Laura M Padilla-Walker is an American
developmental psychologist
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and
academic administrator
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. She is a professor in the School of Family Life at
Brigham Young University
Brigham Young University (BYU, sometimes referred to colloquially as The Y) is a private research university in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1875 by religious leader Brigham Young and is sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day ...
. She was an associate dean for the
BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences from 2017-2021 until she became the dean in July 2021.
Early life, education, and career
Padilla-Walker received her bachelor's degree from
Central Michigan University
Central Michigan University (CMU) is a public research university in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. Established in 1892 as the Central Michigan Normal School and Business Institute, the private normal school became a state institution and renamed Cen ...
in 1999, and both her master's (2001) and PhD. (2005) in developmental psychology from the
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
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. Her thesis was " Perceived appropriateness and accurate perception of parental messages as predictors of adolescents' internalization of values and behaviors".
Publications
Books
*Padilla-Walker, Laura M., and Gustavo Carlo. , editors. Prosocial Development: A Multidimensional Approach. Oxford: Oxford University Press 2016. ISBN 9780199964772
Most cited journal articles
*Padilla-Walker LM, Nelson LJ. Black hawk down?: Establishing helicopter parenting as a distinct construct from other forms of parental control during emerging adulthood. Journal of adolescence. 2012 Oct 1;35(5):1177-90. (Cited 500 times, according to
Google Scholar
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*Carroll JS, Padilla-Walker LM, Nelson LJ, Olson CD, McNamara Barry C, Madsen SD. Generation XXX: Pornography acceptance and use among emerging adults. Journal of adolescent research. 2008 Jan;23(1):6-30. (Cited 775 times, according to Google Scholar.
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*Coyne SM, Padilla-Walker LM, Howard E. Emerging in a digital world: A decade review of media use, effects, and gratifications in emerging adulthood. Emerging Adulthood. 2013 Jun;1(2):125-37. (Cited 313 times, according to Google Scholar.
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Day RD, Padilla-Walker LM. Mother and father connectedness and involvement during early adolescence. Journal of Family Psychology. 2009 Dec;23(6):900. (Cited 278 times, according to Google Scholar.
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*Padilla‐Walker LM, Christensen KJ. Empathy and self‐regulation as mediators between parenting and adolescents' prosocial behavior toward strangers, friends, and family. Journal of Research on Adolescence. 2011 Sep;21(3):545-51.(Cited 243 times, according to Google Scholar.
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Padilla-Walker has over 100 journal publications and has co-edited three volumes with
Oxford University Press
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.
Awards and achievements
In 2010, Padilla-Walker received the Camilla Eyring Kimball Professorship from 2019 to 2024
References
External links
Laura Padilla-Walker at the Family Home & Social SciencesLaura Padilla Walker at the School of Family Life
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Brigham Young University faculty
American women psychologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American university and college faculty deans
Women deans (academic)
American developmental psychologists
University of Nebraska–Lincoln alumni
Central Michigan University alumni
21st-century American psychologists