Gayla Margolin is an American psychologist doing research on

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and the effect of

domestic violence Domestic violence (also known as domestic abuse or family violence) is violence or other abuse that occurs in a domestic setting, such as in a marriage or cohabitation. ''Domestic violence'' is often used as a synonym for ''intimate partner ...

on children. She has also done research on

coparenting Co-parenting is an enterprise undertaken by parents who together take on the socialization, care, and upbringing of children for whom they share equal responsibility. The co-parent relationship differs from an intimate relationship between adults ...

and

marital therapy Couples therapy (also couples' counseling, marriage counseling, or marriage therapy) attempts to improve romantic relationships and resolve interpersonal conflicts. History Marriage counseling originated in Germany in the 1920s as part of the eu ...

. She is a professor of psychology and pediatrics at the

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where she leads the ''Family Studies Project''.University of Southern California, Family Studies Project
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Education

Margolin graduated with a BA in psychology from the

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in 1971. She subsequently studied clinical psychology at the

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where she received an MA in 1973 and a PhD in 1976.University of Southern California, Department of Psychology
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Selected publications

Books

* Jacobson NS, Margolin G. ''Marital therapy: Strategies based on social learning and behavior exchange principles''. Psychology Press; 1979.

Scientific articles

* Doumas D, Margolin G, John RS. The intergenerational transmission of aggression across three generations. Journal of Family Violence. 1994 Jun 1;9(2):157-75. * Margolin G, Gordis EB. ''The effects of family and community violence on children''. Annual review of psychology. 2000 Feb;51(1):445-79. * Margolin G, Gordis EB, John RS. ''Coparenting: a link between marital conflict and parenting in two-parent families''. Journal of Family Psychology. 2001 Mar;15(1):3. * Margolin G, Vickerman KA. ''Posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents exposed to family violence: I. Overview and issues''. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 2007 Dec;38(6):613. * Margolin G, Ramos MC, Baucom BR, Bennett DC, Guran EL. ''Substance use, aggression perpetration, and victimization: temporal co-occurrence in college males and females''. Journal of interpersonal violence. 2013 Sep;28(14):2849-72. * Margolin G, Ramos MC, Timmons AC, Miller KF, Han SC
''Intergenerational transmission of aggression: physiological regulatory processes''
Child development perspectives. 2016 Mar;10(1):15-21.

Book chapters

* Margolin, G. ''Effects of domestic violence on children''. In Trickett & Schellenbach (editors), Violence against children in the family and the community (pp. 57-101). Washington DC: American Psychological Association, 1998.

References

External links

* Google Scholar
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