Penelope K. Trickett
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CURRICULUM VITAE
PENELOPE K. TRICKETT
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California 90089-0411
(213) 740-8018
pennyt@usc.edu
PERSONAL DATA:
Home Address:
3 Plumtree Road
Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 90275
(310) 377-4489
Place of Birth:
Washington, D.C.
EDUCATION:
1964
B.A.
Bryn Mawr College, cum laude with Honors in Psychology
1967
M.A.
Psychology, University of Denver
1976
Ph.D.
Psychology, Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, New School for
Social Research, New York, N.Y.
HONORS, AWARDS:
1975
Grant-in-Aid-of-Research, presented by Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research
Society of North America, in partial support of doctoral research.
1976
Alfred J. Marrow Award, presented by the Graduate Faculty of Political and
Social Science, New School for Social Research at commencement exercises for
"an outstanding dissertation in the field of psychology."
2001
Sterling C. Franklin Faculty Award for Research and Scholarship, USC School
of Social Work.
2012
Society for Social Work and Research Excellence in Research Award. Presented
at annual meeting, Washington, DC, January.
GRANTS:
1986
Principal Investigator of grant entitled, "Child Rearing Characteristics and Child
Development in Abusive Families: A Collaborative Investigation of Social Class
Differences," awarded by the W. T. Grant Foundation, New York, NY. $10,000 direct costs.
1987 - 1990
Joint Principal Investigator of grant entitled, "The Psychobiological Effects of
Child Sexual Abuse," awarded by the W. T. Grant Foundation, New York, NY.
$333,942 - direct costs.
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GRANTS (continued)
1990 - 1991
Principal Investigator of grant entitled, "Long-Term Psychological and
Biological Effects of Child Sexual Abuse," awarded by the Smith Richardson
Foundation, Inc., Westport, CT. $23,936 - direct costs.
1991 -1993
Principal Investigator of grant entitled, "Parent -Child Relationships during Early
Adolescence." awarded by the Faculty Research Innovation Fund, University of
Southern California. $12,500 - direct costs.
1991 - 1994
Principal Investigator of grant entitled, "Sexual Abuse of Females: Effects in the
Pubertal Period," awarded by the National Institute of Mental Health. $367,274 direct costs.
1994 - 1995
Principal Investigator of a conference grant entitled, "Children and Violence in
America: The Developmental Consequences for Children of Experiencing
Violence in the Family and in the Community," awarded by the Smith
Richardson Foundation, Westport, CT. $25,000 - direct costs.
1994 - 1997
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, "Sexual Abuse of Females: Effects in
Adolescence", awarded by the National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect.
$466,456 - direct costs.
1995 - 2002
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, "Sexual Abuse of Females: Effects in
Adolescence and Adulthood," awarded by the National Institute of Mental
Health. $1,051,297 - direct costs.
1996 - 2001
Principal Investigator of an Independent Scientist Award (K02), "Developmental
Consequences of Child Abuse and Violence," awarded by the National Institute
of Mental Health, $443,874 - direct costs.
1998 - 2000
Co-Principal Investigator, “The Effects of Forgiveness on the Physical and
Psychological Development of Severely Traumatized Females” awarded by the
Templeton Foundation. $99,574 - direct costs.
2000 – 2007
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “Impact of Neglect on Adolescent
Development,” awarded by the National Institute on Child Health and Human
Development, $2,198,996 - direct costs.
2001 – 2005
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “Sexual Abuse of Females – Effects in
Young Adulthood,” awarded by the Administration for Youth and Families,
USDHHS, $493,827 – direct costs.
2001 – 2006
Principal Investigator of a Research Supplement for Underrepresented Minorities
for the grant, “Impact of Neglect on Adolescent Development”, awarded by the
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $240,000 – direct
costs.
2005 – 2006
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “Developing a Research Partnership
between USC’s School of Social Work and L.A. County’s Department of
Children and Family Services”, awarded by USC School of Social Work’s
Larson Fund, $24,740. – direct costs.
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2006 – 2007
Principal Investigator of a Supplement to the grant, “Impact of Neglect on
Adolescent Development”, awarded by the National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development, $100,000 – total costs
2007-2008
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “Investigating How Genes Interact with
Child Abuse and Neglect to Influence Mental Health.” USC Zumberge
Interdisciplinary Award, $ 10,000. – direct costs.
2007-2008
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “From Nature vs. Nurture to Nature X
Nurture: Investigating How Genes Interact with Child Abuse and Neglect to
Influence Mental Health” USC Humanities and Social Sciences Initiative Award,
$21,000. – direct costs.
2007-2012
Co-Investigator of an R-13 conference grant entitled, “The Translational
Research on Child Neglect Consortium (TRCNC)” awarded by the National
Institute of Mental Health (C. Widom, P.I.).
2009-2010
Principal Investigator of a conference grant entitled, “Pubertal Development,
Stress, and Health” awarded by the Borchard Foundation, $35,000. – total costs.
2009-2012
Principal Investigator of a grant entitled, “From Child Maltreatment to
Adolescent Substance Abuse: Risks and Protective Factors”, awarded by the
National Institute of Drug Abuse, $ 1,451,567. – total costs.
2011-2013
Multiple Principal Investigator (with Jennie Noll, Ph.D.) of an R03 grant entitled
“20-year intergenerational longitudinal followup of females abused as children”
awarded by NICHD, $100,000 direct costs.
2013-2018
Multiple Principal Investigator (with Jennie Noll, Ph.D.) of an R01 grant entitled,
“ Health and Wellbeing of Sexually Abused Females & Offspring: 25 and 27
Year Followup” awarded by NICHD, $2,789,522 direct costs.
EMPLOYMENT:
2002 – present
Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los
Angeles, CA. Joint appointment, Department of Psychology.
2001 – present
David Lawrence Stein/Violet Goldberg Sachs Professor of Mental Health, School
of Social Work, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1997 - 2002
Associate Professor, School of Social Work, University of Southern California,
Los Angeles, CA. Joint appointment, Department of Psychology.
1990 - 1997
Research Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA.
1989 - 1994
Senior Research Associate, Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern
California, Los Angeles, CA.
1987 - 1990
Research Psychologist, The Chesapeake Institute, Wheaton, Maryland.
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1984 - 1991
Guest Researcher, Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute
of Mental Health.
1985 - 1987
Research Director, Lida Lee Tall Learning Resources Center, at Towson State
University, Towson, Maryland.
1983 - 1985
Lecturer, Institute for Child Study--Department of Human Development,
University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland.
1979 - 1984
Senior Staff Fellow, Laboratory of Developmental Psychology, National Institute
of Mental Health, Bethesda, Maryland.
1976 - 1979
Research Associate, Department of Psychology, Yale University, New Haven,
Connecticut.
1975 - 1976
Research Director, Study of Women's Secondary Education, New Haven,
Connecticut.
197l - 1973
Consultant, Ansonia Public Schools, Ansonia, Connecticut.
1969 - 1970
Psychologist, Waterford Country School, Quaker Hills, Connecticut.
1969
Senior Research Assistant, American Institutes for Research, Palo Alto,
California.
1967 - 1968
Staff Psychologist, Scottish Rite Institute for Childhood Aphasia, Stanford
University School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
1966 - 1967
Psychologist, Teen-age Clinic, Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio.
Summer, 1966
Psychologist, Project Head Start, Denver, Colorado.
PUBLICATIONS:
BOOKS:
Trickett, P. K. & Schellenbach, C. (Eds.) (1998). Violence Against Children in the Family and the
Community. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Feerick, M., Knutson, J., Trickett, P. K., & Flanzer, S. (Eds.) (2006). Child Abuse and Neglect:
Definitions, Classification, and a Framework for Research. Brookes Publishing Co.
BOOK CHAPTERS:
Trickett, P. K. (1979). Career development in Head Start. In E. F. Zigler and J. Valentine (Eds.),
Project Head Start: A legacy of the War of Poverty. New York: Free Press.
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Zigler, E., and Trickett, P. K. (1979). The concept of competence and national social policy in the
child and family life area. In N. W. Kent and J. E. Rolf (Eds.), Primary Prevention of Psychopathology,
Vol. III, Social Competence of Children. Hanover, N. H.: University Press of New England.
Trickett, P. K., Apfel, N. H., Rosenbaum, L. K., and Zigler, E. (1981). A five-year follow-up of
participants in the Yale Child Welfare Research Program. In E. F. Zigler and E. F. Gordon (Eds), Day
Care: Scientific and Social Policy Issues. Boston, Mass.: Auburn House Publishing Co.
Trickett, P. K., and Susman, E. J. (1989). Perceived similarities and disagreement about child rearing
in abusive and non-abusive families: Intergenerational and concurrent family processes. In D. Cicchetti
and V. Carlson (Eds.), Child Maltreatment: Theory and Research on the Causes and Consequences of
Child Abuse and Neglect. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Trickett, P. K. & Weinstein, R. J. (1991). The physical abuse of adolescents. In R. M. Lerner, A. C.
Petersen, & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), The encyclopedia of adolescence (pp. 780-784). New York: Garland
Publishing Co.
Trickett, P. K. (1997). Sexual and physical abuse and the development of social competence. In S. S.
Luthar, J. A. Burack, D. Cicchetti, & J. Weisz, (Eds.) Developmental Psychopathology: Perspectives on
Risk and Disorder (pp. 390-416). Cambridge University Press.
Trickett, P. K., Horowitz, L., Reiffman, A., & Putnam, F. W. (1997). Characteristics of sexual abuse
trauma and the prediction of developmental outcomes. In D. Cicchetti & S. L. Toth (Eds.). Rochester
Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology. Volume VIII: The Effects of Trauma on the
Developmental Process (pp. 289-314). Rochester, NY: University of Rochester Press.
Trickett, P. K. (1998). Multiple maltreatment and the development of self and emotion regulation. In
B.B.R. Rossman & M. S. Rosenberg (Eds.) The multiple victimization of children: Conceptual,
developmental, research and clinical issues. Binghamton, NY: Haworth Press.
Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (1998). The developmental impact of sexual abuse. In P. K. Trickett
& C. Schellenbach, (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community. Washington, DC:
APA Books.
Horn, J. L., & Trickett, P. K. (1998). Community violence and child development: A review of
research. In P. K. Trickett & C. Schellenbach, (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the
community. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Trickett, P. K., & Schellenbach, C. (1998). Introduction. In P. K. Trickett & C. Schellenbach, (Eds.),
Violence against children in the family and the community. Washington, DC: APA Books.
Trickett, P. K., Allen, L., Schellenbach, C., & Zigler, E. F. (1998). Integrating and advancing the
knowledge base about violence against children: Implications for intervention and prevention. In P. K.
Trickett & C. Schellenbach, (Eds.), Violence against children in the family and the community.
Washington, DC: APA Books.
Trickett, P. K., (2000). Child sexual abuse. In R. Gottesman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of violence in the
United States, New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons.
Trickett, P.K., Kurtz, D., & Pizzigati, K. (2003). Resilient outcomes in abused and neglected
children: Bases for strength-based interventions and policies. In K. Maton, C. Schellenbach, B.
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Leadbeater, & A. Solarz (Eds.). Investing in children, youth, families,and communities: A strengths-based
approach to research and policy. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Trickett, P.K., & Gordis, E. (2004). Aggression and antisocial behavior in sexually abused females.
In K. Bierman & M. Putallez (Eds.), Aggression, Antisocial Behavior and Violence among Girls: A
Developmental Perspective, New York: Guilford.
Trickett, P.K., Kurtz, D.A., & Noll, J. G. (2005). The Consequences of Child Sexual Abuse for
Female Development. In D. Bell-Dolan, S. Foster, & E. Mash (Eds.). Handbook of Behavioral and
Emotional Disorders in Girls. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.
Ghisletta, P. & Trickett, P.K. (2006). Application of Latent Growth Analyses to Health Outcomes of
Adolescent Girls. A. D. Ong and M. van Dulmen (Eds.), Handbook of Methods in Positive Psychology
(pp. 453-466). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Trickett, P. K. (2006). Forward. In M. Feerick & G. Silverman (Eds.) Children Exposed to Violence.
Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
Trickett, P. K. (2006). Defining child sexual abuse. In M. Feerick, J. Knutson, P. K. Trickett, & S.
Flanzer (Eds.) Child Abuse and Neglect: Definitions, Classifications, and a Framework for Research (pp.
129-149). Baltimore, MD: Brookes Publishing Co.
Trickett, P. K. & Negriff, S. (2011) Child maltreatment and social relationships. In M. Underwood &
L. Rosen (Eds. ) Social Development . New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc.
ARTICLES IN PEER REVIEWED JOURNALS:
Zigler, E., and Trickett, P. K. (1978). I.Q., social competence, and the evaluation of early childhood
intervention programs. American Psychologist, 33, 789-798.
Reprinted in:
Angelino, H. (Ed.) (1979). A workbook with readings in educational psychology.
Lexington, Mass.: Ginn Custom Publishing.
Chess, S. and Thomas, A. (Eds.) (1979). Annual progress in child psychiatry and child
development.
Special Learning Corporation (1980). Readings in Child Psychology. Guilford, Conn.
Raven, Bertram H. (Ed.) (1980). Policy Studies Review Annual, Vol. 4, Beverly Hills,
Calif.: Sage Publications.
Zigler, E. F., Lamb, M. E., and Child, I. L.(1980). Socialization and Personality
Development, 2nd Edition, New York: Oxford Univ. Press.
Zigler, E., Abelson, W. D., Trickett, P. K., and Seitz, V. (1982). Is an intervention program necessary
in order to improve economically-disadvantaged children's IQ scores? Child Development, 53, 340-348.
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Trickett, E. J., Trickett, P. K., Castro, J. J., and Schaffner, P. (1982). The independent school
experience: Aspects of the normative environments of single sex and co-ed secondary schools. Journal of
Educational Psychology, 74, 374-38l.
Trickett, P. K. (1983). The interaction of cognitive styles and classroom environment in determining
first-graders' behavior. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 4, 43-64.
Susman, E. J., Trickett, P. K., Iannotti, R. J., Hollenbeck, B. E., and Zahn-Waxler, C. (1985). Childrearing patterns in depressed, abusive, and normal mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 55,
237-251.
Trickett, P. K. and Kuczynski, L. (1986). Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline strategies
in abusive and non-abusive families. Developmental Psychology, 22, 115-123.
Trickett, P. K. and Susman, E. J. (1988). Parental perceptions of child rearing practices in physically
abusive and nonabusive parents. Developmental Psychology, 24, 270-276.
Taylor, A. R., & Trickett, P. K. (1989). Teacher preference and children's sociometric status in the
classroom. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 35, 343-361.
Corse, S. A., Schmid, K. D., & Trickett, P. K. (1990). Social network characteristics of abusing and
non-abusing mothers and their relationships to parenting beliefs. Journal of Community Psychology, 18,
44-59.
Trickett, P.K., Aber, J.L., Carlson, V., & Cicchetti, D. (1991). The relationship of socioeconomic
status to the etiology and developmental sequelae of physical child abuse. Developmental Psychology,
27, 148-158.
Reprinted in:
Hertzig, M. E. & Farber, E. A. (Eds.) (1993). Annual Progress in Child Psychiatry and
Child Development: 1992. pp. 187-210.
Schellenbach, C. J., Trickett, P. K., & Susman. E. J. (1991) A multimethod approach to the
assessment of physical abuse. Violence and Victims, 6, 57-73.
Connors, K., Heisner, L., & Trickett, P. K. (1992). CAPINDEX: Using incidence of violent crimes to
estimate spouse abuse and rape. Journal of Family Violence, 7.
Putnam, F. W. & Trickett, P. K. (1993). Child sexual abuse: A model of chronic trauma. Psychiatry,
58, 82-95.
Reprinted in:
Reiss, D., Scharf, D., Radke-Yarrow, M., & Richters, J. (1993). Children and violence.
New York: Guilford Press.
Trickett, P. K. & Putnam, F. W. (1993). The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Toward
a developmental, psychobiological integration. Psychological Science, 4, 81-87.
Trickett, P. K. (1993). Maladaptive development of school-aged, physically abused children:
Relationships with the child rearing environment. Journal of Family Psychology, 7, 134-147.
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Putnam, F. W., Helmers, K., & Trickett, P.K. (1993). Development, reliability, and validity of a child
dissociation scale. Child Abuse and Neglect, 17, 731-740.
Trickett, P. K., McBride-Chang, C., & Putnam, F. W. (1994). The classroom performance and
behavior of sexually abused females. Development and Psychopathology, 6, 183-194.
DeBellis, M. D., Chrousos, G. P., Dorn, L. D., Burke, L., Helmers, K., Kling, M. A., Trickett, P. K.,
& Putnam, F. W. (1994). Hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis dysregulation in sexually abused girls.
Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 78, 249-255.
DeBellis, M. D., Lefter, L., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (1994). Urinary catecholamine
excretion in sexually abused girls. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent
Psychiatry, 33, 320-327.
Putnam, F. W., Helmers, K., Horowitz, L. & Trickett, P. K. (1994). Hypnotizability and dissociativity
in sexually abused girls. Child Abuse and Neglect, 19, 645-655.
Trickett, P. K. & McBride-Chang, C. (1995). The developmental impact of different types of child
abuse and neglect. Developmental Review, 15, 311-337.
DeBellis, M. D., Burke, L., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (1996). Antinuclear antibodies and
thyroid function in sexually abused girls, Journal of Traumatic Stress, 9, 369-378.
Horowitz, L. A., Putnam, F. W., Noll, J. G., & Trickett, P. K. (1997). Factors affecting utilization of
treatment services by sexually abused girls. Child Abuse and Neglect, 21, 35-48.
Nagel, D., Putnam, F. W., Noll, J. G., & Trickett, P. K. (1997). Disclosure of sexual abuse and long
term psychological functioning. Child Abuse and Neglect. 21(2), 137-147.
Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (1997). The psychobiological effects of sexual abuse: A
longitudinal study. Annals of the New York Academy of Science, 821, 150-159.
Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W., (2000). Social Network constellation and sexuality of
sexually abused and comparison females in childhood and adolescence. Child Maltreatment, 5, 323-337.
Trickett, P. K., Noll, J. G., Reiffman, A. & Putnam, F. W. (2001). Variants of intrafamilial sexual
abuse experience: Implications for short and long term development. Development and Psychopathology,
13, 1001-1019.
Bonanno, G., Keltner, D., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., Trickett, P. K., LeJeune, J., & Anderson, C.
(2002). When the face reveals what words do not: Facial expressions of emotion, smiling, and the
willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Social and Personality Psychology, 83, 94-110.
Sickel, A.E., Noll, J.G., Moore, P.J., Putnam, F.W., Trickett, P.K. (2002). The long-term physical
health and healthcare utilization of women who were sexually abused as children. Journal of Health
Psychology, 7(5), 583-597.
Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (2003). A prospective investigation of the impact of
childhood sexual abuse on the development of sexuality. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
71, 575-586.
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Bonanno, G., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., O’Neill, M. & Trickett, P. K. (2003). Predicting the
willingness to disclose childhood sexual abuse from measures of repressive coping and dissociative
tendencies. Child Maltreatment, 8, 302-318.
Noll, J.G., Horowitz, L.A., Bonanno, G., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F.W. (2003). Revictimization and
self-harm in females who experienced childhood sexual abuse. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 18,
1452-1471.
Trickett, P.K., Duran, L., & Horn, J.L. (2003). Community violence as it affects child development:
Issues of definition. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 6(4), 223-236.
Nagrao, C., Bonanno, G. A., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2005). Shame,
humiliation, and childhood sexual abuse: Distinct contributions and emotional coherence. Child
Maltreatment, 10, 350-363.
Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K., Susman, E. J., & Putnam, F. W. (2006). Sleep disturbances and childhood
sexual abuse. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 31, 241-252.
Gordis, E. B., Granger, D. A., Susman, E. J., & Trickett, P. K. (2006). Symmetry between salivary
cortisol and alpha-amylase reactivity to stress: Relation to aggressive behavior in adolescents.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 31, 976-987.
Noll, J. G., Zeller, M. H., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (2007). Obesity risk for female victims of
childhood sexual abuse: A prospective study. Pediatrics, 120(1), 61-67.
Noll, J. G., Schulkin, J., Trickett, P. K., Susman, E. J., Breech, L., & Putnam, F. W. ( 2007).
Differential pathways to preterm delivery for sexually abused and comparison women. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology, 32(10), 1-11.
Aisenberg, E., Trickett, P. K., Mennen, F., Saltzman, W., & Zayas, L. (2007). Maternal depression
and adolescent behavior problems: An examination of mediation among immigrant Latino mothers and
their adolescent children exposed to community violence. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 22(10),
1227-1249.
Kim, K., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2007). Psychosocial characteristics on nonoffending mothers of sexually abused girls: Findings from a prospective, multigenerational study. Child
Maltreatment, 12(4), 338-361.
Kim, K., Chung, I., & Trickett, P.K. (2007). Social support characteristics among mothers with and
without childhood sexual abuse trauma. Korean Journal of Social Welfare Studies, 35, 215-237.
Bonanno, G. A., Colak, D. M., Keltner, D., Shiota, M. L., Papa, A., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., &
Trickett, P. K. (2007). Context matters: The benefits and costs of expressing positive emotion among
survivors of childhood sexual abuse, Emotion, 7(4), 824-837.
Gordis, E., Granger, D.A., Susman, E.J., & Trickett, P. K. (2008). Salivary alpha amylase-cortisol
asymmetry in maltreated youth. Hormones and Behavior, 53, 96-103.
Aisenberg, E., Garcia, A., Ayon, C., Trickett, P., & Mennen, F. (2008). The co-occurrence of
community violence and child maltreatment among racially diverse adolescents: Assessing risk for
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mental health and behavior problems. Special issue on exposure to violence: A significant issue for
children and families. Protecting Children, 22, 20-31.
Negriff, S., Fung, M. T., & Trickett, P. K. (2008). Self-rated pubertal development, depressive
symptoms and delinquency: Measurement issues and moderation by gender and maltreatment. Journal
of Youth and Adolescence, 37(6), 736-746.
Trickett, P. K., Mennen, F.E., Kihyun, K., & Sang, J. (2009) Emotional abuse in a sample of
multiply-maltreated, urban young adolescents: Issues of definition and identification. Child Abuse and
Neglect, 33, 27-35.
Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K. & Putnam, F. W. (2009). The cumulative burden borne by offspring whose
mothers were abused as children: Descriptive results from a multigenerational study. Journal of
Interpersonal Violence, 24(3), 424-449.
Barnes, J. E., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., Trickett, P. K. (2009). Sexual and physical revictimization
among victims of severe childhood sexual abuse. Child Abuse and Neglect, 33(7), 412-420.
Trickett, P. K., Noll, J. G., Susman, E. J., Shenk, C. E., & Putnam, F. W. (2010). Attenuation of
cortisol across development for victims of sexual abuse. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 165175.
Negriff, S., Noll, J. G., Shenk, C. E., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2010). Associations between
nonverbal behaviors and subsequent sexual attitudes and behaviors of sexually abused and comparison
girls. Child Maltreatment, 15(2), 180-189.
Gordis, E. , Feres, N., Olezeski, C., Rabkin, A., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). Skin conductance reactivity
and respiratory sinus arrhythmia among maltreated and comparison youth: Relations with aggressive
behavior. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 35(5), 547-558.
Kwako, L. E., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2010). Childhood sexual abuse and
attachment: An intergenerational perspective. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 15(3), 407422.
Kim, K., Trickett, P.K., & Putnam, F. (2010). Childhood experiences of sexual abuse and later
parenting practices among non-offending mothers of sexually abused and comparison girls. Child Abuse
and Neglect, 34, 610-622.
Mennen, F. E., Kim, K., Sang, J, & Trickett, P. K. (2010). Child neglect: Definition and
identification of youths’ experiences in official reports of maltreatment. Child Abuse and Neglect,
34(9), 647-658.
Mennen, F. E., Brensilver, M., & Trickett, P. K. (2010). Do maltreated children who remain at home
function better than those who are placed? Children and Youth Services Review, 32, 1675-1682
Noll, J. G., Shenk, C. E., Yeh, M. T., Ji, J., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. (2010). Receptive
language ability and educational attainment across development for sexually abused females. Pediatrics,
126, 615-622.
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Shenk, C.F., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. (2010). A prospective examination of the
role of childhood sexual abuse and physiological asymmetry in the development of psychopathology.
Child Abuse and Neglect, 34(10), 752-761.
Ji, J., Trickett, P. K., & Negriff, S. (2010). Multidimensional self-perception of sexually abused girls:
Factor models and differences between sexually abused and comparison groups. Journal of
Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 32(2), 203-214.
Negriff, S., & Trickett, P. K. (2010). The relationship between pubertal timing and delinquent
behavior in maltreated male and female adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 30(4), 518-542.
Negriff, S., Ji, J., & Trickett, P. K. (2011). Peer delinquency as a mediator between self-report
pubertal timing and delinquency: A longitudinal study of mediation. Development and
Psychopathology, 23, 293-304.
Kim, K., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. (2011). Attachment Representations and Anxiety:
Differential Relationships among Mothers of Sexually Abused and Comparison Girls. Journal of
Interpersonal Violence., 26, 498-521.
Trickett, P. K., Negriff, S., Ji, J., & Peckins, M. (2011). Child maltreatment and adolescent
development. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 21(1), 3-20.
Trickett, P. K., Noll, J. G., & Putnam, F. W. (2011). . The impact of sexual abuse on female
development: Lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Development and
Psychopathology, 23, 453-476.
Negriff, S. Susman, E.J., & Trickett, P.K. (2011). The developmental pathway from pubertal timing
to delinquency and sexual activity from early to late adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,
40(10), 1343-1356.
Mennen, F. E., & Trickett, P. K. (2011). Parenting attitudes, family environments, and
psychopathology in urban maltreating and non-maltreating caregivers. Family Relations, 60, 259-271.
Gupta, S., Bonanno, G.H., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., Keltner, D., & Trickett, P.K. (2011). Anger
expression and adaptation to childhood sexual abuse: The role of disclosure. Psychological Trauma:
Theory, Research, and Practice, 3(2), 171-180.
Trickett, P. K., Kim, K., & Prindle, J. (2011). Variations in emotional abuse experience among
multiply maltreated young adolescents and relations with developmental outcomes. Child Abuse and
Neglect, 35, 876-886.
Brensilver, M., Negriff, S., Mennen, F. E., & Trickett, P. K. (2011). Longitudinal relations between
depressive symptoms and externalizing behavior in adolescence: Moderating effects of maltreatment
experience and gender. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40 (4), 609-617.
Schneiderman, J.U., Mennen, F.E., Negriff, S., & Trickett, P.K. (2012). Overweight and obesity in
maltreated young adolescents. Child Abuse and Neglect, 36, 370-378.
Negriff, S., & Trickett, P.K. (2012) Peer substance use as a mediator between early pubertal timing
and adolescent substance use: Longitudinal associations and moderating effect of maltreatment. Drug
and Alcohol Dependence, 126, 95-101.
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Trickett, P. K., & Negriff, S. (2013). Invited commentary: Norman, R.E., Byanbaa, M., & De, R.
(2012). The long-term health consequences of child physical abuse, emotional abuse and neglect: A
systematic review and meta-analysis. PloS Med.
Trickett, P. K., Gordis, E., Peckins, M. J., & Susman, E. J. (2014). Stress reactivity in maltreated and
comparison male and female young adolescents, Child Maltreatment. Available on line:
doi:10.1177/1077559513520466.
Sickel, A. E., Dillard, D. M., Trickett, P. K., Putnam, F. W., & Noll, J. G. (2014), Post trauma
moderation in the childhood sexual abuse teenage pregnancy/teenage childbirth relationships.
International Journal of Childbirth Education, 29(1), 10-20.
Negriff, S., Schneiderman, J.U., Smith, C., Schreyer, J., & Trickett, P.K. (2014). Characterizing the
sexual abuse experiences of young adolescents. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38, 261-270..
Negriff, S., Blankson, A.N., & Trickett, P.K. (in press). Pubertal Timing and Tempo: Associations
with Childhood Maltreatment. Journal of Research on Adolescence.
Schneiderman, J.U., Negriff, S., Peckins, M., Mennen, F.E., Trickett, P.K. (in press). Body mass
index trajectory throughout adolescence: A comparison of maltreated adolescents by maltreatment type to
a community sample. Pediatric Obesity,
Saxbe, D.E., Negriff, S., Susman, E.J., & Trickett, P.K. (in press). Attenuated hypothalamicpituitary-adrenal axis functioning predicts accelerated pubertal development in girls 1 year later.
Development and Psychopathology.
Putnam-Hornstein, E, Cederbaum JA, King B, Lane A, & Trickett P. (in press). A population-level
and longitudinal study of adolescent mothers and intergenerational maltreatment. American Journal of
Epidemiology.
Negriff, S., James, A., & Trickett, P.K. (In press). Characteristics of the social support networks of
maltreated youth: Exploring the effects of maltreatment experience and foster placement. Social
Development.
Schneiderman, J.U., Kools, S., Negriff, S., Smith, S., & Trickett, P.K. (in press). Differences in
caregivers' reports of health problems and health care use between maltreated adolescents and a
comparison population . Research in Nursing & Health
BOOK REVIEWS:
Curtz, E. R., and Trickett, P. K. (1979). Review of Roland L. Warren, Social change and human
purpose. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 49, 724-727.
Trickett, P. K. (1996). Integrating knowledge about biopsychosocial development. Review of C. A.
Nelson (Ed.), (1994), Threats to optimal development: Integrating biological, psychological, and social
risk factors: The Minnesota Symposium on Child Psychology, Vol. 27. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
TECHNICAL REPORTS AND MONOGRAPHS:
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Hawkridge, D. G., Campeau, P. L., DeWitt, K. M., and Trickett, P. K. (1969). A study of further
selected exemplary programs for the education of disadvantaged children. American Institutes for
Research, Contract No. OEC-0-9-0890l3-247l (0l0). Office of Education, Department of Health,
Education, and Welfare, June.
Hawkridge, D. G., Campeau, P. L., and Trickett, P. K. (1970). Preparing evaluation reports: A guide
for authors. Pittsburgh: American Institutes for Research, AIR Monograph No. 6.
Trickett, P. K., Pendry, C., and Trickett, E. J. (1976). A study of women's secondary education: The
experience and effects of attending independent secondary schools. Final Report, Study of Women's
Secondary Education, New Haven, Conn.
Trickett, P.K., Mennen, F.E., Negriff, S. & Horn, J.L. (2011). The USC Young Adolescent
Project: Sampling strategy, sample description and comparisons of neighborhood characteristics
for maltreated versus comparison participants (Technical Report). Los Angeles, CA: University
of Southern California, School of Social Work.
INVITED ADDRESSES
Trickett, P. K., Social and emotional development of physically abused children: Implications for
prevention and intervention. Invited address, Bush Center in Child Development and Social Policy, Yale
University, New Haven Connecticut, March 1988.
Trickett, P. K., Characteristics of sexual abuse trauma and the prediction of developmental outcomes.
Invited address, Rochester Symposium on Developmental Psychopathology, Rochester, NY, October,
1994.
Trickett, P. K., Hormones and behavior problems in sexually abused and nonabused girls. Invited
address to the Colorado State Psychological Association, Copper Mountain, CO, July, 1995.
Trickett, P. K., Child Abuse and Neglect, Invited presentation at Consensus Conference on
Victimization and Gender Differences in Internalizing disorders, Stanford Center on Adolescence, Palo
Alto, CA, May, 1999.
Trickett, P. K., Psychobiological Impact of Sexual Abuse. Invited address at Psychobiology of
Adolescence Conference, Southern California Psychiatric Society, Los Angeles, CA, September, 1999.
Trickett, P. K., Impact of violence on young children. Invited address at conference on Young
Children’s Mental health, sponsored by the LA Child Guidance Clinic, LAUSD, and LA Co. Dept. of
Mental Health, Pasadena, CA, October, 1999.
Trickett, P. K., School performance and success in sexually abused female adolescents. Invited
presentation at National Science Foundation Conference, “Overcoming adversity: Child maltreatment,
school success, and the transition to the workforce.” UC Davis, Davis, California, December, 1999.
Trickett, P.K., Child abuse and neglect. Invited presentation to a Research Forum on Child and
Adolescent Development, sponsored by the Federation of Cognitive, Behavioral, and Social Sciences,
Washington, DC, December, 1999.
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Trickett, P.K., Impact of violence on young children, Invited address, Orange County Child Abuse
Conference, Anaheim, CA, May, 2000.
Trickett, P.K., Links between family relationships, sexual abuse, and the development of antisocial
and related problem behaviors among girls. Invited presentation at Conference on Aggression, Antisocial
Behavior, and Violence Among Girls: A Developmental Prospective, Duke University, Durham, North
Carolina, May, 2002.
Trickett, P.K., Childrearing attitudes and practices of parents of abused children. Invited presentation
at the Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Baltimore, MD,
November 2002.
Trickett, P.K. & Horn, J.L., Using geocoding to obtain comparable target and comparison groups.
Paper presented at the Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium meeting, Rockville, MD, January
2004.
Trickett, P.K. The short- and long-term impact of child sexual abuse on female development. Invited
address, Annual Meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Phoenix, Arizona, April, 2004.
Trickett, P.K. & Gordis, E. The impact of neglect on adolescent development: Preliminary Findings.
Paper presented at the Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium meeting, Rockville, MD, January,
2005.
Trickett, P. K. The short- and long-term impact of child sexual abuse on female development. Invited
address, Colloquium series, Department of Family Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, April,
2005.
Trickett, P. K., Project update: The impact of neglect on adolescent development. Paper presented at
the Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium meeting, Rockville, MD, January, 2006.
Trickett, P. K., The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from longitudinal
research. Invited presentation at the 10th Anniversary Celebration of NIH’s Office of Behavioral and
Social Sciences Research, Bethesda, Maryland, June, 2006.
Trickett, P. K., & Kim, K., Multigenerational familial sexual abuse: Perspectives from longitudinal
research. Invited address, International Family Violence and Child Victimization Research Conference,
Portsmouth, NH, July, 2007.
Trickett, P. K. Gordis, E., & Ji, J. (2007, September). Resilience and Cortisol Dysregulation in
Maltreated Young Adolescents. Invited paper presented at the Annual meeting of Translational Research
on Child Neglect Consortium. Duke University, NC.
Trickett, P.K., (2008, October). Intergenerational Processes in Child Neglect: Lessons from
Longitudinal Sexual Abuse Research. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Translational
Research on Child Neglect Consortium. New York, NY.
Trickett, P.K., Gordis, E., & Ji, J.(July, 2009). Patterns of resilience in maltreated adolescents:
Relationships with stress reactivity and health. Presented at the International colloquium on Puberty,
Stress, and Health, Bretesche, France.
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Trickett, P.K. (2010, August) The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a
multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Plenary talk at biennial meeting of the International
Association for Studies of Attachment. St. John’s College, Cambridge, UK.
Trickett, P.K. (2010, November) The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a
multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Invited address to the School of Social Work, University
of Denver, Denver, CO.
Trickett, P.K. (2010, December). The Impact of Neglect on Adolescent Development. Presentation at
Grand Rounds, Kempe Center for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect, Denver, CO.
Trickett, P.K. (2012, September) The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a
multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Invited Address, The Pennsylvania State University
conference of Child Maltreatment, State college, PA.
MAJOR PAPER PRESENTATIONS (PEER REVIEWED)
Trickett, P. K., and Trickett, E. J. The experience and effects of attending independent secondary
schools on female students. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, 1977.
Trickett, P. K. The Yale Welfare Research Project: An independent follow-up five years later. Paper
presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, San Francisco,
1979.
Rosenbaum, L. K., Apfel, N. H., and Trickett, P. K. A profile of three groups of inner city women:
The relationship between locus of control, child rearing attitudes and practices, and degree of school
involvement. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Hartford, 1980. (Available from
ERIC Document Reproduction Service, No. ED 190927.)
Trickett, P. K. Classroom environment as a moderator of the IQ-school performance relationship.
Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Montreal, 1980.
(Available from ERIC Document Reproduction Service, No. ED 199583.)
Trickett, P. K. and Susman, E. J. The impact of the child-rearing environment on the social and
emotional development of the physically abused child: Preliminary results. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D. C., August, 1982.
Trickett, P. K. and Corse, S. Support networks, stress and child-rearing attitudes: Relationships in
abusive families. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Anaheim, California, August, 1983.
Trickett, P. K. and Kuczynski, L. Children's misbehaviors and parental discipline in abusive and nonabusive families. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Anaheim, California, August, 1983.
Trickett, P. K., Susman, E. L. and Gordon, M. The childrearing environment of abusive and
nonabusive families with school-age children. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 1984.
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Trickett, P. K. and Susman, E. L. Intergenerational family processes in abusive families and child
development. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association,
Washington, D. C., August, 1986.
Taylor, A. R. and Trickett, P. K. Peer status, classroom behavior, and teacher preference: A
developmental study of popular, average, and rejected children. Paper presented at Annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association, Washington, D.C., April, 1987. (Available from ERIC
Document Reproduction Service, No. ED 287 577.)
Trickett, P. K., Aber, J. L., Carlson, V., & Cicchetti, D. A collaborative investigation of social class
and child abuse: Description of the research strategy. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
American Psychological Association, New York, New York, August, 1987.
Aber, J. L. & Trickett, P. K. Child rearing characteristics and child development in two samples of
physically abusive families. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New York, New York, August, 1987.
Trickett, P. K., Putnam, F. W., Blick, L. C., & Berg, T. A collaborative longitudinal study of the
psychobiological effects of sexual abuse on female development. Paper presented at the National
Symposium on Child Victimization, Anaheim, CA, April, 1988.
Aber, J. L., Celano, M., Trickett, P.K., Carlson, V., and Cicchetti, D. The relationship of social class
status to the etiology and sequelae of physical child abuse. Poster presented at the National Symposium
on Child Victimization, Anaheim, CA, April, 1988.
Trickett, P. K. The psychobiological effects of sexual abuse on female development. Paper presented
at the Fifth Australian Developmental Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, August, 1988.
Trickett, P. K. The social and emotional development of physically abused children: Relationships
with child rearing beliefs and practices. Paper presented at the Fifth Australian Developmental
Conference, Sydney, NSW, Australia, August, 1988.
Aber, J. L., Trickett, P. K., Carlson, V., and Cicchetti, D. The relationship of social class status to the
etiology and developmental sequelae of physical child abuse. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Kansas City, MO, April, 1989.
Taylor, A., and Trickett, P. K. Teacher versus peer preference for accepted and rejected children.
Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Kansas City,
MO, April, 1989.
Weinstein, R. J., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. Sexual and aggressive behavior in girls experiencing
child abuse and precocious puberty. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American
Psychological Association, New Orleans, August, 1989.
Trickett, P. K., Putnam, F. W., & Weinstein, R. J. Timing of maturation and negative affect and
behavior in sexually abused and nonabused girls. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society
for Research on Adolescence, Atlanta, GA, March, 1990.
Helmers, K. Everett, B., & Trickett, P. K. Social support networks of sexually abused girls and their
mothers. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society of Research on Child Development,
Seattle, WA, April, 1991.
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Putnam, F.W. and Trickett, P. K. Cortisol abnormalities in sexually abused girls. Paper presented at
the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Washington, DC, June, 1991.
Trickett, P. K., Aber, J. L., Carlson, V. & Cicchetti, D. The relationship of socioeconomic status to
the causes and consequences of physical child abuse. Paper presented at the conference, New Directions
in Child and Family Research: Shaping Head Start in the 90's, Arlington, VA, June, 1991.
Trickett, P. K. and Putnam, F.W. Patterns of symptoms in prepubertal and pubertal sexually abused
girls. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco,
CA, August, 1991.
Trickett, P. K., Helmers, K. A., Zakowski, S., & Putnam, F.W. The social networks and classroom
behavior of sexually abused girls. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, San Francisco, CA, August, 1991.
Trickett, P. K., Putnam, F. W., Helmers, K., & Everett, B. A. The psychobiological impact of sexual
abuse on female development. Meeting of the International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium,
July, 1992.
McBride-Chang, C., Trickett, P. K., Horn, J. L., & Putnam, F. W. The CBCL and behavior problems
in sexually abused girls. Annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC,
August, 1992.
Trickett, P. K., & McBride-Chang, C. Classroom performance and behavior of sexually abused girls:
Relationships with verbal ability and level of dissociation. Presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research on Child Development, New Orleans, LA. March, 1993.
Mausert-Mooney, R., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. Appeal and vulnerability patterns in girl
victims of incest. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada, August, 1993.
Trickett, P. K., Stallings, M., Hofer, S., & Horn, J. L. Rebelliousness in late adolescence and parentchild relations across the life span. Presented at the meeting of the Gerontological Society of America,
Washington, DC, November, 1993.
Trickett, P. K., Susman, E. J., & Putnam, F. W. Hormones and behavior problems in sexually abused
and nonabused girls. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society,
Washington, DC, July, 1994.
Trickett, P. K., Hofer, S., Stallings, M., Horn, J. L. Change and invariance of attitudes and beliefs
from adolescence to adulthood. Meetings of the International Congress of Psychology, Brussels, Belgium,
July, 1994.
Putnam, F. W. & Trickett, P. K., The developmental consequences of child sexual abuse. Presented at
the Conference on Violence Against Children, Los Angeles, CA, January, 1995.
Trickett, P. K., Everett, B. A., Putnam, F. W. Child rearing beliefs and practices of mothers of
sexually abused girls and female adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Conference of Society for
Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, ID, April, 1995.
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Trickett, P. K., Putnam, F. W. Hormones and behavior problems in sexually abused and nonabused
girls. Paper presented at the Symposium of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis,
ID, April, 1995.
Trickett, P. K. Preventing community violence: What works? Presentation made at the Symposium
on Community Violence and Substance Abuse at the Head Start's Third National Research Conference,
Washington, DC, June, 1996.
Trickett, P. K. & Everett, B. A. Mothers and daughters and child sexual abuse: Legacies of loss,
trauma, and abuse. Presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development,
Quebec City, Canada, August, 1996.
Reiffman, A. & Trickett, P. K. Inter-relationships among characteristics of child sexual abuse of
females. Poster presented at the Annual Conference of the American Psychological Association, Toronto,
Canada, August, 1996.
Trickett, P.K., Noll, J., Putnam, F. Sexual activities and attitudes of sexually abused and nonabused
adolescent girls. Presentation made at the Symposium on Links Between Sexual Abuse and Adolescent
Pregnancy: Findings from Medicine, Psychology, Biology, and Criminology at the Biennial Meeting of
the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
Trickett, P.K., Reiffman, A., Duran, L. & Heger, A. Sexual abuse characteristics in Latino, African
American, and Caucasian children and adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA, February 1998.
Trickett, P.K., Ghisletta, P., Horn, J.L., Noll, J., & Putnam, F.W. Latent growth curve models of
pubertal development in sexually abused and nonabused girls. Paper presented at the meetings of the
International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Berne, Switzerland, July 1998.
Kurtz, D., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. Delinquency rates and sexual abuse. Poster presented at
the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development. Albuquerque, NM, April,
1999.
Trickett, P. K., Noll, J. G., & Putnam, F. W. Age at menarche and acceleration of pubertal
development in sexually abused females. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for
Research on Child Development. Albuquerque, NM, April, 1999.
Sickel, A., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. Physical health correlates of childhood
sexual abuse: A prospective study. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Boston, MA, August, 1999.
Trickett, P. K., Noll, J. G., Horn, J. L., & Putnam, F. W. Pubertal development in sexually abused
females. Paper presented at the meetings of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral
Development, Beijing, China, July, 2000.
Litvinov, L., Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. Psychological outcomes of sexual abuse
disclosure: Seven years later. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Washington, DC, August, 2000.
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Lomakina, N. V., Bonanno, G. A., Noll, J. G., Putnam, F. W., & Trickett, P. K. Pathological
dissociation, affective-autonomic dissociation, and childhood sexual abuse. Paper presented at Annual
Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August, 2000.
Noll, J.G. & Trickett, P.K. Interactive symposium on the policy implications of research on child
abuse. Jointly sponsored by the University of Southern California’s School of Policy, Planning, and
Development and School of Social Work, Washington, DC, August, 2000.
Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., Horn, J.L. & Putnam, F.W. The development of cognitive abilities in
sexually abused females: Long-term effects. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child
Development, Minneapolis, MN, April, 2001.
Noll, J., Horowitz, L., Trickett, P., & Putnam, F. Revictimization and Self-Harm in Females who
Experienced Sexual Abuse. Paper presented at Annual Meeting of the International Society for
Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD, November, 2002.
Trickett, P.K. Kurtz D.A., & Putnam F.W. Patterns of aggressive and antisocial behavior in sexually
abused females. Poster presented at the 70th Biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa, FL, April, 2003.
Trickett, P.K., Gordis, E.B. & Susman, E.J. The relation between hormones and behavior in sexually
abused and comparison girls. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, Toronto, Canada, August, 2003.
Gordis, E.B. Trickett, P.K., Susman, E.J. Hormone-behavior relations among sexually abused and
comparison girls. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial meeting of The Society for Research on
Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, March, 2004.
Noll, J.G. Trickett, P.K., Putnam, F. Sleep disturbances and childhood sexual abuse. Paper presented
at the 10th Biennial meeting of The Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD, March, 2004.
Trickett, P.K., Armstrong, J., Kim, K., & Ji, J. Understanding intergenerational transmission of
sexual abuse: Non-abusing mothers’ childhood experiences and current mental health. Poster
presentation, Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2004.
Bryson, T., & Trickett, P.K. Maternal attachment style and sexual abuse history: How do they affect
parenting? Poster presented at the Hawaii International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu,
Hawaii, June, 2004.
Breland, W., Trickett, P., & Horn, J. Characterizing at-risk neighborhoods with census data: A
statistical procedure to circumvent the ipsative bias in the U.S. Census. Poster presented at the Hawaii
International Conference on Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawaii, June, 2004.
Kim, K., Ji, J., & Trickett, P.K. Mothers of sexually abused children: Their own trauma, relationship
characteristics and current mental health. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for
Social Work and Research, Miami, FL, January, 2005.
Trickett, P.K., & Gordis, E. Stress reactivity in abused and neglected young adolescents. Poster
presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August,
2005.
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Hulsmann, J.E., Noll, J.G., Putnam, F.W., & Trickett, P.K. Rates of sexual revictimization in
females: A longitudinal prospective study. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, Washington, DC, August, 2005.
Noll, J. G., Trickett, P. K., & Putnam, F. W. The effects of childhood sexual abuse and smoking on
cortisol reactivity in childhood and young adulthood. Symposium presentation at the Biennial meetings
of the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Trickett, P. K., Gordis, E., & Horn, J. L. Resilience and cortisol dysregulation in maltreated young
adolescents. Symposium presentation at the Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on
Adolescence. San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Trickett, P. K., Fung, M. T., Noll, J. G., & Putnam, F. W. Effects of child sexual abuse on educational
attainment and receptive vocabulary acquisition over time. Poster presentation at the Biennial meetings
of the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Gordis, E., Granger, D. A., Susman, E. J., & Trickett, P. K. Salivary Alpha-Amylase, and cortisol
response to social stress among maltreated and comparison youth. Symposium presentation at the
Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Kim, K. & Trickett, P. K. Understanding maternal parenting of child sexual abuse survivors: A
process model. Poster presentation at the Biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence.
San Francisco, CA, March, 2006.
Noll, J. G., Hulsmann, J. E., Trickett, P.K., Zeller, M., & Putnam, F. W. Obesity and childhood
sexual abuse: Evidence for a causal link. Poster presented at the annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, New Orleans. LA, August, 2006.
Gordis, E. B., Granger, D. A., Susman, E. J., & Trickett, P. K. Maltreatment, asymmetry between
salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol, and adolescent delinquent behavior. Paper presented at the Biennial
Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Gordis, E. B., & Trickett, P. K. Psychophysiology and behavior problems among urban maltreated
youth. Paper presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development,
Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Ji, J., Trickett, P. K., & Horn, J. L. Mediation of negative and positive mastery competence in the
relationship between child maltreatment and somatic anxiety. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of
the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Negriff, S., Fung, M. T., & Trickett, P. K. Pubertal development, depression and delinquency:
Measurement issues and moderation by gender and maltreatment. Poster presented at the Biennial
Meetings of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Olezeski, C. L., Gordis, E. B., & Trickett, P. K. Skin conductance in maltreated and comparison
youth in response to conflictual movie clips. Poster presented at the Biennial Meetings of the Society for
Research on Child Development, Boston, MA, March, 2007.
Feerick, M., Knutson, J., Trickett, P. K., & Flanzer, S. Child abuse and neglect research teaching
tools: A new look at some old problems. Panel presentation at 16th National Child Abuse and Neglect
Conference, Portland, OR, April, 2007.
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Kim, K., Mennen, F. E., & Trickett, P.K (2008, January). Categorizing Maltreatment: How do
official
classifications match children’s experiences. Poster Presentation Society for Social Work and Research
Annual Meeting.
Mennen, F. E., Ji, J., & Trickett, P. K. (2008, January). The influence of mothers’ mental health and
parenting attitudes on reporting of children’s functioning. Paper presented at the 2008 Annual Conference
of the Society for Social Work and Research, Washington, DC
Blankson, A.N., Trickett, P.K, & Horn, J.L. (2008, March). Assessment of attachment in early
adolescence: An examination of the psychometric properties of the Kerns Security Scale. Poster session
presented at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Feres, N. Trickett, P.K., Gordis, E.B., Negriff, S., & Blankson, A.N. (2008, March). The role of
mother-child and father-child attachment security on physiological reactivity to conflict among maltreated
and non-maltreated adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research on
Adolescence, Chicago, IL
Negriff, S., & Trickett, P.K., (2008, March) The Relationship between Pubertal Timing and
Delinquency in Maltreated Male and Female Adolescents. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting for
the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL
Negriff, S., & Trickett, P. K. (2008, May). Does peer delinquency mediate the relationship between
self-report pubertal timing and self-report delinquency? Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the
European Association for Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy.
Noll, J., & Trickett, P. K. (2008, May). Differential rates of pubertal development for sexually abused
and non-abused females. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the European Association for
Research on Adolescence, Torino, Italy.
Gordis, E. B., Trickett, P. K., Susman, E. J., & Granger, D. A. (2009, April). Child maltreatment,
SNS/HPA axis asymmetry and adolescent aggressive behavior. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of
the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Ji, J., Trickett, P. K., & Noll, J. (2009, April). The impact of child maltreatment on the developmental
trajectories of cognitive memory functioning in adolescence. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of
the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Kim, K., Trickett, P. K., & Mennen, F. E. (April, 2009). Covariation between physical abuse and
behavior problems: Contributions of ethnicity versus abuse characteristics. . Poster presented at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Negriff, S., Ji, J., & Trickett, P. K. (April, 2009). Peer delinquency as a mediator between pubertal
timing and delinquency: Longitudinal associations, gender and maltreatment. Paper presented at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
Shenk, C., Noll, J., & Trickett, P. K. (April, 2009). Adolescent HPA/ANS asymmetry predicts
depression and antisocial behaviors six years later. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society
for Research on Child Development, Denver, CO.
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Ji, J., & Trickett, P. K. (January, 2010). Impact of child maltreatment and sex on the developmental
trajectory of long-term memory functioning. Paper presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the
Society Social Work and Research. San Francisco, CA.
Pohle, C, Mennen, F.E., & Trickett, P.K. (January, 2010). A descriptive study of how maltreated
youth involved with child welfare access mental health services: A focus on placement type. Paper
presented at the 14th Annual Conference of the Society for Social Work and Research, San Francisco,
CA.
Negriff, S., Susman, E.J., & Trickett, P. K. (April, 2011). The developmental pathway from pubertal
timing to delinquency and sexual activity from early to late adolescence. Paper presented at the biennial
meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Trickett, P. K. (April, 2011). Patterns of resilience in maltreated young adolescents: Relationships
with stress reactivity and health. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on
Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Kwan, B., Negriff, S., & Trickett, P.K. (April, 2011). Examining temporal associations between
aggression and peer delinquency: Moderation by gender and maltreatment. Poster presented at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Hernandez, J., Negriff, S., & Trickett, P. K. (April, 2011). The effects of family conflict and family
cohesion on negative symptomatology among maltreated minority adolescents. Poster presented at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Negriff, S., & Trickett, P. K. (August, 2011) Peer substance use as a mediator between pubertal
timing and adolescent substance use: Longitudinal associations, gender, and maltreatment. Poster
presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.
Schneiderman, J.U., Negriff, S., Mennen, F.E., Duan, L., & Trickett, P.K. (November, 2011). Body
mass index trajectory during adolescence: Comparing maltreated adolescents by maltreatment type to a
comparison sample. Poster presented at the American Public Health Association Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC.
Trickett, P.K. (January, 2012) The impact of sexual abuse on female development: Lessons from a
multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Social Work and Research, Washington, DC.
Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2012). The developmental pathway from pubertal timing
to sexual activity and substance use for maltreated adolescents. Paper presented at the Society for
Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Stevens, K.I. & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2012). Examining the longitudinal relationships between community
violence exposure and aggressive behavior with a sample of maltreated and non-maltreated adolescents. Paper
presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Brensilver, M., Mennen, F.E., & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2012). Developmental relations between
depressive symptoms and externalizing behavior: Moderation by gender among maltreated adolescents.
Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
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Blankson, A.N., Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2012). Examination of pubertal development:
Modeling timing and tempo. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial
Meeting, Vancouver, Canada.
Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (August, 2012). Sexual abuse and age at menarche: The effect of
abuse onset. Paper presented at the European Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial
Meeting, Spetses, Greece.
Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (April, 2013). Interpersonal relationships of early maturing
youth: How maltreatment may disrupt developmental pathways. Paper presented at the Society
for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Seattle, WA.
Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (September, 2013). How maltreatment may disrupt normative
developmental pathways: The mechanisms linking early puberty with risk behavior. Paper
presented at the 13th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect,
Dublin, Ireland.
Trickett, P.K. & Noll, J.G., (September, 2013). The impact of sexual abuse on female
development: Lessons from a multigenerational, longitudinal research study. Paper presented at
the 13th ISPCAN European Regional Conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, Dublin, Ireland.
Schneiderman, J.U., Negriff, S., Smith, C., & Schreyer, J., & Trickett, P.K. (November,
2013). Defining the sexual abuse experiences of young adolescents. Presentation for the
American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Schneiderman, J.U., Kools, S., Negriff, S., Smith, S., Trickett, P.K. (January, 2014).
Differences in health problems and health care use between maltreated adolescents and a
comparison population. Presentation for the Society for Social Work and Research Annual
Conference, San Antonio, TX.
Negriff, S., James, A., & Trickett, P.K. (February, 2014). Characteristics of the social
support networks of maltreated youth: Exploring the effects of foster placement. Paper
accepted for the Sunbelt Social Networks Conference, St. Petersburg, FL.
Peckins, M.K., Susman, E.J., Ram, N., Garlick, J., Schneiderman, J.U., Trickett, P.K.
(March, 2014). Substance use and obesity: Coordinated developmental trajectories in maltreated
youth? Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin,
TX.
Negriff, S. & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2014). Developmental pathways from child
maltreatment to sexual behavior, delinquency, and substance use. Paper presented at the Society
for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Schneiderman, J.U., Negriff, S., Peckins, M., Mennen, F.E., & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2014).
BMI trajectory from young adolescence to young adulthood: Comparing maltreated adolescents
by maltreatment type to a comparison sample. Paper presented at the Society for Research on
Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
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Negriff, S., James, A., & Trickett, P.K. (March, 2014). Characteristics of the social support
networks of maltreated youth: Exploring the effects of foster placement. Poster presented at the
Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Trickett, P.K., Noll, J.G., Armstrong, J., & Petersen, A. (May, 2014). Impact of child sexual
abuse across the life span: Policy and practice iplications of longitudinal research. Workshop
accepted for the 19th National conference on Child Abuse and Neglect, New Orleans, LA,].
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate
Child Growth and Development, University of Maryland
Guidance of Young Children, University of Maryland
Developmental Psychology, University of Southern California
Adolescent Development, University of Southern California
Graduate
Socialization Processes, University of Maryland
Social Development, University of Maryland
Child Development and Social Policy, UCLA
Child Development, Harbor UCLA Medical Center
Child & Adolescent Development & Psychopathology, USC
Advanced Research Methods, USC
Research Methods, USC
Mental Health Research, USC
Human Behavior in the Social Environment, USC
Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Child Abuse and Neglect, USC
Child Development and Social Policy, USC
SERVICE
To the School of Social Work
Member, Research Council, 2011-present
Co-Director, Child Development and Children’s Services Research cluster, 2011-present
Member Faculty search committee, 2011-2013.
Member, Planning Committee for the NIMH Mental Health Services Research Center proposal, 19972000.
Member, Hamovitch Research Advisory Committee, 1998-2010
Chair, Hamovitch Research Advisory Committee, 1999 – 2000; 2008-2010.
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Member, Faculty Council, 1999-2001; 2008-2010.
Member, Doctoral Committee, 1997-present
Senior faculty search committee, 1998 & 2000.
School representative to the People’s Republic of China for student recruitment and research program
development, October, 1998 & July, 2000.
School liaison to University of Hong Kong, July 2000.
School representative to National Science Foundation conference at USC, 1999.
To the University
Director, Interdisciplinary Violence Research Initiative, 1997-2004
Member, Search committee for Director, Social Science Research Institute, 1998.
Member, Task Force on the Urban Initiative, 1999.
Chair, Child Care Advisory Committee, 1995-1999.
Member, Child Care Advisory Committee, 1993-2002.
Member, Undergraduate Curriculum Committee – Social Science Panel, 1999-2002.
Member, Special Committee on Promotion and Tenure Policy, 1999-2005.
Charter member, Professional Education Credentialing Council, USC Rossier School of Education, 2001.
Member, University Research Committee, 2004-2005; 2007-2008
Member, Academic Leadership and Development Committee, 2006-2007
At the National Level
To Federal Agencies
NIMH – Special Reviewer, Violent Behavior and Traumatic Studies Study Group, National Institute of
Mental Health – 1991
--Invited Faculty for a Technical Assistance Workshop on Career Development Awards for
research on child abuse and neglect – Feb., 1999.
NICHD – On task force examining research definitions of child abuse and neglect sponsored by Federal
Interagency Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect and NICHD – Oct., 1996; Sept., 1999; Dec. 1999;
Sept. 2000.
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– On committee assisting Child Development and Behavior Branch, NICHD, develop strategic
plan for their Research Program in Cognitive, Social, and Affective Development – April, 2000; June,
2000.
– On committee advising Director, NICHD, on health disparities in programs serving children,
youth, and families – June, 2000.
-- Member of Federal Child Neglect Research Consortium, 2000-2012. Asked to co-chair first
and second meetings, December, 2000, and January, 2002.
-- Member, Biobehavioral & Behavioral Science Subcommittee, NICHD, 2003-2007.
NIH CSR -- Ad hoc reviewer, NIH CSR, 2009, 2010, 2013.
To Other Agencies/Organizations
National Academy of Sciences
Commissioned to author background paper for National Research Council’s Panel on Research
on Child Abuse and Neglect – 1992.
Invited participant in a research symposium on child abuse and neglect, Washington, DC -- June,
1993.
To Professional Organizations
American Psychological Association (APA)
Member, Committee on Children, Youth, and Families -- 1992-1995.
Chair, Committee on Children, Youth, and Families -- 1994-1995.
Member, Cadre of Experts on Violence -- 1995 – present.
Member-at-Large, Executive Committee, Section on Child Maltreatment, Division of Children,
Youth, and Family Services -- 1997-2000.
President-elect, Section on Child Maltreatment, Devision 37 – Society for Child and Family
Policy and Practice – 2013- 2015.
Federation for the Social, Cognitive, and Behavioral Sciences
Invited presenter at Research Forum on Child and Adolescent Development, (One of a series of
forums for Federal policy makers and congressional staff), Washington, DC -- December, 1999.
Society for Research on Adolescence
Chair, Membership Committee, 1994-2000.
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
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Reviewing of grant proposals for:
--Fogarty International Fellowship Program, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland -- 1987
--National Science Foundation, Arlington, Virginia -- 1991, 1994, 1996
--W. T. Grant Foundation, New York, New York -- 1991-present
--Head Start, Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, Wash., DC -- 1991, 1993, 1996
--Health Services Utilization & Research Commission, Saskatoon, Canada – 1994
Journal Editorial Boards:
--Journal of Emotional Abuse --1997-2000
--Journal of Research on Adolescence -- 1996-1999
Reviewing of manuscripts or proposals for:
--American Psychological Association Convention Program – 1982 - present
--Society for Research in Child Development Convention Program – 1983 - present
--National Head Start Research Conference – 1991- present
--Society for Research on Adolescence Convention Program – 1994 - present
--Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology -- 1998
--Academic Press -- 1987
--American Psychologist – 1996 - present
--Child Development –1990 - present
--Developmental Psychology – 1988 - present
--Early Childhood Education Quarterly -- (Consulting Editor, Special Issue, 1987)
--Psychological Bulletin -- 1993
--Journal of Family Psychology-- 1998 – present
--Child Maltreatment -- 1999 – present
--Development and Psychopathology
--American Journal of Community Psychology – 1995
--Israel Science Foundation -- 2012
Licensed Psychologist, State of Maryland -- 1983 – 1997
Founding Member, Board of Directors, Elementary Extended Day, Inc. (a school-age day care program)
Kensington, Maryland – 1978 - 1982
Executive Board Member and Chair, Research Committee, Montgomery Child Day Care Association,
Kensington, Maryland – 1982 - 1988
Consultant on child development, Child Advocacy Center, Washington, DC -- 1979
Inservice and continuing education workshops on child abuse to clinical and school psychologists, social
workers, protective service caseworkers and court personnel in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey and
Washington, DC – 1980 - 1989
Consultant on child development, Essex Corporation, Alexandria, Virginia – 1984-1986
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
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American Psychological Association (Elected Fellow in 1998)
Society for Research on Child Development
Society for Research on Adolescence
International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect
Society for Social Work and Research
Association for Psychological Science