Annette M. La Greca PhD, ABPP

In general, my research interests have always focused on issues of "risk and resilience" in children and adolescents and have cut across the areas of "mental health" and "physical health." Specifically, I investigate issues pertinent to child and adolescent mental health - including the effects of trauma (especially natural disasters) on children and youth, and the role of peer relations in child and adolescent adjustment and psychopathology. I also work on the development of preventive interventions for youth who are exposed to traumatic events or who experience peer victimization. In the child health area, my current work focuses the physical health impact of disasters and of peer victimization, and the various ways that peers (and romantic partners) influence youths' health behaviors. Representative, recent publications in all these areas can be viewed below, as well as some earlier work on children with chronic disease.