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Damon Jones

Associate Research Professor

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Damon Jones

Associate Research Professor

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Damon Jones is an Associate Research Professor who has been with the Prevention Research Center since 2009, serving as a program evaluator and methodologist for several family and youth behavioral interventions and prevention programs. His areas of interest include the use of appropriate methodology in the behavioral sciences to carry out sound analysis of program impact, as well as economic evaluation of effective programs in social policy so that the best programs can reach more people. He is interested in understanding the public costs associated with behavior disorders, and has authored several publications on the potential economic value of effective efforts to improve developmental outcomes in children and youth. He has several years of experience with cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit assessments as well as overseeing several project resource evaluations.

Dr. Jones is passionate about working on projects that have the potential for real impact, rather than engaging in research that is shelved and never leaves academia. His work with the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative aims to achieve this ideal. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and book chapters. He also has taught statistics and data analysis in the Departments of Health Policy and Administration and Human Development and Family Studies. He received his Ph.D. in quantitative methods from Vanderbilt University in 2002.

Focus Area(s)
Foundational Science, Promoting Human Flourishing, Informing Policy and the Public, Training the Next Generation of Prevention Scientists

Developmental Period(s)
Early Childhood, Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood

Level(s) of Analysis
Individuals, Families, Schools, Communities, Legislation

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Contact Information

316B Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, 16802

814-865-6020

dej10@psu.edu

Professional Links

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Associated Lab(s)

CSC Child Study Center

Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative

Damon Jones is an Associate Research Professor who has been with the Prevention Research Center since 2009, serving as a program evaluator and methodologist for several family and youth behavioral interventions and prevention programs. His areas of interest include the use of appropriate methodology in the behavioral sciences to carry out sound analysis of program impact, as well as economic evaluation of effective programs in social policy so that the best programs can reach more people. He is interested in understanding the public costs associated with behavior disorders, and has authored several publications on the potential economic value of effective efforts to improve developmental outcomes in children and youth. He has several years of experience with cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit assessments as well as overseeing several project resource evaluations.

Dr. Jones is passionate about working on projects that have the potential for real impact, rather than engaging in research that is shelved and never leaves academia. His work with the Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative aims to achieve this ideal. He has authored more than 70 peer-reviewed journal articles, reports and book chapters. He also has taught statistics and data analysis in the Departments of Health Policy and Administration and Human Development and Family Studies. He received his Ph.D. in quantitative methods from Vanderbilt University in 2002.

Download CV (PDF)

Contact Information

316B Biobehavioral Health Building
University Park, 16802

814-865-6020

dej10@psu.edu

Professional Links

Google Scholar Profile

Associated Lab(s)

CSC Child Study Center

Evidence-to-Impact Collaborative

Focus Area(s)
Foundational Science, Promoting Human Flourishing, Informing Policy and the Public, Training the Next Generation of Prevention Scientists

Developmental Period(s) Studied
Early Childhood, Childhood, Adolescence, Early Adulthood

Levels of Analysis
Individuals, Families, Schools, Communities, Legislation

  • Kindergarten conduct problems are associated with monetized outcomes in adolescence and adulthood

    Goulter, N., Hur, Y. S., Jones, D. E., Godwin, J., McMahon, R. J., Dodge, K. A., Lansford, J. E., Lochman, J. E. Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S., & Crowley, D. M. (2023). The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Advance online publication.

  • Targeting the proximal mechanisms of stress adaptation to prevent psychopathology in adolescents in poverty

    Wadsworth, M. E., Ahlkvist, J., Jones, D. E., Pham, H., Rajagopalan, A., & Genaro, B. (2022).  Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 51(3), 344-359.  

  • Coparenting-focused preventive intervention reduces postnatal maternal body mass index and buffers impact of cortisol

    Moran, L. J., Lee, J., Jones, D. E., Fronberg, K. & Feinberg, M. E. (2022).  Obesity. 

  • Promoting toddlers’ self-regulation and healthy eating habits among families living in poverty: A randomized controlled trial of Recipe 4 Success

    Nix, R. L., Gill, S., Hostetler, M. L., Feinberg, M. E., Francis, L. A., Stifter, C. A., McNeil, C.B., Kidder, S., Jones, D. E., Park, Y., Kim, C. N., Engbretson, A. G., Braaten, S. M., & Tamkin, V. L., (In press).  Child Development.

  • Efficacy of the Fast Track friendship group program for peer-rejected children: A randomized-controlled trial

    Bierman, K. L., Welsh, J. A., Hall, C. M., Jacobson, L. N., Lee, D. L., & Jones, D. E. (2022). Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology. Advance online publication.

  • Defensive mindset: A pattern of social information processing that develops early and predicts life course outcomes

    Dodge, K. A., Bai, Y., Godwin, J., Lansford, J. E., Bates, J. E., Pettit, G. S. & Jones, D. E. (2022).  Child Development. Advance online publication. 

  • Building long-term family resilience through universal prevention: 10-year parent and child outcomes during the COVID-19 pandemic

    Feinberg, M. E., Gedaly, L., Mogle, J., Hostetler, M. L., Cifelli, J. A., Tornello, S. L., Lee, J. K., & Jones, D. E. (2021). Family Process. Advance online publication.

  • Improving toddler's healthy eating habits and self-regulation: A randomized controlled trial

    Nix, R.L., Francis, L.A., Feinberg, M.E., Gill, S., Jones, D.E., Hostetler, M.L., & Stifter, C.A. (2021). Pediatrics. 147(1). Article e20193326.

  • Important issues in estimating costs of early childhood educational interventions: An example from the REDI program

    Jones, D. E., Bierman, K., Crowley, D. M., Welsh, J., & Gest, J. (2019). Child and Family Services Review, 207, 104498. 

  • Prospective relations between prenatal maternal cortisol and child health outcomes

    Roettger, M. E., Schreier, H. M. C., Feinberg, M. E., & Jones. D. E. (2019). Psychosomatic Medicine, 81(6), 557-565. PMID: 31058707

  • Standards of evidence for conducting and reporting economic evaluations in prevention science

    Crowley, M., Dodge, K., Barnett, S., Corso, P., Duffy, S., Graham, P., Greenberg, M., Hill, L., Haskins, R., Jones, D., Karoly, L., Kuklinski, M., & Plotnick, R. (2018). Prevention Science, 19(3), 366-390.

  • Experimental support for a family systems approach to child development: Multiple mediators of intervention effects across the transition to parenthood

    Feinberg, M. E., & Jones, D. E. (2018). Couple and Family Psychology, 7(2), 63-75.

  • Family and child outcomes 2 years after a transition to parenthood intervention

    Jones, D. E., Feinberg, M. E., Hostetler, M. L., Roettger, M. E., Paul, I. J., & Ehrenthal, D. B. (2018). Family Relations, 67, 270-286.

  • Improving the social emotional skills in childhood enhances long-term well-being and economic outcomes

    Jones, D., Crowley, D. M., & Greenberg, M. T. (2017). University Park, PA: Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center, The Pennsylvania State University.

  • A framework for valuing investments in a nurturing society: Implications for prevention research and evidence-based policy

    Crowley, D. M., & Jones, D. E. (2017).Child Clinical and Family Psychology Review, 20(1), 87-103. PMCID: PMC5396060

  • Valuing our communities: Ethical considerations for economic evaluation of community-based prevention

    Crowley, D. M., & Jones, D. E. (2017). American Journal of Community Psychology, 60(3-4), 309-315. PMCID: PMC5729092

  • Trajectories of mental health-related service use among adolescents with histories of early externalizing problems

    Okado, Y., Ewing, E., Rowley, C., & Jones, D. E. (2017).Journal of Adolescent Health, 61(2), 198-204. PMCID: PMC5529137

  • Longitudinal links between work experiences and marital satisfaction in African American dual-earner couples

    Sun, X., McHale, S. M., Crouter, A. C., & Jones, D. E. (2017). Journal of Family Psychology, 31(8), 1029-1039. PMID:29309188

  • Long-distance dating relationships, relationship dissolution, and college adjustment

    Waterman, E. A., Wesche, R., Leavitt, C. E., Jones, D. E., & Lefkowitz, E. S. (2017). Emerging Adulthood, 5(4), 268-279. PMCID: PMC5635840

  • Financing prevention: Opportunities for economic analysis across the translational research cycle.

    Crowley, M., & Jones, D. (2016). Translational Behavioral Medicine, 6(1), 145-152.

  • Couple-focused prevention at the transition to parenthood, a randomized trial: Effects on coparenting, parenting, family violence, and parent and child adjustment

    Feinberg, M. E., Jones, D. E., Hostetler, M. L., Roettger, M. E., Paul, I. M., & Ehrenthal, D. B. (2016). Prevention Science: the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 17(6), 751-764. doi: 13894986

  • Preventive effects on birth outcomes: Buffering impact of maternal stress, depression, and anxiety

    Feinberg, M. E., Jones, D. E., Roettger, M. E., Hostetler, M. L., Sakuma, K. L., Paul, I. M., & Ehrenthal, D. B. (2016). Maternal and Child Health Journal, 20(1), 56-65. doi: 10927875

  • The Children, Intimate Relationships, and Conflictual Life Events (CIRCLE) interview for simultaneous measurement of intimate partner and parent to child aggression

    Marshall, A. D., Feinberg, M. E., Jones, D. E., & Chote, D. R. (2017). Psychological Assessment, 29(8), 978-989. PMCID: PMC5357592

  • Girls just want to know where to have fun: Preventing substance use initiation in an under-resourced community in South Africa through HealthWise

    Motamedi, M., Caldwell, L. L., Wegner, L., Smith, E. A., & Jones, D. E. (2016).Prevention Science: the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 17(6), 700-709. doi: 13894986

  • Considering valuation of noncognitive skills in benefit-cost analysis of programs for children

    Jones, D. E., Karoly, L. A., Crowley, M., & Greenberg, M. T. (2016). Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis, 6(3), 471-507.

  • Early social-emotional functioning and public health: The relationship between kindergarten social competence and future wellness

    Jones, D., Greenberg, M., & Crowley, M. (2015). American Journal of Public Health, 105(11), 2283–2290.

  • Can we build an efficient response to the prescription drug abuse epidemic? Assessing the cost-effectiveness of universal prevention

    Crowley, M., Jones, D. E., Greenberg, M. T., Coffman, D., & Spoth, R. (2014). Preventive Medicine, 62, 71-77.

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