Although adolescence is a time of increasing autonomy, parent-adolescent relationships can have important implications for youths’ transition into adolescence and into emerging adulthood. Current lab interests include: 1) parenting in the context of adolescence; 2) fathers’ parenting experiences and involvement; and 3) dyadic relationships.
There are multiple factors that can contribute to the successful development of youth. The lab has a specific interest in understanding how school and community contexts are associated with adolescents’ adjustment (school; psychological). We are particularly interested in understanding how youths’ community engagement impacts positive adjustment.
Gender has been suggested as an important context for understanding adolescent experiences and subsequent outcomes. Current research directions of the StAR lab include: 1) highlighting gender variation in risk, promotive and protective factors and 2) illuminating within group variation in African American girls’ social experiences and well-being.
Natalie will begin her doctoral training in Developmental Psychology at Fordham University.
Marketa will be completing a 1-year postdoctoral fellowship at the University of South Carolina, then moving onto a tenure-track faculty position in Human Development and …
Using culturally-relevant conceptual and theoretical frameworks, the Strengths, Assets, and Resilience (StAR) Research Lab explores the ways in which families, schools, and communities influence positive development among African American adolescents and youth.
Department of Psychology & Neuroscience
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