Dr. Tristan Patterson
Assistant Professor, School of Psychology
Dr. Patterson is an assistant professor of psychology at Xavier University. He earned his Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from The University of Kansas after completing his Predoctoral Internship at the University of Utah Counseling Center in Salt Lake City, UT. Dr. Patterson’s expertise includes applications of positive psychology and the psychology of men and masculinities. In addition, he is interested in factors that promote help-seeking and well-being for individuals who have experienced interpersonal trauma.
Teaching
PSYC 227 Psychological Disorders
Publications
Cole, B. P., & Patterson, T. P. (2022). Positive masculinity and fatherhood. In Molloy, S., Azzam, P., & Isacco, A. (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology of Fatherhood. Springer.
Patterson, T. P., Fiene, S. L., Cole, B. P. (2021). No less of a man: Inducing empathy to reduce male rape myth acceptance. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 1-23. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211035872
Patterson, T. P., Cole, B. P. (2021). Masculine contingency and rape myth acceptance in heterosexual men: Hope as a moderator?. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 22(4), 838-843. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000332
Cole, B. P., Moffit-Carney, K., Patterson, T. P., Willard, R. (2020). Positive psychology in the study of men and masculinity: A content analysis and call to action. Psychology of Men and Masculinities, 22(1), 39-47. https://doi.org/10.1037/men0000264
Warlick, C. A., Van Gorp, A., Farmer, N. M., Patterson, T. P., Armstrong, A. (2020). Is the grass greener? Comparing burnout between graduate-level and professional clinicians. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 15(2). https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000328
Cole, B. P., Baglieri, M., Ploharz, S., Brennan, M., Ternes, M., Patterson, T., Kuznia, A. (2019) “What’s right with men”?: Gender socialization and men's positive functioning. American Journal of Men’s Health, 13(1), 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1177/1557988318806074
Professional interests
Interpersonal trauma and sexual violence, positive psychology (well-being, hope, self-compassion), masculinities, and help-seeking.