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Debi Brannan

  • SPN Mentor

The focus of my research is on understanding how positive interactions and events buffer individuals from stress and negative health behaviors. Using daily process methodology I examine the effects of daily social support on solitary drinking, as well as the relationship between daily moods and drinking motives. In addition, I am interested in the role of social support across cultures -- specifically, the connections among social support and well-being, health, and job success.

Primary Interests:

  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Health Psychology
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Research Methods, Assessment
  • Applied Social Psychology
  • Close Relationships
  • Culture and Ethnicity
  • Health Psychology
  • Life Satisfaction, Well-Being
  • Research Methods, Assessment

Journal Articles:

  • Brannan, D., Biswas-Diener, R., Mohr, C. D., Mortazavi, S., & Stein, N. (under review). Friends and family, a cross-cultural investigation of social support and subjective well-being.
  • Brannan, D., & Bleinsten, T. (2012). Novice ESOL teachers’ perceptions of social support and self-efficacy. TESOL Quarterly.
  • Mohr, C. D., Brannan, D., Mohr, J., Armeli, S., & Tennen H. (2008). Evidence for the undoing hypothesis among college student drinkers. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 34, 1249-1259.
  • Sturm, D., Conkey, E., Nibler, N., Brannan, D., & Bleistein, T. (2012). Gender and optimism’s influence on perceived ESOL teacher performance.

Courses Taught:

  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Human Relations
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Mental Health
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Research Methods
  • Social Psychology
  • Aging and Mental Health
  • Cross-Cultural Psychology
  • Health Psychology
  • Human Relations
  • Introduction to Psychology
  • Mental Health
  • Motivation
  • Personality
  • Research Methods
  • Social Psychology

Debi Brannan
Department of Psychology
Western Oregon University
345 North Monmouth Avenue
Monmouth, OR 97361
United States

Phone: (503) 751-4200

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