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Overview

Robert D. Laird is affiliated with the University of Alabama in the United States. The research conducted by this scientist spans multiple domains within psychology and social sciences, with a particular focus on clinical and social psychology.

Laird's research covers various interconnected topics, including:

  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
  • Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
  • Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
  • Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Behavioral and Psychological Studies
  • Family and Disability Support Research

Primary fields of study in their work include:

  • Psychology
  • Social Sciences

Subfields emphasized in their research are:

  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Psychology
  • Education
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Sociology and Political Science

The scientist has published in a range of academic journals, including:

  • Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • Journal of Research on Adolescence

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Robert D. Laird are:

  • "Analytical challenges of testing hypotheses of agreement and discrepancy: Comment on Campione-Barr, Lindell, and Giron (2020)." (2020), Developmental Psychology
  • "Editorial Statement About JCCAP's 2023 Special Issue on Informant Discrepancies in Youth Mental Health Assessments: Observations, Guidelines, and Future Directions Grounded in 60 Years of Research" (2023), Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology
  • "When Parents and Adolescents Make Discrepant Reports About Parental Monitoring: Links to Adolescent Social Anxiety When Interacting With Unfamiliar Peers" (2024), Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment
  • "Intervention format and therapist-child agreement associated with therapeutic alliance and outcomes." (2023), Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "A Basis for Comparison: The Congruence of Mother-Teacher Ratings of Externalizing Behavior as a Function of Family Size" (2020), Journal of Child and Family Studies

Frequent collaborators include:

  • Andres De Los Reyes
  • Christine McCauley Ohannessian
  • John E. Lochman
  • Catherine C. Epkins
  • Gordon J. G. Asmundson

Best Publications

  • 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

  • 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

  • Developmental trajectories of childhood disruptive behaviors and adolescent delinquency: A six-site, cross-national study.

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  • Parents' Monitoring‐Relevant Knowledge and Adolescents' Delinquent Behavior: Evidence of Correlated Developmental Changes and Reciprocal Influences

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

  • Peer rejection in childhood, involvement with antisocial peers in early adolescence, and the development of externalizing behavior problems.

    Robert D. Laird;Kristi Y. Jordan;Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Multidimensional latent-construct analysis of children's social information processing patterns: correlations with aggressive behavior problems.

    Kenneth A. Dodge;Robert Laird;John E. Lochman;Arnaldo Zelli

  • Testing Informant Discrepancies as Predictors of Early Adolescent Psychopathology: Why Difference Scores Cannot Tell You What You Want to Know and How Polynomial Regression May

    Robert D. Laird;Andres De Los Reyes

  • Knowledge Structures, Social Information Processing, and Children’s Aggressive Behavior

    Virginia Salzer Burks;Robert D. Laird;Kenneth A. Dodge;Gregory S. Pettit

  • Patterns of After-School Care in Middle Childhood: Risk Factors and Developmental Outcomes.

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

  • Reciprocal relations between parents' physical discipline and children's externalizing behavior during middle childhood and adolescence.

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Michael M. Criss;Robert D. Laird;Daniel S. Shaw

  • Change in Parents’ Monitoring Knowledge: Links with Parenting, Relationship Quality, Adolescent Beliefs, and Antisocial Behavior

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

  • The distinction between beliefs legitimizing aggression and deviant processing of social cues : Testing measurement validity and the hypothesis that biased processing mediates the effects of beliefs on aggression

    Arnaldo Zelli;Kenneth A. Dodge;John E. Lochman;Robert D. Laird

  • Considering ERP difference scores as individual difference measures: Issues with subtraction and alternative approaches.

    Alexandria Meyer;Matthew D. Lerner;Andres De Los Reyes;Robert D. Laird

  • Fraternity and Sorority Involvement, Social Influences, and Alcohol Use Among College Students: A Prospective Examination

    Christy Capone;Mark D. Wood;Brian Borsari;Robert D. Laird

  • Mothers’ and Fathers’ Autonomy-Relevant Parenting: Longitudinal Links with Adolescents’ Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior

    Jennifer E. Lansford;Robert D. Laird;Gregory S. Pettit;John E. Bates

  • Revisiting Parental Monitoring: Evidence that Parental Solicitation Can be Effective When Needed Most

    Robert D. Laird;Matthew D. Marrero;Miranda Sentse;Miranda Sentse

  • Parents' monitoring knowledge attenuates the link between antisocial friends and adolescent delinquent behavior.

    Robert D. Laird;Michael M. Criss;Gregory S. Pettit;Kenneth A. Dodge

  • Psychological control and monitoring in early adolescence: The role of parental involvement and earlier child adjustment.

    Gregory S. Pettit;Robert D. Laird

  • If it's offered, will they come? Influences on parents' participation in a community-based conduct problems prevention program.

    Joan K. Orrell-Valente;Ellen E. Pinderhughes;Ernest Valente Jr.;Robert D. Laird

  • The equivalence of regression models using difference scores and models using separate scores for each informant: implications for the study of informant discrepancies.

    Robert D. Laird;Carl F. Weems

  • Religiosity, self-control, and antisocial behavior: Religiosity as a promotive and protective factor

    Robert D. Laird;Loren D. Marks;Matthew D. Marrero

Frequent Co-Authors

Kenneth A. Dodge
Kenneth A. Dodge Duke University
John E. Bates
John E. Bates Indiana University
Gregory S. Pettit
Gregory S. Pettit Auburn University
Andres De Los Reyes
Andres De Los Reyes University of Maryland, College Park
John E. Lochman
John E. Lochman University of Alabama
Arnaldo Zelli
Arnaldo Zelli University of Rome "Foro Italico"
Mark D. Wood
Mark D. Wood University of Rhode Island
Christine McCauley Ohannessian
Christine McCauley Ohannessian Florida State University
Donald R. Lynam
Donald R. Lynam Purdue University West Lafayette
Terrie E. Moffitt
Terrie E. Moffitt Duke University

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