Research Interests for Christina Grimes

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) 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.

Keywords:

Anxiety, Child, Cognition, Crime Victims, Female, Humans, Incidence, Interpersonal Relations, Loneliness, Observation, Parenting, Peer Group, Play and Playthings, Social Environment, Socialization, Transmission

Representative Publications   (search)

1. Lansford, JE; Miller Johnson, S; Costanzo, PR; Grimes, CL; Putallaz, M, Social network centrality and leadership status: Links with problem behaviors, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, vol. 55 (2009), pp. 1-25.
2. McDonald, KL; Putallaz, M; Grimes, CL; Kupersmidt, JB; Coie, JD, Girl talk: Gossip, friendship, and sociometric status, Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, vol. 53 no. 3 (January, 2007), pp. 381-411, Johns Hopkins University Press [doi] [abs].
3. Putallaz, M; Grimes, CL; Foster, KJ; Kupersmidt, JB; Coie, JD; Dearing, K, Overt and Relational Aggression and Victimization: Multiple Perspectives within the School Setting., Journal of school psychology, vol. 45 no. 5 (October, 2007), pp. 523-547 [18836518], [doi] [abs].
4. Gazelle, H; Putallaz, M; Li, Y; Grimes, CL; Kupersmidt, J; Coie, JD, Anxious solitude across contexts: Girls’ interactions with familiar and unfamiliar peers, Child Development, vol. 76 no. 1 (2005), pp. 227-246 [15693769], [doi] [abs].
5. Grimes, CL; Klein, TP; Putallaz, M, Parents' Relationships with Their Parents and Peers: Influences on Children's Social Development, in Children's Peer Relationships: From Development to Intervention, edited by Kupersmidt, JB; Dodge, KA (2004), pp. 141-158, American Psychological Association.
6. Putallaz, M; Kupersmidt, JB; Coie, JD; McKnight, K; Grimes, CL, A behavioral analysis of girls' aggression and victimization, in Aggression, Antisocial Behavior, and Violence Among Girls A Developmental Perspective, edited by Putallaz, M; Bierman, KL (July, 2004), Guilford Press [abs].