Southern Illinois University Carbondale

	Rebecca Weston
Degree	Ph.D., University of North Texas
Position	Associate Professor, Applied Psychology
Office	271-B, Life Sciences II
Phone	(618) 453-3535
Fax	(618) 453-3563
Email	weston@siu.edu
Biosketch	Rebecca Weston, an associate professor in Applied Psychology received her Ph.D. in experimental psychology at the University of North Texas in 2001, with specializations in interpersonal relationships and quantitative methods. Her research interests include relationship development and dissolution, sexual and nonsexual victimization sustained by women, and the effects of victimization on women's physical and mental health. She has received funding from the National Institute of Justice to examine the effects of relational violence on women's attitudes toward the justice system. Her courses include advanced multivariate statistics (e.g., SEM, HLM and growth curve analysis), psychological measurement, social psychology, and intimate relationships.
Research Interests	Interpersonal Violence Influences of Victimization on Women's Health
Selected Publications	Recent Journal Articles: Weston, R., Marshall, L. L., & Coker, A. C. (in press). Women's motives for violent and nonviolent behaviors in conflicts. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. Weston, R. (in press). Insecure attachment mediates effects of partners' emotional abuse and violence on women's relationship quality. Journal of Family Violence. Starks, T., Gilbert, B., Fischer, A. R., Weston, R. , & DiLalla, D. (in press). Gendered sexuality: A new model and measure of attraction and intimacy. Journal of Homosexuality. Temple , J. R., Weston, R., Rodriguez, B. F., & Marshall, L. L. (in press). Effects of partner and nonpartner sexual assault on women's mental health. Violence Against Women. Weston, R. & Gore, P. A. (2006). A brief guide to structural equation modeling. The Counseling Psychologist, 34, 719 – 751. Weston, R. , Temple , J. R., & Marshall, L. L. (2005). Gender symmetry and asymmetry in violent relationships: Patterns of mutuality among racially diverse women. Sex Roles, 53, 553 – 571.
Teaching	Undergraduate Psychology Courses: Social Psychology (Psyc 307) Advanced Social Psychology (Psyc 461) Graduate Courses: Psychometrics (Psyc 525) Structural Equation Modeling (Psyc 529)