Sharon L. Foster, PhD

Specialties and Interests | Courses Taught | Selected Publications | Education and Honors | Professional Memberships | Recent Dissertations Chaired | Interests and Hobbies

Specialties and Interests

• Peer relations and mechanisms of peer influence in childhood and adolescence
• Aggression among girls
• Research methodology

Courses Taught

• Foundations of Measurement (Psychometric theory)
• Research Design
• Behavioral and Social Learning Theories of Personality and Psychopathology

Selected Publications

• Robin, A. L., & Foster, S. L. (1989). Negotiating parent-adolescent conflict: A behavioral family systems approach. NY: Guilford.

• Biglan, A., Brennan, P. Foster, S. L., Holder, H., et al. (2003) Helping adolescents at risk: Prevention of multiple problem behaviors. New York: Guilford Press.

• Bell-Dolan, D., Foster, S. L., & Mash, E. J. (Eds.) (in press). Handbook of behavior problems in girls. NY: Kluwer Publishing.

• Cone, J. D., & Foster, S. L. (1993). Dissertations and theses from start to finish: A guide for psychology and related fields. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.

• Foster, S. L. (in press). Aggression and antisocial behavior. In Bell, D. J.,, Foster, S. L., & Mash, E. J. (Eds.) . Handbook of behavior problems in girls. NY: Kluwer Publishing.

• Crain, M. M., Finch, C. L., & Foster, S. L. (in press). The relevance of the social information processing model for understanding aggression in girls. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.

• Cunningham, P. C., Foster, S. L., & Henggeler, S. W. (2002). The elusive concept of cultural competence. Child Services Journal 5, 231-243.

• Foster, S. L., & Crain, M. M. (2002). Social skills and problem solving training. In T. Patterson (Ed.), Comprehensive handbook of psychotherapy, Vol. 2. New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Mash, E. J., & Foster, S. L. (2001). Exporting analogue behavioral observation from research to clinical practice: Useful or cost-defective? Psychological Assessment, 13.

• Andrews, J., Foster, S. L., Capaldi, D., & Hops, H. (2000). Adolescent and family predictors of physical aggression, communication, and satisfaction in young adult couples: A prospective analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 68, 195-208.

• Foster, S. L., Laverty-Finch, C., Gizzo, D., & Osantowski, J. (1999). Practical issues in self-observation. Psychological Assessment, 11, 426-438.

• Foster, S. L., & Mash, E. J. (1999). Social validity issues in clinical treatment research. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 67, 308-319.

Education and Honors

• BA (with distinction) Stanford University
• PhD State University of New York at Stony Brook
• Presidential Scholar, National Merit Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa
• Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA (2000-2001)
• College of Arts and Sciences Outstanding Researcher Award, West Virginia University (1987)

Professional Memberships

• American Psychology Association
• Society for Research in Child Development

Recent Dissertations Chaired

• Jennifer Lafferty, The Relationships Between Gender, Empathy, and Aggressive Behaviors Among Early Adolescents (read abstract)
• Matthew Weltsch, Adolescents' Use of Social Sanctions in Response to Peers' Interactions with Adolescents of Varying Sociomentric Status (read abstract)
• Danielle Miller, Friendship and Romantic Relationship Features Among Relationally Aggressive Adolescent Girls (read abstract)
• Douglas Johnson, The Relationship Between Relational Aggression in Preschool Children and Friendship Stability, Mutuality, and Popularity (read abstract)
• Marcelle Crain, The Relationship of Intent Attributions, Goals and Outcome Expectancies to Relationally Aggressive Behavior in Pre-adolescent Girls (read abstract)

Interests and Hobbies

• Wine tasting; food and wine pairing
• Jewelry design
• Travel