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Laura Padilla Walker

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Research

  • The parent-adolescent relationship as it relates to adolescents' moral and prosocial behaviors and internalization of values
  • How parents respond to conflicting messages of values, and how these parental reactions impact children's and adolescents' values development
  • The parent-child relationship and positive development during the transition to adulthood (ages 18-25)

Education

  • Ph.D. Developmental Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2005
  • M.A. Developmental Psychology University of Nebraska-Lincoln 2001
  • B.S. Psychology Central Michigan University 1999

Publications

  • Padilla-Walker, L.M., Bean, R. A. (2009). Negative and positive peer influence: Relations to positive and negative behaviors for African American, European American, and Hispanic adolescents.. Journal of Adolescence.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2008). "My mom makes me so angry!" Adolescent perceptions of mother-child interactions as determinants of adolescent emotions. Social Development.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., Barry, C. M., Carroll, J. S., Madsen, S. & Nelson, L. J. (2008). Looking on the bright side: The role of identity and gender on emerging adults' positive orientations. Journal of Adolescence.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Madsen, S., & Barry, C. M. (2008). The relation of parental knowledge to emerging adults' risk behaviors. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
  • Nelson, L. J., Padilla-Walker, L.M., Badger, S., Barry, C. M., Carroll, J.S., & Madsen, S. (2008). Associations between shyness and internalizing behaviors, externalizing behaviors, and relationships during emerging adulthood.. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
  • Barry, C. M., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Madsen, S. D., & Nelson, L. J. (2008). The impact of maternal relationship quality on emerging adults' prosocial tendencies: Indirect effects via regulation of prosocial values. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
  • Hardy, S. A., Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Carlo, G. (2008). Parenting dimensions and adolescents' internalisation of moral values. Journal of Moral Education.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2008). Domain-Appropriateness of Maternal Discipline as a Predictor of Adolescents' Positive and Negative Outcomes. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Carroll, J. S., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Nelson, L. J., Olsen, C., Barry, C. M., & Madsen, S. D. (2008). Generation XXX: Pornography acceptance and use among emerging adults. Journal of Adolescent Research.
  • Zamboanga, B. L., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Hardy, S. A., Thompson, R. A., & Wang, S. (2007). Background and class attendance as predictors of first-year college students' exam performance: Considerations for course design and testing. Teaching of Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. & Carlo, G. (2007). Personal values as a mediator between parent and peer expectations and adolescent behaviors. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L.M. (2007). Characteristics of mother-adolescent interactions related to prosocial values and behaviors. Journal of Marriage and Family.
  • Nelson, L. J., Padilla-Walker, L. M., Carroll, J. S., Madsen, S., Barry, C. M., & Badger, S. (2007). 'If you want me to treat you like an adult, start acting like one!' Comparing the criteria for adulthood among emerging adults and their parents. Journal of Family Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2006). Peers I can monitor, it's media that really worries me! Parental cognitions as predictors of proactive parental strategy choice. Journal of Adolescent Research.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2006). The impact of daily extra credit quizzes on exam performance. Teaching of Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Carlo, G. (2006). Adolescent perceptions of appropriate parental reactions in moral and conventional social domains. Social Development.
  • Padilla-Walker, L.M. (2006). Adolescents' developmental needs in relation to media use. Encyclopedia of children, adolescents, and the media.
  • Carlo, G., de Guzman, M., & Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2005). Prosocial Behaviors. Youth activism: An international encyclopedia.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Thompson, R. A. (2005). Combating conflicting messages of values: A closer look at parental strategies. Social Development.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., Zamboanga, B. L., Thompson, R. A., & Schmersal, L. A. (2005). Extra credit as incentive for voluntary research participation. Teaching of Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Carlo, G. (2004). It's not fair! Adolescents' constructions of appropriateness of parental reactions. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
  • Thompson, R. A., Easterbrookes, A., & Padilla-Walker, L. M. (2003). Social and emotional development in infancy. Handbook of Psychology.
  • Padilla-Walker, L. M., & Poole, D. A. (2002). Memory for previous recall: A comparison of free and cued recall. Applied Cognitive Psychology.

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