Associate Professor Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck

• Intervention programs for children and adolescents
• Relational aggression, externalizing behaviors, and internalizing symptoms (especially in relation to gender)
• Statistical methods for analyzing change
• The development of the self-system (e.g., autonomy, identity, self-perceptions, self-determination, self-regulation, self-esteem)
• The interface of relationships with peers (e.g., friendships, romantic relationships, peer status, and sexual behavior) and individual development

Research Expertise

Psychological Methodology, Design and Analysis

• Change analysis - statistical methods

Psychology (general)

• Children / adolescents - intervention programs
• Relational aggression
• Relationships with peers
• Self-system development