Shawn J. Latendresse
Assistant Professor
Psychology and Neuroscience
Baylor University
United States of America
Biography
Dr. Latendresse joined the department in 2013 following three years on faculty at the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics within the Department of Psychiatry at Virginia Commonwealth University. After earning advanced degrees in developmental psychology (Ph.D.) and applied statistics (M.S.) at Columbia University in New York City, Dr. Latendresse received postdoctoral training in developmental science at the Center for Developmental Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and in molecular and behavioral genetics at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the Virginia Institute for Psychiatric and Behavioral Genetics. In 2010, he was appointed to the editorial board for the Child and Neurodevelopmental Psychiatry section of Frontiers in Psychiatry. Dr. Latendresse also serves the field via ad hoc manuscript reviews, external grant reviews, and panel reviews for the scientific meetings of the professional associations and societies to which he belongs.
Research Interest
developmental psychopathology, risk/resilience, parental socialization
Publications
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Latendresse, S. J., Rose, R. J., Viken, R. J., Pulkkinen, L., Kaprio, J., & Dick, D. M. (2008). Parenting mechanisms in links between parents’ and adolescents’ alcohol use behaviors. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 32, 322-330.
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Luthar, S. S., & Latendresse, S. J.(2005). Children of the affluent: Challenges to well-being. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 14, 49-53.
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Luthar, S. S., & Latendresse, S. J.(2005). Comparable "risks" at the socioeconomic extremes: Pre-adolescents perceptions of parenting. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 207-230.
