Tabitha Wurster

E-mail: tabitha.wurster@temple.edu

Bio: Tabitha is in her fourth year of study in the Developmental area.  She received her Bachelor degrees in both Psychology and Political Science from Widener University, studied as a Master’s student in Clinical Counseling at Johns Hopkins University, and served as a research assistant in Child Psychiatry at the Johns Hopkins Medical Institution. She currently works with Dr. Hongling Xie and is interested in peer relations and networks, aggression and other social interaction behaviors, and group norms related to status and acceptance in a given social context.

Representative Presentations

Wurster, T.J., Dawes, M., Hock, A., Xie, H. (March, 2012).  Correlates of Peer Influence in Physical Fights at School. Posterpresented at the 2012 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC

Wurster, T.J., Steinberg, L. (March, 2012).  Gender Differences and Predictors of Romantic Conflict in Adolescent Relationships. Posterpresented at the 2012 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC

Dawes, M., Wurster, T.J., Hock, A., Xie, H. (March, 2012).  Private Reactions and Perceived Peer Reactions to Physical Fights in School and the Role of Personal Characteristics. Posterpresented at the 2012 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Vancouver, BC

Wurster, T.J., Xie, H. (March, 2011).  Prosocial and Aggressive Behaviors: The Success of Bistrategic Youths. Posterpresented at the 2011 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, QC