Department of Psychology // University of Notre Dame

Developmental Program Student Publications

Carol Akai

Akai, C. E., Guttentag, C. L., Baggett, K. M., Noria, C. W., & the Centers for the Prevention of Child Neglect (2006). Enhancing parenting practices of at-risk mothers. Manuscript in progress.

Akai, C. E., Smith, L. E., Klerman, L. V. & Keltner, B. R., & the Centers for the Prevention of Child Neglect (2006). Under the radar: Detecting developmental delays of children in poverty. Manuscript in progress.

Borkowski, J. G., Smith, L. E., & Akai, C. E. (in press). Designing effective prevention programs: How good science makes good art. Infants and Young Children.

Howard, K. S., Carothers, S. S., Smith, L. E., & Akai, C. E. (in press). Overcoming the odds: Protective factors in the lives of children. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Weaver, C. M., & Akai, C. E. (in press). Understanding the cycle: Violence in the lives of at-risk children. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Borkowski, J. G., Akai, C. E., & Smith, L. E. (2006). The art and science of prevention research: Characteristics of effective programs. In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.), The culture of prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.

Marcia E. Braun

Liechty, J.A. & Braun M. E., (2006). Loss and hope: Strategies for coping with aphasia. Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation, 13, 3.

Braun, M.E., Montpetit, M.A., Bergeman, C.S. (2006). The Notre Dame Longitudinal Study of Aging. Poster: (Abstract Accepted). Gerontological Society of America
Conference, November 2006, Dallas, Texas.

Jaelyn R. Farris

Borkowski, J. G., Farris, J.R., Whitman, T. L., Carothers, S.S., Weed, K., & Keogh, D.A. (Eds.). (In press). Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Prosnick, K. P., Evans, W. J., & Farris, J. R. (2003). Development and psychometric properties of scores from the Short Index of Self-Directedness. Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development, 36, 76-82.

Patricia M. Mitchell

Mitchell, P., Faircloth, W.B. & Keller, P.S. (2006). Marital conflict and the aftermath of divorce: Prevention Programs for Children. In J. Borkowski & C. Weaver (Eds.). The Science and Art of Promoting Healthy Child and Adolescent Development. Brookes Publishing.

Keller, P.S., Cummings, E.M., Davies, P.T., & Mitchell, P.M. (in review). Longitudinal relations between parental drinking problems, family functioning and child adjustment.

Keller, P.S., Mitchell. P.M., Cummings, E.M., Davies, P.T. (in preparation). Alcohol problems and characteristics of marital conflict: A longitudinal analysis.

Amber M. Grundy

Grundy, A. M., & Scott, S. B. (2006). Preventing adolescent substance abuse. In J.G. Borkowski and C.M. Weaver (Eds.), Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development, pp. 147-184. Brooks Publishing: Baltimore, MD.

Under review:

Blodgett-Salafia, E. H., Gondoli, D. M., Corning, A. F., McEnery, A. M., & Grundy, A. M. (2006). Psychological distress as a mediator of the relation between positive parenting and disordered eating among early adolescents. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Notre Dame.

Gondoli, D. M., Bonds, D. D., Grundy, A. M., & Blodgett-Salafia, E. H. (2006). Authentic self-expression or “voice” with cross- and same-gender friends during adolescence. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Notre Dame.

Gondoli, D. M., Grundy, A. M., Blodgett-Salafia, E. H., & Bonds, D. D. (2006). Maternal warmth as a mediator of the relation between mother-preadolescent cohesion and change in maternal knowledge during the transition to adolescence. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Notre Dame.

Grundy, A. M., Gondoli, D. M., & Blodgett-Salafia, E. H. (2006). Marital conflict and preadolescent behavioral competence: Maternal knowledge as a longitudinal mediator. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Notre Dame.

Grundy, A. M., Gondoli, D. M., & Blodgett-Salafia, E. H. (2006). Maternal knowledge and maternal behavior control as predictors of adolescent behavioral competence. Manuscript submitted for publication. University of Notre Dame.

Chrystyna D. Kouros

Cummings, E.M., Papp, L.M., & Kouros, C.D. (in press). Regulatory processes in children’s coping with exposure to marital conflict. To appear in S. L. Olson & A. J. Sameroff (Eds.), Regulatory processes in the development of child behavior problems: Biological, behavioral, and social perspectives. Cambridge University Press.

Cummings, E.M., Kouros, C.D., & Papp, L.M. (2007). Marital aggression and children's responses to everyday interparental conflict. European Psychologist, 12(1), 17-28.

Cummings, E.M., El-Sheikh, M., Kouros, C.D., & Keller, P.S. (in review). Children's sympathetic nervous system reactivity as a mechanism of risk in the context of parental depressive symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.

El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, E.M., Kouros, C.D., Elmore-Staton, L., & Buckhalt, J.A. (in review). Marital psychological and physical aggression and children’s mental and physical health: Emotional insecurity as mediators of effects.

Yuan, K. Kouros, C.D., & Kelley, K. (in review). Diagnosis of covariance structure models by analyzing the path.

Nicholas Alan Lynchard

Narvaez, D., Radvansky, G. A., & Lynchard, N. A. (in press). Aging and moral character. Journal of Memory and Cognition.

Mignon Angelé Montpetit

Montpetit, M. A., Bergeman, C. S., Bisconti, T. L., & Rausch, J. R. (in press). Adaptive change in self-concept and well-being during conjugal loss in later life. The International Journal of Aging and Human Development.

Bergeman, C. S. & Montpetit, M. A. (2003). Genetic models of aggression, impulsitivity, and related behaviors. In E. M. Coccaro (Ed.) Aggression: Assessment and Treatment in the 21st Century, pp. 19-39. Marcel Dekker Publishers.

Most recent posters:

Montpetit, M. A., Bergeman, C. S., & Deboeck, P. R. (2006). Negative Affect and Stress: A Dynamical Systems Analysis. Poster for the Gerontological Society of America, November 2006, Dallas.

Braun, M. E., Bergeman, C. S., & Montpetit, M. A. (2006). Social Support and Depression: The Notre Dame Longitudinal Study of Aging. Poster for the Gerontological Society of America, November 2006, Dallas.

Deboeck, P. D., Montpetit, M. A. & Bergeman, C. S. (2006) Derivative Variability Analysis: Examination of Intraindividual Variability at Multiple Time Scales. Poster for the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology Graduate Student Preconference, October, 2006.

Jody S. Nicholson

Borkowski, J. G., Turner, L. S., & Nicholson, J. S. (2004). Executive functioning: Toward a research agenda for enhancing higher-level cognitive skills. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology (online), 4,188-198.

Smith, L. E., Nicholson, J. S., & Schatz, J. N. (2006). Preventing early developmental delay. In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.), The culture of prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brookes.

Nicholson, J. S. & Farris, J. R. (in press). Children’s uncertain futures: Socioemotional delays and psychopathologies. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Burke-LeFever, J. E., Nicholson, J. S. & Noria, C. W. (in press). Children’s uncertain futures: Problems in school. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L. Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. A. Keogh (Eds.), Risk and resilience: Adolescent mothers and their children grow up. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Elizabeth H. Blodgett Salafia

Weaver, C.M., Blodgett, E.H., & Carothers, S.S. (2006). Preventing risky sexual behavior. In J.G. Borkowski and C.M. Weaver (Eds.) Prevention: The science and art of promoting healthy child and adolescent development (pp. 185-214). Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Co.

Blodgett Salafia, E.H., Gondoli, D.M., Corning, A.F., McEnery, A.M., & Grundy, A.M. (under review). Psychological distress as a mediator of the relation between positive parenting and disordered eating among early adolescents. Journal of Counseling Psychology.

Gondoli, D.M., Bonds, D.D., Grundy, A.M., & Blodgett, E.H. (under review). Authentic self-expression or “voice” with cross- and same-gender friends during adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Gondoli, D.M., Grundy, A.M., Blodgett, E.H., & Bonds, D.D. (under review).Maternal warmth as a mediator of the relation between mother-preadolescent cohesion and change in maternal knowledge during the transition to adolescence. Parenting: Science and Practice.

Grundy, A.M., Gondoli, D.M., & Blodgett, E.H. (under review). Marital conflict and preadolescent behavioral competence: Maternal knowledge as a longitudinal mediator. Journal of Family Psychology.

Julie Schatz

Schatz, J.N. (2006). Preventing child maltreatment. In J. G. Borkowski (Ed.), The culture of prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Schatz, J.N. & J.L. Lounds (in press). Child maltreatment: Precursors of developmental delays. In Borkowski, J.G., Whitman, J.G., Farris, J., Carothers, S.S., Keogh, D., & Weed, K., (Eds.), Risk and resilience among at-risk mothers and their children. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Schatz, J.N., Borkowski, J.G., Whitman, T.L. , Smith, L., & Keogh, D. (under review at Child Abuse and Neglect). Maltreatment risk, self-regulation, and maladjustment in at-risk children.

Smith, L., Nichols, J., & Schatz, J.N. (2006). Preventing developmental delays. In J. G. Borkowski (Ed.), The culture of prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Stacey Scott

Grundy, A. M., & Scott, S. B. (2006). Preventing adolescent substance abuse. In J. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.) Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy development. (pp. 149-186). Baltimore: Brookes Publishing.

Mary C. Wagner

Brown, E. T., Molfese, V., & Wagner, M. C. (submitted). Role of teacher practices in implementing research knowledge in early childhood classrooms. In S. Rosenfield & V. Berninger (Eds.). Translating Science-Supported Instruction into Evidence Based Practices: Understanding and Applying the Implementation Process. Oxford University Press.

Chelsea M. Weaver

Borkowski, J. G., & Weaver, C. M. (Eds.). (2006). Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy child and adolescent development.
Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Borkowski, J. G., & Weaver, C. M. (2006). Where do we go from here? A synthesis of science and art. In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.), Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy child and adolescent development (pp.269-282). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Borkowski, J. G., Weaver, C. M., Smith, L. A. & Akai, C. E. (2004).
Metacognitive theory and classroom practices. In J. Ee, A. Chang, & T. Oon Seng (Eds.), Thinking about thinking: What educators need to know. New York: McGraw Hill Education (Asia).

Carothers, S. S., & Weaver, C. M. (2006). Preventing youth violence.
In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.), Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy child and adolescent development (pp.113-145). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Weaver, C. M., Borkowski, J. G., & Whitman, T. L. (in press). Violence breeds violence: Children's exposure and adolescent conduct problems. Journal of Community Psychology.

Weaver. C. M., & Akai, C. (2007). Understanding the Cycle: Violence in the lives of at-risk children. In J. G. Borkowski, J. R. Farris, T. L.
Whitman, S. S. Carothers, K. Weed, & D. Keogh (Eds.), Adolescent mothers and their children grow up (pp.151-178). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.

Weaver, C. M., Blodgett, E. H., & Carothers, S. S. (2006). Preventing risky sexual behavior. In J. G. Borkowski & C. M. Weaver (Eds.),
Prevention: Using science and art to promote healthy child and adolescent development (pp.185-214). Baltimore, MD: Paul H. Brooks.

Shannon Zentall

Zentall, S. R., Boker, S. M., Braungart-Rieker, J. M. (in press). Mother-Infant synchrony: A dynamical systems approach. The International Conference on Development and Learning, Dynamics of Development and Learning, proceedings.