Nicole Werner
Assistant Professor
Education
- Ph.D. Child Psychology; Minor in Interpersonal Relationships, Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, 12/00
- M.A. Child Psychology, University of Minnesota, 1/98
- B.A. Psychology and German, Wake Forest University, 5/94
Professional Experience
September 2000 - Present
Assistant Professor, Department of Human Development, Washington State University
March 2001- August 2002
Director of Research and Evaluation, Center on Disabilities and Human Development, University of Idaho
January 2001 - May 2001
Instructor, Department of Psychology, University of Idaho
Awards/ Honors
2005 Distinguished Service Learning Faculty Award, Washington State University
Current Research / Areas of Emphasis
Parental influences on relational aggression across childhood and adolescence; cyberbullying; evaluation of community-based prevention programs targeting relational aggression; social-cognitive influences on parenting and child adjustment
Publications
Werner, N. E. & Grant, S. (in press). Maternal cognitions about relational aggression: Associations with discipline responses, children’s normative beliefs, and peer competence. Social Development.
Crick, N.R., Ostrov, J., & Werner, N.E. (2006). A longitudinal study of relational aggression, physical aggression, and children’s social-psychological adjustment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 131-142.
Werner, N.E., Senich, S., & Przepyszny, K. (2006). Mothers’ responses to preschoolers’ relational and physical aggression. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 27, 193-208.
Hill, L. G., & Werner, N.E. (2006). Affiliative motivation, school attachment, and aggression in school. Psychology in the Schools, 43, 231-246.
Werner, N.E. & Nixon, C.L. (2005). Normative beliefs and relational aggression: An investigation of the cognitive bases of adolescent aggressive behavior. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 34, 229-243.
Ittel, A., Werner, N.E., & Kuhl, P. (2005). Familie, geschlechterrolle und relationale aggression [Families, gender role, and relational aggression]. In A. Ittel, & M. von Salisch (Eds.). Lügen, Lästern, Leiden lassen. Aggression in Kindheit und Jugendalter. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Werner, N.E. & Hill, L.G. (2005). Motivationale untermauerung relationaler and körperlicher aggression im jugendalter [Motivational underpinnings of relational and physcial aggression in adolescence]. In Ittel, A. & von Salisch, M. (Eds.). Lügen, Lästern, Leiden lassen. Aggression in Kindheit und Jugendalter. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer.
Werner, N. E. & Crick, N. R. (2004). Peer relationship influences on the development of relational and physical aggression during middle childhood: The roles of peer rejection and association with aggressive friends. Social Development, 13, 495-513.
Werner, N. E., & Silbereisen, R. K. (2003). Family relationship quality and contact with deviant peers as predictors of adolescent problem behavior: The moderating role of gender. Journal of Adolescent Research, 18, 454-480.
Storch, E. A., Werner, N., & Storch, J. B. (2003). Relational aggression and psychosocial adjustment in intercollegiate athletes. Journal of Sport Behavior, 26, 155-167.
Schaefer, M., Werner, N. E., & Crick, N. R. (2002). A comparison of two approaches to the study of negative peer treatment: Relational victimization, physical victimization, and bully/victim problems among German school children. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 20, 281-306.
Crick, N. R., Werner, N. E., Casas, J. F., O'Brien, K. M., Nelson, D. A., Grotpeter, J. K., & Markon, C. (1999). Childhood aggression and gender: A new look at an old problem. In D. Berstein (Ed.), The Nebraska Symposium on Motivation (Vol. 45, pp. 75-141).
Werner, N. E., & Crick, N. R. (1999). Relational aggression and social psychological adjustment in a college sample. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 108, 615-623.
Invited Conference Presentations
Werner, N.E. (2006, October). Understanding parents’ responses to young children’s relational aggression. Workshop presented at Creating Safe Social Climates: It's About YOUth!, Evanston, IL.
Werner, N.E. (2005, November). “Under the radar”: An update on relational aggression. Research Roundtable paper presented at the annual NAE4HA conference, Seattle, WA.
Werner, N. E. & Hill, L. G. (November, 2003). An exploration of the social-cognitive bases of relational aggression: Age, sex, and ethnic differences in relations between normative beliefs about aggression and aggressive behavior. Invited paper presented at the Aggression Workshop (Berlin, Germany).
Conference Presentations
Werner, N.E. (2007, March). Relational aggression and social information-processing in middle childhood: What have we learned and where do we go from here? Paper presented in J. Casas (Chair), Relational aggression and social information-processing in middle childhood: Recent developments and future directions. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
Parker, L., Werner, N. E., Bistrevsky, T., Castro, D. & MacCracken, M. (2007, May). Exploring methods for culturally competent evaluation in CYFAR projects. Poster session presented at the Annual Meeting of Children, Youth, and Families at Risk (CYFAR), Chicago, IL.
Booren, L. M., Werner, N. E., Worth, M. & Crick, N. R. (2006, March). An investigation of aggression and rejection among adolescent athletes. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
Rock, D., Werner, N.E. & Senich, S. (2006, March). Internet communication and relational aggression in adolescence. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
Werner, N.E.. & Hill, L.G. (2006, March). A multilevel analysis of normative influences on children’s relational and physical aggression. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
Bumpus, M.F., Hill, L.G., & Werner, N.E. (2005, April). Parents’ knowledge of school-aged children’s daily activities: Sources of knowledge and associations with child adjustment. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Bumpus, M.F., Werner, N.E. & Hill, L.G. (2005, April). Conditions underlying parents’ approaches to becoming knowledgeable about their school-aged children’s daily lives. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Hill, L.G., Werner, N.E. & Bumpus, M.F. (2005, April). What do children strive for? Personal goals and their relation to adjustment. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Przepyszny, K., Curtiss, K. & Werner, N.E. (2005, April). An investigation of mother and child social information processing patterns and links with child adjustment. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Werner, N.E. & Hill, L.G. (2005, April). What do children compete over? An investigation of age and sex differences in students’ perceptions of resources. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Werner, N.E., & Przepyszny, K. (2005, April). Mothers’ responses to preschoolers’ relational and physical aggression. Paper presented in J. Ostrov & N.R. Crick (Chairs), Relational aggression and relationships during early childhood. Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Bumpus, M., Hill, L. G., & Werner, N. E. (November, 2004). Linkages between children's school attachment and parental monitoring. Paper to be presented at annual meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Orlando, FL.
Werner, N. E. & Hill, L. G. (March, 2004). Gender differences in the relation of dominance and affiliation motivation to aggression. Paper presented in N. Werner & A. Ittel (Chairs), Advances in the Study of Social Dominance and Gender. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Hill, L. G. & Werner, N. E. (March, 2004). Relations among affiliative motivation, school attachment, and aggression: Mediational and moderational effects. Paper presented in L. Hill & N. Werner (Chairs), New perspectives on students' sense of connection to school: Sources of influence, developmental changes, and associated outcomes. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Werner, N. E. (April, 2003). Friendship influences on child externalizing behavior: Child and friend characteristics and friendship quality. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Ittel, A., & Werner, N. E. (April, 2003). Family relationship quality, gender role orientation, and relational aggression in adolescence. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.
Werner, N. E. (March, 2000). Friends' influence on changes in relational aggression during early adolescence. Paper presented in N. Werner (Chair), Peer influences on girls' problem behavior. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
Crick, N. R., & Werner, N. E. (April, 1999). A gender-balanced approach to the study of aggression and its consequences. Paper presented in J. Kupersmidt (Chair), Social relationships and two forms of aggression: Gender considerations. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Werner, N. E., & Geiger, T. (April, 1999). Do birds of a feather flock together? Selective affiliation among aggressive and victimized children. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Werner, N. E., & Schaefer, M. (September, 1998). Relational and physical victimization and bullying among German early adolescents. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the German Psychological Association, Dresden, Germany.
Schaefer, M., & Werner, N. E. (September, 1998). Peer victimization, gender, and self-concept among German adolescents. Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the German Psychological Association, Dresden, Germany.
Schaefer, M., & Werner, N. E. (July, 1998). A cross-cultural comparison of relational and physical aggression, victimization, and bullying. Poster presented at the annual meetings of the International Society of the Study of Behavioral Development, Bern, Switzerland.
Crick, N. R., & Wellman, N. E. (April, 1997). Social information-processing mechanisms in relational and overt aggression. Paper presented in G. Downey (Chair), Aggression in girls: Antecedents, form, context, consequences. Symposium conducted at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.
Wellman, N. E. (April, 1997). Relational aggression and social-psychological adjustment in late adolescence. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington DC.
Crick, N. R., Grotpeter, J. K., & Wellman, N. E. (October, 1996). Gender differences in the expression of aggressive behavior. Paper presented in G. Wasserman (Chair), New directions for understanding girls' antisocial behavior. Symposium conducted at the annual meetings of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA.
Wellman, N. E., & Crick, N. R. (March, 1996). Response decision processes in relational and overt aggression. Poster presented at the biennial meetings of the Conference on Human Development, Birmingham, AL.
Biography
I moved to Moscow, ID in 2000 with my husband, Steffen, who teaches in the Psychology Department at the University of Idaho. We have three children: Lena (age 7), Zoe (age 5), and Kai (age 3). In addition to our jobs at WSU and U of I, we own and operate One World Café, a coffee shop in Moscow. When I’m not spending time with my family or working, I can be found in the kitchen (cooking) or out on the back roads of Latah County training for marathons with my fellow Bears (our running group).
Curriculum Vitae
Mailing Address:Human Development Contact:Email: nwerner@wsu.edu |
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