Environment
Program Faculty
The Department of Psychology faculty in the Lifespan
Developmental Psychology Program represent the following
research areas. Consult the faculty web-sites for more
details about their current research.
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Core Program Faculty |
Research Interests |
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Cognition and mobility in the elderly |
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Social competence/social development |
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Body composition, nutrition, and physical activity. |
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Longitudinal and quantitative methods |
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Adolescent violence and aggression, sexual abuse |
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Child/adolescent unintentional Injury |
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Offending and other problem behaviors |
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Speech/language development, early reading acquisition |
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Substance use and problem behaviors in adolescence |
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Cognition, health, and everyday functioning of older adults. |
There are numerous additional faculty at UAB with expertise in developmental sciences. Faculty members with primary appointments in other Departments who are closely involved with the program include:
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Social development, parenting, prevention of neglect |
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Speech development |
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Photoreceptor dysfunction in aging |
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Vision impairment and eye disease in older adults |
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Evaluation of health and quality of life outcomes specific to age-related visual impairment |
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Social and behavioral studies of dementia caregiving |
There are numerous additional faculty at UAB with expertise in development sciences.
