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CURRICULUM VITAE
Margit F. Wiesner
University of Houston
Department of Educational Psychology
491 Farish Hall
Houston, TX 77204-5029 (U.S.)
Telephone:
(713) 743-5031 (office)
(713) 797-1038 (home)
(713) 743-4996 (fax)
e-mail:
[email protected]
Home address:
2300 Old Spanish Trail Apt. 2135
Houston, TX 77054 (U.S.)
Date of birth:
November 2, 1967
Citizenship:
German (U.S. Permanent Resident)
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EDUCATION
1987 – 1988
Music Sciences
Johann-Wolfgang-von-Goethe-University of Frankfurt/Main, Germany
1988 – 1994
Diplom in Psychology (final degree)
Free University of Berlin, Germany
Mentors: Dr. Margret M. Baltes and Dr. Clemens Tesch-Roemer
Diploma Thesis: Influences on the Intention to Use Hearing Aids in Old
Age: Attitudes, Perceived Behavioral Control and Subjective Norms
Internships in home caring for elderly people (Diakoniestation Lankwitz
e.V. Berlin), in Pediatric Psychology (Medizinische Hochschule
Hannover), and Gerontopsychiatry (Max-Bürger-Krankenhaus Berlin)
1999
Doctor of Philosophy (Dr. phil.), Developmental Psychology
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany
Mentor: Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen
Dissertation Thesis: Negative Life Events, Depressive Mood, Substance
Use and Delinquency in Adolescence: How is the Relationship between
Life Events and Problem Behavior Mediated?
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PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
May 2010 – Present
Affiliated Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center, Eugene, OR.
Jan. 2009 – Present
Senior Research Scientist: Center for Drug and Social Policy
Research, University of Houston, TX.
Sept. 2005 – Present
Assistant Professor, University of Houston, Department of
Educational Psychology, TX.
Sept. 2001 – June 2005
Research Assistant Professor, University of Alabama at
Birmingham, Department of Psychology, AL.
Center Scientist: Center for the Advancement of Youth Health,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Center Scientist: Comprehensive Youth Violence Center,
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Oct. 1999 – July 2001
Research Associate (Post-Doc), Oregon Social Learning Center,
Eugene, OR.
April 1995 – Sept. 1999
Research Associate and Instructor, Friedrich Schiller University of
Jena, Germany, Department of Developmental Psychology (Head:
Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen)
Nov. 1992 - Oct. 1994
Student Research Assistant, Free University of Berlin, Germany,
Research Unit Psychological Gerontology (Head: Dr. Margret M.
Baltes)
AWARDS AND HONORS
2010
Visiting Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center, U.S., June 6-12
2010
Faculty Travel Award for the 2009-2010 academic year ($750.00), University of
Houston, Provost Faculty Travel Fund
2009
Faculty Travel Award for the 2008-2009 academic year ($750.00), University of
Houston, Provost Faculty Travel Fund
2008
Visiting Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center, U.S., May 13-24
2008
Faculty Travel Award for the 2007-2008 academic year ($717.78), University of
Houston, Provost Faculty Travel Fund
2007
Visiting Scientist, Oregon Social Learning Center, U.S., July 12-27
2007
Faculty Research Excellence Award ($2.500,-), College of Education, University of
Houston
2005
Visiting Scholar, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich-Schiller
University of Jena, Germany, June 23 - July 13
2004
Travel Stipend from the Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, Germany, for the years
2004, 2005, and 2006 (€ 2.000,- per year)
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2003
Visiting Scholar, Center for Applied Developmental Science, Friedrich-Schiller
University of Jena, Germany, July 14 - 23.
2002
Visiting Scholar, International Graduate College, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena,
Germany, June 2 - 15.
GRANTS
2010-2012
„Fellowship in Educational Evaluation, Assessment, and Research (FEEAR)“
U.S. Department of Education; $653,280 total costs
Project Director: Dr. Christopher Wolters (PR/Award # P200A100049)
Role: Fellowship Board Member
2009-2011
„Health-Risking Behaviors Among Latino Youth: Acculturation, Stress, Social
Influences“
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA); not funded
Principal Investigator: Dr. Margit Wiesner (1 R21 DA027874-01)
2009-2010
„Latino Youth and the Future (LFY): A Study of Health-Risking Behaviors“
Supported by funds from the NIDA Houston Drug Abuse Research Development
Program (1R24DA019798-01A1, Center for Drug and Social Policy Research/
Univ. of Houston), the Oregon Social Learning Center, and the College of
Education/Univ. of Houston; $23,904 total direct costs
Principal Investigators: Dr. Margit Wiesner & Dr. Hyoun K. Kim
2007-2010
„Relations of Intelligence, Executive Cognitive Functioning, Personality Factors,
and Social Context Influences to Youth Violence“
University of Houston: Small Grants Program; $3,000
Principal Investigator: Dr. Margit Wiesner
2006 – 2011 „Harris County Gulf Coast Consortium (HCGCC) Striving Readers Project“
U.S. Department of Education; not funded
Principal Investigator Evaluation Team: Dr. Bob Houston
Role: Co-Investigator
2006 – 2010 „Influence of Acculturation on Physical Activity in Hispanic Children“
National Cancer Institute (NCI); not funded; priority score: 204
Principal Investigator: Dr. Norma Olvera (1 R01 CA109176-01A2)
Role: Co-Investigator
2006 - 2009
“Childhood Risks and Trajectories of Adolescent Alcohol Use”
German National Science Foundation (DFG);
€ 17.000,- plus funds for project staff
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen (Si 296/32-1)
Role: Co-Investigator
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2005–present “Healthy Passages: A Community-Based Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health” (Houston Site-Team)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); $8,395,908 (Years 1-7)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Susan Tortolero (U48/CCU609653)
Role: Investigator
2001 – 2005 “Lives Across Time: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent and Adult
Development”
National Institute of Alcoholism and Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA); $2,347,526
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Windle (R37-AA07861-16)
Role: Co-Investigator
2001 – 2005 “Comprehensive Youth Violence Center/Birmingham Youth Violence Study”
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); $5,326,725
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Windle (R49/CCR418569-02)
Role: Co-Investigator
2001 – 2005 “Healthy Passages: A Community-Based Longitudinal Study of Adolescent
Health” (Birmingham Site-Team)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); $7,225,322
Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael Windle (98047/CCU409679)
Role: Co-Investigator
1999 – 2001 “Life-Course Antisocial Behavior in Males”
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH); $606,444
Principal Investigator: Dr. Deborah M. Capaldi (R01MH37940)
Role: Post-Doc
1995 – 1999 “Determinants and Consequences of Variations in Developmental Tempo:
The Role of Family Adversities in East and West Germany”
German National Science Foundation (DFG)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Rainer K. Silbereisen (Si 296/14-1 to 14-5)
Role: Project Collaborator & Coordinator
1992 - 1994
“Successful Aging in the Presence of a Typical Age-Related Handicap:
Coping with Presbyacusis”
German National Science Foundation (DFG)
Principal Investigator: Dr. Clemens Tesch-Roemer (Te 201/1-1)
Role: Student Research Assistant
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
 Predictors and outcomes of developmental trajectories of offending and substance use
 Continuity and discontinuity of problem behavior in adolescence and early adulthood
 Prevention of problem behaviors among adolescents
 Longitudinal data analysis (e.g., latent growth mixture modeling)
 Career pathways in early adulthood
 Psychosocial transitions in adolescence and early adulthood
 Development in times of social change
AD-HOC REVIEWER
Addiction (2010-Present)
Developmental Psychology (2005-Present)
International Journal of Behavioral Development (2000-2002)
Journal of Abnormal Psychology (2002-2005)
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology (2006-2007)
Journal of Adolescence (2004-2005)
Journal of Adolescent Health (2008)
Journal of Early Adolescence (2009-Present)
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry (2009-Present)
Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology (2007-2008)
Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency (2007-2008)
Justice Quarterly (2007)
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors (2007-Present)
Violence and Victims (2006)
Enzyklopädie Psychologie [Encyclopedia of Psychology] (2002-2003)
AD-HOC GRANT REVIEWER
Israel Science Foundation (2009)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2001
Organization of the Workshop on “Hierarchical Linear Modeling”, Oregon Social
Learning Center, June 22-23, in Eugene, OR.
1999
Elected research associate representative in the search committee for the faculty position
in “Behavioral Problems and Intervention”, FSUniversity of Jena, Germany.
1999
Co-Organizer of the International Conference about “Childhood and Adolescence in
Germany Before and After Unification“, May 11-14, 1999, in Jena, Germany. Sponsored
by a grant from the German National Science Foundation (DFG) (Si 296/29-1).
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MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Psychological Association: Division 5 (Evaluation, Measurement, & Statistics)
American Psychological Association: Division 7 (Developmental Psychology)
American Society of Criminology
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Psychologie [German Society of Psychology]
Society for Prevention Research
Society for Research in Child Development
Society for Research on Adolescence
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
University of Houston, U.S. (Instructor)
Graduate courses (2005 to present):
EDRS 8380 Research Methods in Education I
EDRS 8381 Research Methods in Education II
EPSY 8321 Linear Models in Educational Research: Structural Equation Modeling
EPSY 8322 Introduction to Inferential Statistics
EPSY 8322 Intermediate Statistics in Educational Research
EPSY 8324 Multivariate Analysis in Educational Research
University of Alabama at Birmingham, U.S. (Instructor)
Graduate courses:
PY 727 Longitudinal Data Analysis: Statistical Approaches for Studying Change (Fall
2004)
PY 729 Adolescent Development (Fall 2002)
Undergraduate course:
PY 420 Adolescent Development (Fall 2002)
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany (Instructor)
Undergraduate courses (1997-1999):
Adolescence: Pathways and problems in becoming an adult
Development in adolescence
Development in old age: Decline, maintenance and compensation
Development of competence across the life-span
Data collection methods in Developmental Psychology
Friedrich Schiller University of Jena, Germany (Co-Instructor)
Graduate courses (1995-1996):
Personality development over the life-span
Crucial concepts of life-span development
Undergraduate courses (1995-1996):
Parenting and experiences in peer-groups: New perspectives of behavioral genetics
Cognitive and social development in old age: Losses, compensation and intervention
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STUDENT COMMITTEE SERVICE, University of Alabama at Birmingham (2001-2005)
Name
Chair/Member
Thesis
Defense Date
Amy Freeman
Chair
Honors Thesis
Spring 2003
Ann Alriksson-Schmidt
Member
Masters Thesis
Fall 2004
Stacey A Lockard
Chair
Honors Thesis
Spring 2005
STUDENT COMMITTEE SERVICE, University of Houston (2005-Present)
Name
Chair/Member
Thesis
Defense Date
Ariel Huang
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Spring 2007
Chana Adelman
Member
Candidact Thesis
Fall 2007
Debbie Grammas
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Fall 2007
Ariel Huang
Member
Dissertation
Fall 2007
Ting-Ling Sha
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Fall 2007
Kimberly Schoger
Member
Dissertation
Fall 2007
Chana Adelman
Member
Dissertation
Fall 2008
Amie Allain
Member
Dissertation
Fall 2008
Stephanie Chapman
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Fall 2008
Debbie Grammas
Member
Dissertation
Fall 2008
Michael Barnett
Member
Dissertation
Spring 2009
Sabera Sobhan
Member
Dissertation
Spring 2009
Brett Talbot
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Fall 2009
Sarah Mire
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Spring 2010
Ting-Ling Sha
Member
Dissertation
Spring 2010
John T. Spoede
Chair
Candidacy Thesis
Spring 2010
Carolina Jimenez
Member
Dissertation
Ongoing
Ryon McDermott
Member
Dissertation
Ongoing
Ronda Reyna
Member
Candidacy Thesis
Ongoing
Kathan Shukla
Chair
Masters Thesis
Ongoing
Kevin Siffert
Member
Dissertation
Ongoing
Brett Talbot
Member
Dissertation
Ongoing
David C. Wang
Member
Dissertation
Ongoing
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JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS (Peer-Reviewed)
33. Wiesner, M., Chen, V., Windle, M., Elliott, M.N., Grunbaum, J.A., Kanouse, D.E., &
Schuster, M.A. (in press). Factor Structure and Psychometric Properties of the Brief
Symptom Inventory-18 in Women: A MACS Approach to Testing for Invariance across
Racial/Ethnic Groups. Psychological Assessment.
32. Arbona, C., Olvera, N., Rodriguez, N., Hagan, J., Linares, A., & Wiesner, M. (2010).
Acculturative stress among documented and undocumented Latino immigrants in the United
States. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 32(3), 362-384.
31. Späth, M., Weichold, K., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2010). Examining the
Differential Effectiveness of a Life-Skills Program (IPSY) on Alcohol Use Trajectories in
Early Adolescence. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 78, 334-348.
30. Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D.M., & Kim, H.K. (2010). Arrests, Recent Life Circumstances, and
Recurrent Job Loss for At-Risk Young Men: An Event-History Analysis. Journal of
Vocational Behavior, 76, 344-354. PMID: 20383311
29. Wiesner, M., Kim, H.K., & Capaldi, D.M. (2010). History of juvenile arrests and vocational
career outcomes for at-risk young men. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency,
47(1), 91-117. PMCID: PMC2864545
28. Wiesner, M., Silbereisen, R.K., & Weichold, K. (2008). Effects of deviant peer association
on adolescent alcohol consumption: A growth mixture modeling analysis. Journal of Youth
and Adolescence, 37, 537-551.
27. Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D.M., & Kim, H.K. (2007). Arrest Trajectories Across a 17-Year
Span for Young Men: Relation to Dual Taxonomies and Self-Reported Offense Trajectories.
Criminology, 45, 835-863. PMCID: PMC2600715
26. Wiesner, M., Weichold, K., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2007). Trajectories of Alcohol Use Among
Adolescent Boys and Girls: Identification, Validation, and Sociodemographic Characteristics.
Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 21, 62-75. PMID: 17385956
25. Wiesner, M., & Kim, H.K. (2006). Co-Occurring Delinquency and Depressive Symptoms of
Adolescent Boys and Girls: A Dual Trajectory Modeling Approach. Developmental
Psychology, 42, 1220-1235. PMID: 17087554
24. Wiesner, M., & Windle, M. (2006). Young Adult Substance Use and Depression as a
Consequence of Delinquency Trajectories During Middle Adolescence. Journal of Research
on Adolescence, 16, 239-264.
23. Wiesner, M., Kim, H.K., & Capaldi, D.M. (2005). Developmental Trajectories of
Offending: Validation and Prediction to Young Adult Alcohol Use, Drug Use, and
Depressive Symptoms. Development and Psychopathology, 17, 251-270. PMCID:
PMC1679720
22. Wiesner, M., Windle, M., & Freeman, A. (2005). Work Stress, Substance Use, and
Depression Among Young Adult Workers: An Examination of Main and Moderator Effect
Models. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology, 10, 83-96. PMID: 15826220
21. Pinquart, M., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2004). Changes in discrepancies between
desired and present states of developmental tasks in adolescence: A four-process model.
Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 33, 467-477.
20. Wiesner, M., & Juang, L. (2004). Parents’ Life Events and Substance Use Among German
Adolescent Girls: Testing a Family Mediation Model. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 485-489.
PMID: 15288757
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19. Wiesner, M., & Windle, M. (2004). Assessing Covariates of Adolescent Delinquency
Trajectories: A Latent Growth Mixture Modeling Approach. Journal of Youth and
Adolescence, 33, 431-442.
18. Windle, M., & Wiesner, M. (2004). Trajectories of marijuana use from adolescence to
young adulthood: Predictors and outcomes. Development and Psychopathology, 16, 10071027. PMID: 15704825
17. Wiesner, M. (2003). A longitudinal latent variable analysis of reciprocal relations between
depressive symptoms and delinquency during adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
112, 633-645. PMID: 14674875
16. Wiesner, M., & Capaldi, D.M. (2003). Relations of childhood and adolescent factors to
offending trajectories of young men. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 40,
231-262.
15. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2003). Trajectories of delinquent behavior in adolescence
and their covariates: Relations with initial and time-averaged factors. Journal of Adolescence,
26, 753-771. PMID: 14643745
14. Wiesner, M., Vondracek, F.W., Capaldi, D.M., & Porfeli, E. (2003). Childhood and
adolescent predictors of early adult career pathways. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 63,
305-328.
13. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2002). Lessons from research on the consequences of
German unification: Continuity and discontinuity of self-efficacy and the timing of
psychosocial transitions. Applied Psychology: An International Review, 51, 291-317.
12. Wiesner, M., & Ittel, A. (2002). Relations of pubertal timing and depressive symptoms to
substance use in adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 22, 5-23.
11. Forkel, I., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2001). Elterliche ökonomische Belastungen
und depressive Verstimmung bei Jugendlichen aus den alten und neuen Bundesländern
[Parental economic deprivation and adolescent´s depressed mood in families from former
East and West Germany]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische
Psychologie, 33, 221-229.
10. Wiesner, M., & Reitzle, M. (2001). Prävention depressiver Störungen im Kindes- und
Jugendalter [Prevention of depressive disorders in childhood and adolescence]. Kindheit und
Entwicklung, 10, 248-257.
9. Reese, A., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2000). Akzentuierung oder Veränderung –
Persönlichkeitsentwicklung während der Pubertät [Accentuation rather than change?
Personality development during puberty]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und
Pädagogische Psychologie, 32, 113-122.
8. Wiesner, M., Bittner, I., Silbereisen, R.K., & Reitzle, M. (2000). Risikoindikatoren für
depressive Symptome in der frühen Adoleszenz: Überprüfung eines Mediationsmodells [Risk
indicators for depressive symptoms in early adolescence: Test of a mediational model].
Zeitschrift für Klinische Psychologie und Psychotherapie, 29, 204-213.
7. Juang, L.P., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1999). Predictors of leaving home in young
adults raised in Germany: A replication of a 1991 study. Journal of Marriage and the Family,
61, 505-515.
6. Vondracek, F.W., Silbereisen, R.K., Reitzle, M., & Wiesner, M. (1999). Vocational preferences of early adolescents: Their development in social context. Journal of Adolescent
Research, 14, 267-288.
5. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1998). Belastungen in frühen Lebensjahren und delinquentes Verhalten bei Frühadoleszenten in Ost und West [Early adversities and delinquent
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behavior of early adolescents in East and West Germany]. In H. Oswald (Ed.), Sozialisation
und Entwicklung in den neuen Bundesländern (2. Beiheft der Zeitschrift für Soziologie der
Erziehung und Sozialisation, pp. 137-153). Weinheim: Juventa.
4. Schmitt-Rodermund, E., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1996). Junge Aussiedler in
Deutschland: Prädiktoren emotionaler Befindlichkeit nach der Immigration [Adolescent
ethnic Germans: Predictors of their well-being after immigration]. Zeitschrift für Entwicklungspsychologie und Pädagogische Psychologie, 28, 357-379.
3. Tesch-Römer, C., Nowak, M., Wiesner, M., & Wegner-Deiss, A. (1996). Schwerhörigkeit im
Alter. Subjektive Belastung und psychosoziale Konsequenzen [Hearing impairment in old
age: Subjective stress and psychosocial consequences]. Report Psychologie, 21, 502-513.
2. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1996). Freizeitverhalten bei Jugendlichen in Ost und West
als Funktion des Identitätsstatus [Leisure activities of adolescents in East and West Germany
as a function of their identity status]. Unterrichtswissenschaft, 24, 128-141.
1. Wiesner, M. & Tesch-Römer, C. (1996). Hörgerätebenutzung im Alter: Der Zusammenhang
zwischen Intention und Verhalten [Elderly hearing aid use: The relation of intention and
behavior]. Zeitschrift für Gerontologie und Geriatrie, 29, 273-279.
BOOK CHAPTERS
13. Capaldi, D.M., & Wiesner, M. (2009). A Dynamic Developmental Systems Approach to
Understanding Offending in Early Adulthood. In J. Savage (Ed.), The Development of
Persistent Criminality (pp. 374-388). New York: Oxford University Press.
12. Pinquart, M., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2005). The developing self in adolescence:
Producing and reducing discrepancies between developmental goals and present states. In W.
Greve, K. Rothermund, & D. Wentura (Eds.), The adaptive self: Personal continuity and
intentional self-development (pp. 155-169). Goettingen: Hogrefe.
11. Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D.M., & Patterson, G.R. (2003). Development of antisocial behavior
and crime across the life-span from a social interactional perspective: The coercion model. In
R.L. Akers & G.F. Jensen (Eds.), Social learning theory and the explanation of crime: A
guide for the new century (Advances in Criminological Theory, Volume 11, pp. 317-337).
New Brunswick, NJ: Transaction.
10. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2000). Cohort change in adolescent developmental
timetables after German unification: Trends and possible reasons. In J. Heckhausen (Ed.),
Motivational psychology of human development: Developing motivation and motivating
development (pp. 271-284). Amsterdam: Elsevier Science LTD.
9. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2000). School-related self-efficacy among adolescents
from former East and West Germany: Age trends, association with school performance, and
family correlates. In A. Grob & W. Perrig (Eds.), Control of human behavior, mental
processes, and consciousness. Essays in honor of the 60th birthday of August Flammer (pp.
391-409). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
8. Juang, L.P., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1999). Prädiktoren für den Auszug aus dem
Elternhaus im Jahr 1996: Replikation und Erweiterung einer Studie von 1991 mit jungen
Erwachsenen aus der DDR und der alten Bundesrepublik Deutschland [Predictors for leaving
the parental home in 1996: A replication and extension of a 1991 study with young adults
raised in former East and West Germany]. In R.K. Silbereisen & J. Zinnecker (Eds.),
Entwicklung im sozialen Wandel (pp. 119-129). Weinheim: PVU.
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7. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1999). Erste romantische Beziehungen bei Jugendlichen
aus Ost- und Westdeutschland: Ein Vergleich der Prädiktoren von 1991 und 1996 [First
romantic relations of adolescents in East and West Germany: A comparison of predictors in
1991 and 1996]. In R.K. Silbereisen & J. Zinnecker (Eds.), Entwicklung im sozialen Wandel
(pp. 101-118). Weinheim: PVU.
6. Wiesner, M. & Forkel, I. (1999). Streß und Depressivität der Eltern und die Auswirkungen
auf das Problemverhalten ihrer Tochter [Stress and depression of parents: Consequences for
the problem behavior of their daughters]. In R.K. Silbereisen & J. Zinnecker (Eds.),
Entwicklung im sozialen Wandel (pp. 271-287). Weinheim: PVU.
5. Wiesner, M., & Pinquart, M. (1999). Sozialer Wandel aus der Sicht ost- und westdeutscher
Erwachsener: Folgen für generalisierte Selbstwirksamkeitserwartungen und Zukunftsoptimismus [Social change from the perspective of East and West German Adults:
Consequences for perceived self-efficacy and optimism]. In R.K. Silbereisen & J. Zinnecker
(Eds.), Entwicklung im sozialen Wandel (pp. 81-100). Weinheim: PVU.
4. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1999). Delinquentes Verhalten in Ost und West:
Jahreshäufigkeit, Schweregrad und Verlaufsmuster [Delinquent behavior in East and West
Germany: Annual frequency, seriousness and trajectories]. In R.K. Silbereisen & J.
Zinnecker (Eds.), Entwicklung im sozialen Wandel (pp. 251-269). Weinheim: PVU.
3. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1996). Frühe Belastungen und Unterschiede im Zeitpunkt
psychosozialer Übergänge [Early adversities and differences in timing of psychosocial
transitions]. In R.K. Silbereisen, L.A. Vaskovics & J. Zinnecker (Eds.), Jungsein in
Deutschland. Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene 1991 und 1996 (pp. 247-258). Opladen:
Leske und Budrich.
2. Wiesner, M., & Pickel, G. (1996). Stichprobe und Methoden [Sample and methods]. R.K.
Silbereisen, L.A. Vaskovics & J. Zinnecker (Eds.), Jungsein in Deutschland. Jugendliche und
junge Erwachsene 1991 und 1996 (pp. 369-380). Opladen: Leske und Budrich.
1. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1996). Lebenslaufereignisse und biographische Muster in
Kindheit und Jugend [Life-course events and biographical patterns in childhood and
adolescence]. In R.K. Silbereisen, L.A. Vaskovics & J. Zinnecker (Eds.), Jungsein in
Deutschland. Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene 1991 und 1996 (pp. 185-198). Opladen:
Leske und Budrich.
UNDER REVIEW
Cuccaro, P., Grunbaum, J.A., Kilpatrick, S.D., Fleschler Peskin, M., Mun, E.-Y., Wiesner, M.,
& Berry, S.H. (invited for resubmission). Healthy Passages: Constructing a Multidimensional
and Comprehensive Assessment of Children’s Health and Well-Being. Preventing Chronic
Disease.
Kerr, D.C.R., Capaldi, D.M., Owen, L.D., Wiesner, M., & Pears, K.C. (invited for
resubmission). Effects of fatherhood on trajectories of crime and substance use: Immediate
versus accelerated change. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
Spoede, J.T., Wiesner, M., & Fan, W. (under review). Age of first time marijuana use among
adolescents and early adults: Differences by race/ethnicity, other socio-demographic, and
psychosocial characteristics. Journal of Drug Issues.
Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D.M., & Kim, H.K. (invited for resubmission). Early Adult Outcomes of
Male Arrest Trajectories: Propensity versus Causation Effects. Western Criminology Review.
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Wiesner, M., Capaldi, D.M., & Kim, H.K. (under review). General versus specific predictors of
male arrest trajectories: A test of the Moffitt and Patterson Theories. Journal of Research on
Adolescence.
MANUSCRPITS IN PREPARATION
Weichold, K., Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (in prep.). Predictors of developmental
trajectories of alcohol use during adolescence: Results from a German study.
Wiesner, M., Yoerger, K., & Capaldi, D.M. (in prep.). Patterns and Correlates of Offender
Versatility and Specialization Across a 23-Year Span for At-Risk Young Men.
UNPUBLISHED RESEARCH REPORTS
Capaldi, D.M., Kim, H.K., Wiesner, M., Arbona, C., & Wilson, J.E. (2010). Latino ParentYouth Interaction Task (Version 2). Unpublished instrument available from OSLC, 10
Shelton McMurphey Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401).
Capaldi, D.M., & Wiesner, M. (2010). Peer-Child Discussion Ratings. Unpublished instrument
available from OSLC, 10 Shelton McMurphey Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401).
Capaldi, D.M., Wiesner, M., Kim, H.K., Arbona, C., & Wilson, J.E. (2010). Latino Peer-Youth
Interaction Task. Unpublished instrument available from OSLC, 10 Shelton McMurphey
Blvd., Eugene, OR 97401).
Capaldi, D.M., Kim, H.K., Wiesner, M., Arbona, C., & Wilson, J.E. (2008). LYF Parent-Youth
Interaction Task. Unpublished instrument (available from Oregon Social Learning Center, 10
Shelton McMurphey Blvd, Eugene, OR 97401).
Reese, A., Wiesner, M., Forkel, I., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1999). Skalendokumentation des
Projektes „Voraussetzungen und Folgen von Variationen im Entwicklungstempo: Zur Rolle
von familiären Belastungen im Vergleich alter und neuer Bundesländer“ 1/99 (2., korrigierte
Fassung) [Scale documentation of the project „Determinants and consequences of variations
in developmental tempo: The role of family adversities in East and West Germany“; 2nd ed.].
Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
Reese, A., Wiesner, M., Forkel, I., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1998). Skalendokumentation des
Projektes „Voraussetzungen und Folgen von Variationen im Entwicklungstempo: Zur Rolle
von familiären Belastungen im Vergleich alter und neuer Bundesländer“ 1/98 [Scale
documentation of the project „Determinants and consequences of variations in developmental
tempo: The role of family adversities in East and West Germany“]. Jena: Friedrich-SchillerUniversität Jena.
Reese, A., Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1996). Dokumentation der zweiten Erhebungswelle der Kinder 1994 4/95 [Documentation of the Second Wave in the Children´s
Study]. Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
Wiesner, M. & Reyna, R.S. (2010). UHRBA Study 2009-2010: Reliability statistics for primary
constructs. Unpublished Technical Project Report. Houston, TX: University of Houston.
Wiesner, M., Riemenschneider, U., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1995). Technischer Projektbericht
3/95 [Technical Project Report]. Jena: Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena.
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CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
52. Arbona, C., Kim, H.K., Capaldi, D.M., & Wiesner, M. (under review). Convergence of selfreport and observational measures of acculturation, acculturation-gap, and acculturative
stress among Latino mother-child dyads. Submitted for presentation at the 119th Annual
Convention of the American Psychological Association, August 4-7, 2011, in Washington,
DC.
51. Snodgrass, J.J., Wiesner, M., Martinez, C.R. Jr., Kaplan, C.D., Capaldi, D.M., &
Madimenos, F.C. (under review). Acculturation, psychosocial stress, and EBV antibodies
among Latino mother-child dyads. Submitted for presentation at the 71st Annual Meeting of
the Society for Applied Anthropology, March 29 – April 2, 2011, in Seattle, WA.
50. Wiesner, M., Arbona, C., Kim, H.K., Capaldi, D.M., & Kaplan, C.D. (under review).
Acculturation gaps, acculturative stress, sexual risk behaviors, and substance use among
Latino youths. Submitted for presentation at the 19th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Prevention Research, May 31 – June 3, 2011, in Washington, DC.
49. Reyna, R.S., Wiesner, M., Spoede, J.T., & Shukla, K. (2010). School factors, deviant
lifestyles, and violent victimization at school. 118th Annual Meeting of the American
Psychological Association, August 12-15, San Diego, CA.
48. Wiesner, M., Spoede, J.T., Reyna, R.S., & Shukla, K. (2010). Self-control, juvenile
offending, and victimization. 118th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological
Association, August 12-15, San Diego, CA.
47. Spoede, J.T., & Wiesner, M. (2010). Age of first time marijuana use among adolescents:
Differences by ethnicity, socio-demographic and psychosocial characteristics. Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, March 11-13, Philadelphia, PA.
46. Wiesner, M., & Yoerger, K. (2009). Patterns and Predictors of Specialization In Violent
Crime Across a 23–Year Span. 61th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology,
November 4-7, Philadelphia, PA.
45. Wiesner, M., & Capaldi, D.M. (2009). The association of intimate partner violence and
other forms of offending for young adult men. 61th Annual Meeting of the American Society
of Criminology, November 4-7, Philadelphia, PA.
44. Arbona, C., Olvera, N., Rodriguez, N., Hagan, J., Linares, A., & Wiesner, M. (2009).
Predictors of acculturative stress among documented and undocumented Latino immigrants.
117th Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association, August 6-9, Toronto,
Canada.
43. Späth, M., Weichold, K., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2009). Alcohol use trajectories
in early adolescence: Examining the differential effectiveness of a life-skills program. 17th
Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, May 26-29, Washington, DC.
42. Wiesner, M. (2009). Adolescent Predictors of Young Adult Job Change: An Event-History
Analysis. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2-4,
2009, Denver, CO.
41. Wiesner, M. (2008). Childhood predictors and young adult outcomes of male arrest
trajectories. 60th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 12-15,
St. Louis, Missouri.
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40. Wiesner, M. (2008). Arrest trajectories: Prediction to Multiple Young Adult Outcomes for
At-Risk Men. 16th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, May 28-30, San
Francisco, CA.
39. Wiesner, M. (2008). Job loss among at-risk young men: Prediction from adolescent
academic achievement, arrests, substance use, and mental health problems. Twentieth
Biennial Conference on Human Development, April 4-6, Indianapolis, IN.
38. Wiesner, M. (2007). Juvenile deviance and work career outcomes for at-risk young men.
59th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 14-17, Atlanta,
GA.
37. Wiesner, M., Weichold, K., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2007). Effects of deviant peer association
on adolescent alcohol use: A growth mixture modeling analysis. 15th Annual Meeting of the
Society for Prevention Research, May 30-June 1, Washington, DC.
36. Wiesner, M., & Kim, H.K. (2007). History of juvenile arrests and success in vocational
careers for at-risk young men. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, March 29 – April 1, Boston, MA.
35. Wiesner, M., Kim, H.K., & Capaldi, D.M. (2006). Arrest trajectories: Validation,
Childhood Risks, and Young Adult Outcomes. 14th Annual Meeting of the Society for
Prevention Research, May 31-June 2, San Antonio, TX.
34. Weichold, K., Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2006). Predictors of developmental
trajectories of alcohol use during adolescence: Results from a German study. Eleventh
Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, March 23-26, San Francisco,
CA.
33. Wiesner, M. (2006). Childhood predictors and young adult outcomes of different offender
trajectories. Eleventh Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, March
23-26, San Francisco, CA.
32. Grunbaum, J.A., Cuccaro, P., Berry, S.H., Fleschler, M., Kilpatrick, S., Mun, E.-Y., &
Wiesner, M. (2005). Healthy Passages: Importance of a multidimensional and
comprehensive assessment of children’s health and well-being. 133rd Annual Meeting of the
American Public Health Association, December 10-14, Philadelphia, PA.
31. Wiesner, M. (2005). Adolescent predictors of young adult work experiences. Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 7-10, Atlanta, GA.
30. Wiesner, M. (2005). Quality of work and psychosocial functioning of young adults. 2nd
Conference on Emerging Adulthood, February 18-19, Miami, FL.
29. Wiesner, M., Windle, M., & Lockard, S.A. (2004). Self-control, parenting behavior,
antisocial parents, and deviant peers as correlates of delinquent behavior: Propensity versus
context effects. 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 1720, Nashville, TN.
28. Weichold, K., & Wiesner, M. (2004). Early childhood predictors of developmental
trajectories of alcohol use during adolescence. 18th Biennial Meeting of the International
Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, July 11-15, Ghent, Belgium.
27. Wiesner, M., & Kim, H.K. (2004). Joint trajectories of delinquent behavior and depression
during middle adolescence. Tenth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on
Adolescence, March 11-14, Baltimore, MD.
26. Weichold, K., Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2003). Correlates of alcohol use
trajectories in boys and girls. XIth European Conference on Developmental Psychology,
August 27-31, Milan, Italy.
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25. Wiesner, M., Weichold, K., & Silbereisen, R.K. (2003). Gender differences in
developmental trajectories of alcohol use among German adolescents. 26th Annual Scientific
Meeting of the Research Society on Alcoholism, June 21-25, Fort Lauderdale, FL.
24. Wiesner, M. (2003). Reciprocal relations between depressive symptoms and delinquency in
adolescence. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, April 2427, Tampa, FL.
23. Wiesner, M., & Windle, M. (2002). Illicit drug use, alcohol use, and depression in young
adulthood as a consequence of delinquency trajectories during middle adolescence. 54rd
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 13-16, Chicago, U.S.
22. Capaldi, D.M., Kim, H.K., & Wiesner, M. (2002). Developmental trajectories of depressive
symptoms and antisocial behavior. 17th Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the
Study of Behavioral Development, August 2-6, Ottawa, Canada.
21. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (2002). Lessons from research on the consequences of
German unification: Continuity and discontinuity of self-efficacy and the timing of
psychosocial transitions. XXV International Congress of Applied Psychology, July 7-12,
Suntec, Singapore.
20. Windle, M., & Wiesner, M. (2002). Trajectories of marijuana use from adolescence to
young adulthood: Predictors and correlates. Michigan Symposium on Development and
Psychopathology: Continuity and Discontinuity during the Transition to Adulthood, June 1415, Ann Arbor, MI.
19. Wiesner, M. (2002). Psychopathy, alcohol use, drug use, and depressive symptoms of young
men as a consequence of distinctive offender trajectories. Ninth Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research on Adolescence, April 11-14, New Orleans, US.
18. Wiesner, M., Kim, H.K., & Capaldi, D.M. (2001). Young adult outcomes of different
offender trajectories: Psychopathy, alcohol use, drug use, and depressive symptoms. 53rd
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology, November 7-10, Atlanta, U.S.
17. Capaldi, D.M., & Wiesner, M. (2001). Childhood predictors of young adult offending: A
longitudinal study. 13th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Society, June 1417, Toronto, Canada.
16. Wiesner, M., & Capaldi, D.M. (2001). The impact of childhood factors on delinquent
behavior of young males: Results of a longitudinal study. Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, April 19-22, Minneapolis, US.
15. Wiesner, M., & Capaldi, D.M. (2000). Desistance and persistence in self-reported
delinquency: Trajectories and correlates in young adulthood. 52nd Annual Meeting of the
American Society of Criminology, November 15-18, San Francisco, US.
14. Wiesner, M. (2000). Negative life events and juvenile delinquency: A test of a mediational
model. Eighth Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, March 30 –
April 2, Chicago, US.
13. Wiesner, M., & Pinquart, M. (1999). Social change from the perspective of East and West
German adults: Consequences for perceived self-efficacy and optimism. International
Conference on „Childhood and adolescence in Germany before and after unification“, May
11-14, Jena, Germany.
12. Wiesner, M., & Juang, L. (1999). Parents´ life events and school grades in adolescence: A
test of a mediational model. Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, April 15-18, Albuquerque, US.
11. Wiesner, M., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1998). Entwicklungsübergänge bei ost- und
westdeutschen Jugendlichen im Jahr 1991 und 1996: Variationen im Zeitpunkt erster
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romantischer Beziehungen und ihre Determinanten [Developmental transitions of East and
West German adolescents in 1991 and 1996: Differences in timing of first romantic relations
and their determinants]. 41. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Sept. 27 –
Oct. 1, Dresden, Germany.
10. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1998). Psychosoziale Übergänge im Jugendalter: Interindividuelle und regionale Unterschiede während der sozialen Transformation in Deutschland [Psychosocial transitions in adolescence: Interindividual and regional differences during
the social transformation in Germany]. Konferenz zur Motivationspsychologie der
Ontogenese am Max-Planck-Institut für Bildungsforschung, May 10, Berlin, Germany.
9. Wiesner, M. (1998). Alcohol use and smoking behavior in East and West Germany: The
influence of pubertal timing and depressive mood. Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Society
for Research on Adolescence, Febr. 26 – March 1, San Diego, US.
8. Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1997). Entwicklungsuebergange bei ost- und
westdeutschen Jugendlichen im Jahr 1991 und 1996 [Developmental transitions of East and
West German adolescents in 1991 and 1996]. 13. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Sept.
21-24, Vienna, Austria.
7. Wiesner, M. (1997). Belastende Lebensereignisse, sozialer Rückhalt, Temperamentsmerkmale und depressive Gestimmtheit im Verlauf [Stressful life-events, social support,
temperament and depressive mood over time]. 13. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Sept.
21-24, Vienna, Austria.
6. Juang, L.P., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1997). Predictors of leaving the parental
home in young adults raised in former East and West Germany in 1996: A replication of a
1991 study. 13. Tagung Entwicklungspsychologie, Sept. 21-24, Vienna, Austria.
5. Gloth, I., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1997). Risiken für die Entstehung depressiver
Verstimmungen bei Jugendlichen [Risk factors for development of depressive mood in
adolescence]. 3. Tagung der Fachgruppe Gesundheitspsychologie der DGPs, May 22-24,
Greifswald, Germany.
4. Wiesner, M.W., & Silbereisen, R.K. (1996). Identitätsentwicklung und Freizeitverhalten bei
Jugendlichen in Ost und West [Identity development and leisure activities of adolescents in
East and West Germany]. 40. Kongreß der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie, Sept. 2226, Munich, Germany.
3. Silbereisen, R.K., Reitzle, M., & Wiesner, M. (1996). Differential timing of initial vocational
choices in early adolescence: The role of parental support and family relocation in two
cultures. XIVth Biennial Meeting of ISSBD, Aug. 12-16, Quebec, Canada.
2. Meschke, L.L., Silbereisen, R.K., & Wiesner, M. (1996). Predictors of adolescent leisure: A
cross-cultural perspective. 5th Biennial Conference of the European Association for
Research on Adolescence, May 11-15, Liege, Belgium.
1. Schwarz, B., Silbereisen, R.K., Wiesner, M. & Rinker, B. (1995). Die Bedeutung
autoritativer Erziehung in verschiedenen Lebenslagen [The relevance of authoritative
parenting in different environments]. 12. Tagung für Entwicklungspsychologie, Sept. 26-28,
Leipzig, Germany.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
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2. Wiesner, M. (2002). Latent growth mixture modeling – A new tool for modeling
developmental trajectories. Invited presentation and workshop. International Graduate
College, Friedrich-Schiller University of Jena, June 2002, Jena, Germany.
1. Wiesner, M. (1997). Ein Land - Zwei Fahrpläne für die Jugendentwicklung? [One nation –
two timetables for the development of adolescents?]. Schülerakademie, May 29, Jena,
Germany.