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Teena Willoughby

Teena Willoughby

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Psychology

D-Index
64
Citations
13781
World Ranking
3005
National Ranking
189

Overview

Teena Willoughby is affiliated with Brock University in Canada and specializes in the field of Psychology with a focus on Clinical Psychology, Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Cognitive Neuroscience, Social Psychology, and Sociology and Political Science. Their research encompasses a range of topics including Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development, Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes, Neural and Behavioral Psychology Studies, Deception Detection and Forensic Psychology, Attachment and Relationship Dynamics, Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research, and Child Abuse and Trauma.

Their scholarly output includes publications across multiple respected venues. Frequent publication venues for their work include the Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Adolescence, Developmental Psychology, and Cognitive Affective & Behavioral Neuroscience.

Significant papers authored or coauthored by Willoughby include:

  • Is adolescence a time of heightened risk taking? An overview of types of risk-taking behaviors across age groups, 2021, Developmental Review
  • A Longitudinal Examination of the Relation Between Lie-Telling, Secrecy, Parent-Child Relationship Quality, and Depressive Symptoms in Late-Childhood and Adolescence, 2020, Journal of Youth and Adolescence
  • Cortical maturation from childhood to adolescence is reflected in resting state EEG signal complexity, 2021, Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience
  • A Longitudinal Person-Centered Examination of Affinity for Aloneness Among Children and Adolescents, 2020, Child Development
  • Affinity for Solitude and Motivations for Spending Time Alone Among Early and Mid- Adolescents, 2021, Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Teena Willoughby collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Taylor Heffer, Meghan E. Borg, Victoria W. Dykstra, Angela D. Evans, and Louis A. Schmidt.

Their research efforts span both theoretical and empirical approaches, often employing longitudinal designs to explore developmental trajectories and relational dynamics in childhood and adolescence. Topics such as risk-taking behaviors, secrecy, lie-telling, depressive symptoms, cortical maturation, and affinity for solitude are explored within the broader context of developmental psychology and neuroscience.

Best Publications

  • Identifying discriminating variables between teachers who fully integrate computers and teachers with limited integration

    Julie Mueller;Eileen Wood;Teena Willoughby;Craig Ross

  • Examining the link between nonsuicidal self-injury and suicidal behavior: a review of the literature and an integrated model.

    Chloe A. Hamza;Shannon L. Stewart;Teena Willoughby

  • More than Just Fun and Games: The Longitudinal Relationships between Strategic Video Games, Self-Reported Problem Solving Skills, and Academic Grades.

    Paul J. C. Adachi;Teena Willoughby

  • Interpreting effect sizes when controlling for stability effects in longitudinal autoregressive models: Implications for psychological science

    Paul Adachi;Teena Willoughby

  • The Effect of Video Game Competition and Violence on Aggressive Behavior: Which Characteristic Has the Greatest Influence?

    Paul J. C. Adachi;Teena Willoughby

  • A short-term longitudinal study of Internet and computer game use by adolescent boys and girls: prevalence, frequency of use, and psychosocial predictors.

    Teena Willoughby

  • The effect of violent video games on aggression: Is it more than just the violence?☆

    Paul J.C. Adachi;Teena Willoughby

  • Impulsivity and nonsuicidal self-injury: A review and meta-analysis

    Chloe A. Hamza;Teena Willoughby;Taylor Heffer

  • A longitudinal examination of breadth and intensity of youth activity involvement and successful development.

    Michael A Busseri;Linda Rose-Krasnor;Teena Willoughby;Heather Chalmers

  • A longitudinal study of the association between violent video game play and aggression among adolescents.

    Teena Willoughby;Paul J. C. Adachi;Marie Good

  • Examining the link between adolescent brain development and risk taking from a social-developmental perspective.

    Teena Willoughby;Marie Good;Paul J. C. Adachi;Chloe Andrea Hamza

  • Breadth and Intensity of Youth Activity Involvement as Contexts for Positive Development

    Linda Rose-Krasnor;Michael A. Busseri;Teena Willoughby;Heather Chalmers

  • Teachers’ Perceptions: barriers and supports to using technology in the classroom

    Eileen Wood;Julie Mueller;Teena Willoughby;Jacqueline Specht

  • Adolescence as a sensitive period for spiritual development.

    Marie Good;Teena Willoughby

  • The Role of Spirituality Versus Religiosity in Adolescent Psychosocial Adjustment

    Marie Good;Teena Willoughby

  • The Longitudinal Association Between Social-Media Use and Depressive Symptoms Among Adolescents and Young Adults: An Empirical Reply to Twenge et al. (2018):

    Taylor Heffer;Marie Good;Owen Daly;Elliott T. MacDonell

  • A primer of research on cognitive strategy instruction: The important issues and how to address them

    Michael Pressley;Vera Woloshyn;Linda M. Lysynchuk;Vicky Martin

  • A Longitudinal Examination of the Bidirectional Associations Among Perceived Parenting Behaviors, Adolescent Disclosure and Problem Behavior Across the High School Years

    Teena Willoughby;Chloe A. Hamza

  • Perceived parental monitoring, adolescent disclosure, and adolescent depressive symptoms: a longitudinal examination.

    Chloe A. Hamza;Teena Willoughby

  • Where Is the Syndrome? Examining Co-Occurrence Among Multiple Problem Behaviors in Adolescence.

    Teena Willoughby;Heather Chalmers;Michael A. Busseri

Frequent Co-Authors

Michael A. Busseri
Michael A. Busseri Brock University
Linda Rose-Krasnor
Linda Rose-Krasnor Brock University
Gordon Hodson
Gordon Hodson Brock University
Gillian King
Gillian King Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Michael Pressley
Michael Pressley Michigan State University
Anthony F. Bogaert
Anthony F. Bogaert Brock University
Catherine J. Mondloch
Catherine J. Mondloch Brock University
Diane L. Santesso
Diane L. Santesso University of Winnipeg
Sidney J. Segalowitz
Sidney J. Segalowitz Brock University
Louis A. Schmidt
Louis A. Schmidt McMaster University

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