Replication and Extension of the Early Childhood Friendship Project: Effects on Physical and Relational Bullying

Jamie M. Ostrov PhD, is an associate professor of psychology in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. He is the director of the Social Development Laboratory, as well as a faculty affiliate and advisory board member of the school's Alberti Center for Bullying Abuse Prevention. He is currently an associate editor of Early Childhood Research Quarterly and is on the editorial boards or is a consulting editor of eight other journals. He is the coeditor of a book, The Development of Relational Aggression, to be published by Oxford University Press. His research is currently funded by the National Science Foundation and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and focuses on the development of forms (i.e., relational and physical) and functions (i.e., proactive and reactive) of aggression.

Stephanie A. Godleski, PhD, is an assistant professor of psychology at the Rochester Institute of Technology. She is also a research associate at the Research Institute on Addictions (RIA) of the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She previously completed a 3-year National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism–sponsored postdoctoral fellowship at the RIA. Her research is currently funded by NIDA. Her program of research emphasizes the role of parents and family systems, as well as exposure to substances, in the prediction of aggressive behavior among children and adolescents.

Kimberly E. Kamper-DeMarco MA, is an advanced doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She is also currently a predoctoral psychology intern at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Her research interests and dissertation focus on how aggression subtypes impact and are impacted by friendships among children.

Sarah J. Blakely-McClure is a doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology Program at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. Her research interests include developmental associations between relational aggression, relational victimization, and self-concept domains in children and adolescents.

Lauren Celenza EdM, is a doctoral student in the Curriculum, Instruction, and Science of Learning Program (early childhood education concentration) at the University at Buffalo, The State University of New York. She is also a child researcher in the Play Lab at Fisher-Price. Her interests include the application of psychology and best practices for early childhood settings.

Guest Editor: Melissa Stormont