Zopito Marini
Professor
Department of Child and Youth Studies
Brock University
Canada
Biography
Zopito A. Marini, Ph.D., a developmental and educational psychologist, is a Full Professor of Child and Youth Studies and a former holder of a Brock Chancellor's Chair for Teaching Excellence. Dr. Marini did his graduate work at the University of Toronto with the late Robbie Case (noted scholar and Neo-Piagetain theorist in child development), and since 1985 has been at Brock where he was the founding Chair of the Department (in 1993). His research interests focus on the area generally known as sociocognitive development. Dr. Marini does research, writes and lectures on issues related to family and school conflicts, bullying and victimization, the development of conscience and self-regulation. Using a biopsychosocial perspective, he has investigated the cognitive mechanisms and social processes underlying the development of a range of sociocognitive abilities in typical and atypical children and youths, and he has also examined the mediating and moderating impact of psychosocial factors, such as depression, anxiety, anti-social beliefs, temperament, friendship quality and parenting practices on children's adjustment. Projects currently underway in his lab examine psychosocial factors involved in bullying and victimization with a view of developing effective prevention strategies. Other research projects involve an examination of the development of conscience, moral emotions and self-regulation.
Research Interest
The development of typical and atypical social cognition, children's adjustment and self-regulation; Bullying, victimization and intervention strategies; Bullying involving unique contexts and distinct populations; Links between bullying, classroom incivility and learning outcomes
Publications
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Farrell, A. H., Brook, C., Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2015). Relations Between Adolescent Ratings of Rothbart’s Temperament Questionnaire and the HEXACO Personality Inventory. Journal of Personality Assessment, 97(2), 163-171.
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Volk, A., Dane, A., Marini, Z., & Vaillancourt, T. (2015). Adolescent Bullying, Dating, and Mating: Testing an Evolutionary Hypothesis. Evolutionary Psychology, 13(4), 1-16.
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Farrell, A. H., Provenzano, D. A., Spadafora, S., Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2016). Measuring Adolescent Attitudes Toward Classroom Incivility: Exploring Differences Between Intentional and Unintentional Incivility. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment, 34(6), 577-588.
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Spadafora, N., Farrell, A., Provenzano, D., Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2016). Temperamental Differences and Classroom Incivility: Exploring the Role of Individual Differences. Canadian journal of school psychology, Online first, 1-19.
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Volk, A. A., Marini, Z. A., & Dane, A. V. (2016). The relations between incivility and adolescent health and wellbeing. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 3(9), 79-86.
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Farrell, A., Provenzano, D., Dane, A. V. , Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2017). Maternal Knowledge, Adolescent Personality, and Bullying. Personality and Individual Differences, 104, 413-416.
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Dane, A. V., Marini, Z. A., Volk, A. A., & Vaillancourt, T. (2017). Physical and relational bullying and victimization: Differential relations with adolescent dating and sexual behavior. Aggressive Behavior, 43(2), 111-122.
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Marini, Z. A., & Volk, A. A. (2017). Towards a Transdisciplinary Blueprint to Studying Bullying. Journal of Youth Studies, 20 (1), 94-109.
