Noni Gaylord-Harden
	Title:	Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychology; Ph.D.
	Office:	Damen Hall 614
	Phone:	773.508.2986
	E-mail:	ngaylor@luc.edu

Personal Information

Ph.D., The University of Memphis, 2003
M.S., The University of Memphis, 1999
B.S., University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, 1997

Research Interests:
In the broadest sense, I am interested in the process of resilience in youth at-risk for higher rates of psychopathology due to multiple, chronic life stressors. My current research program focuses on African American youth who are exposed to multiple risk factors and the processes by which these youth and their families overcome adversity. A central aim of my current research program is to identify coping strategies that are related to more positive outcomes for African American youth through development and validation of a culturally- and contextually-relevant coping measure. In 2005, my research team conducted several focus groups with African American adolescents (grades 6th-8th) to discuss experiences of stress and coping. We are currently completing transcriptions and will employ content analysis to generate items for a measure of stress and coping (Spring 2006), which will be validated with African American adolescents. We plan to use the measure to assess the immediate and long-term effects of coping strategies on psychosocial functioning.

A second aim of my research program is to identify family-level predictors of coping strategies of African American youth. Family and parenting factors such as support, structure, and cohesion have been found to be especially important for promoting resilient outcomes (i.e., less depression, anxiety, and delinquency) in African American youth. I am interested in how children's coping behaviors augment these protective family processes to promote resilience. We will begin data collection this spring (2006) at a local community center with youth (grades 4th- 8th) and parents. By examining determinants of coping, it will possible to generate a model of resilience that examines the combined influence of parenting behaviors and child coping behavior on African American youth's psychosocial outcomes.


Recent Publications:
Gaylord-Harden, N. K., Gipson, P., Mance, G., & Grant, K. (2005). Identifying patterns of coping strategies in urban, African American adolescents. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Edlynn, E. S., Gaylord-Harden, N. K., Richards, M. H., & Miller, S. A. (2005). African American urban youth exposed to violence: Coping skills as a moderator for anxiety. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Gaylord-Harden, N. K., Mandara, J., Braggs, B., & Richards, M. H. (2005). Individual identity and group identity in African American adolescents: A longitudinal investigation of the two-factor model of self-concept. Manuscript submitted for publication.

Gaylord, N. K., Kitzmann, K. M., & Coleman, J. K. (2003). Parents' and children's perceptions of parental behavior: Associations with children's psychosocial adjustment in the classroom. Parenting: Science and Practice, 3, 23-47.

Gaylord, N. K., Kitzmann, K. M., & Lockwood, R. L. (2003). Child characteristics as moderators of the association between family stress and children's internalizing, externalizing, and peer rejection. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 12, 201-213.

Kitzmann, K. M., Gaylord, N. K., Holt, A., & Kenny, E. (2003). Child witnesses to domestic violence: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 71, 339-352.

Lockwood, R. L., Gaylord, N. K., &. Kitzmann, K. M. (2002). Family stress and children's rejection by peers: Do siblings provide a buffer? Journal of Child and Family Studies, 11, 331-345.