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Congratulations to Madeleine Guillont for successfully defending her Master's Thesis, "Weight Concerns and Body Image Dissatisfaction Elicit Maternal Psychological Control through Escalating Appearance Anxiety Behaviors"! (Thesis Chair: Brett Laursen, Committee Members: David Bjorklund, Irem Korucu)
Congratulations to Molly Selover for successfully defending her Master's Thesis, "Poor Peer Relationships During Early Adolescence Amplify Bidirectional Pathways Between Body Dissatisfaction and Alcohol Misuse"! (Thesis Chair: Brett Laursen, Committee Members: David Bjorklund, Irem Korucu)
Brett Laursen was named among the top 2% of scientists in the annual Stanford-Elsevier rankings!
Goda Kaniušonytė, together with Brett Laursen, received funding from the Lithuanian Research Council to continue longitudinal research on adolescent friendships and susceptibility to peer influences NAVIGATE+ (Navigating Peer Pressure: Developmental Trajectories of Susceptibility to Peer Influence from Early to Late Adolescence)
Luci Sherrod received the Jack B. Walker Memorial Scholarship from Â鶹ŮÀÉ, College of Science
Sophia Montejo received the Graduate Dean’s Fellowship from Â鶹ŮÀÉ
New Book by Laursen Lab Alum:Ìý Ìýby Gilly Kahn, Ph.D.
Congratulations to Brett Laursen who was selected as the winner of the 2024 International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award!
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Recent Student Publications
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*Leclerc-Bedard, L.-A., *Leggett-James, M. P.,ÌýKaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G.,ÌýŽukauskienÄ—, R.,Ìý& Laursen, B. (in press). The correlates and consequences of friendship change and friendlessness during late childhood and early adolescence.ÌýÌýJournal of Early Adolescence.Ìý
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*Leggett-James, M. P., *Yoho, M., & Laursen, B. (2025). The wrong stuff: Characteristics of youth involved in enemy relationships.ÌýJournal of Youth and Adolescence.Ìý
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*Selover, M., *Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2025). School structure explains age group differences in friend selection similarity.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development.Ìý
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*Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2024). More about being fun: Making friends to maximize social status.ÌýJournal of Personality, 92,1438-1450.Ìý
Laursen lab featured in the Wall Street Journal:
How Children Use Conflict to Win Popularity
Congratulations to Brett Laursen! On International Friendship Day (30 July), Brett was named a world expert on friends and is now ranked as the 3rd leading world expert on friendship. More details here: