Patricia Long, Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Affiliated Faculty, Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies
Location
Trish Long's area of specialization is Clinical Psychology and her interests span the issues of sexual victimization, abnormal psychology, psychological research & statistical methods, and gender issues. Dr. Long’s research investigates both the factors associated with the perpetration of rape and sexual assault and the mental health issues experienced by survivors of sexual victimization. She invites students who are interested in participating in research on these topics to contact her to discuss opportunities. Dr. Long currently teaches Introduction to Psychology, Psychological Research Methods, and Psychological Statistics at É«ÏãÊÓƵ.
Credentials
Education
Board Certifications and Licenses
Research
Selected publications
Aosved, A. C., Long, P. J., & Voller, E. K. (2011). Sexual revictimization and adjustment in college men. Psychology of Men & Masculinity, 12 (3), 285-296.
Voller, E. K., & Long, P. J. (2010). Sexual assault and rape perpetration by college men: The role of the big five personality traits. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 25 (3), 457-480. DOI: 10.1177/0886260509334390
Aosved, A.C., Long, P.J., & Voller, E.K. (2009). Measuring Sexism, Racism, Sexual Prejudice, Ageism, Classism, and Religious Intolerance: The Intolerant Schema Measure. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 39 (10), 2321-2354.
Voller, E. K., Long, P.J., & Aosved, A.C. (2009). Attraction to sexual violence towards women, sexual abuse of children, and non-sexual criminal behavior: Testing the specialist vs. generalist models in male college students. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 38, 235-243.
Other scholarly activity
Selected presentations
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2022, November). Mothers’ emotion socialization and experiential avoidance explain the association between child sexual abuse and psychological distress among college women. Presented at the annual meeting of the association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
Long, P. J., & Katz, B. W. (2022, October). Sexual violence-related thought accessibility in college women with and without a history of child sexual abuse. Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2021, November). Mediation of the relationship between child abuse and psychological distress by emotion socialization, masculine gender role stress, and experiential avoidance. Presented at the annual meeting of the association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (remote conference).
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2021, October). Surviving in an invalidating environment: Examination of parental emotion socialization strategies among college women with and without a history of child sexual abuse. Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association (remote conference).
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2020, November). Childhood maltreatment, emotion socialization, and psychological distress: A parallel multiple mediation investigation. Presented at the annual meeting of the association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. (remote conference).
Katz, B., & Long, P.J. (2020, October). Experiential avoidance mediates the relationship between masculine gender role stress and psychological distress among college men with a history of childhood abuse. Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association (remote conference).
VanDuyn, S., Kudas, O., Campobasso, A., & Long, P.J. (2020, October). Variations in Women’s Confidence to Act in Sexual Assault Scenarios with Indirect, Direct, and High-Risk Situation Interventions. Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association (remote conference).
Vanduyn, S., Campobasso, L., & Long, P. J. (2020, May). Bystander Behavior versus Active Respondent: Differences in confidence across direct, indirect, and high risk sexual vignette interventions. Accepted for presentation at the É«ÏãÊÓƵ20th Annual Student Research and Scholarship Symposium, Biddeford, ME (conference cancelled).
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2019, November). Childhood maltreatment and emotion socialization by parents and peers. Presented at the 59th annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Manchester, NH.
Kudas, O., Macek, K., Beebe, J., Campobasso, A., Paul, K., Katz, B., & Long, P.J. (2019, November). Sexual assault and bystander behavior: The role of rape myth acceptance, exposure to sexism and modeling of appropriate responses. Presented at the 59th annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Manchester, NH.
Macek, K., Beebe, J., Vanduyn, S., Kudas, O., Katz, B., & Long, P.J. (2019, May). Sexual assault and bystander behavior: The role of rape myth acceptance, exposure to sexism and modeling of appropriate responses. Presented at the É«ÏãÊÓƵ20th Annual Student Research and Scholarship Symposium, Biddeford, ME.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2018, November). Experiential avoidance and distress among rape survivors: The cumulative impact of trauma. Presented at the annual meeting of the association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Washington DC.
Beebe, J., Macek, K., Kudas, O., Van Duyn, S., Glidden, J., Beaulieu, A., Katz, B., Barry, J., & Long, P. J. (2018, November). Do we dislike college men who intervene when they see sexism? College students’ perceptions of men who intervene or are bystanders following sexism and other inappropriate behavior. Presented at the 58th annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Beaulieu, A., Glidden, J., Macek, K., Katz, B., Bebee, J., Barry, J., & Long, P. (2018, May). Sexual assault and bystander behavior: The role of exposure to sexism and modeling of appropriate responses. Presented at the É«ÏãÊÓƵ19th Annual Student Research and Scholarship Symposium, Biddeford, ME.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2017, November). Understanding men’s rape perpetration: A path analysis considering child sexual abuse, hostile masculinity, and attraction to sexual aggression. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2017, March). The mediating effect of experiential avoidance on distress in female rape victims. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2016, November). Rape perpetration and hookup behavior in college men. Presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2016, October). Childhood sexual abuse, experiential avoidance, and adult psychopathology: A multidimensional mediation examination. Presented at the annual meeting of the New England Psychological Association, Worcester, MA.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2016, March). Frequency of hookups and interpersonal violence-related attitudes in college men. Presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, New York, NY.
Katz, B. W., & Long, P. J. (2015, November). Childhood physical and sexual abuse and adult hookup behavior in college men. Presented at the annual convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Chicago, IL
(bold reflects É«ÏãÊÓƵ student co-authors)