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Jacqueline Lerner

Professor, Applied Developmental & Educational Psychology

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Jacqueline Lerner

Ph.D.

Contact

Campion Hall Room 239C

Telephone: 617-552-2648

Email: lernerj@bc.edu

ORCID 0000-0003-4637-8538

Education

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Research Interests

Adolescent development and transitions, character development, positive youth development, life-span theory and methods, relational development systems

Expertise

Childhood & Adolescence
Comparative & International Education
Health
Poverty
Social & Emotional Development
Social Media & Development
Whole Person Education
Student Motivation

Curriculum Vitae

Department

CDEP Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology

Biography

Throughout her illustrious career, Jackie Lerner has investigated positive youth development—including social, emotional, and character development. Her work has taken her across the globe to examine relational development systems, life-span theory, and more in children and adolescents. Her research includes the first national longitudinal study of youth development, “Doing the Right Thing: Character Development in Adolescence.”

Lerner joined the Lynch School in 1996. She is currently the co-coordinator for the Human Development program and previously served as chair of the CDEP department.

She earned her doctorate from Pennsylvania State University and has authored dozens of scholarly articles and book chapters. Lerner serves on the Military Child Education Coalition scientific advisory board and in editorial roles for several prominent journals.

Lerner is a member of numerous professional societies, including the Society for Research in Child Development and the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development. She is currently collaborating on a multi-year, international research study on the positive development of the world's poorest youth.

Publications

Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J.V., Bowers, E., & Geldhof, G.J. (2015). Positive youth development: A relational developmental systems model. In W.F. Overton & P.C. Molenaar (Eds.), Theory and Method. Volume 1 of the Handbook of Child Psychology and Developmental Science (7th ed.). (pp. 607-651) Editor-in-chief: R.M. Lerner. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Napolitano, C.M., Bowers, E.P., Arbeit M.R., Chase, P., Geldhof, G.J., Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M. (2014). The GPS to Success Growth Grids: Measurement properties of a tool to promote intentional self-regulation in mentoring programs. Applied Developmental Science, 18(1), 46-58.
Bowers, E.P., Johnson, S., Buckingham, M., Gasca, S., Warren, D.J., Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M. (2014). Important non-parental adults and positive youth development across mid- to late-adolescence: The moderating effect of parenting profiles. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43 (6), 897-918.
Arbeit, M., Johnson S., Greenman, K., Champine, R., Lerner, J.V., 7 Lerner R.M. (2014). Profiles of problematic behaviors across adolescence: Covariations with indicators of Positive Youth Development. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 43, (6), 971-990.
Geldhof, G.J., Bowers, E.P., Johnson, S.K., Hershberg, R., Hilliard, L., Lerner, J.V, & Lerner, R.M. (2014). Relational developmental systems theories of positive youth development: Methodological issues and implications. In P.C.M. Molenaar, R.M. Lerner, & K. Newell (Eds.), Handbook of Developmental Systems Theory and Methodology (pp. 66-94). New York, NY: Guilford.
Gestsdottir, S., Geldhof, G.J., Paus, T., Freund, A.M., Aðalbjarnardóttir, S., Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M. (2014). Self-regulation among youth in four Western cultures: Is there an adolescence-specific structure of the Selection-Optimization-Compensation (SOC) model? International Journal of Behavioral Development. published online 20 July 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0165025414542712
Geldhof, G.H., Bowers, E.P., Boyd, M.J., Mueller, M.K., Napolitano, C.M., Schmid, K.L., Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M.. (2014). Creation of short and very short measures of the Five Cs of Positive Youth Development. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 24(1), 163-176.
Lerner, J.V., Bowers, E.P., Minor, K., Lewin-Bizan, S., Boyd, M.J., Mueller, M.K., Schmid, K.L., Napolitano, C.M., & Lerner, R.M. (2013). Positive youth development: Processes, philosophies, and programs. In R.M. Lerner, M.A. Easterbrooks, & J. Mistry (Eds.), Handbook of Psychology, Volume 6: Developmental Psychology (2nd edition). Editor-in-chief: I.B. Weiner. (pp. 365-392. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley.
Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J.V., von Eye, A., Bowers, E.P., & Lewin-Bizan, S. (2011). Individual and contextual bases of thriving in adolescence: A view of the issues. Journal of Adolescence, 34(6), 1107-1114.
Lerner, R.M., Lerner, J.V., Lewin-Bizan, S., Bowers, E.P., Boyd, M., Mueller, M., Schmid, K., Napolitano, C. (2011) Positive youth development: Processes, programs, and problematics. Journal of Youth Development, 6(3), 40-64.

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