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Jennifer E. Lansford

Research Professor, Social Science Research Institute

Jennifer Lansford's research focuses on the development of aggression and other behavior problems in youth, with an emphasis on how family and peer contexts contribute to or protect against these outcomes. She examines how experiences with parents (e.g., physical abuse, discipline, divorce) and peers (e.g., rejection, friendships) affect the development of children's behavior problems, how influence operates in adolescent peer groups, and how cultural contexts moderate links between parents' discipline strategies and children's behavior problems.

Education:

• Ph.D. University of Michigan - 2000
• M.A. University of Michigan - 1997
• B.A. Duke University - 1995

Representative Publications   (More Publications)

1. Lansford, J. E. (Ed.) (2011). Special issue: Parenting attributions and attitudes around the world.


2. Lansford, J. E., Criss, M. M., Laird, R. D., Shaw, D. S., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2011). Reciprocal relations between parents’ physical discipline and children’s externalizing behavior during middle childhood and adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 225-238.


3. Lansford, J. E., Deater-Deckard, K., & Bornstein, M. H. (Eds.). (May, 2007). Immigrant families in contemporary society... New York: Guilford.


4. Lansford, J. E., Yu, T., Erath, S., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2010). Developmental precursors of number of sexual partners from age 16 to 22. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 20, 651-677.


5. Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Dodge, K. A., Chang, L., Chaudhary, N., Tapanya, S., Oburu, P., & Deater-Deckard, K. (2010). Children’s perceptions of maternal hostility as a mediator of the link between discipline and children’s adjustment in four countries. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 34, 452-461.


6. Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2010). Developmental cascades of peer rejection, social information processing biases, and aggression during middle childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 593-602.


7. Lansford, J. E. (2009). Parental divorce and children's adjustment. Perspectives on Psychological Science, 4, 140-152.


8. Lansford, J. E., Criss, M. M., Dodge, K. A., Shaw, D. S., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2009). Trajectories of physical discipline: Antecedents and developmental outcomes. Child Development, 80, 1385-1402.


9. Lansford, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (2008). Cultural norms for adult corporal punishment of children and societal rates of endorsement and use of violence. Parenting: Science and Practice, 8, 257-270.


10. Lansford, J. E., Erath, S., Yu, T., Pettit, G. S., Dodge, K. A., & Bates, J. E. (2008). The developmental course of illicit substance use from age 12 to 22: Links with depressive, anxiety, and behavior disorders at age 18. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 49, 277-885.


11. Lansford, J.E, Chang, L., Dodge, K.A., Malone, P.S., Oburu, P., Palmérus, K., Bacchini, D., Pastorelli, C., Bombi, A.S., Zelli, A., Tapanya, S., Chaudhary, N., Deater-Deckard, K., Manke, B., & Quinn, N. (2005). Cultural normativeness as a moderator of the link between physical discipline and children's adjustment: A comparison of China, India, Italy, Kenya, Philippines, and Thailand. Child Development, 76, 1234-1246.

1. Parents’ discipline strategies in developing countries, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, April, 2011
2. Relational and physical aggression in nine countries, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, April, 2011
3. Parents’ discipline strategies and cognition about discipline in nine countries, Invited paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia, July, 2010
4. The role of personality in pathways of peer relationships from childhood to young adulthood, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Lusaka, Zambia, July, 2010
5. Managing Behavior Problems in Today's Schools: Keynote Address, Education in a Changing World Conference, Zarqa, Jordan, April, 2010

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