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Bonnie J. Leadbeater

Bonnie J. Leadbeater

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Psychology

D-Index
57
Citations
14502
World Ranking
3999
National Ranking
263

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2020 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Social Sciences

Overview

Bonnie J. Leadbeater is affiliated with the University of Victoria in Canada. Their research spans multiple disciplines within psychology, medicine, and health professions, focusing on various aspects of psychosocial development, substance use, and social issues.

Their work encompasses several main fields of study, including:

  • Psychology
  • Medicine
  • Health Professions

Within these areas, their subfields of study are diverse, covering:

  • General Health Professions
  • Social Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Education
  • Pharmacology

Leadbeater's research topics emphasize:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research
  • Homelessness and Social Issues
  • Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Health Policy Implementation Science

Recent publications by Leadbeater include:

  • Co-Use of Alcohol and Cannabis: Longitudinal Associations with Mental Health Outcomes in Young Adulthood, 2021, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • What Works for Whom in School-Based Anti-bullying Interventions? An Individual Participant Data Meta-analysis, 2022, Prevention Science
  • Transparent, Open, and Reproducible Prevention Science, 2022, Prevention Science
  • Trajectories of peer victimization in elementary school children: Associations with changes in internalizing, externalizing, social competence, and school climate, 2020, Journal of Community Psychology
  • Socially responsible children: A link between school climate and aggression and victimization, 2021, International Journal of Behavioral Development

Their publications have appeared frequently in the following journals:

  • Prevention Science
  • Substance Use & Misuse
  • Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Journal of Community Psychology

Leadbeater has collaborated extensively with other researchers such as:

  • Kara Thompson
  • Paweena Sukhawathanakul
  • Megan E. Ames
  • Alejandra Contreras
  • Clea Sturgess

Among recognitions, Leadbeater was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2020 by the Academy of Social Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The development of scientific thinking skills

    Deanna Kuhn;Eric Amsel;Michael O'Loughlin;Leona Schauble

  • A multivariate model of gender differences in adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems.

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Gabriel P. Kuperminc;Sidney J. Blatt;Christopher Hertzog

  • School Social Climate and Individual Differences in Vulnerability to Psychopathology among Middle School Students

    Gabriel P Kuperminc;Gabriel P Kuperminc;Gabriel P Kuperminc;Bonnie J Leadbeater;Bonnie J Leadbeater;Bonnie J Leadbeater;Sidney J Blatt;Sidney J Blatt;Sidney J Blatt

  • Perceived School Climate and Difficulties in the Social Adjustment of Middle School Students

    Gabriel P. Kuperminc;Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Christine Emmons;Sidney J. Blatt

  • Gender-Linked Vulnerabilities to Depressive Symptoms, Stress, and Problem Behaviors in Adolescents

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Sidney J. Blatt;Donald M. Quinlan

  • Gender differences in and risk factors for depression in adolescence: A 4-year longitudinal study.

    Nancy L. Galambos;Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Erin T. Barker

  • Urban Girls: Resisting Stereotypes, Creating Identities.

    Bonnie J. Ross Leadbeater;Niobe Way

  • Quality of Mother-Toddler Interactions, Maternal Depressive Symptoms, and Behavior Problems in Preschoolers of Adolescent Mothers.

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Sandra J. Bishop;C. Cybele Raver

  • Predictors of behavior problems in preschool children of inner-city Afro-American and Puerto Rican adolescent mothers.

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Sandra J. Bishop

  • The effects of family, school, and classroom ecologies on changes in children's social competence and emotional and behavioral problems in first grade.

    Wendy L. Hoglund;Bonnie J. Leadbeater

  • Adults make a difference: the protective effects of parent and teacher emotional support on emotional and behavioral problems of peer-victimized adolescents

    Rachel Yeung;Bonnie Leadbeater

  • Adolescent problem behaviors: the influence of attachment and autonomy.

    J P Allen;J L Aber;B J Leadbeater

  • Investing in Children, Youth, Families, and Communities: Strengths-Based Research and Policy

    Kenneth I. Maton;Cynthia J. Schellenbach;Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Andrea L. Solarz

  • Game on : diminishing risks for depressive symptoms in early adolescence through positive involvement in team sports

    Erin M. Boone;Bonnie J. Leadbeater

  • The intersection of gender, race, and ethnicity in identity development of Caribbean American teens.

    Mary C. Waters;Bonnie Leadbeater;Niobe Way

  • Relational Victimization and Depressive Symptoms in Adolescence: Moderating Effects of Mother, Father, and Peer Emotional Support

    Tracy L. Desjardins;Bonnie J. Leadbeater

  • Victimization and Relational Aggression in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: The Influence of Parental and Peer Behaviors, and Individual Adjustment

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Elizabeth M. Banister;Wendy E. Ellis;Rachel Yeung

  • Co-occurring Trajectories of Symptoms of Anxiety, Depression, and Oppositional Defiance From Adolescence to Young Adulthood

    Bonnie J Leadbeater;Kara Thompson;Vincenza Gruppuso

  • Changing contexts? The effects of a primary prevention program on classroom levels of peer relational and physical victimization

    Bonnie Leadbeater;Wendy Hoglund;Tom Woods

  • Depressive symptoms in Black and Puerto Rican adolescent mothers in the first 3 years postpartum.

    Bonnie J. Leadbeater;Oriana Linares

Frequent Co-Authors

Sidney J. Blatt
Sidney J. Blatt Yale University
Niobe Way
Niobe Way New York University
C. Cybele Raver
C. Cybele Raver New York University
Kenneth I. Maton
Kenneth I. Maton University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Christopher C. Henrich
Christopher C. Henrich University of Alabama at Birmingham
J. Lawrence Aber
J. Lawrence Aber New York University
Stuart W. S. MacDonald
Stuart W. S. MacDonald University of Victoria
Irwin N. Sandler
Irwin N. Sandler Arizona State University
Joseph P. Allen
Joseph P. Allen University of Virginia
Gabriel P. Kuperminc
Gabriel P. Kuperminc Georgia State University

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