. (1999).
Memory monitoring in mock jurors. Journal
of Experimental Psychology: Applied, 5,
152-168.
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