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Dr. Kristin L. Moilanen
Assistant Professor of Child Development and Family Studies - Department of Technology, Learning and Culture

506B Allen Hall, PO BOX 6122
Phone: (304) 293-2061
Email: KLMoilanen@mail.wvu.edu
By Appointment

Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, 2005. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
MA Developmental Psychology, 2002. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
BA Psychology, 1999. Albion College, Albion, Michigan.

Professional experience:

  • 2005-2008: Postdoctoral research associate for the Pitt Mother & Child Project. Department of Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
  • 1999-2005: Graduate Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska.
  • 1997-1999: Research Assistant, Department of Psychology, Albion College.

Professional Honors:

  • 2004: Warren and Edith Day Dissertation Travel Award. Office of Graduate Studies, University of Nebraska.
  • 2003: European Association for Research on Adolescence Summer School Travel & Participation Award. The Jacobs Foundation, Zürich, Switzerland.                                                                                             
  • 2001-2005: Warden Grant for Travel (three grants). Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska.
  • 1999: Cum Laude, Honors in Psychology, & the Joseph C. Heston Outstanding Senior Psychology Major Award. Albion College.
  • 1999: Webster Scholarship. Alpha Xi Delta Foundation, Indianapolis, Indiana.
  • 1996-1997: Dean’s List (3 semesters). Albion College.                   
  • 1995-1999: Webster Scholarship & Hart Memorial Scholarship. Albion College.
  • 1995-1999: Michigan Competitive Scholarship. State of Michigan.

Professional and Academic Association Memberships:

  • Society for Research in Child Development
  • Society for Research on Adolescence
  • European Association for Research on Adolescence
  • Sigma Xi

Representative Publications:

Moilanen, K. L., Crockett, L. J., Raffaelli, M., & Jones, B. L. (in press). Trajectories of sexual risk from mid-adolescence to early adulthood. Journal of Research on Adolescence.


Moilanen, K. L., Shaw, D. S., Criss, M. M., & Dishion, T. J. (in press). Growth and predictors of parental knowledge of youth behavior during early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence.

Gross, H. E., Shaw, D. S., Moilanen, K. L., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (in press). Reciprocal models of child behavior and depression in mothers and fathers in a sample of children at risk for early conduct problems. Journal of Family Psychology.

Criss, M. M., Shaw, D. S., Moilanen, K. L., Hitchings, J. E., & Ingoldsby, E. M. (in press). Family and peer characteristics as predictors of child adjustment: A longitudinal analysis of additive and mediation models. Social Development.

Moilanen, K. L., & Raffaelli, M. (in press). Support and conflict in ethnically diverse young adults’ relationships with parents and friends. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

Shaw, D. S., Gross, H., & Moilanen, K. L. (in press). Transactional processes between boys’ conduct problems and mothers’ depressive symptoms from early childhood through adolescence. In A. Sameroff (Ed.), Transactional processes in development. Washington D.C.: American Psychology Association.

Gross, H. E., Shaw, D. S., & Moilanen, K. L. (2008). Reciprocal associations between boys’ externalizing problems and mothers’ depressive symptoms. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 693-709.

Moilanen, K. L. (2007). The Adolescent Self-Regulatory Inventory: The development and validation of a questionnaire of short-term and long-term self-regulation. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 36, 835-848.                       

Crockett, L. J., Moilanen, K. L., Raffaelli, M., & Randall, B. R. (2006). Psychological profiles and adolescent adjustment: A person-centered approach. Development and Psychopathology, 18, 195-214.        

Crockett, L. J., Raffaelli, M., & Moilanen, K. L. (2003). Adolescent sexuality: Behavior and meaning. In G. R. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.), Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp. 371-392). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

 

Child Development & Family Studies