Publications

A complete list of publications and citations can be found here:  http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=yVoiZ1kAAAAJ&hl=en

Copies of most publications can be found here:  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Brett_Laursen

 

Select Recent Publications (* indicates student author)

  • Choe, S. Y., Laursen, B., Cheah, C. S., Lengua, L. J., Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J., & Bagner, D. M. (2023). Intrusiveness and emotional manipulation as facets of parental psychological control: A culturally and developmentally sensitive reconceptualization. Human Development, 67(2), 69-87. doi.org/10.1159/000530493

  • *Faur, S., Laursen, B., & Juvonen, J. (2023). Adolescents with few friend alternatives are particularly susceptible to influence from friends.  Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 52,  637-650.  doi.org/10.1007/s10964-022-01718-x

  • *Faur, S., *Valdes, O., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., & Laursen, B. (2023). Reconsidering the failure model: Using a genetically controlled design to assess the spread of problems from reactive aggression to internalizing symptoms through peer rejection across the primary school years. Child Development, online first. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13994

  • Katulis, G., Kaniušonytė, G., & Laursen, B. (2023). Positive classroom climate buffers against increases in loneliness arising from shyness, rejection sensitivity and emotional reactivity. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1081989.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1081989

  • Laursen B, *Leggett-James, M. P., & *Valdes, O.M. (2023) Relative likeability and relative popularity as sources of influence in children’s friendships. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0283117. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283117

  • Laursen, B., & Veenstra, R. (2023).  In defense of peer influence: The unheralded benefits of conformity. Child Development Perspectives, 17, 74-80.  doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12477

  • *Leggett-James, M. P., *Faur, S., Kaniušonytė, G., Žukauskienė, R., & Laursen, B. (2023). The perils of not being attractive or athletic: pathways to adolescent adjustment difficulties through escalating unpopularity.  Journal of  Youth and  Adolescence.       doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01835-1

  • *Leggett-James, M. P., Eckstein, K., *Richmond, A., Noack, P., & Laursen, B. (2023). The spread of political alienation from parents to adolescent children.  Journal of Family Psychology, 37   (6), 947–953.    https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001098

  • *Faur, S., & Laursen, B. (2022). Classroom seat proximity predicts friendship formation.  Frontiers in Psychology,  13, 796002.   doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.796002

  • *Guimond, F.-A., *Altman, R., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Laursen, B. (2022). The interchangeability of liking and friend nominations to measure peer acceptance and friendship.  International Journal of Behavioral Development,  46(4), 358–367.  doi.org/10.1177/01650254221084097

  • Kaniušonytė, G. Žukauskienė, R., Bakaitytė, A., & Laursen, B. (2022). Perceived maternal disapproval of friends: How mothers shape and respond to child and friend adjustment problems.  Frontiers in Psychology. 13:1015506  doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1015506

  • Laursen, B., & *Faur, S. (2022). What does it mean to be susceptible to influence? A brief primer on peer conformity and developmental changes that affect it.  International Journal of Behavioral Development,  46, 222–237.  doi.org/10.1177/01650254221084103

  • Laursen, B., Hoff, E., *Gaudree, A., Højen,  A., & Bleses, D. (2022). Child disruptiveness moderates the effects of home book reading on oral language development.  Personality and Individual Differences,  196, 111763.  doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111763

  • Laursen, B., *Richmond, A., Kiuru, N., Lerkkanen, M.-K., & Poikkeus, A.-M. (2022). Off on the wrong foot: Task avoidance at the outset of primary school anticipates academic difficulties and declining likeability.  European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19,  601-615.  doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2021.1936491

  • *Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2022). The consequences of social media use across the transition into adolescence: Body image and physical activity. Journal of Early Adolescence.  doi.org/10.1177/02724316221136043

  • *Valdes, O. M., Shawcross, L & Laursen, B. (2022). Being nice and being mean: Friend characteristics foreshadow changes in perceptions of relationship negativity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 32, 314-324. doi.org/10.1111/jora.12604

  • *Yoho, M., *Faur S., & Laursen B. (2022). Conflict moderates the longitudinal association between aggression with classmates and popularity: Leveraging disagreements into peer status.  Personality and Individual Differences, 190, 111538.  doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111538.

  • *DeLay, D., Laursen, B., Kiuru, N., Rogers, A., Kindermann, T., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2021). A comparison of dyadic and social network assessments of peer influence.  International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45, 275-288.  doi.org/10.1177/0165025421992866

  • Kaniušonytė, G., & Laursen, B. (2021). Parenting styles revised: A longitudinal person-oriented assessment of perceived parent behavior.  Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.  doi.org/11177/0265407520960818

  • Laursen, B., *Dickson, D. J., Boivin, M., Bowker, J. C., Brendgen, M., & Rubin, K. H. (2021). Revisiting the hypothesis that friends buffer against diminished self-esteem arising from poor parent-adolescent relationships: A replication study.  Developmental Psychology, 57(12), 2067-2081.  doi.org/10.1037/dev0001119

  • Laursen, B., & Veenstra, R. (2021). Towards understanding the functions of peer influence: A summary and synthesis of recent empirical research.  Journal of Research on Adolescence,   31(4), 889-907.  doi.org/10.1111/jora.12606

  • *Altman, R. L., Laursen, B., Messinger, D. S., & Perry, L. K (2020). Validation of continuous measures of peer social interaction with self- and teacher-reports of friendship and social engagement.  European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 17 (5), 773-785.  doi.org/1080/17405629.2020.1716724.

  • *Hartl, A.C., Laursen, B., Cantin, S., & Vitaro, F. (2020).  A test of the bistrategic hypothesis of adolescent popularity. Child Development, 91, e635-e648. doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13269.

  • *Huey, M., Laursen, B., Kaniušonytė, G., Malinauskienė, O., & Žukauskienė, R. (2020).  Self-esteem mediates longitudinal associations from adolescent perceptions of parenting to adjustment.  Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48, 331-341.   doi.org/10.1007/s10802-019-00599-2.

  • Laursen, B., *Altman, R. L., Bukowski, W. M., & *Wei, L. (2020). Being fun: An overlooked indicator of childhood social status. Journal of Personality, 88, 993-1006. doi.org/10.1111/jopy.12546.

 

      Popular Citations (* indicates student author)

  • *Dickson, D.J., Laursen, B., *Valdes, O., & Stattin, H. (2019).  Derisive parenting fosters dysregulated anger in adolescent children and subsequent difficulties with peers. Journal of Youth  and Adolescence, 48,  1567-1579.  doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01040-

  • Guimond, F.-A., Laursen, B., * Hartl, A. C., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2019). Differences in internalizing symptoms anticipate adolescent friendship dissolution. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 924-937. doi.org/10.1111/jora.12432.

  • *Richmond, A., Laursen, B., & Stattin, H. (2019).  Homophily in delinquent behavior:  The rise and fall of friend similarity across adolescence. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 67-73.  doi.org/10.1177/0165025418767058.

  • Hoff, E., & Laursen, B. (2019). Socioeconomic status and parenting. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.), Handbook of parenting. Vol. 2. Biology and ecology of parenting (3rd ed., pp. 421-447). New York: Routledge.

  • Laursen, B. (2018). Peer influence. In W. M. Bukowski, B. Laursen, & K. H. Rubin (Eds.),  Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups  (2nd ed., pp. 447-469). New York: Guilford.

  • Vitaro, F., *Dickson, D. J., Brendgen, M., Laursen, B., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2018).  The gene-environmental architecture of the development of adolescent substance use. Psychological Medicine, 48, 2500-2507.   doi.org/10.1017/S0033291718000089.

  • *Hiatt, C., Laursen, B., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2017).  Best friend influence over adolescent problem behaviors: Socialized by the satisfied. Journal of Clinical and Adolescent Psychology. 46, 695-708. doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2015.1050723.

  • *Huey, M., *Hiatt, C., Laursen, B., Burk, W. J., & Rubin, K. H. (2017).  Mother-adolescent conflict types and adolescent adjustment: A person-oriented analysis. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 504-512. doi.org/10.1037/fam0000294.

  • Laursen, B. (2017). Making and keeping friends: The importance of being similar.  Child Development Perspectives, 11   ,  282-289.  doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12246.

  • Laursen, B., *Hartl, A. C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2017). The spread of substance use and delinquency between adolescent twins. Developmental Psychology, 53   ,  329-339  doi.org/10.1037/dev0000217.

  • *DeLay, D., Laursen, B., Bukowski, W. M., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2016).  Adolescent friend similarity on alcohol abuse as a function of participation in romantic relationships:  Sometimes a new love comes between old friends. Developmental Psychology, 52, 117-129. doi.org/10.1037/a0039882.

  • *Valdes, O. M., Laursen, B., Guimond, F. A., *Hartl, A. C., & Denner, J. (2016).  Maternal psychological control and its association with mother and child perceptions of adolescent adjustment:  More evidence on the strength of shared perspectives. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 2151-2163. doi.org/10.1007/s10964-016-0467-5.

  • *DeLay, D., Laursen, B., Kiuru, N., Poikkeus, A.-M., Aunola, K., & Nurmi, J.-E.  (2015).  Stable same-sex friendships with higher achieving partners promote mathematical reasoning in lower achieving primary school children.  British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 33, 519-532.   doi.org/10.1111/bjdp.12117.

  • *Dirghangi, S., *Kahn, G., Laursen, B., Brendgen, M., Vitaro, F., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2015).  Corumination cultivate anxiety:  A genetically informed study of friend influence during early adolescence.  Developmental Psychology, 51, 564-571.  doi.org/10.1037/a0038848.
  • *Hartl, A. C., Laursen, B., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2015).  A survival analysis of adolescent friendships:  The downside of dissimilarity.  Psychological Science, 26, 1304-1315.  doi.org/10.1177/0956797615588751.
  • *Hiatt, C., Laursen, B., *Mooney, K. S., & Rubin, K. H. (2015).  Forms of friendship:  A person-centered assessment of the quality, stability, and outcomes of different types of adolescent friends.  Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 149-155.  doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.051.
  • *Richmond, A., Laursen, B., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2015).  Depressive symptoms anticipate changes in the frequency of alcohol intoxication among low accepted adolescents.  Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76, 585-593.  doi.org/10.15288/jsad.2015.76.585.
  • Laursen, B., & *Richmond, A. (2014).  Personality, relationships, and behavior problems:  It’s hard to be disagreeable. Journal of Personality Disorders, 28, 143-150.  doi.org/10.1521/pedi.2014.28.1.143

  • *Marion, D., Laursen, B., Kiuru, N., Nurmi, J.-E, & Salmela-Aro K. (2014).  Maternal affection moderates friend influence on schoolwork engagement. Developmental Psychology, 50, 766-771.  doi.org/10.1037/a0034295 

  • *DeLay, D., Laursen, B., Kiuru, N., Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J.-E (2013).  Selecting and retaining friends on the basis of cigarette smoking similarity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 23, 464-473. doi.org/10.1111/jora.12017

  • Laursen, B., & *Hartl, A. C. (2013).  Understanding loneliness during adolescence:  Developmental changes that increase the risk of perceived social isolation. Journal of Adolescence, 36, 1261-1268.  doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2013.06.003

  • *Marion, D., Laursen, B., Zettergren, P., & Bergman, L. R. (2013).  Predicting life satisfaction during middle adulthood from peer relationships during mid-adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 42, 1299-1307.  doi.org/10.1007/s10964-013-9969-6

  • Kiuru, N., *Burk, W. J., Laursen, B., Nurmi, J.-E., & Salmala-Aro, K. (2012).  Is depression contagious? A test of alternative peer socialization mechanisms of depressive symptoms in adolescent peer networks. Journal of Adolescent Health, 50, 250-255.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jadohealth.2011.06.013

  • Laursen, B., *Hafen, C. A., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H.  (2012).  Friend influence over adolescent problem behaviors as a function of relative peer acceptance: To be liked is to be emulated. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 121, 88-94.  doi.org/10.1037/a0024707

  • Bukowski, W.M., Laursen, B., & Hoza, B. (2010).  The snowball effect:  Friendship moderates escalations in depressed affect among avoidant and excluded children. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 749-757.  doi.org/10.1017/S095457941000043X 

  • Kiuru, N., *Burk, W.J., Laursen, B., Salmela-Aro, K., & Nurmi, J.-E.  (2010).  Pressure to drink but not to smoke:  Disentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups. Journal of Adolescence, 33, 801-812.  doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2010.07.006 

  • Laursen, B., Bukowski, W.M., Nurmi, J.-E., *Marion, D., Kiuru, N., & Salmela-Aro, K. (2010).  Opposites detract: Middle school peer group antipathies. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106, 240-256.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2010.03.001 

  • Laursen, B., *DeLay, D., & *Adams, R.E. (2010).  Trajectories of perceived support in mother-adolescent relationships:  The poor (quality) keep getting poorer. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1792-1798.  doi.org/10.1037/a0020679 

  • *Hafen, C. A., & Laursen, B. (2009).  More problems and less support:  Early adolescent adjustment forecasts changes in perceived support from parents. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 193-202.  doi.org/10.1037/a0015077 

  • Laursen, B., & Collins, W. A. (2009).  Parent-child relationships during adolescence.  In R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent psychology (3rd ed.).  Vol. 2:  Contextual influences on adolescent development (pp. 3-42).  New York:  Wiley.

  • Popp, D., Laursen, B., *Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, M. (2008). Modeling homophily over time with an actor-partner interdependence model. Developmental Psychology, 44, 1028-1039.  doi.org/10.1037/0012-1649.44.4.1028 

  • *Pursell, G. R., Laursen, B., Rubin, K. H., Booth-LaForce, C., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (2008).  Gender differences in patterns of association between prosocial behavior, personality, and externalizing problems. Journal of Research in Personality, 42, 472-481.  doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2007.06.003 

  • *Adams, R.E., & Laursen, B. (2007). The correlates of conflict: Disagreement is not always detrimental. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 445-458.  doi.org/10.1037/0893-3200.21.3.445 

  • Laursen, B., Bukowski, W.M., Aunola, K., & Nurmi, J.-E. (2007). Friendship moderates prospective associations between social isolation and adjustment problems in young children. Child Development, 78, 1395-1404.  doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01072.x 

  • Laursen, B., Furman, W., & *Mooney, K.S. (2006). Predicting interpersonal competence and self-worth from adolescent relationships and relationship networks: Person-centered and variable-centered perspectives. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 572-600.  doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2006.0030

  • Laursen, B., & Hoff, E. (2006).  Person-centered and variable-centered approaches to longitudinal data. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 377-389.  doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2006.0029

  • *Burk, W. J., & Laursen, B. (2005).  Adolescent perceptions of friendship and their associations with individual adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 156-164.  doi.org/10.1080/01650250444000342

  • Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (2004).  Changing relationships, changing youth:  Interpersonal contexts of adolescent development. Journal of Early Adolescence, 24, 55-62.  doi.org/10.1177/0272431603260882

  • Laursen, B., Pulkkinen, L., & *Adams, R. (2002).  The antecedents and correlates of agreeableness in adulthood. Developmental Psychology, 38, 591-603.  doi.org/10.1037//0012-1649.38.4.591 

  • Laursen, B., *Finkelstein, B. D., Betts, N. T. (2001).  A developmental meta-analysis of peer conflict resolution. Developmental Review, 21, 423-449.  doi.org/10.1006/drev.2000.0531 

  • *Adams, R., & Laursen, B. (2001).  The organization and dynamics of adolescent conflict with parents and friends. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 97-110.  doi.org/10.1111/j.1741-3737.2001.00097.x 

  • Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (2000).  Adolescent relationships:  The art of fugue.  In C. Hendrick & S. S. Hendrick (Eds.), Close relationships:  A sourcebook (pp. 58-69).  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage. 

  • Laursen, B., & Jensen-Campbell, L. A. (1999).  The nature and functions of social exchange in adolescent romantic relationships.  In W. Furman, B. B. Brown, & C. Feiring (Eds.) The    development of romantic relationships in adolescence (pp. 50-74).  New York:  Cambridge University Press. 

  • Laursen, B., *Coy, K., & Collins, W. A. (1998).  Reconsidering changes in parent-child conflict across adolescence: A meta-analysis. Child Development, 69, 817-832.  doi.org/10.2307/1132206 

  • Laursen, B., & Bukowski, W. M. (1997).  A developmental guide to the organisation of close relationships. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 747-770.  doi.org/10.1080/016502597384659 

  • Laursen, B., & *Williams, V. (1997).  Perceptions of interdependence and closeness in family and peer relationships among adolescents with and without romantic partners.  In S. Shulman & W. A. Collins (Eds.), Romantic relationships in adolescence.  New Directions for Child Development (No. 78, pp. 3-20).  San Francisco:  Jossey-Bass.  doi.org/10.1002/cd.23219977803 

  • Laursen, B., Hartup, W. W., & *Koplas, A. L. (1996).  Towards understanding peer conflict. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 76-102. 

  • Laursen, B. (1995).  Conflict and social interaction in adolescent relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 5, 55-70.  doi.org/10.1207/s15327795jra0501_3 

  • Laursen, B. (1993).  The perceived impact of conflict on adolescent relationships. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 39, 535-550.

  • Laursen, B., & Hartup, W. W. (1989).  The dynamics of preschool children's conflict. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 35, 281-297.

  • Hartup, W. W., Laursen, B., Stewart, M. I., & Eastenson, A. (1988).  Conflict and the friendship relations of young children. Child Development, 59, 1590-1600.  doi.org/10.2307/1130673 

 

      Books and Monographs

  • Bukowski, W. M., Laursen, B., & Rubin, K. H. (Eds.) (2018). Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups (2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.

  • Laursen, B., & Collins, W.A. (Eds.) (2012).  Relationship pathways:  From adolescence to young adulthood.  Thousand Oaks, CA:  Sage 

  • Laursen, B., Little, T. D., & Card, N. A. (Eds.) (2012).  Handbook of developmental research methods.  New York:  Guilford. 

  • Rubin, K. H., Bukowski, W. M., & Laursen, B. (Eds.) (2009). Handbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. New York: Guilford.

  • Bukowski, W. M., Laursen, B., & Rubin, K. H. (Series Eds.) (2009). Social    and emotional development: Critical concepts of developmental psychology. New York: Psychology Press.

  • Laursen, B., & Žukauskienė, R. (Eds.) (2007). Interpersonal development. Hampshire, UK: Ashgate. New York: Psychology Press.

  • Laursen, B., & Graziano, W. G. (Eds.) (2002). Social exchange in development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development (No. 95). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

  • Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (Eds.) (1999). The Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Vol. 30. Relationships as developmental contexts. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.

  • Laursen, B. (Ed.) (1993). Close friendships in adolescence.  New Directions for Child Development (No. 60). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

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