Joseph P. Allen

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Professor

Department of Psychology
PO Box 400400
Gilmer Hall, 326
Charlottesville, VA 22904-4400

Phone:434-982-4727
Fax:434-982-4766

Education and Experiences:
(BA) University of Virginia
(MS) Yale University
(MPHIL) Yale University
(PhD) Yale University

Interests:
Adolescent Social Development, Family Relations, Peer relations & Problematic Behaviors (ranging from delinquency and teen pregnancy to depression and anxiety).
Specific topics:

Development of peer influence and peer pressure in adolescence.

Prevention of Teen Pregnancy.

Development of Autonomy and Relatedness in Adolescent Social Interactions.

Adolescent attachment organization.

Selected Projects:
Across Generations: Family Life & Mental Health to Jud

Adolescent Peer and Family Precursors of Adult Psychosocial Functioning

Adolescent Peer Relations: Outcomes & Family Precursors

Family Contexts of Developing Adolescent Peer Relations

Friendships of Verbally and Emotionally Abused Teens

Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes: Mediating Mechanisms

Recasting the Secondary School Classroom as a Context for Positive Youth Development

The Parenting and Adolescent Outcomes: Mediating Mechanisms


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