Research Interests

Patti's research focuses on the efficacy of motivation treatment interventions to promote adaptive emotions, cognitions, motivation, and performance in university students. Currently, she is investigating the impact of an attribution-based treatment on at-risk student athletes' academic-related outcomes.

Awards

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Award
• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
• Vineberg Research Award in Psychology, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, March 2017

Publications

Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Parker, P. C., & Lang, F. R. (in press). Psychological expectations as a moderator of the detrimental consequences of a downward spiral in late life health. Social Science & Medicine.

Cameron, J. J., Robinson, K. J., Parker, P. C., & Hole, C. (in press). Gender dating messages: Consequences for intended and unintended audiences. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.

Parker, P. C., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., & Hoppmann, C. A. (in press). Attributions for physical activity in older adults: Predicting everyday physical activity and mortality. Psychology and Health.

Coffee, P. C., Parker, P. C., Murray, R., & Kawycz, S. (in press). Attributions and Social Identity. In A. Haslam, K. Fransen, & F. Boen (Eds.), Sport and Exercise Psychology: The Social Identity Approach.

Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G. Hladkyj, S., & Leboe-McGowan, L. (2018). Attribution-based motivation treatment efficacy in high-stress student athletes: A moderated-mediation analysis of cognitive, affective, and achievement processes. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 35, 189-197. Full Article Here

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Parker, P. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2018). A motivation treatment to enhance goal engagement in online learning environments: Assisting failure-prone college students with low optimism. Motivation Science, 189-197. Full Article Here

Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Hamm, J. M., & Pekrun, R. (2018). An attribution-based motivation treatment for low control students who are bored in online learning environments. Motivation Science, 4(2), 177-184. Full Article Here

Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., Perry, R. P., Parker, P. C., & Heckhausen, J. (2017). Tenacious self-reliance in health maintenance may jeopardize late life survival. Psychology and Aging, 32(7), 628-635. Full Article Here

Hamm, J. M., Perry, R. P., Chipperfield, J. G., Heckhausen, J., & Parker, P. C. (2016). A motivation-enhancing treatment to sustain goal engagement during life course transitions. Motivation and Emotion, 40, 814-829.
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Parker, P. C., Perry, R. P., Hamm, J. M., Chipperfield, J. G., & Hladkyj, S. (2016). Enhancing the academic success of competitive student athletes using a motivation treatment intervention (attributional retraining).Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 26(7), 113-122. Full Article Here

Clifton, R. A., Hamm, J. M., & Parker, P. C. (2015). Promoting effective teaching and learning in higher education. In M. B. Paulsen (Ed.), Higher Education: Handbook of Theory and Research (Vol. 30). New York: Springer.