I am a counseling psychologist with research focus on psychological aspects of Internet use. My research on Internet use includes four areas: Problematic Internet use (Internet addiction), online health information, and gender differences. Specifically, I am interested in factors such as loneliness, social anxiety, and gender that predict problematic Internet use. My second Internet-related area of research on online health information has focused on how individuals retrieve, evaluate and use online health information while my third area on Internet-related research has explored gender differences in Internet uses and in technological expertise. Additionally, I also have published about psychological pedagogy.
Education:
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology, Boston College
M.Ed., Education for the Emotionally Disturbed, Tufts University
A.B., Psychology, Rosemont College
Selected Publications & Presentations:
Morahan-Martin, J.(2009, August). Internet Addiction: Research Trends and Lingering Questions. Invited Address to the Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Ontario Morahan-Martin, J. (2009, June). An Agenda of Research Questions to Further Understanding of Internet Abuse (Invited Welcome Address). Conference on Internet Addiction: Psychological Essence and Dynamics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.Morahan-Martin, J., Woodland, B., Vogel, H., & Santilli, K. (2009, March). Using online social networks to increase awareness of a non-profit agency. North East Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP), Providence RI.Morahan-Martin. J. (2008). Internet abuse: Emerging trends and lingering questions. In A. Barak (Ed.), Psychological aspects of Cyberspace: Theory, research and applications (pp. 32-69). Cambridge UK: Cambridge University Press.
Morahan-Martin, J. (2008). Paradigms of the etiology and treatment of abnormal behavior. In L.T. Benjamin Jr. (Ed.), Best of Activities Handbook for the Teaching of Psychology (pp.215-217). Washington DC: American Psychological Association Press.
Morahan-Martin, J. (2007). Internet use and abuse and psychological problems. In J. Joinson, K. McKenna, T. Postmes, & u-D Reips, Oxford Handbook of Internet Psychology (pp. 331-345). Oxford UK: Oxford University Press.
Morahan-Martin, J. & Schumacher, P. (2007). Attitudinal and experiential predictors of technological expertise. Computers and Human Behavior, 23 (5), 2230-2239.
Morahan-Martin, J. (2006). (Co-Editor). Special Issue on Gender and New Digital Media. Journal of Computer Assisted Learning. Volume 22, issue 5.
Morahan-Martin, J. & Schumacher, P. (2007, August). How Gender Influences Uses of Health Information from the Internet. Paper presented at the 2007 Convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Morahan-Martin, J. & Schumacher, P. (2006, October). Differences in Online Health Searches According to Their Impact. Paper presented at the 11th World Congress on Internet in Medicine, Toronto, Canada.
Current Courses:
Psychology of Personality
Abnormal Psychology
Counseling Theory and Practice
Chair: Department of Applied Psychology