Research in peers, popularity and developmental psychology

Publications

Mayeux, L., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (In press.) It’s not just being popular, it’s knowing it, too: The role of self-perceptions of status in the associations between peer status and aggression. Social Development.

Mayeux, L., Sandstrom, M. J., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2008.). Is being popular  a risky proposition? Journal of Research on Adolescence, 18 (1), 49-74.

Mayeux, L., Bellmore, A. D., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2007) Repeated assessments of sociometric status and the prediction of later adjustment. Journal of Genetic Psychology.

Cillessen, A. H. N., & Mayeux, L. (2007). Developmental changes in the association between aggression and status in the peer system. In P. Hawley, T. Little, & P. Rodkin (Eds.), Aggression and Adaptation: the Bright Side to Bad Behavior. New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Cillessen, A. H. N., & Mayeux, L. (2007). Expectations and perceptions at school transitions: The role of peer status and aggression. Journal of School Psychology, 45(5), 567-586.

Mayeux, L., Underwood, M. K., & Risser, S. D. (2007). Perspectives on the ethics of sociometric research with children: How children, peers, and teachers help to inform the debate. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 53, 53-78.

Mayeux, L., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2007). Peer influence and the development of antisocial behavior. In R. Engels, M. Kerr, H. Stattin, J. Coleman, & D. Roker (Eds.), Friends, lovers, and groups: Key relationships in adolescence. London: Wiley.

Underwood, M. K., Mayeux, L., & Risser, S. D. (2006). The ecstasy and the agony of collecting sociometric data in public school classrooms: Challenges, community concerns, and pragmatic solutions. In Leadbeater, Banister, Riecken, Benoit, Jansson, & Marshall (Eds.), Ethical Issues in Community-Based Research with Children and Youth (pp. 93-110). Toronto, Canada: York University Press.

Cillessen, A. H. N., & Mayeux, L. (2004). From censure to reinforcement: Developmental changes in the association between aggression and social status. Child Development, 75, 147-163.

Cillessen, A. H. N., & Mayeux, L. (2004). Sociometric status and peer group behavior: Previous findings and current directions. In J. B. Kupersmidt & K. A. Dodge (Eds.), Children’s peer relations: From development to intervention. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association Press.