Social, Emotional, and Physical Development
These studies examine the mental and physical health, self-perceptions, attitudes and academic performance of children ranging from elementary school-age through adolescence. In particular, they ask how development in these areas might be influenced by the primary social contexts in which children grow, peer relationships and the family.
Saxbe, D., & Repetti, R. L. (in press). Brief report: Fathers' and mothers' marital relationship predicts daughters' pubertal development two years later. Journal of Adolescence.
Reynolds, B. M., & Repetti. R. L. (2008). Contextual variations in negative mood and state self-esteem: What role do peers play? Journal of Early Adolescence, 28(3), 405-427.
Klima, T., & Repetti, R. L. (2008). Children's peer relations and their psychological adjustment: Differences between close friendships and the larger peer group. Merill-Palmer Quarterly, 54(2), 151-178.
Lehman, B. J., & Repetti, R. L. (2007). Bad days don't end when the school bell rings: The lingering effects of negative school events on children's mood, self-esteem, and perception of parent-child interaction. Social Development, 16(3), 596-618.
Repetti, R. L., Taylor, S. E., & Saxbe, D. (2007). The influence of early socialization experiences on the development of biological systems. In J. Grusec & P. Hastings (Eds), Handbook of Socialization (pp. 124-152). New York, NY: Guilford Publications.
Reynolds, B., & Repetti, R.L. (2006). Adolescent girls' health in the context of peer and community relationships. In J. Worrell & C. Goodheart (Eds.) Handbook of girls' and women's psychological health: Gender and well-being across the life span (pp. 292-300). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Flook, L., Repetti, R.L., & Ullman, J.B. (2005). Classroom social experiences as predictors of academic performance. Developmental Psychology, 41(2), 319-327.
Wood, J.J., Repetti, R. L., & Roesch, S.C. (2004). Divorce and children's adjustment problems at home and school: The role of depressive/withdrawn parenting. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 35(2), 121-142.
Repetti,R.L., Taylor, S.E., & Seeman, T.E. (2002). Risky families: Family social environments and the mental and physical health of offspring. Psychological Bulletin, 128 (2), 330-366.
McGrath, E., & Repetti, R. (2002). A longitudinal study of children's depressive symptoms, self-perceptions, and cognitive distortions about the self. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 111(1), 77-87.
McGrath, E. & Repetti, R. L. (2000). Mothers' and fathers' attitudes toward their children's academic performance and children's perceptions of their academic competence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 29, 713-723.
Repetti, R.L., McGrath, E.P., & Ishikawa, S.S. (1999). Daily stress and coping in childhood and adolescence. In A.J. Goreczny & M. Hersen (Eds.), Handbook of Pediatric and Adolescent Health Psychology (pp. 343-360). Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Jaycox, L.H., and Repetti, R.L. (1993). Conflict in families and the psychological adjustment of preadolescent children. Journal of Family Psychology, 7(3), 344-355.
Repetti, R.L. (1984). Determinants of children's sex stereotyping: Parental sex-role traits and television viewing. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 10(3), 457-468.
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