Paul Strand

Biography

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Classes Taught

• Abnormal Psychology
• Clinical/Community Psychology
• Principles of Development
• Behavior disorders of childhood and adolescence
• Behavioral decision theory
• Undergraduate Practicum
• Special topics: The Evolving Self
• Special topics: ADHD and Conduct Disorders
• Psychological Testing and Assessment

Research Interests

My research is concerned with the social skills development and school readiness of children and youth from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. Also of concern to me are verbal processes that emerge in cultural context and guide behavior, such as emotion knowledge and social values. With respect to applications, we seek to investigate and identify assessment-intervention frameworks that improve outcomes for children in school settings.

Selected Publications (*student authors)

• *Trang, J.C. (student author) & Strand, P.S. (2025). Mother-child conflict, child social skills, and depression symptoms: Modeling state- and trait-level effects from mid-childhood to mid-adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 45, 699-723. doi: 10.1177/02724316241273394
• Strand, P.S., *Maxwell, P.D. (student author), *Trang, J. (student author) (2024). Daughter circumcision and maternal life satisfaction: A cultural moderation effect revealed across two multicountry studies. BMJ Global Health, e014200. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2023-014200
• *Savage, E. (student author), *Gonzales, A. (student author), & Strand, P.S. (2023). Generous, egalitarian, and competitive social values: An intercultural, intracommunity analysis of preschoolers. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 88, 101580. doi:10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101580
• Strand, P.S., French, B.F., & Austin, B.W. (2023). Assessment of the risks and needs of middle school students: Invariance properties related to gender and ethnicity. Assessment, 30, 580-591. doi: 10.1177/10731911211062505
• *Vo, T. (student author), *Demir, C. (student author), French, B.F., Austin, B., & Strand, P.S. (2023). Latent profile similarity of middle and high school youth risk and needs. Journal of School Psychology. 101216. doi: 10.1016/j.jsp.2023.04.006
• Strand, P.S. (2022). On the co-development of attachment behavior and verbal behavior. Behavioral Development, 27, 35-42. doi: 10.1037/bdb0000111
• Strand, P. S. (2020). The security-seeking impulse and the unification of attachment and culture. Psychological Review, 127(5), 778-791. doi: 10.1037/rev0000194

Current Grant Funding

Refinement and Further Development of the Washington Assessment of Risk and Needs of Students. Institute for Education Sciences. PI: PS Strand, Co-PIs: BF French, C Gotch, M Poppen. ($1,408,482). July 1, 2021 to June 30, 2025.