University of Kentucky

  Publications (since 2001)
   * indicates current/ former student, visiting student scholar or visiting scholar

Özdemir*, Y., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Cok, F. (in press). Parenting processes and aggression: The role of self-control among Turkish adolescents. Journal of Adolescence.


Chen*, P. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (in press). Future orientation, school contexts, and deviance: A multilevel study. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.


Schwartz, S. J., Waterman, A. S., Umaña-Taylor, A., Lee, R. M., Kim, S. Y., Vazsonyi, A. T., Huynh, Q. L., Whitbourne, S. K., Park, I. J. K., Hudson, M., Zamboanga, B. L., Bersamin, M. M., & Williams, M. K.. (in press).  Acculturation and well‐being among college students from immigrant families. Journal of Clinical Psychology.


Schwartz, S. J., Kim, S. Y., Krauss Whitbourne, S., Zamboanga, B. L., Weisskirch, R. S., Forthun, L. F., Vazsonyi, A. T., Beyers, W., Luyckx, K. (in press). Converging identities: Dimensions of acculturation and personal identity status
among immigrant college students. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology.


Torrente-Hernandez*, G., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2012). Introduction: Adolescence and social deviance. Anales de Psicologia, 28(3), 639-642.


Torrente-Hernandez*, G., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2012). Personality, parenting, and deviance in Spanish adolescents. Anales de Psicologia, 28(3), 654-664.


Vazsonyi, A. T., Schwartz, S., & Chen*, P. (2012). Do macrocontextual characteristics account for individual rates of adolescent deviance: A nine country study. Anales de Psicologia, 28(3), 643-653.


Barton, A. L, Snider, J. B., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Cox, J. L. (2012). Adolescent religiosity as a mediator of the relationship between parental religiosity and adolescent health outcomes. Journal of Religion and Health. DOI 10.1007/s10943-012-9596-7


Schwartz, S. J., Park, I. J. K., Huynh, Q. L., Zamboanga, B. L., Umaña-Taylor, A., Lee, R. M., Rodriguez, L., Kim, S. Y., Whitbourne, S. K., Castillo, L. G., Weisskirch, R. S., Vazsonyi, A. T., Williams, M. K.., Agocha, V. B. (2012). The
American Identity Measure: Development and validation across ethnic subgroup and immigrant generation. Identity: An International Journal of Theory and Research, 12, 93-128.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Macháčková*, H. , Ševčíková*, A., Šmahel, D. & Černá*, A. (2012). Cyberbullying in context: Direct and indirect effects by low self-control across 25 European countries. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 9(2),
210-227.


Klanjsek*, R., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Trejos*, E. (2012). Religious orientation, low self-control, and deviance: Muslims, Catholics, Eastern Orthodox-, and 'Bible Belt' Christians. Journal of Adolescence, 35, (3), 671-682 (DOI:       10.1016/j.adolescence.2011.09.003).


American Journal of Community Psychology

Spano, R., Rivera, C., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Bolland, J. (2012). The interrelationship between exposure to violence and parenting over time. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 127-141.


Chen*, P., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2012). Future orientation impulsivity and problem behaviors: A longitudinal moderation model. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1633-1645 (DOI: 10.1037/a0025327).


Kahumoku*, E., Vazsonyi, A.T., Pagava, K., Phagava, H., Alsaker, F., & Michaud, P. A. (2011). Objectified body consciousness and mental health: Cross-cultural evidence from Georgian and Swiss natonal samples. Journal of Adolescent Health, 49(2), 141-147.

Wickrama, T., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2011). Adolescent school context and young adult mental health outcomes: Race/ethnicity differences. Journal of Community Psychology, 39(5), 566-575.


Young*, M., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2011). Brief Report: Parents, peers, and risky sexual behaviors in rural African American youth. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 172(1), 84-93.

Schwartz, S. J., Waterman, A. S., Vazsonyi, A. T. et al. (200\11). The association between well-being with health risk behaviors in college-attending emerging adults. Applied Developmental Science,15(1), 20-36.

Schwartz, S. J., Luyckx, K., Beyers, W., Soenens, B., Zamboanga, B. L., Forthun, L. F., Hardy, S. A., Vazsonyi, A. T., Ham, L. S., Kim, S. Y., Whitbourne, S. K., & Waterman, A. S. (2011). Examining the light and dark sides of emerging adults’ identity: A study of identity status differences in positive and negative psychosocial functioning. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40, 839-859.


Chen*, P. & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2010). Hedonic calculus: Do self-control desire and perceived sanctions matter? Western Criminological Review, 11(3), 29-44.


Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen*, P., Jenkins*, D. D., Burcu, E., Torrente, G., & Sheu, C. J. (2010). Jessor's Problem Behavior Theory: Cross-National Evidence from Hungary, Netherlands, Slovenia, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, and the United States. Developmental Psychology, 46(6), 1779-1791.


Vazsonyi, A. T. & Huang*, L. (2010). Where self-control comes from: On the development of self-control and its relationship to deviance over time. Developmental Psychology, 46(1), 245-257. 

Vazsonyi, A. T. & Chen*, P. (2010). Entry risk into the juvenile justice system: American Indian, African American, Asian American, European American, and Hispanic Children and Adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51(6), 668-678. 

Vazsonyi, A. T. & Jenkins*, D. D. (2010). Religiosity, low self-control, and virginity status in late adolescents from the "Bible Belt." Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, 49(3), 561–568.

Park, N. S., Lee, B. S., Sun, F., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Bolland, J. M. (2010). Pathways and predictors of antisocial behaviors in African American adolescents from poor neighborhoods. Children and Youth Services Review, 32(3), 409-415.

Kobayashi, E., Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen*, P., & Sharp, S. (2010). A culturally nuanced test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s “General Theory:” Dimensionality and generalizability in Japan and the United States. International Criminal Justice Review, 20(2), 112-131.

Pickering*, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2010). Does family process mediate the effect of religiosity on adolescent deviance: Revisiting the notion of spuriousness. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 37(1), 97-118.

Spano, R., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Bolland, J. (2009). Does parenting mediate the effects of exposure to violence on violent behavior? Journal of Adolescence, 32(5), 1321-1341.

Trejos-Castillo*, E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2009). A longitudinal test of the relationship between family processes and risky sexual behaviors in 1st and 2nd generation Hispanic immigrant youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 719-731.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Chen*, P., Young*, M., Jenkins*, D., Browder*, S., Kahumoku*, E., Pagava, K., Phagava, H., Jeannin, A., & Michaud, P. A. (2008). A test of Jessor’s problem behavior theory in a Eurasian and a Western European developmental context. Journal of Adolescent Health, 43, 555-564.

Trejos-Castillo*, E., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Jenkins*, D. (2008). Violent and criminal behaviors in rural and non-rural African American youth: A risk-protective factor approach. Southern Rural Sociology, 23(2), 108-130.

Spano, R., Rivera, C., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Bolland, J. (2008). The impact of exposure to violence on a trajectory of (declining) parental monitoring: a partial test of the ecological-transactional model of community violence. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 35, 1411-1428.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Trejos-Castillo*, E., & Young*, M. (2008).  Rural and non-rural African American youth: Does context matter in the etiology of problem behaviors? Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37 (7), 798-811.

Park, N. S., Lee, B. S., Bolland, J. M., Vazsonyi, A. T., & Sun, F. (2008). Early adolescent pathways of antisocial behavior in poor, inner-city neighborhoods. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 28, 185-205

Torrente-Hernandez*, G., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2008). The salience of “The family” in antisocial and delinquent behaviors among Spanish adolescents. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 169(2), 187-198.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Klanjsek*, R. (2008). A test of Self-Control Theory across different socioeconomic strata. Justice Quarterly, 25(1), 101-131.



Vazsonyi, A. T., & Belliston, L. M. (2007). The family -> low self-control -> deviance: A cross-cultural and cross-national test of self-control theory. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 34 (4), 505-530 .


Vazsonyi, A. T., & Snider*, J. B. (2008). Mentoring, competencies, and adjustment in adolescents: American part-time employment and European apprenticeships. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 32, 46-55. 

Bolland, J. M., Bryant, C. M., Lian, B. E., Barth, J. M., Vazsonyi, A. T., & McCallum, D. M. (2007).  Development and risk behavior among African American, Caucasian, and mixed-race adolescents living in high poverty inner-city neighborhoods. American Journal of Community Psychology, 40(3-40), 230-249.

Burcu, E., Danacioglu, N., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2007). Arkadas grubuna sahip olmaya önemin genclerin vandalizmi üyerindeki etkisi. [The significance of involvement with a peer group on young people’s vandalism]. Journal of Faculty of Letters, 24(2), 23-44.

Vazsonyi, A. T. & Keiley, M. K. (2007). Normative developmental trajectories of aggressive behaviors in African American, American Indian, Asian American, Caucasian, and Hispanic children and early adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35(6), 1047-1062.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Trejos*, E., & Huang*, L. (2006). Risky sexual behavior, alcohol use, and drug use: A comparison of Eastern and Western European adolescents. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39, 753.e1–753.e11.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Trejos*, E., & Huang*, L. (2006). Are developmental processes affected by immigration? Family processes, internalizing behaviors, and externalizing behaviors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 795-809.

Pflieger*, J. C., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2006). Parenting processes and dating violence: The mediating role of self-esteem in low and high SES adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 29(4), 495-512.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Belliston*, L. M. (2006). The cultural and developmental significance of parenting processes in adolescent anxiety and depression symptoms. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35(4), 491-505.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Cleveland, H. H., and Wiebe, R. P. (2006). Does the effect of impulsivity on delinquency vary by neighborhood disadvantage? Criminal Justice and Behavior, 33(4), 511-541

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering*, L. E., & Bolland, J. M. (2006). Growing up in a dangerous developmental milieu: The effects of parenting processes on measures of adolescent adjustment in inner-city African American youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 47-73.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering*, L. E., & Bolland, J. M. (2006). Growing up in a dangerous developmental milieu: The effects of parenting processes on measures of adolescent adjustment in inner-city African American youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 47-73.

Snider*, J. B., Clements, A., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2004). Late adolescent perceptions of parent religiosity and parenting processes. Family Process, 43, 489-502.

Piko, B. F., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2004). Leisure activities and problem behaviors among Hungarian youth. Journal of Adolescence, 27(6), 717-730. 

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Crosswhite*, J. M. (2004). A test of Gottfredson and Hirschi’s General Theory of Crime in African American adolescents. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 41(4), 407-432.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Wittekind, J. E., Belliston*, L. M., & Van Loh, T. (2004). Extending the General Theory of Crime to “The East:” Low self-control in Japanese late adolescents. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 20 (3), 189-216.

Vazsonyi, A. T. (2004). Parent-adolescent relations and problem behaviors: Hungary, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and the United States. Marriage and Family Review, 35(3-4), 161-187.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Belliston*, L. M., & Flannery, D. J. (2004). Evaluation of a school-based, universal violence prevention program: Low, medium, and high risk children. Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, 2, 185-206.

Vazsonyi, A. T. (2003). The General Theory of Crime in the European context: Revisiting hedonic calculus. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 43, 337-355.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Hibbert, J., R., & Snider*, J. B. (2003). Exotic enterprise no more? Adolescent reports of family and parenting process in youth from four countries. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 13(2), 129-160.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Pickering*, L. E. (2003). The importance of family and school domains in adolescent deviance: African-American and Caucasian youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32(2), 115-128.

Flannery, D. J., Vazsonyi, A. T., Liau, A., Guo, S., Powell, K. E., Atha, H., & Vesterdal*, W. (2003). Initial behavior outcomes for Peacebuilders universal violence prevention program. Developmental Psychology, 39(2), 292-308.

Wittekind, J., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2003). Deviant behavior among Swiss adolescents: The effects of sex, age, and family structure. International Journal of Comparative and Applied Criminal Justice, 27, 179-197.

Blankemeyer, M., Flannery, D. J., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2002). The role of aggression and social competence on children’s perceptions of the child-teacher relationship. Psychology in the Schools, 39(3), 293-304.

Pickering*, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2002). The impact of adolescent employment on family relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(2), 197-219.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering*, L. E., Belliston*, L., Hessing, D., & Junger, M. (2002). Routine activities and deviant behaviors: American, Dutch, Hungarian and Swiss youth. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 18(4), 397-422. 

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering*, L. E., Junger, M. & Hessing, D. (2001). An empirical test of A General Theory of Crime: A four-nation comparative study of self-control and the prediction of deviance. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38(2), 91-131.

Vazsonyi, A. T. & Killias, M. (2001). Immigration and crime among youth in Switzerland. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 28(3), 329-366.

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