Prof. Paul Boxer
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Paul Boxer studies violent and non-violent antisocial behavior with an emphasis on socialization mechanisms accounting for the development and expression of these forms of behavior over time and across situation. Professor Boxer focuses his research on atypical and at-risk populations, with active projects sampling juvenile delinquents and adult criminals, adolescents in psychiatric and outpatient clinical treatment, and individuals living in socioeconomically disadvantaged communities. Specific studies examine how factors such as violence in communities, prisons, the media, families, and peer groups shape and maintain problem behaviors such as aggression, delinquency, and substance use, as well as traumatic stress reactions.
Professor Boxer also has expertise in the design, implementation, and evaluation of prevention and intervention programs for youth aggression, and is interested in how social-developmental and clinical science can be integrated to improve services for children and adolescents.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Applied Social Psychology
- Health Psychology
- Research Methods, Assessment
- Social Cognition
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Journal Articles:
- Boxer, P. (2007). Aggression in very high-risk youth: Examining developmental risk in an inpatient psychiatric population. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77, 636-646.
- Boxer, P., Gullan, R. L., & Mahoney, A. (2009). Adolescents' physical aggression towards parents in a clinic-referred sample. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 38, 106-116.
- Boxer, P., Huesmann, L. R., Bushman, B. J., O'Brien, M., & Moceri, D. (2009). The role of violent media preferences in cumulative developmental risk for violence and general aggression. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 417-428.
- Boxer, P., Middlemass, K., & Delorenzo, T. (2009). Exposure to violent crime during incarceration: Effects on psychological adjustment following release. Criminal Justice and Behavior, 36, 793-807.
- Boxer, P., & Terranova, A. M. (2008). Effects of multiple maltreatment experiences among psychiatrically hospitalized youth. Child Abuse and Neglect, 32, 637-647.
Prof. Paul Boxer
Department of Psychology
Rutgers University, Smith Hall
101 Warren Street
Newark, New Jersey 07102
United States of America
- Phone: (973) 353-3943
- Fax: (973) 353-1171