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Assistant Professor
EDUCATION:
B.S., Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1994
M.A., Psychology, University of Alabama at Birmingham,
1998
Ph.D., Psychology, Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Specialty, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 1999
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RESEARCH PROGRAM:
Dr. Kristi Guest is part of the Centers for
the Prevention of Child Neglect and directs the Predicting
and Preventing Neglect in Teen Mothers project at UAB. The
major focus of our project is the clarification of neglect
as a construct and the documentation of its influence on
child development in multiple domains. The project also
involves faculty and staff from the University of Notre
Dame, the University of Kansas, and Georgetown University.
We have identified a representative sample of 383 pregnant
adolescents and their children, along with an ethnically
matched sample of 281 adult mothers and their children. The
overall objectives are to: 1) clarify the meaning of neglect
by evaluating and refining a series of assessment tools
using multiple methods; predict neglect through the use of
prenatal risk factors; 2) document the well-being and
development of both mothers an their children over the first
3 years of life to determine whether different developmental
patterns are systematically associated with early maternal
neglect; 3) assess the importance of community-based
programs in preventing or reducing neglectful behavior; and
4) test the generality and usefulness of a recently
developed conceptual model of adolescent parenting. The
refined model will inform strategic interventions to prevent
neglect and its negative consequences for children,
families, and society.
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:
Guest, K. C., &
Biasini, F. J. (2001). Middle childhood, poverty, and
adjustment: Does social support have an impact? Psychology
in the Schools, 38, 549-560.
Lanzi, R.G., Ramey, S.L., Lefever, J.B, Guest, K.C.,
Atwater, J. & Hughes, K. (2007). Cell phone methodology for
research and service with high risk mothers and children.
NHSA Dialog: A Research-to-Practice Journal for the Early
Intervention Field.
Atwater, J., Lefever, J.B., Guest, K.C., Selig, J., Keener,
L., & Weaver, C. (2007). Becoming a parent for the first
time: A structural model of adolescent and adult mothers’
cognitive readiness to parent during pregnancy and their
observed parenting at 4 months. Manuscript in preparation
for publication.
Gilbert, K.K. & Guest, K.C. (2007). Informal and formal
social support in adolescent mothers: How do these supports
affect moms and their children? Manuscript in preparation
for publication.
Gilbert, K.K. & Guest, K.C. (2007). A more comprehensive
model of social support and related outcomes for adolescent
mothers and their children. Manuscript in preparation for
publication.
Guest, K.C., Lanzi, R.G., & Ramey, S.L. (2007). How does
parenting stress influence child development and what role
does maternal social support play? Manuscript in preparation
for publication.
Guest, K.C., Lanzi, R.G., & Ramey, S.L. (2007). The
relationship of maternal self-report of childhood neglect
and abuse to current attitudes towards parenting and their
parenting “models”. Manuscript in preparation for
publication.
Keener, L.J., Guest, K.C., & Lanzi, R.G. (2007). Factors
affecting self-mastery and parental efficacy in adolescent
and adult mothers. Manuscript in preparation for
publication.
Keener, L.J., Guest, & K.C. (2007). Adult and adolescent
parenting: Differences in maternal knowledge of infant
development and parenting style. Manuscript in preparation
for publication.
Keener, L.J., Guest, & K.C. (2007). Cognitive readiness in
adolescent parenting: A review of the literature. Manuscript
in preparation for publication.
TEACHING/ RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Undergraduate:
PY 212 Developmental Psychology
PY Cross Cultural Perspectives in Child Development
PY 412 Social Development
PY 415 Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities
Graduate:
PY 712 Social Development
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