Bonnie Leadbeater, Ph.D.

Affiliation

Professor
Department of Psychology, University of Victoria

 

Mailing Address

Psychology
University of Victoria
Cornett Building A234
3800 Finnerty Road (Ring Rd)
Victoria BC V8P 5C2
Canada

Phone: (250) 721-7523
Fax: (250) 721-8929
E:Mail: bleadbea@uvic.ca
Web: www.uvic.ca/psyc/leadbeater

Appointments, cross appointments, fellowships

  • Core Faculty Member of the Life-Span Development Program
  • Director of the Centre for Youth and Society
  • Director of a Community Alliance for Health Research project entitled: “Healthy Youth in a Healthy Society: A Community Alliance for Reducing Risks for Injury in Children and Adolescents”

Research Interests

  • mental health of children and adolescence.
  • resilience in adolescent mothers.
  • gender differences in victimization and in the development of depression and problem behaviors.
  • development of aggression and depression in children and adolescents and elementary school prevention programs.

Recent Publications

  1. Leadbeater, B. J., Kuperminc, G. P,; Blatt, S. J. & Hertzog, C. (1999). A Multivariate model of gender differences in adolescents' internalizing and externalizing problems. Developmental Psychology. 35, 1268-1282.
  2. Heinrich, C. C., Kuperminc, G. P., Sack, A. Blatt, S. J. & Leadbeater, B. J. (2000). Characteristics and homogeneity of early adolescent friendship groups: A comparison of female and female clique and non-clique members. Applied Developmental Science, 4, 15-26.
  3. Galambos, N. J., & Leadbeater, B. J., (2000). Trends in adolescent research for the new millennium. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 24, 289-294.
  4. Kuperminc, G.P., Leadbeater, B.J., & Blatt, S.J. (2001). School social climate and individual differences in vulnerability to psychopathology among middle school students. Journal of School Psychology, 39, 141-159.
  5. Hoglund, W. & Leadbeater, B. J. (in press). Pathways to aboriginal youths’ school outcomes: Social-cultural, community, and family influences. International Journal of Educational Policy, Research and Practice

 

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