Ann T.  Skinner is a Research Project Manager at the Center for Child and Family Policy at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, USA , a doctoral candidate in developmental psychology at Gothenburg University, Sweden and affiliated with University West, Sweden.  Following an early career working with juvenile offenders and youth with emotional and learning disabilities, she has worked for the last 18 years on several large, federally-funded research projects at Duke, including the last 12 years on a nine-country study of parenting, child development and young adult risk behaviour.  Her specific research interests include ways in which stressful household and community circumstances are related to parenting behaviour and child aggression. 

Project description

Early and middle-childhood risk is associated with a number of negative outcomes for children throughout their development.   Using longitudinal data, we will examine whether familial and child factors moderate the relation between childhood risk and child outcomes. Examining risk factors such as low SES and family chaos as predictors, youth impulsivity and parental warmth as moderators, and prosocial behaviour, social competence and child adjustment as outcomes, we can test findings across new cultural groups and examine models of resiliency. 

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