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  Conference Presentations

    Recent National and International Conference Presentations

2009

Young, M., Vazsonyi, A. T., Jenkins, D., & Miller, A. (November, 2009). The application of Problem Behavior Theory during emerging adulthood. The 4th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Jenkins, D., Vazsonyi, A. T., Young, M., & Miller, A. (November, 2009). Depression and self-esteem trajectories in sexual minority and majority young adults. The 4th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Atlanta, GA, USA.


Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen, P., & Jenkins, D. (November, 2009). Jessor’s Problem Behavior Theory: Cross-national evidence from eight distinct developmental contexts. The 61st Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Chen, P., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2009). A multi-level analysis of between-school variability in delinquency and the future orientation-delinquency link. The 61st Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Trejos, E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2009). Parenting, personality, and problem behaviors in Immigrant and non-Immigrant youth from the Netherlands and Switzerland. The 61st Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Philadelphia, PA, USA.


Partin, J. M., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (October, 2009). The development of self-regulation during adolescence: Understanding the effects by pubertal changes and parenting. Conference on Health over the Lifecourse, London, ON, Canada.          


Klanjsek, R., Vazsonyi, A. T. (September, 2009). Religious orientation, low self-control, and deviance: Muslims, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox-, and “Bible Belt” Christians. Annual Meetings of the European Society of Criminology, Ljubljana, Slovenia/EU.


von Suchodoletz, A., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (April, 2009). Paper symposium entitled Developmental precursors of school success in American, Chinese, and German children and adolescents. The 68th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, USA.


Huang, L., Vazsonyi, A. T & Yan, W. (April, 2009). Developmental trajectories of academic achievement during elementary school: The significance of intelligence and self-control. The 68th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, USA.


Kahumoku, E., Vazsonyi, A. T., Jeannin, A., & Michaud, P.A. (April, 2009). Objectified Body Consciousness in a national probability sample of Swiss adolescent females. The 68th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, USA.


Browder, S. E., Vazsonyi, A. T., Jeannin, A., & Michaud, P.A. (April, 2009). Family influences on pregnancy risk and abortion decisions in Swiss adolescents. The 68th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO, USA.


Park, N. S., Lee, B. S., Bolland, J. M., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Sun, F. (January, 2009). Pathways and predictors of antisocial behaviors in African American adolescents from poor neighborhoods. The 13th Annual Meetings of the Society for Social Work Research, New Orleans, LA, USA.


2008

Pickering, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2008). Are religious families better at preventing juvenile delinquency? The Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations (NCFR), Little Rock (AR).

Jenkins, D. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2008).  The prediction of direct and indirect sexual aggression and victimization. The 60th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Trejos-Castillo, E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2008). Externalizing behaviors among Immigrant and non-immigrant Swiss youth: An ecodevelopmental approach. The 60th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen, P., Jeannin, A., & Michaud, P. A. (November, 2008). Does school context impact deviance and the self-control-deviance link? The 60th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, St. Louis, MO, USA.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen, P., Jeannin, A., & Michaud, P. A. (May, 2008). Adolescent deviance in context: A multi-level analysis. The 11th Biennial Meetings of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy (served as paper session chair).

Jenkins, D., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (May, 2008). Understanding virginity status in a sample of late adolescents from the U.S. “Bible Belt.”  The 11th Biennial Meetings of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Huang, L. (May, 2008). The transition from childhood to early adolescence: Developmental sequelae of internalizing behaviors. The 11th Biennial Meetings of the European Association for Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy.

Chen, P., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2008). Developmental risk for entering the juvenile justice system: A survival analysis. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Chen, P., Vazsonyi, A. T., Young, M., Jenkins, D., Browder, S., Kahumoku, E., Michaud, P. A., Jeannin, A., Pagava, K., & Phagava, H. (March, 2008). Problem Behavior Theory in Georgian and Swiss Adolescents. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Huang, L. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2008). Self-Control, intelligence, and academic achievement: Does grit matter more? The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Jenkins, D., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2008). Correlates of oral sex behaviors as a function of virginity status in late adolescents. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Klanjsek, R., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Trejos, E. (March, 2008). Religious orientation and deviance: A cross-national comparative study. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Scarpate, M., Vazsonyi, A. T., Burcu, E., Torrente, G., & Sheu, J. (March, 2008). Revisiting "The Exotic Enterprise:" The Adolescent Family Process measure in Slovenian, Spanish, Taiwanese, and Turkish youth. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Trejos, E. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2008). Longitudinal associations between parenting, self-control, and deviance: A study of African American, Caucasian, and Hispanic Youth. The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

Pickering, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2008). Is religiosity unimportant in the explanation of adolescent deviance when family process is considered simultaneously? The 12th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL, USA.

2007

Young, M., Vazsonyi, A. T., Jenkins, D., Browder, S., Kahumoku, E., Michaud, P. A., Jeannin, A., & Pagava, K. (November, 2007). Do Problem Behavior Syndromes (PBS) generalize in adolescents from Eastern and Western Europe? The 59th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Chen, P., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Scarpate, M. J. (November, 2007). Childhood aggression over time in American Indian, Caucasian, and Hispanic Children: Referred versus non-referred youth. The 59th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Huang, L., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2007). Self-control and deviance growth trajectories in young children. The 59th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Trejos, E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (November, 2007). Deviance in immigrant populations: An application of self-control theory. The 59th Annual Meetings of the American Society of Criminology, Atlanta, GA, USA.

Torrente, G., Trejos, E. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (September, 2007). Influenza de la familia en el desarrollo de problemas afectivos en adolescentes (Family inflences in the development of adolescent affective problems).  The 10th Congreso Nacional de Psicología Social, Cadiz, Spain. 

Vazsonyi, A. T., Keiley, M., & Chen, P. (July, 2007). Does the development of aggressive behaviors vary by racial group? A study of African American, American Indian, Asian American, Caucasian, and Hispanic children and early adolescents. Invited talk at the Racial Democracy, Crime & Justice-Network Summer Workshop 2007, The Criminal Justice Research Center, Ohio State University.

Scarpate, M. J., & Vazsonyi, A. T.  (March, 2007). Family processes in rural African American youth from the “Black Belt.” The 67th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Huang, L., Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen, P., & Young, M. (March, 2007). Parenting and self-control over time: Kindergarten through fifth grade. The 67th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.

Trejos, E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (March, 2007). Does generational status moderate the links between parenting processes and risky sexual behaviors in Hispanic immigrant youth? The 67th Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA, USA.

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