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Michelle Little
Assistant Professor

Quick Facts
Contact:

Office: HSS 04.04.21
Phone: (210) 458-6056
E-Mail: Michelle.Little@utsa.edu

Degrees:

B.A., Yale University

M.A., University of Delaware

Ph.D., Temple University

Specialization: Developmental Psychology, Adolescence
Research Interests:

Adolescent externalizing problems and substance use

Violence prevention

Gender differences in the course of psychopathology

Longitudinal methodology

Courses:

Social and Personality Development

Graduate Seminar in Developmental Psychology

Psychopathology of Childhood

Honors and Awards:

June 2008   Institute Fellowship, the Child Intervention, Prevention and Services Fourth Annual Summer Research Institute, Sponsored by National Institute of Mental Health

2005-2008   Postdoctoral Institutional Research Service Award, National Institute of Mental Health

May 2006  Winner of the Inaugural Sloboda-Bukoski Society for Prevention Research Cup

2001-2003   University Fellow, Temple University

Academic and 
Professional Affiliations and Activities:

Memberships
Society for Research on Child Development
Society for Research on Adolescence
Society for Prevention Research


Adhoc Reviewing

Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology

Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Journal of Youth and Adolescence

Current Research:

Prevention of adolescent externalizing problems; gender differences in relational pre-cursors of antisocial behavior; impact of incarceration on juvenile offenders’ social adaptation

Selected Publications:

Little, M., Handley, E., Leuthe, E., & Chassin, L. (2009). The impact of parenthood on alcohol consumption trajectories: Variations as a function of timing of parenthood, familial alcoholism, and gender. Development and Psychopathology, 21(2), 661-82.

 

Little, M., Sandler, I., Wolchik, S., Tein, J., & Ayers, T. (2009). Comparing cognitive, relational and stress mechanisms underlying gender differences in recovery from bereavement-related internalizing problems. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38(4), 486. 

 

Pina, A., Little, M., Knight, G., & Silverman, W. (2009). Cross-ethnic measurement equivalence of the RCMAS in Latino and White youth with anxiety disorders. Journal of  Personality Assessment, 91(1), 58.

 

Little, M., Weaver, S., King, K., Liu, F., & Chassin, L. (2008). Historical change in the link between adolescent deviance proneness and marijuana use, 1979-2004. Prevention Science, 9(1), 4-16. 

 

Losoya, S., Knight, G., Chassin, L., Little, M., Vargas-Chanes, D., Mauricio, A., & Piquero, A. (2008). Trajectories of acculturation and enculturation in relation to heavy drinking and marijuana use in a sample of Mexican-American serious juvenile offenders. Journal of Drug Issues, 38(1), 171-198.

 

Little, M. & Steinberg, L. (2006). Psychosocial correlates of adolescent drug dealing in the inner city: Potential roles of opportunity, conventional commitments, and maturity. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 43(4), 357-386

 Last update: September 13, 2009

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