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Lori A. Roggman

Lori A. Roggman
Ph.D., Professor
Individuals: Faculty
Location:  FL 129
Office Phone:  797.1545

Full Vita

Education

Ph.D., 1988, University of Texas (Developmental Psychology)
M.S., 1981, Utah State University (Family & Human Development)
B.S., 1972, Utah State University (Psychology)

Teaching

Undergraduate: Parenting/ChildGuidance, Infancy/Early Childhood
Graduate: Human Development Theories (6060), Frontiers of Human Development (7060), Topical Seminars on Infancy, Parenting, Language Development, Attachment, Play, Fathers.

Research Interests

  • Early Head Start research project to evaluate intervention with infants and families

  • Parenting and attachment relationships, from infancy to adulthood

  • Play behavior in relation to development, from infancy to adulthood

  • Father-child relationships

  • Early language and literacy development

  • Home visits in early intervention

Current Projects

All of these projects offer opportunities for graduate students to be involved in research by asking questions about human development, from infancy to emerging adulthood, by using existing data or new observational data to answer questions about development.

Low-income Families in Utah and nationally (Early Head Start):   USU is one of 15 national study sites following children from infancy to 5th grade whose families were in Early Head Start.

  • longitudinal development--what early indicators predict later development?
  • Parenting--what parenting behaviors and attitudes predict later development?
  • Father involvement--what aspects of f early father involvement predict later development?


Middle-income Families in Utah (Parent-Toddler, 1 TO 7, Up to 8th & 12th):  We recently collected data from high school seniors who were studied in infancy and 2nd  & 8th grades

  • Attachment: does early security support better academic and psychosocial outcomes?
  • Social Competence: what are other early predictors of psychosocial outcomes?
  • Language: do early joint attention and conversation foster later academic outcomes?

    Measurement of Parenting (PICCOLO): We have used over 4,000 observations of parenting interactions to develop a valid, reliable, easy-to-use measure for both researchers and practitioners.
  • Affection:  warmth and positive behaviors that promote child development
  • Responsiveness: sensitive behaviors that promote child development
  • Encouragement: supportive behaviors that promote child development
  • Teaching:  playful conversational behaviors that promote child development

 


 
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