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Kate McLean

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Western Washington University

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College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Psychology Counseling Clinic

Western Washington University

Kate McLean is a Professor of Psychology at Western Washington University, where she examines narrative identity, developmental psychology, and victimology. Her research explores how personal narratives shape identity formation, particularly among LGBTQ+ youth and early adolescents, and how parent-child conversations perpetuate or disrupt systemic inequality. Recent work investigates perceptions of sexual assault victims, system justification beliefs, and the integration of power and privilege in resilience research. Her publications appear in the American Psychologist and the Journal of Adolescent Research, reflecting her commitment to critically examining master narratives in psychological science and advancing social justice-oriented research methodologies.

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psychology narrative identity (social science) behavioral sciences social sciences developmental psychology culture personality social identity personality psychology social psychology qualitative research cultural studies psychological science well-being belonging psychological trauma narrative and identity adult development narrative identity cultural change psychological bulletin social semiotics personal identity adolescent psychology memory counseling psychology lgbt youth adolescence victimology identity development applied social psychology applied psychology educational psychology personality assessment college english positive psychology sexual assault memory studies psychosocial research personality science intercultural study cultural identity narrative representation behavioral medicine social gerontology psychological violence memory telling narrative identity development master narratives intergenerational storytelling autobiographical reasoning therapeutic approach process modelling human development social identity theory identity politics identity issues gender development content development nonverbal communication confidentiality system thinking survivability reasoning about action social reasoning psychodynamic trauma in child youth justice process model narrative meaning making research methods positive personality change post-traumatic growth identity conflict integrated developmental model gender identity developmental dynamic school psychology performance studies social problems humanities child psychology american studies human nature social change sociology intersectionality critical race theory cultural diversity youth services adolescent health child development cultural divide social skills applied developmental psychology race higher education ethnicity gender studies intercultural studies ethnic studies developmental science education african american studies cultural anthropology

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“We Need It, Just Like We Need Air”: Harmonies and Tensions in Lgbtq+ Intergenerational Engagement. (2026)

homosexualitytransgender healthgender studieslgbt healthsociologyintersectionalityfeminist theoryglbt family studiesafrican american studiesqueer theorysexuality and disabilitygender identitysexual orientationlgbt youthsocial relationsfeminist studygendered sexuality

Parent-Child Conversations About Inequality: Perpetuating or Disrupting an Inequitable Status Quo. Journal of Adolescent Research (2025)

Perceptions of Sexual Assault Perpetrators, Victims, and Event Depend on System Justification Beliefs and Perpetrator Atonement.. (2025)

sexual abuseforensic psychologystigmabehavioral sciencessexual assaultsystem justification beliefssexual violencecriminologysexual assault perpetratorsviolence against womenvictimologyperpetrator atonementpsychology

Sexual Violence Victims Are Perceived as Less Likable, Regardless of Observer Gender or Sexual Victimization History. (2025)

gender studiessocial problemsless likableinterpersonal violencesexual violencesexual behaviorsexual violence victimsvictimologygender identitysociologyvictimisationpsychologyobserver gender

“There's No Need for That at This Age:” White Parents' Approaches to and Avoidance of Discussions of Inequality With Early Adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence (2025)

family processanti-racismfamily studyadolescent healthracial discriminationfamily relationsdevelopmental psychologysocial sciencessocial inequalityafrican american studiesfamily issuesfamily psychologysociologychild developmentethnic studysocioeconomic statusrace

Autobiographical Memory Functions as a Stable Property of Narrative Identity. (2024)

Christin CamiaKate C. McLeanTheodore Waters

narrative identityeducationstable propertynarrative

Emerging Adults’ Journeys out of the Shutdown: Longitudinal Narrative Patterns in a College Career Defined by Covid-19.. Developmental Psychology (2024)

Jordan A BookerRobyn FivushAndrea Follmer GreenhootKate C McLeanCecilia WainrybMonisha Pasupathi

narrativedevelopmental psychologycollege careerlongitudinal narrative patternslongitudinal studiescovid-19psychology

Examining Personality Psychology to Unpack the Peer Review System: Towards a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Psychological Science. European Journal of Personality (2024)

Olivia E AthertonDulce Wilkinson WestbergVernita PerkinsKatherine M LawsonAlma JefticEranda JayawickremeStella ZhangZaiyuan HuKate C McLeanJulia G BottesiniMoin SyedJoanne M Chung

psychological sciencepersonality psychologyequitable psychological sciencepersonalitypeer review systempsychology

How Do Young Men Narrate the Redemption Story of a Sexual Assault Perpetrator?. European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2024)

sexual abuseliteraturenarrativedeviance (sociology)sexual assault perpetratorsexual assaulttheatrecriminologyredemption storyvictimologyyoung men

Integrating Systems of Power and Privilege in the Study of Resilience.. American Psychologist (2024)

Kate C McLeanJillian FishLeoandra Onnie RogersMoin Syed

applied social psychologycommunity resilienceresilienceexperimental psychologyvulnerabilitycounseling psychologyapplied psychologysocial psychologydevelopmental psychologysocial sciencesresilience engineeringresilience analysiscomplex systemscultural psychologysystems biologypsychology

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Kate McLean

Professor

Western Washington University

Affiliations

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Psychology Counseling Clinic

Western Washington University

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Western Washington University

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Notable Scholarly Works

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“We Need It, Just Like We Need Air”: Harmonies and Tensions in Lgbtq+ Intergenerational Engagement. (2026)

Parent-Child Conversations About Inequality: Perpetuating or Disrupting an Inequitable Status Quo. Journal of Adolescent Research (2025)

Perceptions of Sexual Assault Perpetrators, Victims, and Event Depend on System Justification Beliefs and Perpetrator Atonement.. (2025)

Sexual Violence Victims Are Perceived as Less Likable, Regardless of Observer Gender or Sexual Victimization History. (2025)

gender studiessocial problemsless likableinterpersonal violencesexual violencesexual behaviorsexual violence victimsvictimologygender identitysociologyvictimisationpsychologyobserver gender

“There's No Need for That at This Age:” White Parents' Approaches to and Avoidance of Discussions of Inequality With Early Adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence (2025)

Autobiographical Memory Functions as a Stable Property of Narrative Identity. (2024)

Christin CamiaKate C. McLeanTheodore Waters

narrative identityeducationstable propertynarrative

Emerging Adults’ Journeys out of the Shutdown: Longitudinal Narrative Patterns in a College Career Defined by Covid-19.. Developmental Psychology (2024)

Jordan A BookerRobyn FivushAndrea Follmer GreenhootKate C McLeanCecilia WainrybMonisha Pasupathi

narrativedevelopmental psychologycollege careerlongitudinal narrative patternslongitudinal studiescovid-19psychology

Examining Personality Psychology to Unpack the Peer Review System: Towards a More Diverse, Inclusive, and Equitable Psychological Science. European Journal of Personality (2024)

Olivia E AthertonDulce Wilkinson WestbergVernita PerkinsKatherine M LawsonAlma JefticEranda JayawickremeStella ZhangZaiyuan HuKate C McLeanJulia G BottesiniMoin SyedJoanne M Chung

psychological sciencepersonality psychologyequitable psychological sciencepersonalitypeer review systempsychology

How Do Young Men Narrate the Redemption Story of a Sexual Assault Perpetrator?. European Journal of Psychotraumatology (2024)

sexual abuseliteraturenarrativedeviance (sociology)sexual assault perpetratorsexual assaulttheatrecriminologyredemption storyvictimologyyoung men

Integrating Systems of Power and Privilege in the Study of Resilience.. American Psychologist (2024)

Kate C McLeanJillian FishLeoandra Onnie RogersMoin Syed

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