Monica A. Marsee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
(2005, University of New Orleans)
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Research Interests
Dr. Marsee’s research generally focuses on social and emotional development in children and adolescents, with a specific focus on factors that contribute to the development and maintenance of aggressive and antisocial behavior. An important line of research conducted in the lab examines the cognitive, emotional, and social factors associated with the use of relational aggression in late childhood and adolescence. Dr. Marsee’s recent work is among some of the first to explore the reactive and proactive subtypes of relational aggression, and along with her colleagues she has developed an instrument designed to assess these subtypes called the Peer Conflict Scale. Dr. Marsee’s goal is to use her research on aggressive subtypes, particularly relational aggression, to inform gender-specific treatment and prevention efforts targeted at girls and boys in community and juvenile justice settings. In addition to her research, Dr. Marsee is the Co-Director of the New Orleans School-Age Assessment Service, a teaching clinic offering cost-effective, comprehensive assessments to youth with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems.
Selected Publications
Marsee, M.A., & Frick, P.J. (in press). Callous-unemotional traits and aggression in youth. To appear in W. Arsenio & E. Lemerise (Eds.), Emotions, aggression, and moral development. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association.
Marsee, M.A. (2008). Reactive aggression and posttraumatic stress in adolescents affected by Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37, 519-529.
Marsee, M.A., Weems, C.F., & Taylor, L.K. (2008). Exploring the association between aggression and anxiety in youth: A look at aggressive subtypes, gender, and social cognition. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 17, 154-168.
Cruise, K.R., Dandreaux, D.M., Marsee, M.A., DePrato, D.K. (2008). Identification of critical items on the Massachusetts Youth Screening Instrument – 2 (MAYSI-2) in incarcerated youth. International Journal of Forensic Mental Health, 7, 121-132.
Cruise, K.R., Marsee, M.A., Dandreaux, D.M., & DePrato, D.K. (2007). Mental health screening of female juvenile offenders: Replication of a subtyping strategy. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 615-625.
Marsee, M.A., & Frick, P.J. (2007). Exploring the cognitive and emotional correlates to proactive and reactive aggression in a sample of detained girls. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 969-981.
Frick, P.J., & Marsee, M.A. (2006). Psychopathy and developmental pathways to antisocial behavior in youth. In C.J. Patrick (Ed.), Handbook of psychopathy (pp. 353-374). New York: Guilford.
Marsee, M.A., Silverthorn, P., & Frick, P.J. (2005). The association of psychopathic traits with aggression and delinquency in non-referred boys and girls. Behavioral Sciences and the Law, 23, 803-817.
Selected Presentations
Marsee, M.A., Lau, K.S.L., Kunimatsu, M.M., & Fassnacht, G. (2009, April). Psychopathic traits and their relation to subtypes of aggression in an adolescent sample. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy, New Orleans, LA.
Marsee, M.A., Dailey, C., Strange, J. D.S., Marks, A. B., Fyffe, K., Shelhamer, R.F.A., & Fassnacht, G. (2008, March). Reactive aggression and posttraumatic stress in adolescents affected by Hurricane Katrina. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Revised 9/8/09