Education
M.A., James Madison University
Ph.D., West Virginia University

Research Interests
The development, expression, and effects of individual differences in parenting
Socio-emotional development in early childhood
Post-abortion emotional sequelae

Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Child Development

Graduate: Family Studies;Research Methods

Publications
Coleman, P. K., Reardon, D. C., & Cougle, J. (in press). Substance use  among pregnant women in the context of previous reproductive loss and  desire for current pregnancy. British Journal of Health Psychology.

Coleman, P. K., Reardon, D. C., Strahan, T., & Cougle, J. (in press).  The psychology of abortion: A review and suggestions for future research. Psychology and Health.

Cougle, J., Reardon, D. C., & Coleman, P. K. (2005). Generalized  anxiety associated with unintended pregnancy: A cohort study of the  1995 National Survey of Family Growth. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 19  (10), 137-142.

Coleman, P. K. (2005). Induced Abortion and increased risk of substance  use: A review of the evidence. Current Women’s Health Reviews, 1, 21-34.

Neilsen, A., Coleman, P. K., Guinn, M., & Robb, C. (2004) Length of  institutionalization, contact with relatives, and previous  hospitalizations as predictors of social and emotional behavior in  young Ugandan Orphans. Childhood: A Global Journal of Child Research, 11, 94-116.

Reardon, D. C., Coleman, P. K., & Cougle, J. (2004). Substance use  associated with prior history of abortion and unintended birth: A  national cross sectional cohort study. American Journal of Drug and  Alcohol Abuse, 26, 369-383.

Rue, V. M., Coleman, P. K., & Reardon, D. C. (2004). The context of  elective abortion and traumatic stress: A comparison of U. S. and  Russian Women. Medical Science Monitor, 10, SR5-16.

Coleman, P. K. (2003). Perceptions of parent-child attachment, social  self-efficacy, and peer relationships in middle childhood. Infant and  Child Development, 12, 351-368.

Coleman, P. K. (2003). Reactive Attachment Disorder in the context of  the family: A review and call for further research. Emotional &  Behavioral Difficulties, 8, 223-234.

Coleman, P. K., & Byrd, C. (2003). Interpersonal correlates of peer victimization in young adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence,  32, 301-314.

Coleman, P. K., & Karraker, K. H. (2003). Maternal self-efficacy  beliefs, competence in parenting, and toddlers' behavior and  developmental status. Infant Mental Health Journal, 24, 126-148.

Coleman, P. K., Reardon, D. C., Rue, V., & Cougle, J. (2003). Reply to  letter to the editor by Darroch, Finer, Henshaw, and Jones pertaining  to our article entitled History of induced abortion in relation to  substance use during subsequent pregnancies carried to term. American  Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 189 (2), 617.

Cougle, J., Reardon, D. C., & Coleman, P. K. (2003). Depression  associated with abortion and childbirth: A long-term analysis of the  NLSY cohort. Medical Science Monitor, 9(4), CR105-112.

Reardon, D. C., Cougle, J., Rue, V. M., Shuping, M., Coleman, P. K., &  Ney, P. G. (2003). Psychiatric admissions of low-income women following abortion and childbirth. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 168,  1253-1256.