Research Interests
- Youth violence prevention
- Adverse childhood experience and promoting resilience
My clinical and research interests are focused on promoting positive youth development. My research focuses on violence prevention and addressing the effects that contextual risk factors have on children's and adolescents' development and functioning. Specifically, I am interested in the dynamic interaction between a child and his or her environment, and how that relates to the development of problem behaviors.
Krista Mehari is an assistant professor of psychology and human development and a community-based researcher who studies youth violence prevention by collaborating with schools, police departments, local businesses, and organizations to understand factors that catalyze youth violence and to develop violence prevention programs and strategies.