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The Science of Learning and Development
The Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development
United States Military Academy – Project ARETE
The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development
Templeton World Charity Foundation Platform Grant
Thanda Study of Character and Health
The Science of Learning and Development (SoLD)
Books:
Cantor, P., Lerner, R. M., Pittman, K., Chase, P. A., & Gomperts, N. (In press). Whole-Child Development, Learning, and Thriving: A Dynamic Systems Approach. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Posters:
Yu, D., Chase, P., Park, Y., & Lerner, R. (2020, March 18–21). Developing a Measure of Cognitive Flexibility for Idiographic Analyses of Youth Development [Poster presentation]. SRA Conference, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Chase, P. A., Yu, D., Goncalves, C., Lerner, R. M. (2020, March 18–21). Measures and Methods Across the Developmental Continuum (MMDC): Developing an Idiographic Measure of Working Memory for Adolescents [Poster presentation]. SRA Conference, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Birudavol, J., Chase, P. A., Lerner, R. M. (2020, March 18–21). Measure Development and Person-Specific Analyses of the Developmental Continuum [Poster presentation]. SRA Conference, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic).
Articles and Chapters:
Yu, D., Yang, P-J., Michaelson, L. E., Geldhof, G. J., Chase, P. A., Gansert, P. K., Osher, D., Berg, J., Tyler, C., Goncalves, C., Park., Y., Boyd-Brown, M. J., Cade, W., Theokas, C., Cantor, P., & Lerner, R. M. (2021). Understanding child executive functioning through use of the Bornstein Specificity Principle. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101240
Yu, D., Yang, P-J., Geldhof, G. J., Tyler, C., Gansert, P. K. Chase, P. A., & Lerner, R. M. (2020). Exploring idiographic approaches to children’s executive function performance: An intensive longitudinal study. Journal for Person-Oriented Research, 6(2), 73-87. https://doi.org/10.17505/jpor.2020.22401
Park, Y., & Goncalves, C. (2020, February). Identifying paths of identity development. Developmental Psychologist, 7-8.
The Compassion International (CI) Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD)
Articles and Chapters (Published)
King, P. E., Yoo, Y., Vaughn, J. M., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., & Dowling, E. (2021). The Measure of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality (MDAS) and refined findings from Mexican and Salvadoran youth. In A. L. Ai, P. Wink, R. F. Paloutzian, & K. A. Harris (Eds.), Assessing spirituality in a diverse world (pp. 383-410). Springer Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-52140-0_16
King, P. E., Yoo, Y., Vaughn, J. M., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Iraheta, G., William, K., Sim, A., Stephenson, P., Dowling E., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2021). Evaluating the Measure of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality in samples of Mexican and Salvadoran youth. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 13(2), 246-253. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rel0000279
Lauxman, L. A., Archibald, T., Dowling, E. M., & Jessee, C. (2021). International positive youth development: Challenges and opportunities in policy and practice. Journal of Youth Development, 16(2-3), pp. 1-12. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.1138
Lerner, R. M. (2021). Foreword: Understanding and enhancing human development among global youth – On the unique value of developmentally-oriented longitudinal research. In P. Banati (Ed.), Sustainable development across the life course: Evidence from longitudinal research (pp. xxvii-xxxiv). Bristol, UK: Policy Press/Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.1332/policypress/9781529204827.001.0001
Lerner, R. M., Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Geldhof, G. J., Dowling, E. M., & Sim, A. T. R. (2021). Longitudinal research about, and program evaluations of, positive youth development in low- and middle-income countries: Methodological issues and options. Journal of Youth Development, 16(2-3), 100-123. https://doi.org/10.5195/jyd.2021.1040
Murray, E. D., & Tirrell, J. M. (2021). Virtue and the specificity principle: An integrative approach to understanding character. In C. A. Darnell & K. Kristjánsson (Eds.), Virtues and virtue education in theory and practice: Are virtues local or universal? Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge.
Tirrell, J. M. (2021). Forgiveness as a character strength: Toward a developmental model and research agenda. Journal of Moral Education. https://doi.org/10.1080/03057240.2021.1873754
Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Dowling, E. M., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2021). Interrogating ergodicity and specificity in youth development programs in El Salvador. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 73, 101243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101243
Tirrell, J. M., Hay, S. W., Gansert, P. K., Le, T. U., O’Neil, B. C., Vaughn, J. M., Bishara, L., Tan, E., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Dowling, E. M., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2021). Exploring the role of the “Big Three” features of effective youth development programs in El Salvador: The sample case of programs of Compassion International. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(6), 524-532. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254211022858
King, P. E., Vaughn, J. M., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, R. M., Geldhof, J. G., Lerner, J. V., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., & Sim, A. T. (2020). Exploring religiousness and hope: Examining the roles of spirituality and social connections among Salvadoran youth. Religions, 11(2), 75. https://doi.org/10.3390/rel11020075
Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Gansert, P., Buckingham, M., Wong, C. A., Suzuki, S., Naliaka, C., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Williams, K., Geldhof, G. J., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2020). Toward a measure for assessing features of effective youth development programs: Contextual safety and the “Big Three” components of positive youth development programs in Rwanda. Child & Youth Care Forum, 49, 201-222. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-019-09524-6
Lerner, R. M. (2019). Foreword to the International Edition. In S. H. Koller, S. dos Santos Paludo, and N. Araujo de Morais (Eds.), Ecological engagement: Urie Bronfenbrenner’s method to study human development (pp. vii-ix). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27905-9
Lerner, R. M., Tirrell, J. M., Lerner, J. V., Geldhof, G. J., Gestsdóttir, S., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Dowling, E. (2019). The end of the beginning: Evidence and absences studying PYD in a global context. Adolescent Research Review, 4(1), 1‐14. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-018-0093-4
Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P. K., Geldhof, G. J., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Illuminating the use of the specificity principle to go inside the black box of programs: The sample case of an El Salvador PYD program. Zeitschrift für Psychologie, 227(2), 121-128. https://doi.org/10.1027/2151-2604/a000363
Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., King, P. E., Dowling, E., Sim, A., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Measuring spirituality, hope, and thriving among Salvadoran youth: Initial findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development. Child & Youth Care Forum, 48(2), 241‐268. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10566-018-9454-1
Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Geldhof, G. J., Gestsdóttir, S., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., Batanova, M., Tirrell, J. M., & Dowling, E. (2018). Studying positive youth development in different nations: Theoretical and methodological issues. In J. J. Lansford & P. Banati (Eds.), Handbook of adolescent development and its impact on global policy (pp. 68‐83). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190847128.001.0001
Lerner, R. M., Wang, J., Hershberg, R. M., Buckingham, M. H., Harris, E. M., Tirrell, J. M., & Bowers, E. P. (2017). Positive youth development among minority youth: A relational developmental systems model. In N. J. Cabrera & B. Leyendecker (Eds.), Handbook on positive development of minority children and youth (pp. 5-17). Netherlands: Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-43645-6
Chapters and Articles (In Press)
Lerner, R. M. (in press). Foreword. In R. Dimitrova, D. L. Sam & L. Ferrer-Wreder (Eds.), Roma minority youth across cultural contexts: Taking a positive approach to research, policy, and practice. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Lerner, R. M., Chase, P. A., Dowling, E. M., Tirrell, J. M., Buckingham, M. H., Yu, D., Park, Y., Gonçalves, C., & Gansert, P. (in press). Resilience and positive youth development: A dynamic, relational developmental systems-based perspective. In. S. Goldstein and R. Brooks (Eds.), Handbook of resilience in children (3rd ed.). New York: Springer Publications.
Lerner, R. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, J. V., Tirrell, J. M., King, P. E., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., & Sim, A. T. R. (in press). Youth violence prevention and the promotion of positive youth development: Integration or independence? In R. Rivera (Ed.), Violencia cero sin mano dura.
Manuscripts in Preparation and Under Review
Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Iraheta, G., Dennis, J., Williams, K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (under review). Being known and loved and positive youth development: Cross-national findings from Rwanda and El Salvador. Child & Youth Care Forum.
Banati, P., & Dowling, E. M. (invited). Governmental and quasi-governmental organizations promoting character development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): UNICEF, USAID, and the World Bank. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Multidisciplinary handbook of character virtue development. Taylor & Francis.
Hay, S., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, J. V., et al. (in preparation). “We are protected.” Examining physical and psychological safety within a faith-based youth development program in El Salvador.
King, P. E., et al. (invited). Theological approaches to character virtue development. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Multidisciplinary handbook of character virtue development. Taylor & Francis.
Sim, A. T. R., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, J. V., & Tirrell, J. M. (invited). International faith-based organizations: The role of theory and evidence. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Multidisciplinary handbook of character virtue development. Taylor & Francis.
Tirrell, J. M., Kelly, E., I., Sim, A. T. R., McPherson, L. K., Dennis, J., Malvese, K., Dowling, E. M., et al. (in preparation). “I think we are heroes.” Forgiveness as a civic virtue in post-genocide Rwanda.
Tirrell, J. M., et al. (invited). Forgiveness. In M. D. Matthews & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Multidisciplinary handbook of character virtue development. Taylor & Francis.
Vaughn, J., Mangan, S., King, P. E., et al. (in preparation). Hope in context: Understanding relations between hope and spirituality through the narratives of Salvadoran youth.
Research Presentations
Tirrell, J. M., Kelly, E. I., Sim, A. T. R., McPherson, L. K., & Dowling, E. M. (2021, November). “I think we are heroes”: Initial findings from exemplar interviews on identity, conflict resolution, justice, and forgiveness in post-genocide Rwanda. Paper presented at The “Self, Virtue, and Public Life” project grantee conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. (Virtual conference).
Tirrell, J. M. (2021, November). Forgiveness as a civic virtue in post-genocide Rwanda [Guest lecture]. Experimental College (ExCollege), Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Lerner, R. M. (2021, October). Positive youth development in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A conversation with Richard M. Lerner. Invited Connecting Conversations Series webinar hosted by FP2030, United Nations.
Schnitker, S. A., Legare, C. H., Srinivasan, M., King, P. E., & Balkaya-Ince, M. (2021, April). Socio-cultural perspectives on religion and child/adolescent development: Research across six continents and diverse faith traditions. Roundtable discussion at Biennial Meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development, virtual conference.
Tirrell, J. M. (2021, March). Understanding forgiveness: Functions, definitions, and applications [Guest lecture]. Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Tirrell, J. M., Kelly, E. I., Sim, A. T. R., McPherson, L. K., & Dowling, E. M. (2021, March). Forgiveness as a civic virtue in Rwanda: Promises and challenges of an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, researcher-practitioner collaboration (amidst a pandemic). Paper presented at The “Self, Virtue, and Public Life” project grantee conference, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK. (Virtual conference).
Lerner, R., Dowling, E. and Bornstein, M. (2020, December). Building programs, evaluations and tools to promote human flourishing: Unasked questions and welcomed answers. Webinar hosted by Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) under its Global Innovations in Character Development (GICD) initiative.
Sim, A. T. R., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., King, P. E., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2020, October). Contributions of faith-based programs in promoting PYD: Methodological challenges and approaches. Poster presented at the USAID Evidence Summit on Strategic Religious Engagement, Washington, DC.
King, P. E. (2020, October). Qualitative exemplar methods and lessons learned from CI Study of PYD. Presentation at Accord Research Alliance (online).
Lerner, R. (2020, April). Contemporary theories in human development. Webinar hosted by Templeton World Charity Foundation (TWCF) under its Global Innovations in Character Development (GICD) initiative.
Yoo, Y., King, P. E., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, R. M., Geldhof, G. J., Sim, A. T. R., Lerner, J. V., Gansert, P., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., & Kibbedi, P. (2020, March). Testing the Measure of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality (MDAS) in Rwanda and El Salvador. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled).
Tirrell, J. M., Gansert, P., Dowling, E. M., Buckingham, M., Geldhof, G. J., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2020, March). Features of effective youth-development programs and character development among youth in El Salvador: Longitudinal analyses. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled).
King, P. E. (2020, March). Developmental perspectives on spiritual and religious development. Plenary paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence PreConference on Adolescent Religious and Spiritual Development, zoom. https://osf.io/meetings/SRAPreARSD/
Hay, S., Le, T., O’Neil, B., Tirrell, J., Gansert, P., Vaughn, J., Tan, E., King, P. E., Sim, A., & Iraheta, G. (2020, March). Qualities of programs that promote thriving: Voices of Salvadoran youth. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled).
Tirrell, J. M. (2020, February). The developmental analysis of actions, not persons: Forgiveness as a sample case [Guest lecture]. Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development, Tufts University, Medford, MA.
Lerner, R. M. (2019, December). Conceptualizing, measuring, and evaluating character virtues and their development: From jingle-jangle to dynamic developmental systems. Keynote address at Templeton World Charity Foundation’s meeting for the GICD grantees, Nassau, Bahamas
Lerner, R. M. (2019, November). PYD goes global: Lessons learned from the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Paper presented at Texas 4-H Council.
Lerner, R. M. (2019, November). Enhancing youth development one adolescent at a time: Theoretical, methodological, and applied implications of the Science of Learning and Development. Keynote address at Texas A&M University.
King, P. E. (2019, November). Religion as context for moral and virtue development. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Moral Educators, Seattle, WA.
King, P. E. (2019, April). Reciprocating spirituality: Where are we in the process. Invited address at the Ninth SRCD preconference on child and adolescent spiritual and religious development, Austin, TX.
Vaughn, J. M., Yoo, Y., King, P. E., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E., Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Iraheta, G., Williams, K., & Sim, A. (2019, March). Profiles of youth strengths and PYD outcomes for Salvadoran youth. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Vaughn, J. M., Yoo, Y., King, P. E., Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., & Sim, A. (2019, March). Exploring ecological assets and personal strengths among Salvadoran youth: The complex relation between religion and hope. Paper presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Yoo, Y., King, P. E., Vaughn, J. M., Tirrell, J. M., Iraheta, G., William, K., Sim, A., Dowling E., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2019, March). Profiles of youth strengths and PYD outcomes for Salvadoran youth. Paper presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Gansert, P., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Naliaka, C., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Williams, K., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2019, March). Assessing effective out‐of‐school‐time programs: Development of a measure for the “Big Three” features of positive youth development programs. Paper presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Lerner, R. M. (2019, March). Enhancing the lives of global youth: Plasticity, specificity, non-ergodicity, and the promotion of social justice. Invited address at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
King, P. E. (2019, March). Excavating religion. Discussant for Paper Symposium: Religiosity as a Multifaceted Resource for Positive Youth Development among Diverse Youth at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Dowling, E. M., McCabe, M., Banati, P., Morgan, E., & Sim, A. T. R. (2019, March). Promoting thriving among majority-world youth: Issues of theory, design, and measurement in program evaluation. Conversation Roundtable representing Tufts, USAID, UNICEF, TWCF, and CI at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
King, P. E. (2019, February). Grace: To infinity and beyond. A response to Dr. Peter Hill on “Grace as Religiously Inflected Experience.” Integration Lecture, School of Psychology, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.
Murray, E. D., & Tirrell, J. M. (2019, January). Virtue and the specificity principle: An integrative approach to understanding character. Paper presented at the Annual Conference of the Jubilee Centre for Character and Virtues, Oxford, England.
Yoo, Y., & King, P. E. (2018, October). Further testing of the Measurement of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality (MDAS) in the United States and Mexico youth. Poster presentation at Special Topic Meetings at the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
King, P. E., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Iraheta, G., William, K., Sim, A., Stephenson, P., Dowling E., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2018, October). Measure of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality in Mexican & Salvadoran Youth: Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
King, P. E., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Iraheta, G., William, K., Sim, A., Stephenson, P., Dowling E., Lerner, R. M., & Lerner, J. V. (2018, October). Measure of Diverse Adolescent Spirituality in Mexican & Salvadoran Youth: Confirmatory factor analysis and measurement invariance. Paper Symposium at Special Topic Meetings at the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Gansert, P., Tirrell, J., Dowling, E., Lerner, J., King, E., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., & Sim, A. (2018, October). Using the specificity principle to go inside the black box of program evaluation: The sample case of an international PYD program. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Special Topic Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
King, P. E. (2018, August). JoyRide: Thriving on the road to joy. Plenary address at Joy and the Good Life Conference, Yale Divinity School.
King, P. E., Loya, J., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Dowling E., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2018, August). Religious attendance, relational spirituality, hope, & positive development in Salvadoran youth. Paper Symposium at the American Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
Lerner, R. M. (2018, July). Promoting positive development and social justice among global youth: A relational developmental systems approach. Keynote talk presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development, Queensland, Australia.
King, P. E., Vaughn, J. M., Yoo, Y., Tirrell, J., Lerner, R., Dowling, E., … Sim, A. (2018, May). The role of personal, social, and transcendent resources in religion for Salvadoran youth. Paper presented at Travis Research Institute Research Colloquium, Pasadena, CA.
Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., King, P. E., Dowling, E., Sim, A., Williams, K., Iraheta, G., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2018, April). Measuring spirituality, hope, and thriving among Salvadoran youth: Initial findings from the Compassion International Study of Positive Youth Development. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
King, P. E. (2018, April). Future directions of the study of religious and spiritual development. Discussant for paper symposium at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
King, P. E. & Vaughn, J. L. (2018, April). Living on purpose: Adult support of spiritual purposes. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
King, P. E., Tirrell, J., Aymong, C., Weiner, M., Lloyd, C., Vaughn, J. M., Lerner, J. V. (2017, October). Spirituality and hopeful future expectations: Measuring spiritual development in El Salvador. Poster presented at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Providence, RI.
King, P. E. (2017, October). Spirituality and thriving: Contemporary approaches. Plenary address at the 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development, Providence, RI.
King, P. E. (2017, September). Igniting youth to thrive. Plenary address at Compassion International’s Global Council Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO.
United States Military Academy (USMA) – Project ARETE
Arbeit, M. R. (2018). “They’re hoping we can stop it”: Student leadership in sexual violence intervention and response at West Point. Journal of Community Psychology, 46(5), 598-615.
Arbeit, M. R. (2017a). “It could affect you as a person, character-wise”: Promoting character development and preventing sexual violence at West Point. Journal of College and Character, 18(4), 279-295.
Arbeit, M. R. (2017b). “Make sure you’re not getting yourself in trouble:” Building sexual relationships and preventing sexual violence at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. The Journal of Sex Research, 54(8), 949-961.
Arbeit, M. R. (2014). What Does Healthy Sex Look Like among Youth? Towards a Skills-Based Model for Promoting Adolescent Sexuality Development. Human Development, 57(5), 259-286.
Callina, K. S., Burkhard, B., Schaefer, H. S., Powers, J., Murray, E. D., Kobylski, G., Ryan, D., Kelly, D., Matthews, M. D., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Character in context: Character structure among United States Military Academy cadets. Journal of Moral Education, , 48(4), 439-464. DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2018.1528442
Callina, K. S., Ryan, D., Murray, E. D., Colby, A., Damon, W., Matthews, M., & Lerner, R. M. (2017). Developing Leaders of Character at the United States Military Academy: A Relational Developmental Systems Analysis. Journal of College and Character, 18(1), 9-27.
Callina, K. S., Lerner, R. M., Fremont, E., Burkhard, B., Stacey, D., & Su, S. (2017). Character development and the emergence of heroic leadership: Towards a relational developmental systems-based model. In S. T. Allison, G. R. Goethals, & R. M. Kramer (Eds.), The Handbook of Heroism and Heroic Leadership (pp. 88-98). New York, NY: Routledge.
Callina, K. S., Mueller, M. K., Napolitano, C. M., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2016). Positive youth development: Relational developmental systems approaches to thriving from childhood to early adulthood. In S. J. Lopez, L. M. Edwards, & S. C. Marques (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199396511.013.11
Cook, C., Johnson, S., Murray, E., Park, Y., & Lerner, R. (submitted for review). The Character of Cadets: Toward an Empirical Definition and Measurement of ‘Honorable Living’ at West Point.
Farina, A., Johnson, S. (manuscript submitted for review). Intentional self-regulation in the late adolescent/young adult period: Investigating the structure of selection, optimization, and compensation among West Point Cadets.
Johnson, S. K., Tirrell, J. M., Callina, K. S., Weiner, M. B. (in press). Configurations of young peoples’ important life goals and their associations with thriving. Research in Human Development.
Johnson, S. K., Tirrell, J. M., Callina, K. S., & Weiner, M. B. (2018). Configurations of young peoples’ important life goals and their associations with thriving. Research in Human Development, 15(2), 139-166.
Lerner, R. M. (2018). Character development: Four facets of virtues. Child Development Perspectives, 13(2), 79-84. DOI: 10.1111/cdep.12315
Lerner, R. M. (in press). On the nature and development of American leaders of character: Character education for our time. Review of: The Character Edge: Leading and Winning with Integrity by Lt. General (Ret.) Robert L. Caslen, Jr. and Michael D. Matthews. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2020. Journal of Character Education.
Lerner, R. M. (2018). Character development among youth: Linking lives in time and place. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 42(2), 267-277.
Matthews, M. D., Ryan, D. M., & Lerner, R. M. (2020). Developing military leaders of character: The sample case of LTG Robert L. Caslen, USMA Superintendent. Journal of Character Education, 16(1), 65-75.
Matthews, M. D., Lerner, R. M., & Annen, H (2019). Non-cognitive amplifiers of human performance: Unpacking the 25/75 rule. In M. D. Matthews & D. M. Schnyer (Eds.), Human Performance Optimization: The Science and Ethics of Enhancing Human Capabilities (356-382). New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Matthews, M. D. (2018). Investigating the Character of Developing Leaders: Four components of character among West Point cadets. Psychology Today. https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-strong/201811/investigating-the-character-developing-leaders
Matthews, M. D. & Lerner, R. M. (2017). Leaders of Character: Striving Toward Virtuous Leadership. In Smith, Brazil, Cornwell, Britt, Bond, Eslinger, and Eljdid (Eds.), West Point Leadership (pp. 356-382). New York, NY: Rowan Technology Solutions.
Matthews, M. D. & Lerner, R. M. (2017). Leaders of Character: Striving Toward Virtuous Leadership. In Smith, Brazil, Cornwell, Britt, Bond, Eslinger, and Eljdid (Eds.), West Point Leadership (pp. 356-382). New York, NY: Rowan Technology Solutions.
Murray, E. D., Schaefer, H. S., Callina, K. S., Powers, J. J., Matthews, M. D., Burkhard, B. M., Ryan, D. M., & Lerner, R. M. (2020). Training character: Character attributes and performance profiles among cadets at the United States Military Academy. The Journal of Positive Psychology. DOI:10.1080/17439760.2019.1689414.
Murray, E. D., Burkhard, B. M., Schaefer, H. S., Ryan, D. M., Farina, A. G., Cook, C., Powers, J. J., Matthews, M.C., & Lerner, R. M. (2019). Toward a developmental approach to measuring the development of character: Perspectives from Project Arête. The Journal of Character and Leadership Development, 6(2), 22-33.
Murray, E.D., Berkowitz, M.W., & Lerner, R.M. (2019). Leading with and for character: The implications of current character education practices for military leadership. The Journal of Character and Leadership Development, 6(1), 33-42.
Murray, E.D. (2017). Intellectual Humility, Arrogance, and Openness: Investigating the Psychometric Properties of a Self-Report Measure of Intellectual Virtue. Unpublished Thesis,Tufts University, Medford, MA, United States.
Powers, J. (2019). Relation of Empathy and Leadership Styles of Cadets at USMA (Unpublished master’s thesis). Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts.
Schaefer, H.S., Callina, K.S., Powers, J., Kobylski, G., Ryan, D., & Lerner, R.M. (in press). Examining Diversity in Developmental Trajectories of Cadets’ Performance and Character at the United States Military Academy. Journal of Character Education.
Schaefer, H.S., Yunker, C.A., Callina, K.S., Burkhard, B., Ryan, D., & Lerner, R.M. (2019). Indexing character in the context of sport participation at the United States Military Academy: The Character in Sport Index. Journal of College and Character. 20(4), 287-309.
Schaefer, H.S., Gist, N., Bigelman, K, Coelho, J., Proctor, E.S., & Lerner, R.M. (in press). Tough teams and optimistic individuals: The intersecting roles of group and individual attributes in helping to predict physical performance. Journal of Psychology: Interdisciplinary and Applied.
Manuscripts in preparation
Farina, A. (in preparation). Risk-Taking and Goal-Directed Behavior: How decision-making science can inform intentional self-regulation theory.
Murray, E.D. (in preparation). Understanding lifelong learning in early adulthood: A longitudinal model of cadet intellectual humility at the United States Military Academy.
Schaefer, H.S., Farina, A., Cotting, D.I., Proctor, E. S., Cook, C., & Lerner, R.M.. (under review) The benefits and liabilities of risk-taking propensity and confidence at the at the United States Military Academy.
Schaefer, H.S., Cotting, D.I., Murray, E.D., Ryan, D.M., & Lerner, R.M.. (in prep) The costs of hypermasculinity: How sexist beliefs, dominance, and emotional overcontrol are differentially associated with negative professional outcomes among men at the United States Military Academy.
Schaefer, H.S., Gist, N., Bigelman, K., Ryan, D.M., & Lerner, R.M.. (in prep) But how many push-ups can she do? The influence of sexist beliefs on peer ratings in a military setting.
Weimer, L., et al. (in preparation). Do you see what I see? How Self-Perceptions of Purpose and Identity Predict Performance.
The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (PYD)
The Reconnection and Replication of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development:
Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Buckingham, M. H., Le, T. U., Park, Y., & Kim, E. J. (2024). The positive development of young people: Findings from the Reconnection and Replication of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. National 4-H Council. https://www.4-h.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/23154204/2023-06-07-The-Reconnection-and-Replication-of-the-4-H-Study-of-PYD-Final-Report.pdf
The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development (2002-2012):
Full List of Publications from the original 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development
Templeton World Charity Platform Grant
Thanda Study of Character and Health
Presentations
2020
Bornstein, M., Dowling, E., and Lerner, R. (2020). Supports and Interventions for Positive Development: Key Constructs, Design Considerations and Take-Away Messages. (Video). https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/1PNPH-ni7k5IX7Pu2kuDW_8zHtj4X6a8gSIe8_IPzx4u7-kWWnFO4kiy_S6GfDzC. Password: 3Y+$+6=G
Lerner, R. (2020). Contemporary Theories in Human Development. (Video). https://sites.tufts.edu/iaryd/files/2020/05/TWCF-webinar-recording.-RichardLerner.-April-27-2020.mp4.
Lerner, R., Bornstein, M. and Dowling, E. (2020). Building Programs, Evaluations, and Tools to Promote Human Flourishing in LMICs: Unasked Questions and Welcomed Answers. (Video). https://us02web.zoom.us/rec/share/uiKv9MZR0NFiNlzhbp5YXYVKWHt8RPIQGzJrt6Y4E5o22pjUvGoB-A_SJFKMWaww.PBR-_IGW15R-J_IR. Passcode: !+Gg3AK3
2019
Murray, E.D., & Lerner, R.M. (November 2019). Understanding Lifelong Learning with a Life-span Approach: A Longitudinal Model of Intellectual Humility. Association for Moral Education. Seattle, WA. Paper.
Murray, E.D. (August 2019). Longitudinal relations between intellectual humility and peer connection. American Psychological Association Annual Conference. Chicago, IL. Paper.
Murray, E.D., & Tirrell, J.M. (January 2019). Virtue and the specificity principle: An integrative approach to understanding character. Jubilee Conference for Character and Virtues: Virtues: Local or Universal? Oxford, UK. Paper.
2018
Burkhard, B. Callina, K. S., Murray, E., Powers, J., Lerner, R. M. (2018, October). Character in context: Character structure among United States Military Academy cadets. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topics Meeting on Character Development, Philadelphia, PA. Poster.
Callina, K. S.& Murray, E. D. (October 2018). Character in Context: Character Structure among United States Military Academy Cadets. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topics Meeting in Promoting Character, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Poster.
Lerner, R. M. (April 2018). Where Are We Going and How Do We Get There? Character, Virtue, and Thriving. Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Panelist participant.
Murray, E. D.(October 2018). The Case of the Floppy-Eared Rabbits: An Intellectual Character Intervention in Middle School. Society for Research in Child Development Special Topics Meeting in Promoting Character, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Poster.
Murray, E. D.(April 2018). Leaders of Character: Predicting Performance and Assessing Values at the United States Military Academy. Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis. Poster.
2017
Callina, K. S. (2017, October). Project Arete: A Study of Character and Leadership Development among Cadets at the United States Military Academy. Keynote address at the International Military Testing Association, Bern, Switzerland.
Murray, E. D. (2017, November). Intellectual humility and self-concept clarity: Accurate self-perception of knowledge and positive functioning. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, St. Louis.
Murray, E. D. (2017, January). A matter of uncertainty: The Berlin model of wisdom and its intersection with intellectual humility. Paper presented at the Jubilee Conference for Character and Virtues: Character, Wisdom and Virtue Conference, Oxford, UK.
2016
Callina, K. S. (2016, July). Influences on the Development of Character. Paper presented at the National Academy of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Workshop on Approaches to the Development of Character, Washington, DC.
Callina, K. S. (2016, August). The West Point Longitudinal Study: An Introduction. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Murray, E. D., Callina, K. S., & Lerner, R. M. (2016, August). Admissions requirements and character virtues at the United States Military Academy: Initial findings from Project Arete. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Murray, E. D. (2016, December). Leaders of character: Virtue development in post-secondary education. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, Boston.
Murray, E. D., Callina, K. S., & Lerner, R. M. (2016, December). Leaders of character: Perceptions of stakeholders at the United States Military Academy. Paper presented at the Association for Moral Education Conference, Boston.
Murray, E. D., & Kelly, D. (2016, August) Character development and leadership among West Point cadets: Findings from the plebe class of 2015. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Denver.
Murray, E. D., Callina, K. S., & Lerner, R. M. (August, 2016). Admissions requirements and character virtues at the United States Military Academy: Initial findings from Project Arete. Poster presented at the American Psychological Association Conference, Denver.
Other Media/Public Engagement
Dr. Lerner presented to the Behavioral Sciences and Leadership department in November, 2018. Title: On the Future Development of Young Adult Development: Implications for Teaching, Training, and Research at USMA.
Professor Matthews posted about the project on his Psychology Today blog, “Head Strong,” in May and November; read the posts here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-strong/201805/teaching-and-developing-character ; and here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/head-strong/201811/investigating-the-character-developing-leaders
Professor Matthews posted on his Psychology Today blog, “Head Strong,” in December; read it here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-strong/201612/project-arete
Professor Matthews published a new post on Psychology Today; read it here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-strong/201703/developing-leaders-west-point
Professor Matthews wrote a piece for Psychology Today about grit, talent, and character. Read it here: https://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/head-strong/201705/grit-talent-and-character
While still a doctoral student, Dr. Murray presented at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in August of 2018, with the title: Longitudinal Models of Intellectual Humility (IH): Estimation using Latent Growth Curve Models and Continuous Time Structural Equation Modeling.
While still a doctoral student, Dr. Elise Murray was featured in an interview for The Virtue Blog, an online publication of a virtue ethics research group at the University of Chicago. Please read the full story here: https://thevirtueblog.com/2017/07/06/interview-with-elise-murray-summer-session-participant/
Theses and Dissertations
Arbeit, M. R. (defended dissertation) Developing Leaders of Character and Preventing Sexual Violence in the U.S. Military: Towards a Model of Respectful Sexuality.
Murray, E. D. (defended dissertation). Longitudinal Trajectories of Intellectual Humility Development: An Investigation of Cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point.
Cook, C. (defended dissertation). The Tug of War: The Intertwined Nature of Cooperation, Competition, And Crucible Experiences at the United States Military Academy.
Farina, A. (defended dissertation). Naturalistic Intentional Self-Regulation: Accounting for experience in goal directed behavior
Weimer, L. (dissertation in preparation), Does Leader Development Work? How performance improvement varies by development approach.
The Self, Virtue & Public Life Project at the University of Oklahoma