Nina S. Mounts, Ph.D.Phone: (815)753-6968
Fax: (815)753-8088
nmounts@niu.edu
Office: 316 Psychology
B.A. Saint Lawrence University
M.A. Syracuse University
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
I am interested in children’s social development from childhood through adolescence. Primarily, I am interested in parent-child and peer relationships. Most recently, I have been examining linkages between parenting and peer relationships by exploring the ways in which parents manage the peer relationships of young adolescents. I also have an interest in peer influence processes during adolescence.
Psyc 424 Adolescent Development
Psyc 464 Developmental Laboratory
Psyc 676 Social and Personality Development
Mounts, N. S. (2008). Linkages between parenting and peer relationships: A model for parental management of adolescents’ peer relationships. In M. Kerr, H. Stattin, & R. Engels, (Eds.), What can parents do: New insights into the role of parents in adolescent problem behaviour (pp. 163-189). West Sussex, UK: Wiley.
Brown, B. B. & Mounts, N.S. (Eds.) (2007). Linking parents and family to adolescent peer relations: Ethnic and cultural considerations. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, No. 116. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Brown, B., & Mounts, N.S. (2007). The cultural context of family-peer linkages in adolescence. In Brown, B. B. & Mounts, N.S. (Eds.). Linking parents and family to adolescent peer relations: Ethnic and cultural considerations. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, No. 116 (pp. 1-15). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Mounts, N.S. & Kim, H.S. (2007). Precursors to management of peers: Caregiver’s knowledge of peers and goals of peer management in a multi-ethnic sample. In Brown, B. B. & Mounts, N.S. (Eds.) Linking parents and family to adolescent peer relations: Ethnic and cultural considerations. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development, No. 116 (pp. 17-33). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Mounts, N.S. (2007). Adolescents’ and their mothers’ perceptions of parental management of peer relationships. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 169-178.
Mounts, N., Valentiner, D., Anderson, K., & Boswell, M. (2006). Shyness, sociability, and parental support for the college transition: Relations to adolescents’ adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 35, 71-80.
Valentiner, D.P., Mounts, N.S., & Deacon, B.J. (2004). Nonclinical panic attacks and substance use behaviors during late adolescence. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 18, 573-585.
Mounts, N.S. (2004). Contributions of parenting and campus climate to freshmen adjustment in a multi-ethnic sample. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19, 468-491.
Mounts, N.S. (2004). Adolescents’ perceptions of parental management of peer relationships in an ethnically diverse sample. Journal of Adolescent Research, 19, 446-467.
Mounts, N. S. (2002). Parental management of adolescent peer relationships in context: The role of parenting style. Journal of Family Psychology,16, 58-69.
Mounts, N.S. (2001).Young adolescents’ perceptions of parental management of peer relationships. Journal of Early Adolescence, 21, 92-122.
Mounts, N. S. & Steinberg, L. (1995). An ecological analysis of peer influence on adolescent grade-point-average and drug use. Developmental Psychology, 31, 915-922.
Steinberg, L. D., Lamborn, S. D., Darling, N., Mounts, N. S., & Dornbusch, S. M. (1994). Over-time changes in adjustment and competence among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful families. Child Development, 65, 754-770.
Brown, B. B., Mounts, N. S., Lamborn, S. D., & Steinberg, L. D. (1993). Parenting practices and peer group affiliation in adolescence. Child Development, 64, 467-482.
Lamborn, S. D., Mounts, N. S., Steinberg, L. D., & Dornbusch, S. M. (1991). Patterns of competence and adjustment among adolescents from authoritative, authoritarian, indulgent, and neglectful families. Child Development, 62, 1049-1065.
Steinberg, L.D., Mounts, N. S., Lamborn, S. D., & Dornbusch, S. M. (1991). Authoritative parenting and adolescent adjustment across varied ecological niches. Journal of Research in Adolescence, 1, 19-36.
Steinberg, L. D., Elmen, J. D., & Mounts, N. S. (1989). Authoritative parenting, psychosocial maturity, and academic success among adolescents. Child Development, 60, 1424-1436.
Principal Investigator, Parental management of peers in three ethnic contexts, funded by the National Science Foundation for the Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program, September 1, 2003-August 31, 2004.
Principal Investigator, Parental management of peers in three ethnic contexts, funded by the Summer Research and Artistry Program, Northern Illinois University, May 16, 2003-August 15, 2003.
Principal Investigator, Parental management of peers in three ethnic contexts, funded by the National Science Foundation, August 15, 2002-August 14, 2004.
Principal Investigator, Parental management of peers: How does it operate across three ethnic contexts? funded by the Social Science Research Institute, Northern Illinois University, June 2000-May 2001.
Principal Investigator, Parenting influence on adolescent friend selection, funded by the National Institute of Mental Health B/START Award, October 1996- September 1997.
Principal Investigator, Parenting and friendship features effects on peer influence during early adolescence, funded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Board and United States Department of Agriculture Experiment Station Award, August 1994- May 1996.
Principal Investigator, What can parents do?: Parenting effects on peer influence on adolescent academic achievement and delinquency, funded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Research Board, August 1993- May 1994.
Graduate Scholar's Award, funded by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, August 1993- May 1994.