Graduate Students
Elizabeth H. Blodgett Salafia
Program: Developmental
Research Interests:
Blodgett Salafia's broad research interests include family relations, parenting, parent and child well-being, and peer/dating relationships. She has specific, current interests in how parental well-being, marital conflict, and parenting affect child adjustment across the transition to adolescence.
Recent Publications:
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.
Academic Institutions:
B.S. from the University of Notre Dame
M.S. from the University of Notre Dame
Contact Information
Email: eblodget@nd.edu