Priscilla Coleman (2002)
Assistant Professor
Human Development and Family Studies
School of Family and Consumer Sciences
pcolema@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419) 372-6492

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.