Pubblicazioni Selezionate / Selected Publications


Kiesner, J., & Poulin, F. (in press). Developmental associations between adolescent change in depressive symptoms and menstrual-cycle-phase-specific negative affect during early adulthood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence.(download pdf)



Poulin, F., Kiesner, J., Pedersen, S., & Dishion, T. J. (2011). A short-term longitudinal analysis of friendship selection on early adolescent substance use. Journal of Adolescence, 34, 249-256. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J. (2011). One woman's low is another woman's high: Paradoxical effects of the menstrual cycle. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 36, 68-76. (download pdf)



Venkatraman, S., Dishion, T. J., Kiesner, J., & Poulin, F. (2010). Cross-cultural analysis of parental monitoring and adolescent problem behavior: Theoretical challenges of model replication when East meets West. In V. Guilamo-Ramos, J. Jaccard & P. Dittus (Eds.), Parental Monitoring of Adolescents: Currant Perspectives for Researchers and Practitioners (pp. 90-123). New York: Columbia University Press.



Kiesner, J., Poulin, F., & Dishion, T. J. (2010). Adolescent substance use with friends: Moderating and mediating effects of parental monitoring and peer activity contexts. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly: Journal of Developmental Psychology, 56, 529-556.



Nesdale, D., Durkin, K., Maass, A., Kiesner, J., Griffiths, J., Daly, J., & McKenzie, D. (2010). Peer group rejection and children's outgroup prejudice. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 31, 134-144.



Kiesner, J., & Pastore, M. (2010). Day-to-day co-variations of psychological and physical symptoms of the menstrual cycle: Insights to individual differences in steroid reactivity. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 35, 350-363. (download pdf)



Nesdale, D., Maass, A., Kiesner, J., Durkin, K., Griffiths, J., & James, B. (2009). Effects of peer group rejection and a new group's norms on children's intergroup attitudes. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 27, 799-814.



Kiesner, J. (2009). Physical characteristics of the menstrual cycle and premenstrual depressive symptoms. Psychological Science, 20, 763-770. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Carnaghi, A., Lasorella, V., & Pastore, M. (2009). Compresenza di Depressione e Comportamento Antisociale in Adolescenza: il Modello del Fallimento. Giornale Italiano di Psicologia, 36, 115-132. (download pdf)



Boislard, P. M. A., Poulin, F., Kiesner, J., & Dishion, T. J. (2009). A longitudinal examination of risky sexual behaviors among Canadian and Italian adolescents: Considering individual, parental, and friend characteristics. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33, 265-276.



Kiesner, J., & Fassetta, E. (2009). Old friends and new friends: Their presence at substance-use initiation. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33, 299-302. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Dishion, T. J., Poulin, F., & Pastore, M. (2009). Temporal dynamics linking aspects of parent monitoring with early adolescent antisocial behavior. Social Development, 18, 765-784. (download pdf)



Dishion, T. J., Bullock, B. M., & Kiesner, J. (2008). Vicissitudes of parenting adolescents: Daily variations in parental monitoring and the early emergence of drug use. In, M. Kerr, H. Stattin, & R. Engels (Eds.), What Can Parents do? New Insights into the Role of Parents in Adolescent Problem Behavior (pp. 113-133). West Sussex: J. Wiley.



Nesdale, D., Durkin, K., Maass, A., Kiesner, J., Griffiths, J. A. (2008). Effects of group norms on children's intentions to bully. Social Development, 17, 889-907.



Vieno, A., Kiesner, J., Pastore, M., & Santinello, M. (2008). Antisocial behavior and depressive symptoms: Longitudinal and concurrent relations. Adolescence, 43, 649-660.



Carnaghi, A., Cadinu, M., Castelli, L., Kiesner, J., & Bragantini C. (2007). The best way to tell you to use a condom: The interplay between message format and individuals' level of need for cognition. AIDS-Care, 19, 432-440. (download pdf)



Nesdale, D., Maass, A., Kiesner, J., Durkin, K., Griffiths, J., & Ekberg, A. (2007). Effects of peer group rejection, group membership, and group norms, on children's outgroup prejudice. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 31, 526-535.



Kerr, M., Stattin, H., & Kiesner, J. (2007). Peers and problem behavior: Have we missed something? In R. Engels, M. Kerr, & H. Stattin (Eds.), Friends, Lovers and Groups: Key Relationships in Adolescence (pp.125-153). West Sussex: J. Wiley.



Kiesner, J., & Cattelino, E. (2006). Peer and Family Contexts of Italian Adolescents: Implications for Individual Adjustment. In A. Ittel, L. Stecher, H. Merkens & J. Zinnecker (Eds.), Jahrbuch Jugend-forschung 2006, Vol. 6 (pp.187-203). Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.



Kiesner, J., & Pastore, M. (2005). Differences in the relations between antisocial behavior and peer acceptance across contexts and across adolescence. Child Development, 76, 1278-1293. (download pdf)



Cadinu, M., Maass, A., Rosabianca, A., & Kiesner, J. (2005). Why do women underperform under stereotype threat? Evidence for the role of negative thinking. Psychological Science, 16, 572-578. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Nicotra, E., & Notari, G. (2005). Target specificity of subjective relationship measures: Understanding the determination of item variance. Social Development, 14, 109-135. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., & Kerr, M. (2004). Families, peers, and contexts as multiple determinants of adolescent problem behavior. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 493-495. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Kerr, M., & Stattin, H. (2004). “Very Important Persons” in adolescence: Going beyond in-school, single friendships in the study of peer homophily. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 545-560. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Poulin, F., & Nicotra, E. (2003). Peer Relations Across Contexts: Individual-Network Homophily and Network Inclusion In and After School. Child Development, 74, 1328-1343. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Maass, A., Cadinu, M. R., & Vallese, I. (2003). Risk factors for ethnic prejudice during early adolescence. Social Development,12, 288-308. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J. (2002). Depressive symptoms in early adolescence: Their relations with classroom problem behavior and peer status. Journal of Research on Adolescence,12, 463-478. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Cadinu, M., Poulin, F., & Bucci, M. (2002). Group identification in early adolescence: Its relation with peer adjustment and its moderator effect on peer influence. Child Development, 73, 196-208. (download pdf)



Kiesner, J., Dishion, T. J., & Poulin, F. (2001). A reinforcement model of conduct problems in children and adolescents: Advances in theory and intervention. In I. M. Goodyer (Series Ed) & J. Hill & B. Maughan (Vol. Eds.). Cambridge Child and Adolescent Psychiatry: Conduct Disorders in Childhood and Adolescence (pp. 264-291). Cambridge, England: Cambridge Univerity Press.



DuPaul, G. J., Schaughency, E. A., Weyandt, L. L., Tripp, G., Kiesner, J., Ota, K., & Stanish, H. (2001). Self-report of ADHD symptoms in university students: Cross-gender and cross-national prevalence. Journal of Learning Disabilities, 34, 370-379.