Assistant Professor, Psychology

Office: Valade 302C - mbeechler@adrian.edu

Degrees

Wayne State University, B.A.
Wayne State University, M.A.
Wayne State University, Ph.D.

Specialties

statistics
social development

Biography

Poster Presentations

Beechler, M.P. (2011, October). Temperament, Parenting and Moral Development Influence Prosocial Dispositions. Poster presented at the 2011 Society for the Study of Human Development Biennial Meeting, Providence, RI.

Beechler, M.P., Partridge, T. (2009, April). The Influence of Non-Parental Caregiver Sensitivity: The Latent Growth of Temperament Moderated by Maternal Attachment Security. Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO.

Beechler, M.P., Partridge, T. (2009, April). The Latent Growth-Curve of Temperament as Moderated by Maternal Attachment in Early Childhood. Poster presented at the 2009 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Denver, CO.

Beechler, M.P., Dillon, L.M. (2007, October). Sensitivity and Attachment: Paternal Sensitivity and Father-Infant Attachment. Poster presented at the 5th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, State College, PA.

Conference Presentations

Dillon, L.M. & Beechler, M.P. (2008, July). Children and Marital Satisfaction: Investigating the Impact of Culture. Paper presented at the 19th International Conference of the International Society for Human Ethology, Bologna, Italy.

Papers

Dillon, L.M. & Beechler, M.P. (2010). Marital Satisfaction and the Impact of Children in Collectivist Cultures: A Meta-Analysis. Journal of Evolutionary Psychology, 8, 7-22. doi: 10.1556/JEP.8.2010.1.3

Awards

2009 - Garrett T. Heberlein Excellence in Teaching Award, Wayne State University
2009 - Psychology Department Teaching Award for Laboratory Section, Wayne State University