Associate Professor of Practice, Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Dr. Mousseau’s research is broadly grounded in the field of positive youth development and specifically focuses on factors that facilitate the development of a sense of purpose in adolescents and young adults. She has a history of conducting research in diverse communities focused on the roles of various social supports on mental health and well-being.
Sepulveda, J., Zhou, M., Amorosi, A., Rauen, J., Boyer, M., Liang, B., Lund, T., & Mousseau, A.
D. (2022). The R and R of Purpose in College Students: Refining and Redefining Purpose Over Time. Journal of Adolescent Research. https://doi.org/10.1177/07435584221093724
Lund, T. J., Liang, B., Sepulveda, J., White, A. E., Patel, K., Mousseau, A. M. D., & Spencer, R. (2021). Parenting and Youth Purpose: Fostering Other-Oriented Aims. Youth, 1(1), 2–13. MDPI AG. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/youth1010002.
Lund, T. J., Liang, B., Konowitz, L., & DeSilva Mousseau, A. M. (2019). Quality over quantity: Mentoring relationships and purpose development among college students. Psychology in the Schools, 56(9), 1472-1481.
Lund, T.J., Liang, B., Mousseau, A.D., Matyjaszczyk, V., & Fleurizard, T. (2019). The Will and the Way? Associations Between Purpose and Grit Among Students in Three US Universities. Journal of College Student Development 60(3), 361-365. doi:10.1353/csd.2019.0031.
Liang, B., Lund, T., Mousseau, A., White, A. E., Spencer, R., & Walsh, J. (2018). Adolescent Girls Finding Purpose: The Role of Parents and Prosociality. Youth & Society, 50(6), 801–817. https://doi.org/10.1177/0044118X17697850
Spencer, R., Walsh, J., Liang, B., Mousseau, A. M. D., & Lund, T. J. (2018). Having It All? A
Qualitative Examination of Affluent Adolescent Girls’ Perceptions of Stress and Their Quests for Success. Journal of Adolescent Research, 33(1), 3–33. https://doi.org/10.1177/0743558416670990
Williams, K., Lund, T.J., Liang, B., DeSilva Mousseau, A., & Liang, B. (2018). Associations between Stress, Psychosomatic Complaints, and Parental Criticism among Affluent Adolescent Girls. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 27, 1384–1393. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-017-0991-2
Liang, B., White, A., DeSilva Mousseau, A. M., Hasse, A., Knight, L., Berado, D., & Lund, Terese Jean (2017). The four P’s of purpose among College Bound students: People, propensity, passion, prosocial benefits, The Journal of Positive Psychology, 12:3, 281-294, DOI: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1225118.
Liang, B., White, A.E., Rhodes, H., Mousseau, A.M.D., Gutowski, E., Strodel, R., & Lund, T.J. (2017). Pathways to purpose among impoverished youth from the Guatemala City Dump Community. Community Psychology in Global Perspectives, 3(2), 1-21.
Liang, B., Lund, T., Mousseau, A.M. D., & Spencer, R. (2016). Mentoring relationships and the promotion of purpose among adolescent girls. Psychology in the Schools, 53(8), 848-860.
DeSilva-Mousseau, A. M., Lund, T., Liang, B., Spencer, R., & Walsh, J. (2016). Stressed and losing sleep: Sleep duration and stress among affluent adolescent females. Peabody Journal of Education, 91(5), 628-644.
Liang, B., Lund, T., Mousseau, A., & Spencer, R. (2016). The mediating role of engagement in mentoringrelationships and self-esteem among affluent adolescent girls. Psychology in the Schools, 53(8), 848-860.
Spencer, R., Walsh, J, Liang, B., Mousseau, A., & Lund, T. (2016). Having it all?: A qualitative examination of affluent adolescent girls perceptions of stress and their quests for success. Journal of Adolescent Research, (doi:10.1177/0743558416670990).
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