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Publications

A complete list of publications and citations can be found here:ÌýÌý Copies of most publications can be found here:ÌýÌý Select Recent Publications (* indicates student author)

• *Guillont, M., *Selover, M.,ÌýKaniuÅ¡onytė, G., & Laursen, B. (2025). What’s best about best friends: Higher-ranked friend nominations are more stable and more likely to be reciprocated than lower-ranked nominations.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development.ÌýAdvanced online publication.Ìý
• *Selover, M., *Leggett-James, M. P., Højen. A., Bleses. D., & Laursen, B. (in press). Solitary screen time exacerbates socioemotional problems in young children with oral language difficulties. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
• *Leclerc-Bedard, L.-A., *Leggett-James, M. P., KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G., ŽukauskienÄ—, R., & Laursen, B. (2025).The correlates and consequences of friendship change and friendlessness during late childhood and early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence.
• *Leggett-James, M. P., *Yoho, M., & Laursen, B. (2025). The wrong stuff: Characteristics of youth involved in enemy relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
• *Katulis, G., KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G., & Laursen, B. (2025). Extending the healthy context paradox to nonintervention settings: Escalating problem behaviors among victimized social outliers. School Psychology.
• *Selover, M., *Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2025). School structure explains age group differences in friend selection similarity. International Journal of Behavioral Development.
• KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G., & Laursen, B. (2025). Maternal disapproval of friends in response to child conduct problems damages the peer status of pre- and early adolescents. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66, 178-188.
• *Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2024). More about being fun: Making friends to maximize social status. Journal of Personality, 92, 1438-1450.
• *Faur, S., *Valdes, O., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Boivin, M., & Laursen, B. (2024). Reconsidering the failure model: Using a genetically controlled design to assess the spread of problems from reactive aggression to internalizing symptoms through peer rejection across the primary school years. Child Development, 95(1),Ìý261-275.ÌýÌý
• Choe, S. Y., Laursen, B., Cheah, C. S., Lengua, L. J., Schoppe-Sullivan, S. J., & Bagner, D. M. (2023). Intrusiveness and emotional manipulation as facets of parental psychological control: A culturally and developmentally sensitive reconceptualization. Human Development,Ìý67(2), 69-87.Ìý
• *Faur, S., Laursen, B., & Juvonen, J. (2023). Adolescents with few friend alternatives are particularly susceptible to influence from friends.ÌýJournal of Youth and Adolescence, 52,Ìý637-650.Ìý
• *Faur, S., *Valdes, O.,ÌýVitaro, F.,ÌýBrendgen, M.,ÌýBoivin, M., &ÌýLaursen, B.Ìý(2023).ÌýReconsidering the failure model: Using a genetically controlled design to assess the spread of problems from reactive aggression to internalizing symptoms through peer rejection across the primary school years.ÌýChild Development, online first.Ìý
• Katulis, G., KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G., & Laursen, B. (2023). Positive classroom climate buffers against increases in loneliness arising from shyness, rejection sensitivity and emotional reactivity.ÌýFrontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1081989.Ìý
• Laursen B, *Leggett-James,ÌýM.ÌýP.,Ìý& *Valdes,ÌýO.M.Ìý(2023) Relative likeability and relative popularity as sources of influence in children’s friendships. PLoS ONE 18(5): e0283117.Ìý
• Laursen, B., & Veenstra, R. (2023).ÌýIn defense of peer influence: The unheralded benefits of conformity.ÌýChild Development Perspectives, 17,Ìý74-80.Ìý
• *Leggett-James, M. P., *Faur, S., KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G., ŽukauskienÄ—, R., & Laursen, B. (2023). The perils of not being attractive or athletic: pathways to adolescent adjustment difficulties through escalating unpopularity.ÌýJournal ofÌýYouth andÌýAdolescence.ÌýÌýÌý
• *Leggett-James, M. P., Eckstein, K., *Richmond, A., Noack, P., & Laursen, B. (2023). The spread of political alienation from parents to adolescent children.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology, 37Ìý(6), 947–953.ÌýÌý
• *Faur, S., & Laursen, B. (2022). Classroom seat proximity predicts friendship formation.ÌýFrontiers in Psychology,Ìý 13, 796002.Ìý
• *Guimond, F.-A., *Altman, R., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., & Laursen, B. (2022). The interchangeability of liking and friend nominations to measure peer acceptance and friendship.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development,Ìý46(4), 358–367.Ìý
• KaniuÅ¡onytÄ—, G. ŽukauskienÄ—, R., BakaitytÄ—, A., & Laursen, B. (2022). Perceived maternal disapproval of friends: How mothers shape and respond to child and friend adjustment problems.ÌýFrontiers in Psychology. 13:1015506Ìý
• Laursen, B., & *Faur, S. (2022). What does it mean to be susceptible to influence? A brief primer on peer conformity and developmental changes that affect it.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development,Ìý 46, 222–237.Ìý
• Laursen, B., Hoff, E., *Gaudree, A., Højen^,ÌýA., & Bleses, D. (2022). Child disruptiveness moderates the effects of home book reading on oral language development.ÌýPersonality and Individual Differences,Ìý196, 111763.Ìý
• Laursen, B., *Richmond, A., Kiuru, N., Lerkkanen, M.-K., & Poikkeus, A.-M. (2022). Off on the wrong foot: Task avoidance at the outset of primary school anticipates academic difficulties and declining likeability.ÌýEuropean Journal of Developmental Psychology, 19,Ìý601-615.Ìý
• *Leggett-James, M. P., & Laursen, B. (2022). The consequences of social media use across the transition into adolescence: Body image and physical activity.ÌýJournal of Early Adolescence.Ìý
• *Valdes, O. M., Shawcross, L & Laursen, B. (2022). Being nice and being mean: Friend characteristics foreshadow changes in perceptions of relationship negativity.ÌýJournal of Research on Adolescence, 32,Ìý314-324.Ìý
• *Yoho, M., *Faur S., & Laursen B. (2022). Conflict moderates the longitudinal association between aggression with classmates and popularity: Leveraging disagreements into peer status.ÌýPersonality and Individual Differences, 190, 111538.Ìý .

Ìý Ìý Ìý Popular Citations (* indicates student author)

• Laursen, B., & Veenstra, R. (2021). Towards understanding the functions of peer influence: A summary and synthesis of recent empirical research.Ìý Journal of Research on Adolescence,Ìý 31(4), 889-907.Ìý
• *Hartl, A.C.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýCantin, S., &ÌýVitaro, F. (2020).ÌýÌýA test of the bistrategic hypothesis of adolescent popularity.ÌýChild Development,Ìý91, e635-e648.Ìý
• Laursen, B., *Altman, R. L., Bukowski, W. M., & *Wei, L. (2020). Being fun: An overlooked indicator of childhood social status.ÌýJournal of Personality, 88, 993-1006.Ìýdoi.org/10.1111/jopy.12546.
• *Dickson, D.J.,ÌýLaursen, B.,Ìý*Valdes, O., &ÌýStattin, H. (2019).ÌýÌýDerisive parenting fosters dysregulated anger in adolescent children and subsequent difficulties with peers.ÌýJournal of Youth Ìýand Adolescence, 48, Ìý1567-1579.ÌýÌý
• Guimond, F.-A., Laursen, B., * Hartl, A. C., & Cillessen, A. H. N. (2019). Differences in internalizing symptoms anticipate adolescent friendship dissolution.ÌýJournal of Research on Adolescence, 28, 924-937.Ìý.
• *Richmond, A.,ÌýLaursen, B., &ÌýStattin, H. (2019).ÌýÌýHomophily in delinquent behavior:ÌýÌýThe rise and fall of friend similarity across adolescence.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development, 43,Ìý67-73.ÌýÌý
• Hoff, E., & Laursen, B. (2019). Socioeconomic status and parenting. In M. H. Bornstein (Ed.),ÌýHandbook of parenting. Vol. 2. Biology and ecology of parentingÌý(3rd ed., pp. 421-447). New York: Routledge.
• Laursen, B. (2018). Peer influence. In W. M. Bukowski, B. Laursen, & K. H. Rubin (Eds.),ÌýHandbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groupsÌý(2nd ed., pp. 447-469). New York: Guilford.
• Vitaro, F.,Ìý*Dickson, D. J.,ÌýBrendgen, M.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýDionne, G., &ÌýBoivin, M. (2018).ÌýÌýThe gene-environmental architecture of the development of adolescent substance use.ÌýPsychological Medicine, 48,Ìý2500-2507.ÌýÌýÌý.
• *Hiatt, C.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýKerr, M., &ÌýStattin, H. (2017).ÌýÌýBest friend influence over adolescent problem behaviors: Socialized by the satisfied.ÌýJournal of Clinical and Adolescent Psychology. 46,Ìý695-708.Ìý
• Laursen, B. (2017). Making and keeping friends: The importance of being similar. Child Development Perspectives, 11Ìý,Ìý282-289.Ìý.
• Laursen, B., *Hartl, A. C., Vitaro, F., Brendgen, M., Dionne, G., & Boivin, M. (2017). The spread of substance use and delinquency between adolescent twins.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 53Ìý,Ìý329-339Ìý.
• *DeLay, D.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýBukowski, W. M., Kerr, M., &ÌýStattin, H. (2016).ÌýÌýAdolescent friend similarity on alcohol abuse as a function of participation in romantic relationships:ÌýÌýSometimes a new love comes between old friends.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 52,Ìý117-129.Ìý.
• *Valdes, O. M.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýGuimond, F. A., *Hartl, A. C., &ÌýDenner, J. (2016).ÌýÌýMaternal psychological control and its association with mother and child perceptions of adolescent adjustment:ÌýÌýMore evidence on the strength of shared perspectives.ÌýJournal of Youth and Adolescence, 45,Ìý2151-2163.Ìý.
• *Dirghangi, S., *Kahn, G.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýBrendgen, M.,ÌýVitaro, F., Dionne, G., &ÌýBoivin, M. (2015).ÌýÌýCoruminationÌýcultivate anxiety:ÌýÌýA genetically informed study of friend influence during early adolescence.ÌýÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 51,Ìý564-571.ÌýÌý.
• *Hartl, A. C.,ÌýLaursen, B., &ÌýCillessen, A. H. N. (2015).ÌýÌýA survival analysis of adolescent friendships:ÌýÌýThe downside of dissimilarity.ÌýÌýPsychological Science, 26,Ìý1304-1315.ÌýÌý.
• *Hiatt, C.,ÌýLaursen, B., *Mooney, K. S., & Rubin, K. H. (2015).ÌýÌýForms of friendship:ÌýÌýA person-centered assessment of the quality, stability, and outcomes of different types of adolescent friends.ÌýÌýPersonality and Individual Differences, 77,Ìý149-155.ÌýÌý.
• *Richmond, A.,ÌýLaursen, B., Kerr, M., &ÌýStattin, H. (2015).ÌýÌýDepressive symptoms anticipate changes in the frequency of alcohol intoxication among low accepted adolescents.ÌýÌýJournal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs, 76,Ìý585-593.ÌýÌý.
• Laursen, B., & *Richmond, A. (2014).ÌýÌýPersonality, relationships, and behavior problems:ÌýÌýIt’s hard to be disagreeable.ÌýJournal of Personality Disorders, 28, 143-150.ÌýÌý
• *Marion, D.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýKiuru, N.,ÌýNurmi, J.-E, &ÌýSalmela-AroÌýK. (2014).ÌýÌýMaternal affection moderates friend influence on schoolwork engagement.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 50, 766-771.ÌýÌýÌý
• *DeLay, D.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýKiuru, N.,ÌýSalmela-Aro, K., &ÌýNurmi, J.-E (2013).ÌýÌýSelecting and retaining friends on the basis of cigarette smoking similarity.ÌýJournal of Research on Adolescence,Ìý23, 464-473.Ìý
• Laursen, B., & *Hartl, A. C. (2013).ÌýÌýUnderstanding loneliness during adolescence:ÌýÌýDevelopmental changes that increase the risk of perceived social isolation.ÌýJournal of Adolescence,Ìý36, 1261-1268.ÌýÌý
• *Marion, D.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýZettergren, P., & Bergman, L. R. (2013).ÌýÌýPredicting life satisfaction during middle adulthood from peer relationships during mid-adolescence.ÌýJournal of Youth and Adolescence,Ìý42, 1299-1307.ÌýÌý
• Kiuru, N., *Burk, W. J.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýNurmi, J.-E., &ÌýSalmala-Aro, K. (2012).ÌýÌýIs depression contagious? A test of alternative peer socialization mechanisms of depressive symptoms in adolescent peer networks.ÌýJournal of Adolescent Health, 50,Ìý250-255.ÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., *Hafen, C. A., Kerr, M., &ÌýStattin, H.ÌýÌý(2012).ÌýÌýFriendÌýinfluence over adolescent problem behaviors as a function of relative peer acceptance: To be liked is to be emulated.ÌýJournal of Abnormal Psychology,Ìý121, 88-94.ÌýÌý
• Bukowski, W.M.,ÌýLaursen, B., &ÌýHoza, B. (2010).ÌýÌýThe snowball effect:ÌýÌýFriendship moderates escalations in depressed affect among avoidant and excluded children.ÌýDevelopment and Psychopathology, 22, 749-757.ÌýÌýÌý
• Kiuru, N., *Burk, W.J.,ÌýLaursen, B.,ÌýSalmela-Aro, K., &ÌýNurmi, J.-E.ÌýÌý(2010).ÌýÌýPressureÌýto drink but not to smoke:ÌýÌýDisentangling selection and socialization in adolescent peer networks and peer groups.ÌýJournal of Adolescence, 33,Ìý801-812.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B.,ÌýBukowski, W.M.,ÌýNurmi, J.-E., *Marion, D.,ÌýKiuru, N., &ÌýSalmela-Aro, K. (2010).ÌýÌýOpposites detract: Middle school peer group antipathies.ÌýJournal of Experimental Child Psychology, 106, 240-256.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., *DeLay, D., & *Adams, R.E. (2010).ÌýÌýTrajectories of perceived support in mother-adolescent relationships:ÌýÌýThe poor (quality) keep getting poorer.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 46,Ìý1792-1798.ÌýÌýÌý
• *Hafen, C. A., &ÌýLaursen, B. (2009).ÌýÌýMore problems and less support:ÌýÌýEarly adolescent adjustment forecasts changes in perceived support from parents.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology, 23,Ìý193-202.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., & Collins, W. A. (2009).ÌýÌýParent-child relationships during adolescence.ÌýÌýIn R. M. Lerner & L. Steinberg (Eds.),ÌýHandbook of adolescent psychology (3^rdÌýed.).ÌýÌýVol. 2:ÌýÌýContextual influences on adolescent developmentÌý(pp. 3-42).ÌýÌýNew York:ÌýÌýWiley.
• Popp, D.,ÌýLaursen, B., *Burk, W. J., Kerr, M., &ÌýStattin, M. (2008). ModelingÌýhomophilyÌýover time with an actor-partner interdependence model.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 44, 1028-1039.ÌýÌýÌý
• *Pursell, G. R., Laursen, B., Rubin, K. H., Booth-LaForce, C., & Rose-Krasnor, L. (2008).ÌýÌýGender differences in patterns of association between prosocial behavior, personality, and externalizing problems.ÌýJournal of Research in Personality, 42, 472-481.ÌýÌýÌý
• *Adams, R.E., &ÌýLaursen, B. (2007). The correlates of conflict: Disagreement is not always detrimental.ÌýJournal of Family Psychology, 21, 445-458.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B.,ÌýBukowski, W.M.,ÌýAunola, K., &ÌýNurmi, J.-E. (2007). Friendship moderates prospective associations between social isolation and adjustment problems in young children.ÌýChild Development, 78, 1395-1404.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., Furman, W., & *Mooney, K.S. (2006). Predicting interpersonal competence and self-worth from adolescent relationships and relationship networks: Person-centered and variable-centered perspectives.ÌýMerrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 572-600.ÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., & Hoff, E. (2006).ÌýÌýPerson-centered and variable-centered approaches to longitudinal data.ÌýMerrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 377-389.ÌýÌý
• *Burk, W. J., &ÌýLaursen, B. (2005).ÌýÌýAdolescent perceptions of friendship and their associations with individual adjustment.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development, 29,Ìý156-164.ÌýÌý
• Collins, W. A., &ÌýLaursen, B. (2004).ÌýÌýChanging relationships, changing youth:ÌýÌýInterpersonal contexts of adolescent development.ÌýJournal of Early Adolescence, 24, 55-62.ÌýÌý
• Laursen, B.,ÌýPulkkinen, L., & *Adams, R. (2002).ÌýÌýThe antecedents and correlates of agreeableness in adulthood.ÌýDevelopmental Psychology, 38,Ìý591-603.ÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., *Finkelstein, B. D., Betts, N. T. (2001).ÌýÌýA developmental meta-analysis of peer conflict resolution.ÌýDevelopmental Review, 21, 423-449.ÌýÌýÌý
• *Adams, R., &ÌýLaursen, B. (2001).ÌýÌýThe organization and dynamics of adolescent conflict with parents and friends.ÌýJournal of Marriage and the Family, 63, 97-110.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., & Jensen-Campbell, L. A. (1999).ÌýÌýThe nature and functions of social exchange in adolescent romantic relationships.ÌýÌýIn W. Furman, B. B. Brown, & C.ÌýFeiringÌý(Eds.)ÌýTheÌýÌýdevelopment of romantic relationships in adolescenceÌý(pp. 50-74).ÌýÌýNew York:ÌýÌýCambridge University Press.Ìý
• Laursen, B., *Coy, K., & Collins, W. A. (1998).ÌýÌýReconsidering changes in parent-child conflict across adolescence: A meta-analysis.ÌýChild Development, 69, 817-832.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., &ÌýBukowski, W. M. (1997).ÌýÌýA developmental guide to theÌýorganisationÌýof close relationships.ÌýInternational Journal of Behavioral Development, 21, 747-770.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., & *Williams, V. (1997).ÌýÌýPerceptions of interdependence and closeness in family and peer relationships among adolescents with and without romantic partners.ÌýÌýIn S. Shulman & W. A. Collins (Eds.),ÌýRomanticÌýrelationships in adolescence.ÌýÌýNew Directions for Child DevelopmentÌý(No. 78, pp. 3-20).ÌýÌýSan Francisco:ÌýÌýJossey-Bass.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B.,ÌýHartup, W. W., & *Koplas, A. L. (1996).ÌýÌýTowards understanding peer conflict.ÌýMerrill-Palmer Quarterly, 42, 76-102.Ìý
• Laursen, B. (1995).ÌýÌýConflict and social interaction in adolescent relationships.ÌýJournal of Research on Adolescence, 5, 55-70.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B., & Collins, W. A. (1994).ÌýÌýInterpersonal conflict during adolescence.ÌýPsychological Bulletin, 115, 197-209.ÌýÌýÌý
• Laursen, B. (1993).ÌýÌýThe perceived impact of conflict on adolescent relationships.ÌýMerrill-Palmer Quarterly, 39, 535-550.
• Laursen, B., &ÌýHartup, W. W. (1989).ÌýÌýThe dynamics of preschool children's conflict.ÌýMerrill-Palmer Quarterly, 35, 281-297.
• Hartup, W. W.,ÌýLaursen, B., Stewart, M. I., &ÌýEastenson, A. (1988).ÌýÌýConflict and the friendship relations of young children.ÌýChild Development, 59, 1590-1600.ÌýÌýÌý

ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýBooks and Monographs

• Bukowski, W. M.,ÌýLaursen, B., &ÌýRubin, K. H. (Eds.) (2018).ÌýHandbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groupsÌý(2nd ed.). New York: Guilford.
• Laursen, B., & Collins, W.A. (Eds.) (2012).ÌýÌýRelationship pathways:ÌýÌýFrom adolescence to young adulthood.ÌýÌýThousand Oaks, CA:ÌýÌýSageÌý
• Laursen, B., Little, T. D., & Card, N. A. (Eds.) (2012).ÌýÌýHandbook of developmental research methods.ÌýÌýNew York:ÌýÌýGuilford.Ìý
• Rubin, K. H.,ÌýBukowski, W. M., &ÌýLaursen, B. (Eds.) (2009).ÌýHandbook of peer interactions, relationships, and groups. New York: Guilford.
• Bukowski, W. M.,ÌýLaursen, B., & Rubin, K. H. (Series Eds.) (2009).ÌýSocialÌýÌýand emotional development: Critical concepts of developmental psychology.ÌýNew York: Psychology Press.
• Laursen, B., &ÌýŽukauskienÄ—, R. (Eds.) (2007).ÌýInterpersonal development.ÌýHampshire, UK:ÌýAshgate. New York: Psychology Press.
• Laursen, B., &ÌýGraziano, W. G. (Eds.) (2002).ÌýSocial exchange in development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent DevelopmentÌý(No. 95). San Francisco:ÌýJossey-Bass.
• Collins, W. A., &ÌýLaursen, B. (Eds.) (1999).ÌýThe Minnesota Symposia on Child Psychology: Vol. 30. Relationships as developmental contexts.ÌýHillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Laursen, B. (Ed.) (1993).ÌýClose friendships in adolescence.ÌýÌýNew Directions for Child DevelopmentÌý(No. 60). San Francisco:ÌýJossey-Bass.