Faculty Directory
Jacqueline V. Lerner
Professor
Jacqueline V. Lerner
Ph.D.
Contact
Campion Hall Room 239C
Telephone: 617-552-2648
Email: jacqueline.lerner@bc.edu
ORCID 0000-0003-4637-8538
Education
- Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Research Interests
Character and Positive Youth development in adolescents and young adults; Positive Youth Development in out-of-school-time settings
Expertise
- Formative and Whole Person Education
- Health and Well Being
- Social & Emotional Development
Department
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- Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Dowling, E. M., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., Sim., A.T.R., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Illuminating the use of the Specificity Principle to go inside the black box of programs: The sample case of an El Salvador PYD program. In S. Verma, A. Petersen, & J. Lansford (Eds.), Sustainable human development: Challenges and solutions for implementing the United Nations’ Goals [Special issue]: Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 227(2), 121-128
- Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., King, P. E., Dowling, E., Sim, A., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Measuring spirituality, hope, and thriving among El Salvadoran youth: Initial findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development. Child & Youth Care Forum 48, 241-268 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-018-9454-1
- Lerner, R. M., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Geldhof, J., Gestsdóttir, S., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Williams, K., & Sim, A. T. R. (2019). The end of the beginning: Evidence and absences studying PYD in a global context. Adolescent Research Review. Volume 4, Issue 1, pps 1-14. doi.org/10.1007/s40894-018-0093-4
- Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Dowling, E. M., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., Sim., A.T.R., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Illuminating the use of the Specificity Principle to go inside the black box of programs: The sample case of an El Salvador PYD program. Zeitscrift fur Psychologie.m 227(2), 121-128
- King, P. E., Vaughn, J., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J., Dowling, E., Lerner, R., Geldhof, J., Lerner, J.V., Irehata, G., Williams, K., & Sim, A. (2020) Exploring Religiousness and Hope: Examining the Roles of Spirituality and Social Connections Among Salvadoran Youth. Religions 11, 75; doi:10.3390/rel11020075
- Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., & Chase, P. A. (2019). Towards enhancing the role of idiographic-based analyses in describing, explaining, and optimizing the study of human development: The sample case of adolescentfamily relationships. Journal of Family Theory & Review. DOI:10.1111/jftr.12347.
- King, P. E., Yoo, Y., Vaughn, J. M., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., Sim, A., Stephenson, P., Dowling, E., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2019). Evaluating the measure of diverse adolescent spirituality in samples of Mexican and Salvadoran youth. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality. https://doi.org/10.1037/rel0000279
- King, P.E.; Vaughn, J.M.; Yoo, Y.; Tirrell, J.M.; Dowling, E.M.; Lerner, R.M.; Geldhof, G.J.; Lerner, J.V.; Iraheta, G.; Williams, K.; Sim, A.T.R. (2020) Exploring Religiousness and Hope: Examining the Roles of Spirituality and Social Connections among Salvadoran Youth. Religions 11, 75.
- Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Gansert, P., Buckingham, M., Wong, C. A., Suzuki, S., Naliaka, C., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Williams, K., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2020). Toward a measure for assessing features of effective youth development programs: Contextual safety and the “Big Three” Components of Positive Youth Development programs in Rwanda. Child & Youth Care Forum, 49, 201- 220.doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09524-6
- Lerner, J.V., Wong, C., Weiner, M., & Johnson, S. (2020) Profiles of Adolescent Character Attributes: Associations with Intentional Self-Regulation and Character Role Model Relationships. Journal of Moral Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2020.1755242
- Hammond, A, Johnson, S., Weiner, M, & Lerner, J.V. (in press) From Taylor Swift to MLK: Understanding Adolescents’ Famous Character Role Models
- Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Murry, V. M., Smith, E. P., Bowers, E. P., Geldhof, G. J., & Buckingham, M. H. 2021). Positive youth development in 2020: Theory, research, programs, and the promotion of social justice. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 31(4), 1114-1134. DOI: 10.1111/jora.12609
- Lerner, R. M., Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Geldhof, G. J., Dowling, E. N., & Sim, A. T. R. (2021). Longitudinal research about, and program evaluations of, positive youth development in low- and middle-income countries: Methodological issues and options. Journal of Youth Development, 16(2 & 3), 100-123. DOI 10.5195/jyd.2021.1040
- Le, T. U., Johnson, S. K., & Lerner, J.V. (2022) Exploring moderators of the relationship between adolescents’ social responsibility and civic actions. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, DOI:10.1002/casp.2618
- Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Iraheta, G., Dennis, J., Malvese, K., Abbasi-Asl, R., Williams, K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2022). Being known and loved and positive youth development: Cross-national findings from Rwanda and El Salvador. Child & Youth Care Forum. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-022-09725-6