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Social Development Laboratory
Director: Dr. Elizabeth A. Lemerise
 Research Interests
Children's peer relationships are an important context for social, emotional, and cognitive development. In the lab, our research addresses individual differences in children's peer relationships and the connection of peer relations to adjustment in school contexts. Another major focus of the research is on the contributions of emotion processes to children's reasoning about problematic situations with peers, including social information processing and socio-moral judgments. In recent studies we have examined:
- the influence of gender and age relative to classmates on peer relations in ungraded primary
- the contributions of friendship and overall acceptance by classmates to adjustment and success in ungraded primary
- the correlates of individual differences in popularity and friendship
- the study of anger, conflict and aggression which contribute to peer rejection
- contextual effects (mood, emotion cues, frame of reference, situation types) on children's thinking about problematic situations with peers.
Current Research Students
Undergraduate Students
Graduate Students
- April Bowersox: B.A. in psychology at Western Kentucky University, Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology
- Brenna McCormick: B.A. in psychology at Western Kentucky University, Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology
- Rachel Waford: B.A. in psychology at Western Kentucky University, M.A. candidate in Applied Experimental Psychology
NSF REU Interns
- Jennifer Charleston, Hampton University, 2002
- Brenna McCormick, Western Kentucky University, 2002
- Susaye Rattigan, Hiram College, 2003
- Minervia Scott, Jackson State University, 2003
Past Research Students and What They're Doing Now
**Past students: If you're not on the list, e-mail and let me know what you are doing! If you have updated information, please let me know.
- Amanda "Max" Adamson, B. A. in Psychology, Outstanding Student in Psychology, honors program graduate, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. candidate in clinical psychology, University of Mississippi.
- Sarah Caverly, M.A. in Clinical Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. candidate in Developmental Psychology, George Mason University.
- Kristen Crafton, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Psy.D. candidate in Clinical Psychology, Spalding University.
- Daniel Diehl, B.A. in Psychology, M.A. in Applied Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.S.W. in Social Work, University of Southern Indiana; Therapist, Mulberry Children's Hospital, Evansville, Indiana; Ph.D. candidate in Social Work, University of Louisville/University of Kentucky Joint Program; Project Director of a federal grant, "Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation: 21st Century Community Learning Centers".
- Kellie Murphy Edwards, B.A. in Psychology, Outstanding undergraduate in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. candidate in Child Clinical Psychology, Outstanding Teaching Assistant, Auburn University.
- Donna Siler Gregory, M.A. in Applied Experimental Psychology, Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Director of Research, Counseling & Testing Center, Western Kentucky University.
- Amanda Grissom, B.A. in Psychology; Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
- Bridgette Harper, B. A. in Psychology, Outstanding Student in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.A. in Applied Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University. Ph.D. candidate in Human Development, University of Texas at Dallas. Bridgette just was awarded a Timberlawn Psychiatric Foundation grant which will fund her dissertation research! Way to go Bridgette!!!
- Shelley Marlin Hicks, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
- Holly James, B.A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.A. in Marriage & Family Counseling, University of Kentucky.
- Jessica T. Jolly, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University, M.A.candidate in Communications, Western Kentucky University.
- Christopher Matthews, B.A. in Psychology, Ed.S. in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University; School Psychologist.
- Heidi McGlothlin, B.A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Ph.D. in Developmental Science, University of Maryland; Post-doctoral fellow, University of Maryland.
- Michelle Bush Scott, Ed.S. in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Outstanding graduate student in School Psychology; School Psychologist.
- Rachael Sloan, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University, Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
- E. Georgeanne Smith, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.A. in Marriage & Family Counseling, University of Kentucky.
- Chriscelyn Snell, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Psy.D. candidate in clinical psychology, Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
- Bridget Trame, B.A. in Psychology, Outstanding Student in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.A. Applied Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Outstanding Graduate Student in Applied Experimental Psychology and in the College of Education and Behavioral Sciences; Ph.D. candidate and predoctoral fellow in Developmental Science, University of Maryland.
- Kimberly Van Zee, B.A. in Psychology, Honors Program graduate, Ed.S. in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University, School Psychologist.
- Rachel Waford, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University, M.A. candidate in Applied Experimental Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
- Lisa White, B.A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; M.A. in Child & Family Studies, Ohio University, Ph.D. candidate in Child & Family Studies, University of Georgia.
- Bridget Wilfert, B. A. in Psychology, Western Kentucky University; Ed.S. candidate in School Psychology, Western Kentucky University.
Selected Publications
Lemerise, E. A. (in press). Why the neurobiology of emotion should be required reading for scholars of human development: Essay review of Looking for Spinoza: Joy, Sorrow, and the Feeling Brain by Antonio Damasio. Human Development.
Arsenio, W. F., & Lemerise, E. A. (accepted for publication). Aggression and moral development: Integrating the social information processing and moral domain models. Child Development.
Lemerise, E. A. (2002). International perspectives on peer harassment: Review of J. Juvonen and S. Graham (Eds.) (2001). Peer harassment in school: The plight of the vulnerable and victimized. New York: Guilford. Social Development, 11, 143-146.
Caverly, S. L., Lemerise, E. A., & Harper, B. D. (2002). Patterns of friendship in ungraded primary classes. Early Education & Development, 13, 5-21.
Arsenio, W. F., & Lemerise, E. A. (2001). Varieties of childhood bullying: Values, emotion processes, and social competence. Social Development, 10, 59-73.
Lemerise, E. A., & Arsenio, W. F. (2000). An integrated model of emotion processes and cognition in social information processing. Child Development, 71, 107-118.
Lemerise, E. A., & Dodge, K. A. (2000). The development of anger and hostile interactions. In M. Lewis & J. Haviland-Jones (Eds.), Handbook of emotions, 2nd ed. (pp. 594-606). New York: Guilford.
Coie, J. D., Cillessen, A. H. N., Dodge, K. A., Hubbard, J. A., Schwartz, D., Lemerise, E. A., & Bateman, H. (1999). It takes two to fight: A test of relational factors and a method for assessing aggressive dyads. Developmental Psychology, 35, 1179-1188.
Walden, T. A., Lemerise, E. A., & Smith, M. (1999). Friendship and popularity in preschool classrooms. Early Education and Development, 10(3), 351-371.
Schwartz, D., Dodge, K. A., Coie, J. D., Hubbard, J. A., Cillessen, A. H. N., Lemerise, E. A., & Bateman, H. (1998). Social-cognitive and behavioral correlates of aggression and victimization in boys' play groups. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 26, 431-440.
Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B. D., & Howes, H. M. (1998). The transition from kindergarten to ungraded primary: Longitudinal predictors of popularity and social reputation. Early Education and Development, 9, 187-201.
Diehl, D. S., Lemerise, E. A., Caverly, S. L., Ramsay, S., & Roberts, J. (1998). Peer relations and school adjustment in ungraded primary children. Journal of Educational Psychology, 90, 506-515.
Lemerise, E. A. (1997). Patterns of peer acceptance, social status, and social reputation in mixed-age preschool and primary classrooms. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 43, 199-218.
Selected Presentations
Lemerise, E. A., & Salmivalli, C. (Co-Chairs) (2004). Social goals: A motivational approach to children's social adjustment. Symposium presented at meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ghent, Belgium, July 2004.
Lemerise, E. A. (2004). An integrated emotion and social information processing approach to studying children's social goals. Paper presented as part of a symposium entitled " Social goals: A motivational approach to children's social adjustment" at meeting of International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Ghent, Belgium, July 2004.
Arsenio, W. F., & Lemerise, E. A. (2004). Aggression and moral development: Towards an integration of the social information processing and moral domain models. Poster presented at meeting of Jean Piaget Society, Toronto, Canada, June 2004.
Lemerise, E. A., Bowersox, A. L., McCormick, B. G., Jolly, J. T., & Trame, B. K. (2004). Do provocateurs' emotion displays influence children's goal setting and social problem solving? Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Washington, DC, April 2004.
McCormick, B. G., Bowersox, A. L., Jolly, J. T., & Lemerise, E. A. (2004). Age and gender patterns in social information processing. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Washington, DC, April 2004.
Lemerise, E. A. (Chair). (2003). Contributions of emotion processes to social competence and adjustment. Symposium presented at meeting of Society for Research in Child Develoment, Tampa, FL, April 2003.
Lemerise, E. A., Trame, B. K., & Crafton, K. (2003). Fitting emotion into a social information processing model of social competence. Paper presented as part of a symposium entitled "Contributions of emotion processes to social competence and adjustment"at meeting of Society for Research in Child Develoment, Tampa, FL, April 2003.
Trame, B. K., Lemerise, E. A., & Jolly, J. T. (2003). Similarities in social goals between children and their reciprocated friends. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL, April 2003.
Lemerise, E. A. (2002). Emotion and social information processing. Invited talk presented at Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago, IL, May 2002.
Lemerise, E. A., Trame, B. K., & Hicks, S. M. (2002). Predictors of school adjustment in ungraded primary children. Poster to be presented at Conference on Human Development, Charotte, NC, April 2002.
Adamson, A. M., Lemerise, E. A., Arsenio, W. F., McCormick, B., & Crafton, K. (2002) Contextual effects on kindergartners' happy victimizer expectancies. Poster to be presented at Conference on Human Development, Charotte, NC, April 2002.
Trame, B. K., Lemerise, E. A., Snell, C., & Wilfert, B. (2002). Friendship and competence in ungraded primary children. Poster to be presented at Conference on Human Development, Charotte, NC, April 2002.
Lemerise, E. A., & Gregory, D. S. (2001). Continuities in social competence and peer relations in mixed-age primary classes. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, April 2001.
Lemerise, E. A. (2001). The emotional functioning of aggressive children: A commentary. Paper presented as discussant for symposium entitled, "The emotional functioning of aggressive children," at Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN, April 2001.
Lemerise, E. A., Chua, V., Huddleston, R., Gregory, D. S., & Wedding, K. (2000). Same-grade and different-grade friendships: Contributions to social competence. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Memphis, TN, April 2000.
Van Zee, K., Lemerise, E., Arsenio, W. F., Gregory, D. S., & Sepcaru, S. (2000). Developmental and contextual effects on "happy victimizer" expectancies. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Memphis, TN, April 2000.
Lemerise, E. A., Gregory, D., S. Leitner, K., & Hobgood, C. (1999). The effect of affective cues on children's social information processing. Poster presented at meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM, April 1999.
Gregory, D. S., Lemerise, E. A., & Allen, J. (1999). Influences on friendship in mixed-age primary classes. Poster presented at meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM, April 2000.
Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B. D., Caverly, S., & Hobgood, C. (1998). Mood, social goals, and children's outcome expectations. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Mobile, AL, March 1998.
Hobgood, C., Lemerise, E. A., Siler, D., & Caverly, S. (1998). Agreement between peer and teacher assessments of social competence. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Mobile, AL, March 1998.
Gregory, D. S., Lemerise, E. A., & Allen, J. (1998). Friendship and school adjustment in the ungraded primary. Paper presented at a meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, KY, November 1998.
Allen, J., Lemerise, E. A., & Gregory, D. S. (1998). Friendships among peer rejected children: Contributions to competence. Paper presented at a meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Louisville, KY, November 1998.
Lemerise, E. A. (1997). Why study peer relations in Kentucky's ungraded primary? Invited address presented at a meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead, KY, November 1997.
Hobgood, C., Lemerise, E. A., & Caverly, S. (1997). Agreement between peer and teacher assessments of children's behavior. Paper presented at meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Morehead, KY, November, 1997.
Lemerise, E. A., Caverly, S., Harper, B. D., Diehl, D. S., Ramsay, S., & Roberts, J. (1997). Patterns of peer acceptance, friendship, and school adjustment in mixed-age primary classes. Poster presented at a meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC, April 1997.
Lemerise, E. A., Walden, T. A., Smith, M. (1997). Contributions of emotion to preschool children's peer acceptance and friendship. Paper presented in a symposium entitled "The Role of Emotions in Children's Peer Relationships" (Chair: J. Hubbard) at a meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC, April 1997.
Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B., Caverly, S., & Howes, H. M. (1996). Stability of peer acceptance and social reputation in ungraded primary. Paper presented at a meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Frankfort, KY, November 1996.
Caverly, S., Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B., & Diehl, D. (1996). Peer acceptance, friendship, and school adjustment in ungraded primary. Paper presented at a meeting of the Kentucky Academy of Science, Frankfort, KY, November 1996.
Lemerise, E. A. (1996). Intelligence and affectivity: Transactions with people. Paper presented as part of a symposium entitled "Affect, cognition and Piaget" at the 26th Annual Symposium of the Jean Piaget Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 1996.
Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B., McGlothlin, H., Caverly, S., & Diehl, D. (1996). Longitudinal predictors of peer acceptance and social behavior in ungraded primary classrooms. Paper presented at Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL, March 1996.
Lemerise, E. A., Newton, F., McManus, G., & White, L. (1996). The transition from single-age kindergarten to ungraded primary: Longitudinal predictors of peer acceptance and social behavior. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL, March 1996.
Diehl, D., Lemerise, E. A., Ramsay, S., & Roberts, J. (1996). Predictors of school adjustment in mixed-age classrooms: The roles of peer acceptance, social behavior, and age relative to classmates. Poster presented at Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL, March 1996.
Lemerise, E. A., Harper, B., & McGlothlin, H. (1995). Children's reasoning about moral transgressions: Emotional consequences for victims and victimizers. Poster presented at the Joint Meeting of the Kentucky and Tennessee Academies of Science, Bowling Green, KY, November 1995.
Bacher, B., Diehl, D., & Lemerise, E. A. (1995). Children's occupational aspirations: Does anyone want to be a scientist? Paper presented at the Joint Meeting of the Kentucky and Tennessee Academies of Science, Bowling Green, KY, November 1995.
Lemerise, E. A., & Arsenio, W. (Co-Chairs). Developmental and individual differences in affective information processing. Poster symposium presented at Society for Research in Child Development meeting, Indianapolis, IN, April 1995.
Lemerise, E. A., Scott, M.B., & Turner, K. (1995). Patterns of peer relationships in mixed age classrooms. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development meeting, Indianapolis, IN and at Western Kentucky Sigma Xi Research Conference.
Lemerise, E. A., & Scott, M. B. (1995). Understanding the emotions of victims and victimizers: Developmental and peer status effects. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development meeting as part of a symposium entitled "Developmental and individual differences in affective information processing" (E. Lemerise & W. Arsenio, Co-Chairs), Indianapolis, IN, April 1995.
Lemerise, E. A., Bush, M., & Turner, K. (1994). Peer acceptance in mixed age classrooms: Are younger children at risk? Paper presented at the 1994 Conference on Human Development, Pittsburgh, PA, April 1994.
Gentil, J., Walden, T., & Lemerise, E. A. (1993). The relation between empathy and peer acceptance in preschool children. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 1993.
Lemerise, E. A., & Gentil, J. (1992). Social competence: What is it and where does emotion fit in? Paper presented in symposium on "What can emotion variables contribute to our understanding of social competence?" (organizers: T. Walden and E. Lemerise) at Conference on Human Development, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1992.
Walden, T., Lemerise, E. A., & Gentil, J. (1992). Emotional competence and peer acceptance among preschool children. Paper presented in symposium on "What can emotion variables contribute to our understanding of social competence?" (organizers: T. Walden and E. Lemerise) at Conference on Human Development, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1992.
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