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Gregory S. Pettit

Gregory S. Pettit

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Psychology

D-Index
95
Citations
52015
World Ranking
755
National Ranking
475

Overview

Gregory S. Pettit is affiliated with Auburn University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in psychology and social sciences. Their work spans several subfields including clinical psychology, social psychology, education, sociology and political science, and demography.

The primary focus of Pettit's research involves child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development. Specific topics that are frequently covered in Pettit's publications include:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Child Abuse and Trauma
  • Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
  • Early Childhood Education and Development
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Intimate Partner and Family Violence
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics

Pettit's publication record includes work in various academic venues, with notable frequent contributions to the following journals:

  • Development and Psychopathology
  • The Journal of Early Adolescence
  • Research in Human Development
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • PEDIATRICS

Their recent papers feature a range of developmental and psychological topics. Selected recent publications include:

  • "Early Physical Abuse and Adult Outcomes," 2020, PEDIATRICS
  • "Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on substance use among adults without children, parents, and adolescents," 2021, Addictive Behaviors Reports
  • "Adolescent social withdrawal, parental psychological control, and parental knowledge across seven years: A developmental cascade model," 2020, Journal of Adolescence
  • "Kindergarten conduct problems are associated with monetized outcomes in adolescence and adulthood," 2023, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry
  • "Cumulative early childhood adversity and later antisocial behavior: The mediating role of passive avoidance," 2020, Development and Psychopathology

Frequent collaborators in Pettit's research include:

  • Jennifer E. Lansford
  • John E. Bates
  • Kenneth A. Dodge
  • Robert J. McMahon
  • Stephen A. Erath

Best Publications

  • Mechanisms in the cycle of violence

    Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Developmental Trajectories of Childhood Disruptive Behaviors and Adolescent Delinquency: A Six-Site, Cross-National Study

    Lisa M. Broidy;Daniel S. Nagin;Richard E. Tremblay;John E. Bates

  • Socialization Mediators of the Relation between Socioeconomic Status and Child Conduct Problems

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates

  • A Biopsychosocial Model of the Development of Chronic Conduct Problems in Adolescence

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Antecedents and Behavior-Problem Outcomes of Parental Monitoring and Psychological Control in Early Adolescence

    Gregory S. Pettit;Robert D. Laird;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates

  • Reactive and proactive aggression in school children and psychiatrically impaired chronically assaultive youth

    Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Lochman;Jennifer D. Harnish;John E. Bates

  • Peer rejection and social information-processing factors in the development of aggressive behavior problems in children.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Jennifer E. Lansford;Virginia Salzer Burks;John E. Bates

  • Parent Academic Involvement as Related to School Behavior, Achievement, and Aspirations: Demographic Variations Across Adolescence

    Nancy E. Hill;Domini R. Castellino;Jennifer E. Lansford;Patrick Nowlin

  • Physical discipline among African American and European American mothers: Links to children's externalizing behaviors.

    Kirby Deater-Deckard;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Social information-processing patterns partially mediate the effect of early physical abuse on later conduct problems.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates;Ernest Valente

  • A 12-year prospective study of the long-term effects of early child physical maltreatment on psychological, behavioral, and academic problems in adolescence.

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates

  • Supportive parenting, Ecological Context, and Children's Adjustment: A seven-Year Longitudianl Study

    Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • Some Consequences of Early Harsh Discipline: Child Aggression and a Maladaptive Social Information Processing Style

    Bahr Weiss;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Multiple risk factors in the development of externalizing behavior problems: group and individual differences.

    Kirby Deater-Deckard;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Discipline Responses: Influences of Parents' Socioeconomic Status, Ethnicity, Beliefs About Parenting, Stress, and Cognitive–Emotional Processes

    Ellen E. Pinderhughes;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Interaction of temperamental resistance to control and restrictive parenting in the development of externalizing behavior.

    John E. Bates;Gregory S. Pettit;Kenneth A. Dodge;Beth Ridge

  • The Early Socialization of Aggressive Victims of Bullying

    David Schwartz;Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates

  • Peer status and aggression in boys' groups: developmental and contextual analyses.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;John D. Coie;Gregory S. Pettit;Joseph M. Price

  • Family Adversity, Positive Peer Relationships, and Children’s Externalizing Behavior: A Longitudinal Perspective on Risk and Resilience

    Michael M. Criss;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • Early Physical Abuse and Later Violent Delinquency: A Prospective Longitudinal Study:

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Shari Miller-Johnson;Lisa J. Berlin;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy

    Bruce J. Ellis;John E. Bates;Kenneth A. Dodge;David M. Fergusson

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Bates
John E. Bates Indiana University
Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
Jennifer E. Lansford
Jennifer E. Lansford Duke University
Robert D. Laird
Robert D. Laird University of Alabama
Stephen A. Erath
Stephen A. Erath Auburn University
Danielle M. Dick
Danielle M. Dick Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Amy Holtzworth-Munroe
Amy Holtzworth-Munroe Indiana University
Pamela E. Davis-Kean
Pamela E. Davis-Kean University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
David Schwartz
David Schwartz University of Southern California
Patrick S. Malone
Patrick S. Malone Sapienza University of Rome

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