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Jennifer Lansford

Associate 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., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., Criss, M. M., Shaw, D. S., & Bates, J. E. (2009). Trajectories of physical discipline: Early childhood antecedents and developmental outcomes. Child Development, 80(5), 1385-1402.


2. Lansford, J. E., Yu, T., Erath, S., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E., & Dodge, K. A. (in press). Developmental precursors of number of sexual partners from age 16 to 22. Journal of Research on Adolescence.


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


4. 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.


5. J. Lansford (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.

1. Longitudinal links between physical punishment and children's externalizing behaviors: Do race-ethnicity and SES matter?, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO, April 2009
2. Does physical abuse in early childhood predict substance use in adolescence and early adulthood?, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on child Development, Denver, CO, April 2009
3. The developmental course of illicit substance use from age 12 to 22: Links with depressive, anxiety, and behavior disorders at age 18, Paper presented at the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis, IN., April 2008
4. Developmental precursors of risky sexual behavior, Paper presented at the Conference on Human Development, Indianapolis, IN., April 2008
5. Perceptions of parental rejection and hostility as mediators of the link between discipline and adjustment in five countries, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL., March 2008

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