Gregory Pettit, Ph.D.
	Professor Human Sciences Annex Auburn University Auburn, AL 36849 Tel (334) 844-3228 Fax (334) 844-4515 gpettit@auburn.edu Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984

Interests

     My research interests focus on the development of social competence in childhood and adolescence, with special reference to the role of parents, peers, and the broader socio-cultural context (e.g., neighborhoods, communities, after-school programs and extracurricular activities). I am especially interested in the mechanisms through which social experiences exert an impact on important developmental outcomes and on the risk and protective factors that moderate these linkages.

Selected Publications:

Pettit, G.S., Bates, J.E., Holtzworth-Munroe, A., Marshall, A.D., Harach, L.D., Cleary, D., & Dodge, K.A. (in press). Aggression and insecurity in late-adolescent romantic relationships: Antecedents and developmental pathways. In A. Huston & M. Ripke (Eds.), Middle childhood: Contexts of development. New York: Cambridge University Press.





Bates, J.E., & Pettit, G.S. (in press). Temperament, parenting, and socialization. In J. Grusec & P. Hastings (Eds.), Handbook of socialization (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford Press.





Laird, R.D., Pettit, G.S., Dodge, K.A., & Bates, J.E. (2005). Peer relationship antecedents of delinquent behavior in late adolescence: Is there evidence of demographic group differences in developmental processes? Development and Psychopathology, 17, 1-18.





Pettit, G.S. (2004). Violent children in developmental perspective: Risk and protective factors and the mechanisms through which they (may) operate. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 13, 194-197.





Dodge, K.A., & Pettit, G.S. (2003). A biopsychosocial model of the development of chronic conduct problems in adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 39, 349-378.





Pettit, G.S., & Laird, R.D. (2002). Psychological control and monitoring in early adolescence: The role of parental involvement and earlier child adjustment. In B.K. Barber (Ed.), Intrusive parenting: How psychological control affects children and adolescents (pp. 97-123). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

Selected Research Projects

Two ongoing projects currently occupy a good portion of my attention and interest. The first (with collaborators J.E. Bates and K.A. Dodge) is the Child Development Project (see link below), a large-scale prospective longitudinal study of children's social development from age 4 through early adulthood.





The second (with J. Mize, P.I.) is a study of children's adaptation to preschool and kindergarten and the interplay of personal motivations, physiological reactivity, and classroom (and family) experiences in these adaptational patterns.

Dissertations and Theses Directed

David J. Cleary
Dissertation: “Disliking in Dyads and Groups: The Role of Mutual Dislike and Peer Rejection in Children’s Subsequent Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems”





Michael M. Criss
Dissertation: "How Parents Find Out About Their Teenagers' Activities: Validating an Observational Measure of Monitoring as Dyadic Process."





Anthony Salandy
Dissertation: "Neighborhood Risk, School Risk, and African-American Adolescent Behavioral and Academic Adjustment: The Role of Ethnic Identity."





Amie Lynn Lapp
Thesis: "Peer Relations, Parenting Quality, and Children's Adjustment: A Longitudinal Examination of Relationship Compensation."





Anthony Daryl Salandy
Thesis: "Social Support, Parenting Style, and Children's Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study of African-American and European-American Families."





Margaret I. Hayes
Thesis: "After-School Experience Among Preadolescent Children: Individual Differences and Relations with Personal Adjustment."





Amanda Kaye Parks
Thesis: "Predicting Mothers' Interventions in Children's Peer Interactions from Situational Characteristics and Mothers' Emotional Reactions."





Robert David Laird
Dissertation: "Peer Relationships and Adolescent Behavioral Adjustment: A Test of Three Models."





Elizabeth Glyn Brown
Dissertation: "Parents' Strategies for Facilitating Children's Play with Peers: A Comparison of Mothers and Fathers in Two Experimental Contexts."





Robert David Laird
Thesis: "Naturally Occurring Parent-Child Communication About Peers."





Glenn Scott Cullen
Thesis: "Use of Contextual Information in Social Problem Solving: Assessment of Parents' Problem Solving in Two Child Behavior Domains."





Mellisa Ann Clawson
Thesis: "Child Characteristics, Parenting Characteristics, and Contextual Factors in the Stability and Change of Children's Sociometric Status."





Glenn Scott Cullen
Thesis: "Use of Contextual Information in Social Problem Solving: Assessment of Parents' Problem Solving in Two Child Behavior Domains"

Courses Taught

Undergraduate HDFS 3010: Child Development



Graduate HDFS 8010: Peer Relationships
HDFS 8050: Advanced Research Methods

Links

www.cdp.auburn.edu