• 1987: Ph.D., Child Psychology
  University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
• 1983: B.S., Human Development and Family Studies
  Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, with honors.
  

• 1996 - Present: Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
  Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
• 1991 - 1996: Assistant Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
  Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois.
• 1989 - 1991: Associate Research Scientist, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
• 1988 - 1989: Postdoctoral Fellow, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey.
• 1987 - 1988: Postdoctoral Fellow, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel.
• 1983 - 1987: Research Associate/Fellow with a study of stress in family relations during the transition to adolescence (W. Andrew Collins, principal investigator), University of Minnesota.
• 1985 - 1986: Research Consultant to a study of dietary intervention with borderline hypertense adolescents (V. Mullenbach, principal investigator), University of Minnesota.
• 1982 - 1983: Director, Adolescent Personality and Self-Esteem Research Project (R. Savin-Williams, principal investigator), Cornell University.
• 1981 - 1983: Research Associate with longitudinal study of self-esteem (R. Savin-Williams, principal investigator), Cornell University.
  

• 1996: Association for the Advancement of Science
• 1990: American Psychological Society
• 1987: American Psychological Association (Affiliate, Division 7)
• 1986: Society for Research on Adolescence
• 1985: Society for Research in Child Development
  

• 09-00 - 08-05: Families and HIV Prevention: Basic and Applied Work (Principal Investigator).
  
  • This career development award promotes understanding intervention research and mental health, as well as delivering programs at younger ages.
    
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health
    
  • Average Yearly Costs: 83,213.00
• 04-00 - 03-05: Community Partnerships to Prevent Urban Youth HIV Risk (Co-Investigator; M. McKay, Principal Investigator)
  
  • Leadership for a family based HIV prevention intervention will be transferred to the community involved; the intervention will be replicated in Chicago and New York.
    
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health
    
  • Average Yearly Costs: 498,257
    
  • Total Costs: 3,278,087
• 02-99 - 01-03: Family and Mental Health Factors in HIV Risk: Adolescent Follow-up (Principal Investigator).
  • Families seen at pre and early adolescence will be seen in middle to late adolescence.
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health.
  • Average Yearly Costs: $364,974
    
  • Total Costs: 1,459,896
• 4-95 - 6-99: Mental Health Services Research on Women and Gender (Faculty; J. Flaherty, Principal Investigator).
  • A Center on Mental Health Services Research addressing questions relevant to women and gender will be developed. Faculty will supervise grant and article writing of junior colleagues.
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health
  • Average Yearly Costs: $443,400.
    
  • Total Costs: $2,217,000.
• 10-95 - 9-00: Family-Based Intervention to Prevent Adolescent HIV Risk. (Principal Investigator).
  • A family intervention will be developed implemented, and evaluated aiming to delay onset of sexual intercourse and reduce risk taking in urban, African American pre-adolescents.
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health
  • Average Yearly Costs: $305,978.
    
  • Total Costs: $1,529,888.
    

TRAINING GRANTS

• 8-99 - 7-04: Prevention Research Training: Urban Children's Mental Health (Co-Principal Investigator; R. Weissberg, Principal Investigator).
  • Source: National Institute of Mental Health
  • Average Yearly Costs: $328,352.
    
  • Total Costs: $1,641,759.
    

COURSES TAUGHT: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO

• Behavioral Science I, Fall Semester, 1st year medical students, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago.
  • Course is 16 hours long; takes approximately 5% of effort throughout the year.
• Faculty Development Seminar, (Co-taught with M. Kruesi). Involves supervision and direction of physician faculty in their initial research experiences - faculty pursue a joint research project.
  • Course is approximately 30 hours long; takes 5% effort for 6 months.
• Lecturer: Adult Psychiatry Residency, Child Psychiatry Fellowship, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago.

• Introduction to Child Psychology
  
• Adolescent Development and Psychopathology
  
• Research Methods

• 1996 - 2000: Editorial Board, Journal of Research on Adolescence.
• 1996 - 1997: Member, Adolescence and Life Span Development Review Panel, Society for Research in Child Development, 1997 biennial
  meeting (J. Allen, Chair).
• 1995 - 1999: National Institute of Mental Health Internal Review Group (IRG), Mental Health, AIDS, and Immunology Subcommittee-1 (MHAI-1).
  
• 1994 - 1995: Ad hoc reviewer, Child Development, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Psychological Bulletin, William T. Grant Foundation, National Institute for Mental Health, Cambridge University Press.
• 1994 - Present: Advisory Board, Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health.
• 1993 - 1998: Society for Research on Adolescence: Committee on Study Groups.
• 1993 - 1994: Society for Research on Adolescence: Chair of review panel on Adolescence as a biopsychosocial phenomenon.
  
• 1993 - 1994: Planning Group Member, Faculty Working Group on School-Family-Community Relations and Urban Children's Development, University of Illinois, Chicago.
• 1992 - 1998: Family Life Priority Grants Committee, United Way of Chicago.
• 1992 - 1993: Coalition for Adolescent Risk Reduction, Office of AIDS Prevention, City of Chicago.
• 1992 - 1993: Consulting Editor, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development.
• 1990 - 1995: Editorial Board, Journal of Youth and Adolescence.
• 1991 - 1992: Advisory Committee, Staff Development Resource Center, Teen Pregnancy and Parenting Services, New York City Board of Educa-tion.
• 1988 - 1993: Ad-hoc reviewer, British Journal of Developmental Psychology, Child Development, Family Planning Perspec-tives, Family Process, Journal of Applied Developmen-tal Psychology, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Research on Adolescence, Journal of Youth and Adolescence, Psycho-logical Bulletin, Sex Roles, Social Development.
• 1989 - 1990: Coordinator, Student and Junior Faculty activities, Society for Research on Adolescence.
• 1986 - 1987: Search Committee, University of Minnesota, Assistant Professor Position.
• 1984 - 1986: Graduate Instruction Committee, University of Minnesota.
• 1983 - 1984: Colloquium Committee, University of Minnesota.

• 1994 - 1997: Subcommittee on Biopsychosocial Approach; Generalist Curriculum Committee, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago.
• 1994 - Present: Research Review and Surveillance Committee, Department of Psychiatry; University of Illinois, Chicago.
• 1994 - 1995: Planning and Advisory Committee, Annual Conference on Children, Adolescents, and Families. Family Systems Program, Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry.
• 1992 - 1998: College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago - M-1/M-2 Curriculum Subcommittee; M-1 Student Appraisal Committee.
• 1991 - 1992: Search Committee, Psychology Faculty, Institute for Juvenile Research.
• 1992 - 1998: Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago - Committee on Undergraduate Medical Student Education; Committee on Research Methods Curriculum for Resident Education.
  

• 1994 - 1999: William T. Grant Foundation Faculty Scholar Award.
• 1994: Department of Psychiatry nominee, UIC Award for Excellence in Teaching.
• 1993: College of Medicine nominee, UIC Award for Excellence in
  Teaching.
• 1988 - 1989: Postdoctoral Fellowship, Educational Testing Service.
• 1987 - 1988: Golda Meir Postdoctoral Fellowship, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
• 1986 - 1987: Special Dissertation Grant, Graduate School, University of Minnesota.
• 1986 - 1987: Dissertation Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota.
• 1985 - 1986: Eva O. Miller Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota.
• 1983 - 1984: Bush Fellowship, Graduate School, University of Minnesota.
• 1981 - 1982: Carrie Brigden Home Bureau Scholarship, Cornell University.
• 1981 - 1982: New York State Regents Scholarship, Cornell University.
  

• Paikoff, R. L. (1991). Shared views in the family during adolescence.
  New Directions for Child Development, Vol. 51, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.
• Miller, B. C., Card, J. J., Paikoff, R. L., & Peterson, J. L. (1992).
  Preventing adolescent pregnancy: Model programs and evaluations. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

• Madison, S., Mckay, M., Paikoff, R., & Bell, C. (2000). Basic Research and Community Collaboration: Necessary Ingredients for the Development of a Family-Based HIV Prevention Program. AIDS Education and Prevention, 12(4), 281-298.
• McCormick, A., McKay, M., Wilson, M., McKinney, L., Paikoff, R., Bell, C., Baptiste, D., Coleman, D., Gillming, G., Madison, S., & Scott, R. (2000). Involving Families in an Urban HIV Preventive Intervention: How Community Collaboration Addresses Barriers to Participation. AIDS Education and Prevention, 12(4), 299-307.
• Madison, S., Bell, C. C., Sewell, S. D., Nash, G., McKay, M. M., Paikoff, R. L., & CHAMP Collaborative Board. (under review). True community/academic partnerships. Psychiatric Services.
  
• Paikoff, R. L., McCormick, A., & Sagrestano, L. (2000). Adolescent sexuality. In L.T. Szuchman and F. Muscarella (Eds.), Psychological Perspectives on Human Sexuality (pp. 416-439). New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons.
• Pequegnat, W., Bauman, L. J., Bray, J. H., Diclemente, R., DiIorio, C., Hoppe, S. K., Jemmott, L. S., Krauss, B., Miles, M., Paikoff, R. L., Rapkin, B., Rotherum, M. J., & Szapocznik, J. (2001). Measurement of the Role of Families in Prevention and Adaptation to HIV/AIDS. AIDS and Behavior, 5(1) 1-19.
• Sagrestano, L. M., McCormick, S. H., Paikoff, R. L., & Holmbeck, G. N. (1999). Pubertal development and parent-child conflict in low-income, urban, African-American Adolescents. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 9(1) 85-107.
• Reese, L. E., Vera, E. M., & Paikoff, R. L. (1998) Ethnic identity assessment among inner city African American children: Evaluating the applicability of the Multigroup Ethnic Identity Measure. Journal of Black Psychology, 24(3), 289-304.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., & Paikoff, R.L. (1997). Self, Other and Meaning: Sexual Transitions at Adolescence. In J. Schulenberg, J. Maggs, & K. Hurrelmann (Eds.). Health Risks and Developmental Transitions During Adolescence (pp 190-219). New York: Cambridge U. Press.
• Paikoff, R.L., Parfenoff, S.H., Williams, S.A., McCormick, A., Greenwood, G.L., & Holmbeck, G.N. (1997). Parenting, parent-child relationships, and sexual possibility situations among urban African American Pre-Adolescents: Preliminary Findings and Implications for HIV Prevention. Journal of Family Psychology,11,11-22.
• Paikoff, R.L. (1997). Applying developmental psychology to an AIDS prevention model for urban African-American youth. Journal of Negro Education, 65,44-59.
• Sagrestano, L., & Paikoff, R.L. (1997) Preventing high risk sexual behavior, sexually transmitted diseases, and pregnancy among adolescents. In R. Weissberg, T.P. Gullotta, R.L. Hampton, B.A. Ryan, & G.R. Adams (Eds) Healthy Children 2010 (pp 76-104). Newbury Park, CA: Sage
• Parfenoff, S.H., & Paikoff, R.L. (1997). Developmental and biological perspectives on minority adolescent health. In: D. Wilson, J. Rodrigue and W.C. Taylor (Eds.). Adolescent Health Promotion in Minority Populations (pp 5-27). Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
• Carlton-Ford, S., Paikoff, R. L., Oakley, J. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1996).
  A longitudinal analysis of depressed mood, self-esteem and family processes during adolescence. Sociological Focus, 29, 135-154.
  
• Connolly, S., Paikoff, R. L., & Buchanan, C.M. (1996). Puberty: The interplay of biological and psychosocial processes in adolescence. In G. Adams, R. Montemayor, T. Gullotta (Eds.). Advances in Adolescent Development, 8, Psychosocial development in adolescence (pp 259-299). Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
• Vera, E. M., Reese, L. E., Paikoff, R. L., Jarrett, R. (1996).
  Contextual factors of sexual risk taking in urban, African-American, preadolescent children. In B. Leadbeater & N. Way (Eds.), Normative Development of Urban Adolescent Girls (pp 291-304). New York: NYU Press.
• Holmbeck, G. N., Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1995). Parenting
  Adolescents. In: M. Bornstein (Ed.) Handbook of Parenting, Vol. 1, (pp. 91-118). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1995). Early heterosexual debut: Situations of sexual possibility. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 65(3), 389-401.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1994). Psychosexual development across the life span. In: M. Rutter, D. F. Hay, & S. Baron-Cohen (Eds.), Development through life: A handbook for clinicians. (pp. 558-582). Oxford: Blackwell Scientific.
• Graber, J. A., Brooks-Gunn, J., Paikoff, R. L. & Warren, M. P. (1994).
  Prediction of Eating Problems and Disorders: An eight year study of adolescent girls. Developmental Psychology, 30(6), 823-834.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., Graber, J. A., & Paikoff, R. L. (1994). Studying Links Between Hormones and Adap-tive and Mal-adap-tive Behav-ior: Models and mea-sures. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 4(4), 469-486.
• Slap, G., Khalid, N., Paikoff, R. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Warren, M. P.
  (1994). Evolving self-image, pubertal manifestations, and pubertal hormones: Prelimi-nary findings in young adolescent girls. Journal of Adolescent Health, 15, 327-335.
• Paikoff, R. L., Carlton-Ford, S., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1993). Mother-
  daughter dyads view the family: Associations between divergent perceptions and daughter well-being. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 22(5), 473-492.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., & Paikoff, R. L. (1993). "Sex is a gamble, kissing is
  game": Adolescent sexuality, contraception, and pregnancy. In S. Millstein, A. C. Petersen, & E. Nightingale (Eds.), Promotion of Healthy Behavior in Adolescence, (pp. 180-208). New York: Oxford. An abbreviated version of this paper appears as: Promoting Healthy Behavior in Adoles-cence: The case of adolescent sexuality and pregnancy. Annals of the New York Academy of Medicine, 67,(6), 1991.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., & Paikoff, R. L. (1992). Changes in self-feelings during the transition towards adolescence. In H. R. McGurk (Ed.), Childhood Social Development: Contemporary perspectives (pp. 63-97). Hove, UK: Erlbaum.
• Miller, B.C., & Paikoff, R.L. (1992). Comparing adolescent pregnancy programs. In B.C. Miller, J.J. Card, R.L. Paikoff & J.L. Peterson (Eds.). Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy, (pp. 265-284). Newbury, CA: Sage.
• Carlton-Ford, S., Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1991).
  Methodological issues in the study of divergent views of the family. In Paikoff, R. L. (Ed.), New Directions for Child Development, 51, 87-102.
• Chase-Lansdale, P. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Paikoff, R. L. (1991). Research and programs for adolescent mothers: Missing links and future promises. Family Relations: Special Issue: "Adolescent pregnancy and parenting: Interventions, Evaluations, and Needs," 40, 396-404. Also appears in American Behavioral Scientist, 1992, 35(3), 290-312.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1991). Do parent-child relationships change during puberty? Psychological Bulletin, 110, 47-66.
• Paikoff, R. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Carlton-Ford, S. (1991). Effect of
  reproductive status changes upon family functioning and well-being of mothers and daughters. Journal of Early Adolescence, 11, 201-220.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1991). Pregnancy, Interventions to Prevent. In R. M. Lerner, A. C. Peterson, & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence. New York: Garland Publishing Co.
• Paikoff, R. L., Buchanan, C. M., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1991). Methodological issues in the study of hormone-behavior links at puberty. In R. M. Lerner, A. C. Petersen, & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence. Garland Publishing Co., 508-512.
• Paikoff, R. L. & Collins, W. A. (1991). Editor's Notes: A review of the
  literature on parent and adolescent perceptions of the family. In Paikoff, R. L. (Ed.), New Directions for Child Development, 51, 1-11.
• Paikoff, R. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Warren, M. P. (1991). Effects of
  girls' hormonal status on depressive and aggressive symptoms over the course of one year. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 20(2), 191-215.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1990). Attitudes toward consequences of pregnancy in young women attending a family planning clinic. Journal of Adolescent Research, 5,(4), 467-484.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1990). Physiological processes: What role do they play during the transition to adolescence? In R. Montemayor, G. Adams, & T. Gullotta (Eds.), Advances in adolescent development: Vol 2., the transition from childhood to adolescence (pp. 63-81). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
• Paikoff, R. L. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1990). Associations between pubertal hormones and behavioral and affective expression. In C. Holmes (Ed.), Psychoneuroendocrinology: Brain, behavior, and hormonal interactions (pp. 205-226). New York: Springer-Verlag.
• Paikoff, R. L., Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (1988). Perceptions of
  efficacy and legitimacy of parental influence techniques by children and early adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 8,(1), 37-52.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (1983). An exploratory study of dominance interactions among adolescent females at a summer camp. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 12,(5), 419-433.
  

• Paikoff, R. L. (October, 1992). Discussant comments on The Impact of Emotion Upon the Adolescent Experience. Presented at the NIMH Workshop on Affective Processes in Adolescence, Bethesda, MD.
• Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1993). Adolescents as mothers and children:
  Preventing early pregnancy and parenting. Presented at the Doyle Center Child Clinical and Developmental Colloquium Series, Loyola University of Chicago.
• Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1993). Negotiating the future: Female
  Adolescents' Reproductive Decision Making. Presented at the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Chicago, IL.
• Paikoff, R. L. (June, 1993). Preventing Health Compromising Risk in
  Elementa-ry School Aged Children. Presented at the Multidisciplinary Study Group on Children's Development in High Risk Environments, Universi-ty of Chicago.
• Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1994). Preventing high risk sexual behavior in
  urban pre and young adolescents: family and behavioral factors. Presented in the Colloquium Series, Department of Psychology, Loyola University of Chicago.
• Paikoff, R. L. (July, 1994). The role of individual and family
  development in preventing exposure to HIV. Presented at NIMH 2nd annual confer-ence on the Role of families in Preventing and Adapting to AIDS, Chantilly, Va.
• Paikoff, R. L. (February, 1995). Integrating Research and Services for children and Adolescents: Developmental psychopathology meets preventive interventions. Presented at a working conference on Child and Adolescent Development in Societal Context at the University of Illinois at Chicago Center for Urban Educational Research and Development, Chicago, Illinois.
• Paikoff, R. L. (May, 1995) A developmental psychopathology perspective on sexuality in pre and young adolescents. To be presented at the Chicago Consortium on Children and Families, Chicago, Illinois.
• Paikoff, R.L. (May, 1995). HIV Prevention: Basic research in urban youth populations. Plenary lecture, Loyola University of Chicago Sigma Xi; Graduate Student Forum, Chicago IL.
• Paikoff, R.L. (July, 1995). Using Basic Research to Design Preventive Interventions for Children, Adolescents, and Families: Preliminary findings from the Chicago HIV prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project: CHAMP. Presented at the National Institute of Mental Health 3rd annual conference on the Role of Families in Preventing and Adapting to AIDS, Chantilly, VA.
• Paikoff, R.L. (November, 1995). Psychiatric Symptomatology and Service Use: Preliminary Findings from the Chicago HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project. Presented at the knowledge Exchange Weekend on Mental Health Services Research, Chicago, IL.
• Paikoff, R.L. (February, 1996). Applying Developmental Psychology: Preliminary data from the Chicago HIV Prevention Adolescent Mental Health Project. Presented to the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
• Paikoff, R.L. (April, 1996). Primary Prevention of HIV Risk Exposure During the Transition to Adolescence, The Chicago HIV Prevention and Adolescent Mental Health Project (CHAMP). Presented at HIV Center for Clinical and Behavioral Studies, Columbia Universtiy, New York, New York.
• Paikoff, R.L. (July, 1996). Update on Findings from CHAMP. Presented at the Satellite Meeting on Families and AIDS, The International Conference on AIDS, Vancover, Canada.
• Paikoff, R.L. (November, 1996). HIV Prevention During the Transition to Adolescence: Preliminary Findings from CHAMP. Presented at the NIMH Meeting on Adolescents and AIDS, Washington DC.
  
• Paikoff, R. L. (June, 1997). Exploring normative developmental process among urban, African American pre-adolescents. Presented at the Institute for Child Development, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN.
• Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1999). Applying developmental science: The CHAMP family program. Presented at the Northwestern University Series on Developmental Science, Chicago, IL.
• Paikoff, R. L. (2001). Community collaboration and basic Research: Necessary ingredients for urban, family based HIV prevention. Presented at CHIPTS Conference, University of California at Los Angeles.

• Paikoff, R. L., Holmbeck, G. N., & Byndum, D. (1999, April)
  Coding Family Interaction in an Urban African American Community Sample. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Flay, B. R., Amuwo, S., Bell, C., Cooksey, J., Cowell, J., Jagers, R., Levy, S., Paikoff, R., Weissberg, R., Copper, E., & Graumlich, S. (February 1, 1999). The Aban Aya Youth Project for preventing violence and other health compromising behaviors. Presentation submitted to APHA.
• McCormick, A., Paikoff, R., Parfenoff, S. H., & Foster, T. (1998, March). Normative sexual behavior in urban African American youth. Symposium submitted to Seventh Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
• Thomas, K. L., Parfenoff, S. H., & Paikoff, R. L. (1998, March). Perceptions of friendship in urban African American preadolescents. Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
• Barsotti, C. E., Parfenoff, S. H., Fendrich, M., Paikoff, R. L., & Kruesi, M. J. P. (1997, October). Imagined or real: Children=s cognitions about their own psychiatric symptomatology.
• Foster, T. R., McCormick, A., Parfenoff, S. H., & Paikoff, R. (1997, October). Understanding urban African American adolescents= risk behavior for HIV/AIDS. Poster presentation to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Toronto, Canada.
• Frison, S., Paikoff, R.L., Fendrich, M., Parfenoff, S., Schwarz, E., & Connolly, S. (April, 1997). Exploring the Developmental Significance of Psychiatric Symptoms in an Urban African-American Pre-Adolescent Sample. Presented at the Society for Research and Child Development Conference, Washington, D.C.
• Greenwood, G.L., Paikoff, R.L., Holmbeck, G.N., Parfenoff, S.H. (1996, March). A developmental perspective of early sexual risk among urban African American 5thgraders: Family and peer predictors. Poster session presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, MA.
• Williams, S.A., Parfenoff, S.H., Paikoff, R.L., (March 1996). Adolescent parents in later life. Parenting in an urban low-income setting. In R.L. Paikoff (Chair), Parenting Among Low-income Urban Families: How Does It Work. Symposium conducted at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Boston, MA.
• Parfenoff, S. H., McCormick, A., & Paikoff, R. L. (1996, July). Parents= communication with preadolescents about HIV/AIDS: Implications for prevention. Poster session presented at the Families and AIDS Satellite Conference of the XI International Conference on AIDS, Vancouver, Canada.
• Schwarz, E., Paikoff, R.L., Kruesi, M.J.P. (January, 1995). The meaning of psychotic symptoms in a non-clinical population. Presented at the International Society or Research in Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, Santa Monica, CA.
• Paikoff, R. L. (June, 1995). Measuring sexual activity. Paper presented in a symposium on sex, drugs and crime: How do we measure up? At the Society for Community Research and Action, Chicago, IL.
• Payne, B.C., Paikoff, R. L., & Kruesi, M.J. (October, 1994). Dose-
  response relationship between psychopathology and conflict management resolution. Paper presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY.
• Paikoff, R. L. (February, 1994). Participant in Innovative Session on
  Methodological issues related to multicultural research with adolescents. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
• Bhorade, R. M., & Paikoff, R. L. (February, 1994). Devising appropriate coding criteria for economically disadvantaged families: Validity and reliabili-ty in a clinical population. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
• Vera, E., Reese, L., Paikoff, R. L., & Jarrett, R. (June, 1993).
  Contextual factors in risk taking among urban pre-adolescents. Presented in a symposium on Understanding Attitudes Toward Sexual Risk Taking at the American Psycho-logi-cal Society, Chicago, IL.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., & Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1993). Conflict and cohesion in mothers and daughters: Causes and Consequences. Paper presented in a symposium on Conflict in Families: Causes and consequences at the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA.
• Graber, J., & Paikoff, R. L. (March, 1993). Correlates of eating
  attitudes and disorders from adolescence to young adulthood. Paper presented in a symposium on the Development and Course of Eating Disorders across Adolescence and Young Adulthood at the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans, LA.
• Paikoff, R. L., Weitzman, P. F., Katz, I. R. (March, 1992). Adolescents and their parents problem-solve the family: Applying protocol analysis to the Family Systems Task. Paper presented in a symposium on Problem Solving and Decision Making in Families: A Social-Cognitive Approach at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, D.C.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (March, 1992). Change and continuity in depressive affect from adolescence to young adulthood. Paper presented in a symposium on Emotional Health during the transition from Adolescence to Young Adulthood at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, D.C.
• Slap, G., Khalid, N., Paikoff, R. L., Brooks-Gunn, J., & Warren, M. P.
  (March, 1992) Evolving Self-Image in Young Adolescents: Relation-ships with pubertal manifestations and hormones. Paper presented at the meetings of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, Washington, D.C.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1991, April). Participant in Conversation Hour on the
  Psychological Well-Being of Parents: Implications for their interactions with their Adolescent Children, Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1991, April). The influence of grandparent care on the
  verbal and mathematical performance of 6-7-year-olds. Paper presented in a symposium on Grandparents' lives, Grandchildren' lives: An interdisciplinary approach to multigenerational parenting, Society for Research in Child Development, Seattle, WA.
• Carlton-Ford, S., Paikoff, R. L., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1991, July).
  Adolescent Depressive Affect and Daughter's and Mother's Reports of Family Cohesion and Conflict. Paper presented at the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development, Minneapolis, MN.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Carlton-Ford, S. (1990, March). Variation in agreement about family conflict: Associations with mother and daughter adjustment. Paper presented in a symposium on Shared Constructions of the Family: Individual Variation and Implications for Development, Society for Research on Adolescence, Atlanta, GA.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1990, March). Discussant for a Symposium on Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy: Evaluating the Methods and Results of Experimental Prevention Programs, presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Atlanta, GA.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1990, March). Chairperson of a symposium on Issues of Design, Measurement, and Interpretation in Hormone-Behavior Research Among Adolescents, presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Atlanta, GA.
• Paikoff, R. L., Carlton-Ford, S., & Brooks-Gunn, J. (1989, August).
  Varia-tion in mother-daughter agreement on family functioning and psychological adjustment in adolescent females. Paper presented at the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Warren, M. P. (1989, April). Effects of physical and
  biological change on adolescents' affective expression: Long-term relations and measurement issues. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Kansas City, MO.
• Brooks-Gunn, J., Paikoff, R. L., & Warren, M. P. (1988, March). Long-term effects of hormones on adolescents' affective expression. Paper presented in a symposium entitled Hormonal Contributions to Adolescent Behavior, at the Society for Research in Adolescence, Alexandria, VA.
• Savin-Williams, R. C., & Paikoff, R. L. (1988, March). Age and gender
  variations in self-concept in middle and late adolescence. Paper present-ed at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Alexandria, VA.
• Paikoff, R. L. (1987, April). Casual and consequential thinking about
  adolescent pregnancy: The effects of contraceptive use and pregnancy experience. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Develop-ment, Baltimore, MD.
• Paikoff, R. L., Collins, W. A., & Laursen, B. (1986, March). Perceptions of parental influence techniques in middle childhood and early adolescence. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence, Madison, WI.
• Paikoff, R. L., & Savin-Williams, R. C. (1983, August). Dominance
  behavior and a cohesive dyarchy in a group of adolescent females. Paper presented at the American Psychological Association, Anaheim, CA.