Liberal Arts and Sciences
McClellan Lab
Led by Autumn McClellan · Psychology(unverified)
What we study
The McClellan Lab studies social psychology using surveys and statistical modeling. Recent student projects examine parasocial relationships with media personalities in relation to belonging and wellbeing, and model how demographics relate to political attitudes.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Coding helps
- Projects
- 2
Current projects
Project Latent Political Orientations: Structural Equation Modeling of Attitudes Toward Key Issues
The researchers used statistical modeling on 138 participants to see how gender, sexual orientation, race, age, education, income and religiosity relate to political attitudes. They found religion, education, gender and sexual orientation were significant predictors, while echo‑chamber involvement and polarization did not add value.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 424
Exploring Parasocial Relationships: A Quantitative Study of Media, Belonging, and Well-Being
The research will use established parasocial relationship scales to study how friendship‑based and love‑based connections with media personalities relate to belonging and well‑being, and how homophily influences these one‑sided relationships. Data will come from a national survey on Prolific.
From the Spring 2025 UF Undergraduate Research Symposium · abstract book, p. 211
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