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Laura D. Pittman (Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 1996)

E-mail: lpittman@niu.edu

My research interests lie in the field of developmental psychopathology. Specifically, my research focuses on how family processes and broader contextual factors influence children’s socioemotional and cognitive functioning. I take a risk and resilience approach, focusing on protective factors that enhance the likelihood for successful trajectories through childhood and adolescence in at-risk populations. My current work considers how parenting practices and the role of extended kin influence children growing up in poverty.  More information.

Publications

Lohman, B. J., Pittman, L. D., Chase-Lansdale, P. L., & Coley, R. L. (2004). Welfare history, sanctions, and developmental outcomes among low-income children and youth. Social Service Review, 78, 41-763.

Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Moffitt, R., Lohman, B. J., Cherlin, A. J., Coley, R. L., Pittman, L. D., Roff, J., & Votruba-Drzal, E. (2003). Mothers’ transitions from welfare to work and the well-being of preschoolers and adolescents. Science, 299, 1548-1552.n

Pittman, L. D., & Chase-Lansdale, P. L. (2001). African-American adolescent girls in impoverished communities: Parenting style and adolescent outcomes. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 11, 199-224.