Liz Goncy Undergraduate degree: B.A. Psychology [Second Major: Music (Arts)] from University of Akron, 2001 Masters degree: M.A. Clinical Psychology from Cleveland State University, 2005 Masters Thesis: The Use of Yoga as a Psychosocial Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD: A Pilot Study PhD program: Ph.D. Clinical Psychology – Child and Family/Developmental Minor: Quantitative Psychology Dissertation Topic: Relationship and Temporal Spillover of Conflict in Close Relationships during Young Adulthood 2009-2010 Jeanette & Louis Reuter Fellowship in Developmental Science Specific research interest: I am interested in protective and risk factors for antisocial and aggressive behavior and delinquency across relationships. My main research interests involve investigating: 1) physical and psychological aggression in adolescent and young adult romantic relationships, 2) the protective role of parents in reducing physical and psychological aggression during adolescence and young adulthood, 3) the role of romantic relationships in the development of externalizing behavior problems and 4) extracurricular activity involvement (music, creative arts, sports) as protective factors against externalizing behavior problems. My secondary research interests include the understanding and application of quantitative methodology, particularly dyadic data analysis. Lab Tasks: - Project coordinator for new study protocol: Dynamic Understanding of Dyadic Experiences (D.U.D.E. study) - Project coordinator for the Northeast Ohio Study of Continuity and Change during Early Adolescence – a longitudinal study of adolescent behavior problems, with data collected from 2005-2007 Courses Taught: - Child Psychology - Quantitative Methods in Psychology I I am currently working on several projects: 1) Understanding relationship continuity for aggression and conflict: Empirical evidence from parents to adolescent and young 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7) 8) adulthood romantic relationships. (Goncy & van Dulmen) – A review paper on family experiences and their predictive power in understanding perpetration and victimization of physical and psychological aggression within adolescent and young adult romantic relationships. Seasonal continuity and change in adolescent externalizing behavior problems (Goncy & van Dulmen) – An empirical paper using data from the Northeastern Ohio Study of Continuity and Change during Early Adolescence to investigate seasonal effects of children’s behavior problems. Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Inventory of Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood (IDEA) in a sample of college students. (van Dulmen & Goncy) – A methodology paper on the IDEA measure including a confirmatory factor analysis and validity analyses. Romantic relationships, family relationships and antisocial behavior from adolescence into young adulthood (van Dulmen, Goncy & Mata) – An empirical paper using the Add Health data set to understanding how romantic relationship status and quality relates aggressive and non-aggressive antisocial behavior. Conceptualization and validation of an extracurricular activity involvement measure for assessing the role of extracurricular activities in delinquency and antisocial behavior (Mata, Goncy, Vest, & van Dulmen). A methodology paper re-conceputalizing extracurricular activity involvement through the use of factor analysis, metric invariance results and predictive and concurrent validity analyses. Extending the Actor-Partner Interdependence Model to Include Cross-Informant Data (van Dulmen & Goncy) – A methodology paper demonstrating the use of the APIM technique with cross-informant (self and partner) data in predicting externalizing behavior problems from romantic relationship satisfaction. Extension of the Actor Partner Interdependence Model Using Multi-Method Data: Test of Attachment-Psychological Aggression Link (Goncy & van Dulmen) – A methodology paper demonstrating the use of the APIM technique with multi-methodologies (survey data; observational codes). Extending APIM: Cross-Informant and Multi-Method Data (Goncy & van Dulmen) – A book chapter combining papers 6 and 7. Refereed Articles/Book Chapters Goncy, E. A., & van Dulmen, M. H. M. (In Press - 2010). Fathers do make a difference: Parental influences on adolescent alcohol use. Fathering, 8. Goncy, E. A., Roley, M. E., & van Dulmen, M. H. M. (2009, October). Retaining high risk families in a longitudinal study of behavior problems. In D. L. Steiner & S. Sidani, (Eds.), When research go off the rails: Why it happens and what you can do about it (pp. 52 – 160). New York: Guildford Press. van Dulmen, M. H. M., Goncy, E. A., Vest, A., & Flannery, D. J. (2009). Group-based trajectory modeling of externalizing behavior problems from childhood through adolescence: Exploring discrepancies in the empirical findings. In J. Savage (Ed.), The development of persistent criminality (pp. 288 – 314). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press. van Dulmen, M. H. M., Goncy, E. A., Haydon, K. C., & Collins, W. A. (2008). Distinctiveness of adolescent and emerging adulthood romantic relationship features in predicting emerging adulthood externalizing behavior problems. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37, 336 - 345. Goncy, E.A. & Waehler, C.A. (2006). An empirical investigation of creativity and musical experience. Psychology of Music, 34, 307-321. Career Goal: I would like an academic position at a college where I can focus on developmental research and teaching. Hobbies: Reading, spending time with my husband Jeff and family, my cats (Naboo and Shoog), traveling, running, Cleveland sports (Indians, Cavs and Browns) and trying new outdoor activities (i.e., white water rafting, hiking, sea kayaking). I recently completed my first triathlon and hiked to the bottom (and back up) of the Grand Canyon!