Monica A. Marsee, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
mmarsee@uno.edu
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 Dr. Marsee’s lab examines the cognitive, emotional, and social factors associated with the use of relational aggression in late childhood and adolescence. One of Dr. Marsee’s overarching research questions is whether relational aggression is similar to physical aggression in terms of its developmental correlates, and if so, whether these correlates are similar for boys and girls. 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.
For more information about Dr. Marsee’s research, please see her research lab website
Selected Publications (click here for curriculum vita)
Marsee, M.A. (in press). Reactive aggression and posttraumatic stress in adolescents affected by Hurricane Katrina. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
Marsee, M.A., & Frick, P.J. (in press).Exploring the cognitive and emotional correlates to proactive and reactive aggression in a sample of detained girls. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Marsee, M.A., Weems, C.F., & Taylor, L.K. (in press). Exploring the association between aggression and anxiety in youth: A look at aggressive subtypes, gender, and social cognition. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Cruise, K.R., Marsee, M.A., Dandreaux, D.M., & DePrato, D.K. (in press). Mental health screening of female juvenile offenders: Replication of a subtyping strategy. Journal of Child and Family Studies.
Weems, C. F., Watts, S. E., Marsee, M. A., Taylor, L. K., Costa, N. M., Cannon, M. F., Carrion, V. G., & Piña, A. A., (in press). The psychosocial impact of Hurricane Katrina: Contextual differences in psychological symptoms, social support, and discrimination. Behaviour Research and Therapy.
Kimonis, E.R., Frick, P.J., Skeem, J.L., Marsee, M.A., Cruise, K., Munoz, L.C., & Aucoin, K.J. (in press). Assessing callous-unemotional traits in adolescent offenders: Validation of the Inventory of Callous-Unemotional Traits. International Journal of Psychiatry and Law.
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.
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