Faculty
J. Douglas Coatsworth
Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1991
Associate Professor of Human Development and Family Studies
Contact Information
S110 Henderson Building
Phone:
814-865-5259
Fax:
814-863-6207
http://www.hhdev.psu.edu/hdfs/faculty/coatsworth.html
Research Interests
Prevention research and theory; interventions to promote social emotional competence and prevent mental health problems in children and adolescents; family, community and cultural factors influencing adolescent identity exploration; family-based interventions; resilience; culturally competent interventions.
Examples of Current Prevention Projects
Clinical Processes in Drug Abuse Prevention
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Start Date: 2000
In this project we are investigating in-sessions clinical processes
of a family-centered substance abuse prevention program for Hispanic
adolescents. This includes facilitator behaviors, participant
behaviors, and group-level behaviors that are related to participant
drop-out rates and to change on the intervention’s proximal
outcomes.
Parent and Coach Training to Promote Social Development
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Start Date: 2003
This project is looking at the effects of brief coach training
workshops on increasing positive coaching behaviors, and on
youth psychosocial outcomes. We are also investigating hypothesized
mediating pathways of intervention effects.
Recent Publications
Coatsworth, J. D., Pantin, H., & Szapocznik, J. (2002). Familias Unidas: A family-centered ecodevelopmental intervention to reduce risk for conduct problems and substance use among Hispanic adolescents. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 5, 113–132.
Pantin, H., Coatsworth, J. D., Feaster, D. J., Newman, F. L., Briones, E., Prado, G., & Szapocznik, J. (2003). Familias Unidas: The efficacy of an intervention to increase parental investment in Hispanic immigrant families. Prevention Science, 4, 189–201.
Santisteban, D. A., Coatsworth, J. D, Perez-Vidal, A., Kurtines, W. M., Schwartz, S., Laperriere, A., & Szapocznik, J (2003). The efficacy of brief strategic structural family therapy in modifying Hispanic adolescent behavior problems and substance abuse. Journal of Family Psychology, 17(1), 121–133.
Roisman, G. I., Masten, A. S., Coatsworth, J. D., & Tellegen, A. (2004). Salient and emerging developmental tasks in the transition to adulthood. Child Development, 75, 1–11.
Conroy, D. E., & Coatsworth, J. D. (accepted for publication). The effects of coach training on fear of failure in youth swimmers: A latent growth curve analysis from a randomized, controlled trial. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology