Psychology
Our faculty are actively involved in research, which includes publishing, writing grants, presenting at national and international conferences, and mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. Their scholarship is diverse both in theory and in method — a mark of distinction and strength both within and across our three programs in clinical psychology, developmental psychology, and social psychology.
Submissions from 2016
Rethinking strength: Black women’s perceptions of the “strong black woman” role, Tamara Nelson, Esteban V. Cardemil, and Camille T. Adeoye
Parent-child conversations about legal inequalities in gay- and lesbian-parent families in Florida, Elizabeth Weber Ollen and Abbie E. Goldberg
Validation of the long- and short-form of the Ethical Values Assessment (EVA): A questionnaire measuring the three ethics approach to moral psychology, Laura Maria Padilla-Walker and Lene Arnett Jensen
Children’s coping with academic failure: Relations with contextual and motivational resources supporting competence, Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer and Wendy S. Grolnick
Adolescent boys' experiences with policing of masculinity: Forms, functions, and consequences, Christopher S. Reigeluth and Michael E. Addis
"Mad Scared" versus "I Was Sad": Emotional expression and response in urban adolescent males, Christopher S. Reigeluth, Alisha R. Pollastri, Esteban V. Cardemil, and Michael E. Addis
Stereotyping, L. Rosenthal and N. Overstreet
Silence and (in)visibility in men’s accounts of coping with stressful life events, Joseph R. Schwab, Michael E. Addis, Christopher S. Reigeluth, and Joshua L. Berger
Development of Executive Functions: Implications for Educational Policy and Practice, Zewelanji N. Serpell and Alena G. Esposito
International support for the Arab uprisings: Understanding sympathetic collective action using theories of social dominance and social identity, Andrew L. Stewart, Felicia Pratto, Fouad Bou Zeineddine, Joseph Sweetman, Véronique Eicher, Laurent Licata, Davide Morselli, Rim Saab, Antonio Aiello, Xenia Chryssochoou, Aleksandra Cichocka, Atilla Cidam, Rob Foels, Benjamin Giguère, Li Liu, Francesca Prati, and Jacquelien van Stekelenburg
Pilot trial of gender-based motivational interviewing for increasing mental health service use in college men, Matthew R. Syzdek, Jonathan D. Green, Bruce R. Lindgren, and Michael E. Addis
The emergence of emerging adulthood: The new life stage between adolescence and young adulthood, Jennifer Lynn Tanner and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
A Randomized controlled trial of the marriage checkup adapted for private practice, Tea Trillingsgaard, Hanne N. Fentz, Matt Hawrilenko, and James V. Cordova
Inclusive victim consciousness predicts minority group members' support for refugees and immigrants, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Rashmi Nair, and Linda R. Tropp
Emotion-based reconciliation requires attention to power differences, critical consciousness, and structural change, Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Michelle Sinayobye Twali
Intimate partner aggression-related shame and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms: The moderating role of substance use problems, Nicole H. Weiss, Aaron A. Duke, Nicole M. Overstreet, Suzanne C. Swan, and Tami P. Sullivan
Anxiety and depressive symptoms among people living with HIV and childhood sexual abuse: The role of shame and posttraumatic growth, Tiara C. Willie, Nicole M. Overstreet, Courtney Peasant, Trace Kershaw, Kathleen J. Sikkema, and Nathan B. Hansen
Barriers to HIV medication adherence: examining distinct anxiety and depression symptoms among women living with HIV who experienced childhood sexual abuse, Tiara C. Willie, Nicole M. Overstreet, Tami P. Sullivan, Kathleen J. Sikkema, and Nathan B. Hansen
Submissions from 2015
Introduction to the special section: Reflections on expanding the cultural scope of adolescent and emerging adult research, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
“There’s more between heaven and earth”: Danish emerging adults’ religious beliefs and values, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Lene Arnett Jensen
Brief report: Danish emerging adults' conceptions of adulthood, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett and Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Who Am I? Narration and its contribution to self and identity, Michael Bamberg PhD
Do mass media interventions effectively promote peace in contexts of ongoing violence? Evidence from Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Rezarta Bilali and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Concepts and tools from the learning sciences for linking research, teaching and practice around sustainability issues, Nancy Budwig
Exploring discrimination and mental health disparities faced by black sexual minority women using a minority stress framework, Sarah K. Calabrese, Ilan H. Meyer, Nicole M. Overstreet, Rahwa Haile, and Nathan B. Hansen
Evidence-based practice in a global context, Esteban V. Cardemil
Racial and ethnic disparities in depression treatment, Esteban V. Cardemil, Tamara Nelson, and Kristen Keefe
The two-sided role of inclusive victimhood for intergroup reconciliation: Evidence from Northern Ireland, J. Christopher Cohrs, Andrew McNeill, and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Editorial report and acknowledgement of reviewers, 2014, J. Christopher Cohrs and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Contact between birth and adoptive families during the first year post-placement: Perspectives of lesbian, gay, and heterosexual parents, Rachel H. Farr and Abbie E. Goldberg
Communicating qualitative research: Some practical guideposts for scholars, Abbie E. Goldberg and Katherine R. Allen
Predictors of relationship dissolution in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg and Randi Garcia
Lesbian and heterosexual adoptive mothers’ experiences of relationship dissolution, Abbie E. Goldberg, April M. Moyer, Kaitlin Black, and Alyssa Henry
Why donor insemination and not adoption? Narratives of female-partnered and single mothers, Abbie E. Goldberg and Joanna E. Scheib
Female-partnered and single women's contact motivations and experiences with donor-linked families, A. E. Goldberg and J. E. Scheib
The Better Part of Valor: Developing a System for Studying How Couples Transition out of Untimely Conflict Conversations, Tatiana D. Gray, Matt Hawrilenko, and James V. Cordova
Mothers’ motivation for involvement in their children’s schooling: mechanisms and outcomes, Wendy S. Grolnick
Core components of family-school connections: Toward a model of need satisfying partnerships, Wendy S. Grolnick and Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer
Parental provision of academic structure and the transition to middle school, Wendy S. Grolnick, Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer, Elizabeth S. Flamm, Kristine N. Marbell, and Esteban V. Cardemil
A person-oriented approach to identifying parenting styles in mothers of early school-age children, Amy E. Heberle, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, and Alice S. Carter
Cognitive aspects of young children's experience of economic disadvantage, Amy E. Heberle and Alice S. Carter
Predicting Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior in Kindergarten: Examining the Buffering Role of Early Social Support, Amy E. Heberle, Sarah C. Krill, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, and Alice S. Carter
Predicting Improvement After a Bystander Program for the Prevention of Sexual and Dating Violence, Denise A. Hines and Kathleen M. Palm Reed
The Nature of Social Dominance Orientation: Theorizing and Measuring Preferences for Intergroup Inequality Using the New SDO7 Scale, Arnold K. Ho, Jim Sidanius, Nour Kteily, Jennifer Sheehy-Skeffington, Felicia Pratto, Kristin E. Henkel, Rob Foels, and Andrew L. Stewart
How liberals and conservatives are alike and apart: A research autobiography, Lene Arnett Jensen
Moral development in a global world: Research from a cultural-developmental perspective, Lene Arnett Jensen
Theorizing and researching moral development in a global world, Lene Arnett Jensen
Adolescent-parent relations in Asian Indian and Salvadoran immigrant families: A cultural-developmental analysis of autonomy, authority, conflict, and cohesion, Lene Arnett Jensen and Ayfer Dost-Gözkan
Civic involvement, Lene Arnett Jensen and Justin Laplante
Preface, Lene Arnett Jensen and Reed W. Larson
Preface: enlisting outstanding editors and authors, Lene Arnett Jensen and Reed W. Larson
Objectification in virtual romantic contexts: Perceived discrepancies between self and partner ideals differentially affect body consciousness in women and men, Nicole M. Overstreet, Diane M. Quinn, and Kerry L. Marsh
Psychological intimate partner violence and sexual risk behavior: Examining the role of distinct posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in the partner violence-sexual risk link, Nicole M. Overstreet, Tiara C. Willie, Julianne C. Hellmuth, and Tami P. Sullivan
Sampling richness and qualitative integrity: Challenges for research with families, Kevin Roy, Anisa Zvonkovic, Abbie Goldberg, Elizabeth Sharp, and Ralph Larossa
The Significance of autonomy and autonomy support in psychological development and psychopathology, Richard M. Ryan, Edward L. Deci, Wendy S. Grolnick, and Jennifer G. La Guardia
On the importance of epistemology-disciplinary core concept interactions in LPs, Carol L. Smith and Marianne Wiser
Social Dominance Orientation, Andrew L. Stewart and Felicia Pratto
Inclusive victim consciousness in advocacy, social movements, and intergroup relations: Promises and pitfalls, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
The role of social psychology in preventing group-selective mass atrocities, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
The Role of inclusive and exclusive victim consciousness in predicting intergroup attitudes: Findings from Rwanda, Burundi, and DRC, Johanna Ray Vollhardt and Rezarta Bilali
Submissions from 2014
Student conceptions and conceptual change: Three overlapping phases of research, Tamer G. Amin, Carol L. Smith, and Marianne Wiser
Presidential address: The emergence of emerging adulthood: A personal history, Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
The new life stage of emerging adulthood at ages 18-29 years: Implications for mental health, Jeffrey J. Arnett, Rita Žukauskiene, and Kazumi Sugimura
Addressing treatment motivation in borderline personality disorder: Rationale for incorporating values-based exercises into dialectical behavior therapy, Amy Y. Cameron, Kathleen Palm Reed, and Brandon A. Gaudiano
Fighting the good fight: The relationship between belief in evil and support for violent policies, Maggie Campbell and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Depressive symptoms in low-income, urban adolescents: Cognitive and contextual factors, Esteban V. Cardemil, Ellen H. O'Donnell, Christianne Esposito-Smythers, Kristen Schoff D'Eramo, Bree E. Derrick, Anthony Spirito, Kathryn E. Grant, and Sharon F. Lambert
Acknowledgement of reviewers, 2012-2013, J. Christopher Cohrs and Johanna Ray Vollhardt
The Marriage Checkup: A randomized controlled trial of annual relationship health checkups, James V. Cordova, C. J.Eubanks Fleming, Melinda Ippolito Morrill, Matt Hawrilenko, Julia W. Sollenberger, Amanda G. Harp, Tatiana D. Gray, Ellen V. Darling, Jonathan M. Blair, Amy E. Meade, and Karen Wachs
Positionality and thought: On the gendered foundations of thought, culture, and development, Rachel Joffe Falmagne
The mediating role of avoidance coping between intimate partner violence (IPV) victimization, mental health, and substance abuse among women experiencing bidirectional IPV, Julianne C. Flanagan, Véronique Jaquier, Nicole Overstreet, Suzanne C. Swan, and Tami P. Sullivan
Empowered victims? Women’s contradictory positions in the discourse of violence prevention, Kathryn E. Frazier and Rachel Joffe Falmagne
Lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents' experiences in preschool environments, Abbie E. Goldberg
Will I marry if my parents can't? Young adults with LGB parents consider marriage for themselves, Abbie E. Goldberg
LGB-parent families. The current state of the research and directions for the future, Abbie E. Goldberg and Nanette K. Gartrell
Intimate relationship challenges in early parenthood among lesbian, gay, and heterosexual couples adopting via the child welfare system, Abbie E. Goldberg, Lori A. Kinkler, April M. Moyer, and Elizabeth Weber
Perceptions of stigma and self-reported school engagement in same-sex couples with young children, Abbie E. Goldberg and Juli Anna Z. Smith
Predictors of parenting stress in lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents during early parenthood, Abbie E. Goldberg and Juli Anna Z. Smith
Predictors of school engagement among same-sex and heterosexual adoptive parents of Kindergarteners, Abbie E. Goldberg and Juli Anna Z. Smith
Preschool selection considerations and experiences of school mistreatment among lesbian, gay, and heterosexual adoptive parents, Abbie E. Goldberg and Juli Anna Z. Smith
Seeking to adopt in Florida: Lesbian and gay parents navigate the legal process, Abbie E. Goldberg, Elizabeth R. Weber, April M. Moyer, and Julie Shapiro
Parenting in Caribbean families: A look at parental control, structure, and autonomy support, Shayl F. Griffith and Wendy S. Grolnick
Parental provision of structure: Implementation and correlates in three domains, Wendy S. Grolnick, Jacquelyn N. Raftery-Helmer, Kristine N. Marbell, Elizabeth S. Flamm, Esteban V. Cardemil, and Monica Sanchez
The impact of neighborhood, family, and individual risk factors on toddlers' disruptive behavior, Amy E. Heberle, Yolanda M. Thomas, Margaret J. Briggs-Gowan, Robert L. Wagmiller, and Alice S. Carter
Uptake of depression treatment recommendations among Latino primary care patients, Rachel Zack Ishikawa, Esteban V. Cardemil, Margarita Alegría, Catherine C. Schuman, Robert C. Joseph, and Amy M. Bauer
Coping With LGBT and racial-ethnic-related stressors: A mixed-methods study of LGBT youth of color, Laura E. Kuper, Brett R. Coleman, and Brian S. Mustanski
Opportunities and approaches for teaching and learning about energy: Looking through the energy lens: A proposed learning progression for energy in grades 3–5, Sara Lacy, R. G. Tobin, Marianne Wiser, and Sally Crissman
Prospective relations among preschoolers' play, coping, and adjustment as moderated by stressful events, Ana K. Marcelo and Tuppett M. Yates
Effects of sequential fluoxetine and gender on prequit depressive symptoms, affect, craving, and quit day abstinence in smokers with elevated depressive symptoms: A growth curve modeling approach, Haruka Minami, Christopher W. Kahler, Erika Litvin Bloom, Mark A. Prince, Ana M. Abrantes, David R. Strong, Raymond Niaura, Ivan W. Miller, Kathleen M. Palm Reed, Lawrence H. Price, and Richard A. Brown
Attitudes Toward Arab Ascendance: Israeli and Global Perspectives, Felicia Pratto, Tamar Saguy, Andrew L. Stewart, Davide Morselli, Rob Foels, Antonio Aiello, María Aranda, Atilla Cidam, Xenia Chryssochoou, Kevin Durrheim, Veronique Eicher, Laurent Licata, James H. Liu, Li Liu, Ines Meyer, Orla Muldoon, Stamos Papastamou, Nebojsa Petrovic, Francesca Prati, Gerasimos Prodomitis, and Joseph Sweetman
Examining effects of anticipated stigma, centrality, salience, internalization, and outness on psychological distress for people with concealable stigmatized identities, Diane M. Quinn, Michelle K. Williams, Francisco Quintana, Jennifer L. Gaskins, Nicole M. Overstreet, Alefiyah Pishori, Valerie A. Earnshaw, Giselle Perez, and Stephenie R. Chaudoir
A Critical Corporate Profile of Li & Fung, Robert J.S. Ross, Dana Patterson, Brendon Yadegari, and Chris Wegemer
Brave new world: Mental Health experiences of Puerto Ricans, immigrant latinos, and Brazilians in Massachusetts, Mónica Sánchez, Esteban Cardemil, Sara Trillo Adams, Joanne L. Calista, Joy Connell, Alexandra DePalo, Juliana Ferreira, Diane Gould, Jeffrey S. Handler, Paula Kaminow, Tatiana Melo, Allison Parks, Eric Rice, and Ismael Rivera
The men's project: A sexual assault prevention program targeting college men, Andrew L. Stewart
Emerging adulthood: Developmental period facilitative of the addictions, Steve Sussman and Jeffrey Jensen Arnett
A pilot trial of gender-based motivational interviewing for help-seeking and internalizing symptoms in men, Matthew R. Syzdek, Michael E. Addis, Jonathan D. Green, My Sha R. Whorley, and Joshua L. Berger
The role of racial socialization in promoting the academic expectations of African American adolescents: Realities in a post-brown era, Angelique J. Trask-Tate, Michael Cunningham, and Samantha Francois
The question of legitimacy in studying collective trauma, Johanna Ray Vollhardt
Acknowledgment after mass violence: Effects on psychological well-being and intergroup relations, Johanna Ray Vollhardt, Lucas B. Mazur, and Magali Lemahieu
Through race-colored glasses: Preschoolers' pretend play and teachers' ratings of preschooler adjustment, Tuppett M. Yates and Ana K. Marcelo
Conceptions of adulthood among migrant women workers in China, Juan Zhong and Jeffrey J. Arnett
