Eric Mankowski
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I am a community and social psychologist broadly interested in the relationship between individual, group, and community functioning, especially in the area of mental health. In particular, I focus on understanding how masculinity is socially constructed and its connection to violence, substance abuse and other health and social problems. My work involves collaborative research and action projects with social service agencies, community based organizations, and government bodies. A range of methods including surveys, interviews, focus groups, and group observations are used together with quantitative and qualitative analytic techniques.
Current projects include an evaluation of potential changes in identity, beliefs, and abusive behavior among men court-mandated to domestic violence intervention programs and their intimate partners; a study of organizational growth and dynamics in a men’s self-help community; an evaluation of the impact of men’s self-help groups on masculinity and mental health; development and dissemination of profiles of domestic violence intervention programs in the United States; and a research and action project focused on the sociocultural context of intimate partner violence in workplace settings.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Gender Psychology
- Group Processes
- Self and Identity
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Journal Articles:
- Burke, C. K., Maton, K. I., Mankowski, E. S., & Anderson, C. (in press). Healing men and community: Predictors of outcome in a men’s initiatory and support organization. American Journal of Community Psychology.
- Haaken, J., Fussell, H., & Mankowski, E. S. (in press). Bringing the church to its knees: Evangelical Christianity, feminism, and domestic violence discourse. Psychotherapy and Politics International.
- Humphreys, K., & Mankowski, E. S., Moos, R. H., & Finney, J. W. (1999). Do enhanced friendship networks and active coping mediate the effect of self-help groups on substance use? Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 21, 54-60.
- Mankowski, E. S., Haaken, J., & Silvergleid, C. (2002). Collateral damage: An analysis of the achievements and unintended consequences of batterer's intervention programs and discourse. Journal of Family Violence, 17, 167-184.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Humphreys, K., & Moos, R. (2001). Individual and contextual predictors of involvement in twelve-step self-help groups following substance abuse treatment. American Journal of Community Psychology, 29, 537-563.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Rappaport, J. (2000). Narrative concepts and analysis in spiritually based communities. Journal of Community Psychology, 28, 479-493.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Silvergleid, C. (1999-2000). A review of self-help & mutual support groups for men. International Journal of Self Help and Self Care, 1, 263-281.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Wyer, R. S. (1996). Cognitive processes in perceptions of social support. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 22, 894-905.
- Silvergleid, C. S., & Mankowski, E. S. (2006). How batterer intervention programs work: Participant and facilitator accounts of processes of change. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 21(1), 139-159.
- Stein, C. H., & Mankowski, E. S. (2004). Asking, witnessing, interpreting, and knowing: The process of conducting qualitative research in community psychology. American Journal of Community Psychology, 33, 21-35.
Other Publications:
- Mankowski, E. S. (2004). Men’s support groups. In M. S. Kimmel & A. Aronson (Eds.), Men and masculinities: A social, cultural, and historical encyclopedia (p. 536). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio Press.
- Mankowski, E. S. (2000). Reconstructing masculinity: Role models in the life stories of men's peer mutual support group members. In E. Barton (Ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's healing work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 100-117). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Mankowski, E. S., Maton, K. I., Burke, C. K., Hoover, S. A., & Anderson, C. W. (2000). Collaborative research with a men's organization: Psychological impact, group functioning, and organizational growth. In: E. Barton (Ed.), Mythopoetic perspectives of men's healing work: An anthology for therapists and others (pp. 183-203). Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Rappaport, J. (1995). Stories, identity and the psychological sense of community. In R. S. Wyer, Jr. (Ed.), Advances in social cognition (Vol. 8, 211-226). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
- Mankowski, E. S., & Rappaport, J. (Eds.). (2000). Qualitative research on narratives of spiritually-based communities [special issue]. Journal of Community Psychology, 28.
Courses Taught:
- Advanced Applied Social Psychology
- Community Psychology
- Domestic Violence Intervention Systems
- Group Process
- Psychology of Men and Masculinities
- Qualitative Research Methods in Psychology
- Social Psychology
Eric Mankowski
Department of Psychology
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
Portland, Oregon 97207-0751
United States of America
- Phone: (503) 725-3901
- Fax: (503) 725-3904
