My research expertise is in the social development of children and adolescents. Much of my research focuses on the social cognitive processes underlying problematic peer interactions and how context may affect peer interactions. I also study family processes and how challenging life experiences (e.g., tornado exposure, trauma) may affect child and adolescent development.
Research Interests:
- precursors and consequences for youth who endorse hostile social motivations
- how friendship interactions may influence social cognitions
- how social context (e.g., school diversity) may affect peer relationships
- how physiological reactivity to social threat interacts with social cognitions to predict behavior
