Publications

Publications

Skinner, E. A., Kindermann, T. A., Vollet, J. W., & Rickert, N. P. (2023). Motivation in the wild: Capturing the complex social ecologies of academic motivation. In M. Bong, S. Kim, J. Reeve (Eds.), Motivation Science: Controversies and Insights. New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso9780197662359.003.0075

Skinner, E., Kindermann, T., Vollet, J. W., & Rickert, N. P. (2022). Complex social ecologies and the development of academic motivation , Educational Psychology Review, 34, 2129—2165. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10648-022-09714-0

Vollet, J. W. (2022). Peer relations: Does social media make it worse? In M. Jones (Ed.) Peer Relationships in Classroom Management: Evidence and Interventions for Teaching. New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003148647-17

Skinner, E. A., Rickert, N. P., Vollet, J. W., Kindermann, T. A. (2022). The complex social ecology of academic motivation: A bioecological framework and illustration examining the collective effects of parents, teachers, and peers on student engagement. Educational Psychologist, 57, 87—113. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520. 2022.2038603

George, M. J., Ehrenreich, S. E., Burnell, K., Kurup, A. R., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (2021). Emerging adults’ substance-related public and private Facebook communications. Emerging Adulthood, 9, 408—414. https://doi.org/10.1177/2167696819867533

Skinner E.A., Chi U., The Learning-Gardens Educational Assessment Group (2021) What Role Does Motivation and Engagement in Garden-Based Education Play for Science Learning in At-Risk Middle School Students? A Self-Determination Theory Perspective. In L. T. Esters, A. Patchen, I. DeCoito, & N. Knobloch (Eds.), Research Approaches in Urban Agriculture and Community Contexts. Urban Agriculture. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70030-0_2

Burnell, K., Kurup, A. R., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (2021). “So you think I’m cute?”: An observational study of adolescents’ appearance evaluation in text messaging. Human Behavior and Emerging Technologies, 3, 798-810. https://doi.org/10.1002/hbe2.318

George, M. J., Beron, K. J., Vollet, J. W., Burnell, K., Ehrenreich, S. E., & Underwood, M. K. (2021). Frequency of Text Messaging and Adolescents’ Mental Health Symptoms Across 4 Years of High School. Journal of Adolescent Health, 68, 324-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.06.012

Vollet, J. W., George, M. J., Burnell, K., & Underwood, M. K. (2020). Exploring text messaging as a platform for peer socialization of social aggression. Developmental Psychology, 56, 138–152. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000848

Vollet, J. W., Kindermann, T. A. (2020). Promoting persistence: Peer group influences on students’ re-engagement. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 44, 354–364. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025419880614

Burnell, K., George, M. J., Vollet, J. W., Ehrenreich, S. E., & Underwood, M. K. (2019). Passive social networking site use and well-being: The mediating roles of social comparison and the fear of missing out. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspace, 13, article 5. https://doi.org/10.5817/CP2019-3-5

Vollet, J. W., Kindermann, T. A., & Skinner, E. A. (2017). In peer matters, teachers matter: Peer group influence on students’ engagement depends on teacher involvement. Journal of Educational Psychology, 109, 635-652. https://doi.org/10.1037/edu0000172

Wheeler, C., & Vollet, J. W. (2017). Supporting kinship caregivers: Examining the impact of a Title IV-E waiver kinship supports intervention. Child Welfare, 95, 91-121. https://www.jstor.org/stable/48623589

Kindermann, T. A., & Vollet, J. W. (2014). Social networks within classroom ecologies: peer effects on students’ engagement in the context of relationships with teachers and parents. In Zander-Music, L., Kolleck, N., & Hannover, B. (Eds.). Social Network Analysis in Educational Research and Educational Policy. Zeitschrift für Erziehungswissenschaft (ZfE, Journal for Educational Science), Special Issue 26, 135-151. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11618-014-0555-9

Skinner, E. A., Chi, U., & The Learning-Gardens Educational Assessment Group. (2012). Intrinsic motivation and engagement as “active ingredients” in garden-based education: Examining models and measures derived from self-determination theory. The Journal of Environmental Education, 43, 16-36. https://doi.org/10.1080/00958964.2011.596856

Presentations

Vollet, J. W., Christensen, L., Moravcik, M., Kellogg, H., Babcock, R. (2025). School belongingness as a predictor of undergraduate students’ use of university writing services. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association (APA), Denver, CO.

Vollet, J. W., George, M. J., Burnell, K., Kurup, A. R., Underwood, M. K. (2020). Exploring longitudinal links between receiving prosocial text messages from peers and externalizing and internalizing symptoms. Paper presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.

George, M. J., Vollet, J. W., Kurup, A. R., Burnell, K., Ehrenreich, S. E., & Underwood, M. K. (2020). Is it enough to be on Facebook? Associations between social media parenting behaviors, parental monitoring, and adolescents’ antisocial behaviors. M. George (Chair). Parental Monitoring and Mediation in the Digital Sphere . Symposium presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.

Burnell, K., Vollet, J. W., Kurup, A. R., Underwood, M. K. (2020). “So you think I’m cute? :P” Appearance evaluative text messages and eating problems. Poster presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.

Vollet, J. W., Kindermann, T. A. (2019). Promoting persistence: Peer group influences on students’ re-engagement. Poster session presented at the Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Vollet, J. W., George, M. J., Kurup, A. R., & Underwood, M. K. (2019). Leading by example: Parental promotion of prosocial behavior predicts decreases in social aggression. Poster session presented at the Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

George, M. J., Vollet, J. W., Burnell, K., Kurup, A. R., Underwood, M. K. (2019). Facebook Profiling: Gender differences in adolescents’ facebook activity and coping strategies. In Angela Calvin (Chair), Individual Differences in Adolescents’ use of Communication Technology. Symposium at the Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

George, M. J., Kurup, A. R., Burnell, K., Vollet, J. W., Underwood, M. K. (2019). Cyber-victimization highest among LGBTQ students of color. Poster session presented at the International Convention of Psychological Science, Paris, France.

Kurup, A. R., Burnell, K., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (October, 2018). Romantic texting, duplicitous texting, and infidelity in adolescent boys and girls. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Gender Development Research Conference, San Francisco, CA.

Kurup, A. R., George, M. J., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (2018, July). A longitudinal investigation of social aggression and sexting in adolescence. Poster session presented at the Meetings of the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA), Paris, France.

Vollet, J. W., George, M. J., Burnell, K., & Underwood, M. K. (2018, July). Exploring Text Messaging as a Platform for Peer Socialization of Social Aggression. In Anouk van Dijk (Chair), Socialization of Aggression in Children and Youth. Symposium at the Meetings of the International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA), Paris, France.

Kurup, A. R., Burnell, K., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (May, 2018). Romantic texting, duplicitous texting, and infidelity in adolescent boys and girls. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, CA.

Burnell, K., Vollet, J. W., Kurup, A. R., & Underwood, M. K. (2018, April). Two-Faced Texting: Exploring Friendship Validation as a Mechanism Through Which Duplicitous Texting Predicts Externalizing Symptoms. Poster session presented at the APA conference on Technology, Mind & Society, Washington, DC.

Burnell, K., George, M. J., Vollet, J. W., & Underwood, M. K. (2018, April). Students’ online social comparisons and fear of missing out mediate the association between social media browsing and depressive symptoms. Poster session presented at the APA conference on Technology, Mind & Society, Washington, DC.

Gaudet, O., Vollet, J. W., Véronneau, M. H., Kindermann, T. A., & Mathys, C. (2017, May). Is Young Adolescents’ Self-Esteem Predicted by Peer Acceptance? a Gender Perspective. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.

Gaudet, O., Vollet, J. W., Véronneau, M. H., Kindermann, T. A., & Mathys, C. (2017, March). La socialisation de l’estime de soi au sein de la clique d’appartenance des jeunes adolescents et adolescentes. Poster session presented at the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Montreal, Canada.

Gaudet, O., Vollet, J. W., Véronneau, M. H., Kindermann, T. A., & Mathys, C. (2017, March). Le statut social des adolescent(e)s et celui de leurs ami(e)s peuvent-ils influencer leur estime de soi? Poster session presented at the Société Québécoise pour la Recherche en Psychologie, Montreal, Canada.

Vollet, J. W., & Kindermann, T. A. (2014, April). In peer matters, teachers matter: Teacher involvement curbs peer group influence on students’ engagement. In Scott Gest (Chair), Peers and Academics: The Influence of Peers and Peer Groups on Academic and Social Outcomes. Symposium at the Meetings of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), Philadelphia, PA.

Johnson, P. M., Vollet, J. W., & Kindermann, T. A. (2013, April). Are there dangers to being central in a social network? Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Seattle, WA.

Vollet, J. W., Johnson, P. M., & Kindermann, T. A. (2012, July). Peer group influences on school motivation may depend on levels of parent involvement. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD), Edmonton, AB.

Vollet, J. W., Johnson, P. M., & Kindermann, T. A. (2012, March). Parental involvement moderates peer group influences on school motivation. Poster session presented at the biannual meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), Vancouver, B.C.

Kindermann, T. A., & Vollet, J. W. (2011, March). Teachers’ involvement with students moderates peer group influences on school motivation. In Laura Scharphorn & Heather J. Bachman (Chairs), Cross- contextual influences on children’s academic motivation. Symposium at the Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Montreal, QB.

Kindermann, T. A., Mehess, S. & Vollet, J. W. (2010, April). Will the real peer group please stand up? A “tensegrity” approach to the influences of peer networks and friendship groups on motivation in school. In Glen J. Veed (Chair), Novel directions in peer network research. Symposium at the Meetings of the Society for Research in Adolescence (SRA), Philadelphia, PA.

Mentored Student Presentations

*Moravcik, M., *Christensen, L., *Kellogg, H., Babcock, R., Vollet, J. W. (2024). Psychological factors, social factors, and potential barriers in the non-use of university writing services. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the National Council on Undergraduate Research (NCUR), Long Beach, CA.

*McLain, C., Vollet, J. W. (2024). Examining links between mindful meditation and stress after exposure to binaural beats. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), San Antonio, TX.

*McLain, C., Vollet, J. W. (2024). Exploring associations between cognitive and emotional empathy and mystical experiences via lifetime psychedelic use and spiritual practice. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology (SPSP), San Diego, CA.

*McLain, C., Vollet, J. W. (2023). Exploring associations between empathy and mystical experiences via psychedelic use and spiritualism. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Frisco, TX.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
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