Christina Grimes, Senior Lecturing Fellow

Christina Grimes

Senior Lecturing Fellow
PhD, Duke University, 1996
mailing address: 146 Soc-Psych Durham, NC 27708
office: 146 Soc-Psych
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phone: (919) 660-5688

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Research Summary:
 My research interests include the role of peer relationships in the development of social competence and psychological adjustment. I am currently involved in two lines of research: (1) a comprehensive study of peer relationships among middle childhood girls, including the causes and consequences of peer rejection/victimization, and family factors related to girls' use of relational aggression; and (2) through Duke's Trans-Disciplinary Prevention Center at the Center for Child and Family Policy, research on the dynamics of adolescent social networks and the role of peer influence processes in the development of early substance use and antisocial behavior.

Representative Publications:   (More Publications)

  1. Lansford, J.E., Miller-Johnson, S., Costanzo, P.R., Grimes, C.L., & Putallaz, M. (2009). Social network centrality and leadership status: Links with problem behaviors. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 55, 1-25.
  2. McDonald, K.L., Putallaz, M., Grimes, C.L., Kupersmidt, J., & Coie, J.D. (2007). Girl talk: Gossip, friendship, and sociometric status. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 53, 381-411.
  3. Putallaz, M., Grimes, C.L., Foster, K.J., Kupersmidt, J.B., Coie, J.D., & Dearing, K. (2007). Overt and relational aggression and victimization: Multiple perspectives within the school setting.. Journal of School Psychology, 45(5), 523-547.
  4. Gazelle, H., Putallaz, M., Li, Y., Grimes, C.L., Kupersmidt, J.B., & Coie, J.D. (2005). Anxious solitude across context: Girls' interactions with familiar and unfamiliar peers. Child Development, 76, 227-246.
  5. Grimes, C.L., Putallaz, M., & Klein, T.P. "Parents' relationships with their parents and peers: Influences on children's social development." Children's Peer Relations: From Development to Intervention. Ed. J. Kupersmidt & K.A. Dodge APA Press, 2004
  6. Putallaz, M., Kupersmidt, J.B., Coie, J.D., McKnight, K., & Grimes, C.L. "A behavioral analysis of girls' aggression and victimization." Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Violence among Girls. Ed. M. Putallaz & K.L. Bierman Guilford Press, 2004

Courses (Fall 2009):

  • Psy 99.001, Personality/social behav Synopsis
    Soc/psych 130, TuTh 11:40 AM-12:55 PM
  • Psy 99.01d, Personality/social behav Synopsis
    Social sciences 124, Tu 01:30 PM-02:20 PM
  • Psy 99.02d, Personality/social behav Synopsis
    Soc/psych 319, Tu 06:15 PM-07:05 PM
  • Psy 99.03d, Personality/social behav Synopsis
    Languages 211, W 10:20 AM-11:10 AM
  • Psy 99.04d, Personality/social behav Synopsis
    Gray 220, W 01:30 PM-02:20 PM
  • Psy 174s.01, Infancy Synopsis
    Soc/psych 319, WF 10:05 AM-11:20 AM
  • Psy 183bs.01, Child observation Synopsis
    Soc/psych 319, WF 01:15 PM-02:30 PM