Research Scientist

Dr. 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., Deater-Deckard, K., & Bornstein, M. H. (Eds.). (in press). Immigrant families in contemporary society... New York: Guilford.


2. Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Dodge, K. A., Crozier, J. C., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2006). A 12-year prospective study of patterns of social information processing problems and externalizing behaviors.. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology., 34, 709-718.

1. Early adolescent dating relations and risk-taking behaviors: Does gender matter?, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA, March 2006
2. Factors that differentiate deviant and conventional leaders of adolecent peer groups: Implications for drug use prevention efforts, Paper presented at the meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC, May 2005
3. Social network and leadership status: Links with susceptibility to deviant peer influence, Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April 2005
4. Trajectories in harsh discipline during childhood: Antecedents and developmental outcomes, Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Atlanta, GA, April 2005
5. Trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and grades for children who have and have not experienced their parents' divorce, Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, March 2004

Grant Support

• "Development of Antisocial Behavior in Early Adulthood", 04/01/2004 - 03/31/2009.      
• Transdisciplinary Prevention Research Center. National Institute on Drug Abuse, 09/30/2003 - 09/29/2008.      
• "Development and Prevention of Substance Use Problems", National Institute on Drug Abuse, 09/01/2003 - 08/31/2008.