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Department of Psychology

Faculty

Lisa J. Crockett   
Office: 319 Burnett Hall
(402)472-0584
ecrockett1@unl.edu

Professor Crockett's research interests focus on adolescent development. She conducts research in two primary areas: adolescent risk behavior, with an emphasis on sexuality, and ethnic differences in parenting and adolescent adjustment. In one study, Dr. Crockett has followed a sample of rural adolescents from junior high into early adulthood. Using this data set she has examined predictors and consequences of early sexuality activity and heavy drinking among rural youth. More recent analyses focus on the implications of adolescents' family relationships, peer relationships and prosocial behavior for the quality of their romantic relationships in adulthood. In a second study, she and Dr. Marcela Raffaelli have examined the childhood origins of adolescents' sexual risk-taking. In a third study, she has examined the relations between parenting practices and adolescent adjustment across different ethnic groups, using national survey data and qualitative data from focus group interviews with teenagers. Dr. Crockett served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Research on Adolescence from 1999-2004 and is on the editorial boards of the Journal of Early Adolescence and the Journal of Adolescent Research.
 

Representative Publications

Crockett, L. J., Bingham, C. R., Chopak, J. S., & Vicary, J. R. (1996). Timing of first sexual intercourse: The role of social control, social learning, and problem behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 25, 89-111.

Bingham, C. R., & Crockett, L. J. (1996). Longitudinal adjustment patterns of boys and girls experiencing early, middle, and late sexual intercourse. Developmental Psychology,32, 647-658.

Crockett, L. J. (1997). Cultural, historical, and subcultural contexts of adolescence: Implications for health and development. In J. Schulenberg, J. Maggs, & K. Hurrelman (Eds.), Health risks and developmental transitions during adolescence (pp. 23-53). New York: Cambridge University Press.

Zweig, J., Crockett, L. J., Sayer, A., & Vicary, J.R. (1999). A longitudinal examination of the consequences of sexual victimization for rural young adult women. Journal of Sex Research, 36, 396-409.

Crockett, L. J., Shanahan, M. J., & Jackson-Newsom, J. (2000). Rural youth: Ecological and life course perspectives. In R. Montemayor (Ed.), Advances in Adolescent Development: Vol. 9. Adolescent experiences: Cultural and economic diversity in adolescent development. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage.

Jacobson, K. C., & Crockett, L. J. (2000). Parental monitoring and adolescent adjustment: An ecological perspective. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10, 65-97.

Crockett, L. J., & Bingham, C. R. (2000). Anticipating adulthood: Expected timing of work and family transitions among rural youth. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 10, 151-171.

Crockett L. J., & Silbereisen, R. K. (Eds.) (2000). Negotiating adolescence in times of social change. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Raffaelli, M., & Crockett, L. J. (2003). Sexual risk-taking in adolescence: The role of self- regulation and risk-proneness. Developmental Psychology, 39, 1036-1046.

Raffaelli, M., Crockett, L. J., & Shen, Y. (2005). Developmental stability and change in self-regulation from childhood to adolescence. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 166, 54-75.

Crockett, L. J., Randall, B. A., Shen, Y., Russell, S. T., & Driscoll, A. K. (2005). Measurement equivalence of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale for Latino and Anglo adolescents: A national study. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 73, 47-58.

Crockett, L. J., Moilanen, K. L., Raffaelli M., & Randall, B. A. (2006). Psychological profiles and adolescent adjustment: A person-centered approach. Development and Psychopathology, 18(1).

Crockett, L., J., Shen, Y., & Raffaelli, M. (in press). Linking self-regulation and risk proneness to risky sexual behavior: Pathways through peer pressure and early substance use. Journal of Research on Adolescence.

Crockett, L. J., & Randall, B. (in press). Linking adolescent family and peer relationships to the quality of young adult romantic relationships: The mediating role of conflict tactics. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.