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
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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,
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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!