James J. Snyder, Ph.D.

Title: Professor of Psychology Education: Loras College, B.A., 1968 Southern Illinois University, M.A., 1974 Southern Illinois University, Ph.D., 1977 Current Instructor: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Developmental Psychopathology Research Interests: Family and peer socialization of children, Development of aggression and delinquency, Behavioral family intervention

Vita (PDF) The primary focus of my research concerns the development of psychopathology and children and adolescents, from the perspective of their socialization in family, peer and school environments. This includes longitudinal research on the risk factors associated with the development of conduct problems and aggression, and description of the learning, affective and information processing mechanisms by which families, peers and teachers influence development, particularly in the context of socioeconomic disadvantage. This research informs preventive and clinical intervention. A number of students are actively involved in the implementation and evaluation of parenting skills interventions and teacher behavior management training. We are also involved in anongoing evaluationof theEarly Head Start Program which promotes child development (0-3),and also provides educational and other services needed to increase the self sufficiency and cohesion of high risk families.

Published Works

Snyder, J., Schrepferman, L., McEachern, A., Barner, S., Oeser, J., & Johnson, K. (In press). Peer deviancy training and peer coercion: dual processes associated with early-onset conduct problems. Child Development. (PDF)

Snyder, J., Reid, J.B., Stoolmiller, M., Howe, G., Brown, H., Dagne, G., & Cross, W. (2006). The role of behavior observation in measurement systems for randomized prevention trials. Prevention Science, 7, 43-56. (PDF)

Snyder, J., McEachern, A., Schrepferman, L., Zettle, R., Johsnon, K,. Swink, N., & McAlpine, C. (2006). Rule-governance, correspondence training, and discrimination learning: A developmental analysis of covert conduct problems. Speech and Language Pathology and Applied Behavior Analysis, 1,43-54. (PDF)

Patrick, M.R., Snyder, J., Schrepferman, L., & Snyder, J. (2005). The joint contribution of early parental warmth, communication, and tracking, and early child conduct problems on monitoring in late childhood. Child Development, 76,999-1014. (PDF)

Snyder, J., Schrepferman, L., Oeser, J., Patterson, G.R., Stoolmiller, M., Johnson, K., & Snyder, A. (2005). Deviancy training and association with deviant peers in young children: Occurrence and contribution to early-onset conduct problems. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 397-413. (PDF)

Snyder, J., Brooker, M., Patrick, MR., Snyder, A., Schrepferman, L., & Stoolmiller, M. (2003). Observed peer victimization during early elementary school: Continuity, growth, and relation to risk for child antisocial and depressive behavior. Child Development, 74, 1881-1898. (PDF)