Ph.D., 1984, The Pennsylvania State University
M.A., 1980, Southern Illinois University - Edwardsville
B.A., 1977, University of Missouri - St. Louis

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

Dr. Windle's research focuses on correlates and predictors of substance abuse, psychiatric dysfunction (e.g., depression, anxiety disorders), and violence among children and adolescents, and the consequences of these conditions for subsequent life adjustment (e.g., family and occupational functioning) in young adulthood. This research includes an ongoing, prospective (longitudinal) study, titled Lives Across Time, of over 1,100 families that is in it's fourteenth year of funding by NIAAA. Dr. Windle received a MERIT award from NIH to pursue his studies on adolescent substance use.

An additional research project that Dr. Windle has initiated focuses on risk and protective factors for multiple child and adolescent health behaviors, including tobacco use, alcohol and other drug abuse, violence, injurious behaviors, physical activity and nutrition, and sexual behavior. This research project, titled Healthy Passages, is funded by the CDC and is part of a three-site study (other institutions include UCLA/RAND and the University of Texas-Houston. Annual data are to be collected for thirteen years from 8,250 children beginning in the fifth-grade.

Dr. Windle also directs the Birmingham Youth Violence Study, a longitudal study of correlates and predictors of dating violence and of early onset patterns of youth violence. This research is funded by the CDC as part of the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS:

Windle, M., & Davies, P.T. (1999). Depression and heavy alcohol use among adolescents: Concurrent and prospective relations. Development Psychopathology, 11, 823-844.

Windle, M. & Windle, R.C. (2001). Cigarette smoking and depressive symptoms among middle adolescents: Prospective associations and intrapersonal and interpersonal influences. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,69, 215-226.

Mason, W.A., & Windle, M. (2002). Reciprocal relations between adolescent substance use and delinquency: A longitudinal latent variable analysis. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,111, 63-76.

Windle, M., & Windle, R.C. (2003). Alcohol and other substance use and abuse. In G.R. Adams & M. Berzonsky (Eds.), The Blackwell Handbook of Adolescence (pp.450-469), Blackwell Publishers: Oxford, UK.

Windle, M. (2003). Internalizing and externalizing problems. In F. Jacobs, D. Wertlieb, & R.M. Lerner (Eds.), Handbook of Applied Developmental Science (Vol. 2): Enhancing the life course chances of youth and families (pp. 17-38). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Windle, M., Grunbaum, J.A., Elliott, M., Tortelero, S., Berry, S., Gilliland, J., Kanouse, D., Parcel, G., Wallander, J., Kelder, S., Collins, J., Kolbe, L., and Schuster, M. (2004). Healthy Passages: A multilevel, multimethod longitudinal study of adolescent health. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 27, 164-172.

Windle, M. (2004). Suicidal behaviors and alcohol use among adolescents: A developmental psychopathology perspective. Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, 28, 29S-37S
 

TEACHING INTERESTS:

Dr. Windle's teaching interests include adolescent development, developmental psychopathology, and structural equation modeling.

CLINICAL SPECIALIZATION:

Director, Center for the Advancement of Youth Health and the Comprehensive Youth Violence Center