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Jean Gerard
jgerard@bgnet.bgsu.edu
(419)372-2026
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Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies

Ph.D., The University of Tennessee, 2000

Professor Gerard's research focuses on pre- and early adolescent development and the social factors that pose a risk to psychological growth during these periods. Her current work includes analyses of how parents' marital hostility "spills over" into their children's lives and fuels the development of youth problem behaviors youth maladjustment. She is also using the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health (ADD Health) to study the combined effects of individual, family and environmental characteristics on child development. A primary aim of this work is to identify protective factors that buffer youth from the deleterious influence of cumulative risk exposure.

Recent Publications:

Benson, M. J., Buehler, C., & Gerard, J. M. (forthcoming in 2008). Interparental hostility and early adolescent problem behavior: Spillover via maternal acceptance, harshness, inconsistency, and intrusiveness. The Journal of Early Adolescence.

Buehler, C., Benson, M. J., & Gerard, J. M. (2006). Interparental hostility and early adolescent problem behavior: The mediating role of specific aspects of parenting.  Journal of Research on Adolescence, 16, 265-292.

Gerard, J. M., Krishnakumar, A., & Buehler, C. (2006). Marital conflict, parent-child relations, and youth maladjustment: A longitudinal investigation of spillover effects. Journal of Family Issues, 27, 951-975

Gerard, J. M., Landry-Meyer, L., & Guzell-Roe, J. R. (2006). Grandparents raising grandchildren: The role of social support in coping with caregiver challenges. International Journal of Aging and Human Development, 62, 359-383.

Gerard, J. M., & Buehler, C., Franck, K., & Anderson, O. (2005).  In the eyes of the beholder: Cognitive appraisals as mediators of the association between interparental conflict and youth maladjustment.  Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 376-384.

Guzell-Roe, J. R., Gerard, J. M., & Landry-Meyer, L. (2005). Custodial grandparents’ perceived control over caregiving outcomes: Raising children the second time around. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships,3, 43-62.

Landry-Meyer, L., Gerard, J. M., & Guzell, J. R. (2005). Caregiver stress among grandparents raising grandchildren: The functional role of social support. Marriage and Family Review, 37, 171-190. Co-published in R. K. Caputo (Ed.), Challenges of aging on U.S. families: Policy and practice implications.

Gerard, J. M., & Buehler, C., Franck, K., & Anderson, O. (2005).  In the eyes of the beholder: Cognitive appraisals as mediators of the association between interparental conflict and youth maladjustment.  Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 376-384.

Gerard, J. M., & Buehler, C. (2004). Cumulative environmental risk and youth maladjustment: The role of youth attributes. Child Development, 75, 1832-1849.

Landry-Meyer, L., Gerard, J. M., & Guzell, J. R. (2005). Caregiver stress among grandparents raising grandchildren: The functional role of social support. Marriage and Family Review, 37, 171-190. Co-published in R. K. Caputo (Ed.), Challenges of aging on U.S. families: Policy and practice implications.

 
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