Brian E. Vaughn, Ph.D.
	Professor Human Sciences Annex Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 Tel (334) 844-3235 Fax (954) 697-3930 vaughbe@auburn.edu Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1979

Interests

     My interests include social and personality development in infancy and childhood, social competence and social organization in young children, children's relationships with parents and peers, and the role affects and emotions play in behavior of children and in the perceptions of others about the child.

Selected Publications

McBride, B. A., Brown, G. L., Bost, K. K., Shin, N., Vaughn, B. & Korth, B. (2005). Paternal identity, maternal gatekeeping, and father involvement. Family Relations, 54, 360-372.




Vaughn, B. E. (2005). Discovering pattern in developing lives: Reflections on the Minnesota Study of Risk and Adaptation from Birth to Adulthood. Attachment and Human Development, 7, 369-380.




Veríssimo, M., Monteiro, L., Vaughn, B.E., Santos, A.J. (2005) Qualidade da vinculação e desenvolvimento sócio-cognitivo (Quality of attachment and socio cognitive development). Analise Psicologica, XXIII, 7-17. 4, pp 1-12.




Vaughn, B. E., Coppola, G., Veríssimo, M., Monteiro, L., Santos, A. J., Posada, G., et al. (in press). The Quality of Maternal Secure Base Scripts Predicts Children's Secure Base Behavior at Home in Three Socio-Cultural Groups. International Journal of Behavioral Development.




Vaughn, B. E., & Santos, A. J. (accepted for publication). Why don't they all get along: An evolutionary/ecological account of aggressive behavior and trait aggression in human children and adolescents. In P. Hawley, T. Little, & P. Rodkin (Eds.), Aggression as adaptation: A bright side to bad behavior. Malwah, NJ: Erlbaum.




Bost, K. K., Vaughn, B. E., Boston, A. L., Kazura, K. L., & O'Neal, C. (2004). Social support networks of African-American children attending Head Start: A longitudinal investigation of structural and supportive network characteristics. Social Development, 13, 293-312.

Selected Research Projects

National Science Foundation, “Preschool age children’s friendships: Formation, maintenance, and consequences.” 2000-2006.




National Science Foundation, “Socialization of preschoolers’ beliefs across parent and peer relationships.” 2001-2006.

Dissertations and Theses Directed

Tad Pfeifer
Thesis: "Behavioral Concomitants of Reciprocated and Nonreciprocated Friendships in Preschool Children"




Jennifer L. Skipper
Thesis: "An Ipsative Approach to Examining Relations Between the Social Success of Individual Preschool Children and Other indicators of Social Competence"




Carol Ann Heller
Thesis: "Behavioral and Affective-Cognitive Components of Mother-Child Attachment in Relation to Children's Peer Social Competence."




Muriel R. Azria
Dissertation: "Moderators of Mother-Teacher Disagreement on Reports of Young Children's Behavior."




Jeremy Blake Snider
Thesis: "Measurement of Social Competence in Preschool-Age Children: Comparing Direct Assessments of Child Behavior and Sociometric Acceptance with Teacher Ratings."




Tameka Nicole Colvin
Thesis: "Reciprocated and Nonreciprocated Friendships in African-American Preschool-Age Children."




Cynthia Maddox Rozier
Thesis: "A Comparison of Child Reports and Mother Reports of Children’s Social Networks."




Margaret Williams Vollenweider
Thesis: "Aggression Norms in African American Preschool Children: Developmental Changes and Their Relation to Peer Status and Social Competence."




Linda Cain Ruth
Thesis: "The Young Child's Perception and Preference of the Home-Like Architectural Image."




Mellisa Ann Clawson
Dissertation: "Day Care Quality: A Model of Relations Between Dimensions and Contributions to Children’s Social Competence."




Muriel Rachel Azria
Thesis: "Social Competence Over Time in Relation to the Presence of a Friend for Preschool Children."




Kelly Korinne Bost
Dissertation: "A Contextual Model of Preschool Children’s Social Competence: A Call for the Integration of Social Network Perspectives and Attachment Theory."




Kerry Lynn Cielinski
Dissertation: "Fathers’ Roles in the Development of Young Children: A Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Paternal Involvement."




Lisa Lynne Krzysik
Thesis: "Visual Regard Correlates of Sociometric Status Among Three-Year-Old Preschool Children."




Margaret Elizabeth Machara
Thesis: "Parenting Beliefs of Laotians in the United States."




Colleen Ruth O’Neal
Thesis: "Q-Sort, Sociometric, and Visual Regard Correlates of Sex Composition in Preschool."




Lisa Raw Wakeen Caya
Thesis: "Q-Sort Correlates of Sociometric Status Among Preschool Peers: Evaluation of the Efficacy of Sociometric Data as an Index of Social Competence."