Patrick S. Malone, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
E-mail to malone dot ps at gmail dot com
I am a quantitative psychologist with training in social psychology and interests in applied developmental psychology. My recent work is primarily on methods for assessing development and prevention of adolescent substance use, including tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drugs. I have been on the faculty at the University of South Carolina since August, 2007. Prior to that, I was affiliated with Duke University in some capacity since 1995, most recently with the Center for Child and Family Policy.
My current focus is on data analytic methods for use in the study of origins and prevention of youth substance use and abuse (alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, and other drugs). This work involves a number of areas of statistical methods: principally longitudinal methods for studying development over time, but also methods for analyses in the context of missing data and latent variable methods. I have also published research on the effects of divorce on children’s behavior, the antecedents of youth behavioral problems, and the effects of reading tutoring for children with attention problems. My work is currently funded by a K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, which provides resources and protected time to improve my research skills as well as to investigate specific research questions on youth substance use.
Since coming to USC, I have worked collaboratively with Profs. Kate Flory, Bret Kloos, Cheri Shapiro, Brad Smith, and Suzanne Swan. In addition to contributing to the growing focus on quantitative psychology in the department, I have worked with several students in the Clinical/Community Psychology and School Psychology programs, and have recently become a member of the Experimental Psychology program faculty as well. I am a member of the Parenting Across Cultures Working Group based at Duke University, as well as the NIMH- and NIDA-funded Prevention Science & Methodology Group.
I would be glad to speak with prospective (or current) graduate students who have an interest in the methods and statistics underlying experimental, school, or clinical and community psychology research.
Selected Publications (Link to Vita)
- Dodge, K. A., Greenberg, M. T., Malone, P. S., & The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2008). Testing an idealized dynamic cascade model of the development of serious violence in adolescence. Child Development, 79, 1907-1927.
- Costanzo, P. R., Malone, P. S., Belsky, D., Kertesz, S., Pletcher, M., & Sloan, F. A. (2007). Longitudinal trajectories of heavy alcohol use from early to mid adulthood. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Studies, 68, 727-737.
- Muschkin, C. G., Malone, P. S., & The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2007). Multiple teacher ratings: An evaluation of measurement strategies. Educational Research and Evaluation, 13, 71-86.
- Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Castellino, D. R., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2006). Trajectories of internalizing, externalizing, and grades for children who have and have not experienced their parents' divorce or separation. Journal of Family Psychology, 20, 292-301.
- Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Dodge, K. A., Crozier, J. C., Pettit, G. S., & Bates, J. E. (2006). A 12-year prospective study of patterns of social information processing problems and externalizing behaviors. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 34, 709-718.
- Lansford, J. E., Malone, P. S., Stevens, K. I., Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E, & Pettit, G. S. (2006). Developmental trajectories of externalizing and internalizing behaviors: Factors underlying resilience in physically abused children. Development and Psychopathology, 18, 35-55.
- Lansford, J. E., Chang, L., Dodge, K. A., Malone, P. S., Oburu, P., Palmérus, K., Bacchini, D., Pastorelli, C., Bombi, A. S., Zelli, A., Tapanya, S., Chaudhary, N., Deater-Deckard, K., Manke, B., & Quinn, N. (2005). Physical discipline and children's adjustment: Cultural normativeness as a moderator.
Child Development, 76, 1234-1246.
- Schulting, A. B., Malone, P. S., & Dodge, K. A. (2005). The effect of school-based kindergarten transition policies and practices on child academic outcomes. Developmental Psychology, 41, 860-871.
- Malone, P. S., Lansford, J. E., Castellino, D. R., Berlin, L. J., Dodge, K. A., Bates, J. E., & Pettit, G. S. (2004). Divorce and child behavior problems: Applying latent change score models to life event data.
Structural Equation Modeling, 11, 401-423.
- Rabiner, D. L., Malone, P. S., & The Conduct Problems Prevention Research Group. (2004). The impact of tutoring on early reading achievement for children with and without attention problems.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 32, 273-284.
- Gilbert, D. T., & Malone, P. S. (1995). The correspondence bias. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 21-38.
- Malone, P. S., Brounstein, P. J., von Brock, A., & Shaywitz, S. S. (1991). Components of IQ scores across levels of measured ability. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 21, 15-28.
22-Nov-2008