Recent Conferences

Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)

April 2026

Close Peer Influence on Adolescent Behaviors Predicting Verbal Aggression in Young Adulthood

Lauren V. Breeden, Erin L. Young, & Joseph P. Allen

From Friends to Physiology: Emotional Support in Adolescent Peer Relationships Predicts Adult Stress Reactivity

Natasha A. Bailey, Nathan H. Field, Bert N. Uchino, & Joseph P. Allen

Adolescent Peer Relationship Quality as Predictors of Adult Rejection Sensitivity

Erin L. Young, Lauren V. Breeden, Jacob W. Moore, Nathan H. Field, Joseph P. Allen

Adolescent Peer Trust as a Predictor of Parenting Behaviors in Adulthood: The Moderating Role of Parenting Stressors

Olivia A. Hazelwood & Joseph P. Allen

"We are UVA Army ROTC, but we see each other more as family": A Qualitative Examination of an Evidence-Based Intervention Among ROTC and Non-ROTC College Freshmen

Erin L. Young, Rebecca Fitch, Alison A. Nagel, & Joseph P. Allen

Self-Disclosure is a Key Friendship Process Moderated by Neighborhood Context

Meghan A. Costello, Jessica A. Stern, Ariana J. Rivens, Olivia A. Hazelwood, Shannon M. Savell, & Joseph P. Allen

Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD)

May 2025

The Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting: A Prospective Study from Adolescence to Adulthood

Alexander Johansson, Jessica A. Stern, Natasha A. Bailey, & Joseph P. Allen

"I Began to Open Up": Building Connection in 'Slow-to-Warm' Groups from a Social Belongingness Intervention

Alison G. Nagel, Erin L. Young, Olivia A. Hazelwood, & Joseph P. Allen

Internalizing symptoms across three generations: Evidence for transmission from fathers to adolescents to their children

Jessica A. Stern, Natasha A. Bailey, Margaret V. Brehm, & Joseph P. Allen

The Intergenerational Effects of Family Conflict and Psychological Control: Evidence from Two Distinct Cohorts

Natasha A. Bailey, Austin J. Blake, Jessica A. Stern, Meghan A. Costello, Laurie Chassin, & Joseph P. Allen

Adolescent and Young Adult Substance Use May Underlie the Intergenerational Transmission of Problematic Family Experiences

Natasha A. Bailey, Austin J. Blake, Jessica A. Stern, Meghan A. Costello, Laurie Chassin, & Joseph P. Allen

The relative effects of two peer influence mechanisms on cigarette use onset and frequency.

Nathan H. Field, Meghan A. Costello, Lauren V. Breeden, & Joseph P. Allen

Adolescent Peer Perceptions as Predictors of Adult Rejection Sensitivity

Jacob W. Moore, Erin L. Young, Nathan Field, Lauren V. Breeden, & Joseph P. Allen

Negative Peer Behavior in Adolescence as a Predictor of Parenting Challenges in Adulthood

Olivia A. Hazelwood, Natasha A. Bailey, Jessica A. Stern, Lauren V. Breeden, & Joseph P. Allen

Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)

April 2024

Beyond Delinquency and Drug Use: Links of Peer Pressure to Long-term Adolescent Psychosocial Development

Joseph P. Allen, Jessica A. Stern, Corey Pettit, & Amanda F. Hellwig

Cross-partner congruence in parent's relationship threat responses and the intergenerational transmission of aggression

Corey Pettit, Joseph P. Allen, Margaret V. Brehm, & Olivia A. Hazelwood

Fathers' Contributions to Attachment in Adolescence: The Role of Race, Gender, and Residential Status

Jessica A. Stern, Natasha A. Bailey, Meghan A. Costello, Olivia A. Hazelwood, & Joseph P. Allen

Links of observed adolescent empathy in friendships to activation in self-regulatory brain regions in adulthood

Amanda F. Hellwig, Jingrun Lin, Jessica A. Stern, James A. Coan, & Joseph P. Allen

Observed Emotional Engagement in Adolescent Friendships Predicts Neural Correlates of Empathy in Adulthood

Jingrun Lin, Jessica A. Stern, Joseph P. Allen, Steven Boker, & James A. Coan

Support-Seeking Topics, Self-Disclosure, and Emotional Support from Best Friends in Adolscence: Emergent Themes and Associations

Meghan A. Costello, Margaret V. Brehm, Ariana Rivens, Alison G. Nagel, & Joseph P. Allen

The Dynamic Nature of Parental Psychological Control and Parental Verbal Aggression During Adolescence and Beyond: An Intergenerational Investigation

Natasha A. Bailey, Meghan A. Costello, Corey Pettit, Jessica A. Stern, & Joseph Allen

When Friendship Works: Linking Adolescent Close Friendship Qualities to Long-term Career Outcomes

Lauren V. Breeden, Amanda F. Hellwig, Jessica A. Stern, & Joseph P. Allen

Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)

April 2023

Adolescent Close Friendship Struggles as Predictors of Developing Depressive Symptoms in Adulthood

Joseph P. Allen, Meghan A. Costello, Gabrielle Hunt, Corey Pettit, & Jessica A. Stern

Empathy Across 3 Generations

Jessica A. Stern

Epigenetic Regulation of the Oxytocin System as an Indicator of Adaptation to Overcontrolling Parenting and Psychosocial Functioning in Adulthood

Amanda F. Hellwig, Kelly L. Wroblewski, Kathleen M. Krol, Jessica J. Connelly, & Joseph P. Allen

“How Connected Do You Feel to Your Group?”: An Incremental Improvement Approach to a Group-Based Social-Belongingness Intervention for College Students

Alison G. Nagel, Olivia A. Hazelwood, Meghan A. Costello, Gabrielle Hunt, Corey Pettit, Ariana Rivens, & Joseph P. Allen

How Teens Balance Conflict with Fathers and Peers: A Within-Person Examination Using RI-CLPM

Natasha A. Bailey, Meghan A. Costello, Jessica A. Stern, Alida A. Davis, & Joseph P. Allen

“It is OK to talk my partner into having sex”: Links between adolescent sexually coercive attitudes, attachment insecurity, and adult relationship functioning

Corey Pettit, Jessica A. Stern, & Joseph P. Allen

Sharing and Caring: Development of Self-Disclosure Between Teens and Best Friends in Adolescence

Meghan A. Costello, Corey Pettit, Gabrielle Hunt, Alison G. Nagel, Ariana Rivens, Olivia A. Hazelwood, & Joseph P. Allen

Socially Volatile Teens Become Affectively Volatile Adults: Adolescent Predictors of Long-Term Depression Variability

Amanda F. Hellwig & Joseph P. Allen

The Power of Friendship: How Adolescent Friendship Quality Predicts Relative Power in Adult Romantic Relationships

Margaret V. Brehm, Meghan A. Costello, & Joseph P. Allen

Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)

March 2023

Abigail R. Carlson & David E. Szwedo

James Madison University

Adverse Childhood Experiences as a Predictor of Love Language Preferences

Saleena V. Wilson, Molly Hilts, David E. Szwedo, and Joseph P. Allen

James Madison University and University of Virginia

Parental Qualities vs. Behaviors as Predictors of Young Adult Emotion Regulation

Saleena V. Wilson, David E. Szwedo, and Joseph P. Allen

James Madison University and University of Virginia