Joseph P. Allen (psychologist) explained

Joseph P. Allen
Birth Date:1958
Workplaces:University of Virginia
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Joseph P. Allen is an American psychologist and academic and the Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology at the University of Virginia.[1]

Early Life

Allen was born on October 30, 1958, in Washington, DC, and grew up in Oxon Hill, Maryland.

Education

He received a B.A. in psychology from the University of Virginia in May 1980, and then a Ph.D. in Clinical/Community Psychology from Yale University in May 1986. He subsequently worked as a post-doctoral fellow in research at Harvard Medical School from 1986 until 1988.[2]

Achievements and Honors

Allen's work on The Connection Project has been written up in the New York Times[3] and was recently cited by U. S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy as a promising approach to enhancing connection among youth.[4]

Allen has published three books and more than 200 academic articles, which have been cited more than 30,000 times in total.[5] He is a recipient of awards for Lifetime Achievement in Research from both the Society for Research in Adolescence and the Bowlby/Ainsworth Attachment Society, as well as an NIH MERIT award for his research.[6]

Research

His research focuses  on the predictors and long-term outcomes of social development processes from adolescence into adulthood and he is currently 25 years into a 30-year study on these topics.   He also develops and examines socially-focused interventions for adolescents designed to improve long-term academic and mental health outcomes.[7] [8] [9] [10] [11]

Together with Claudia W. Allen, he is the author of Escaping the Endless Adolescence: How We Can Help Our Teenagers Grow Up Before They Grow Old..[12] In 2016, he founded The Connection Project, a small group intervention for high school and college students that has been documented to reduce loneliness and depressive symptoms and enhance a sense of belonging.[13] The program is now being implemented at the high school level by Wyman of St. Louis,[14] and at the college level at the University of Virginia.[15]

In September 2023, successful replication efforts for The Connection Project were begun at Georgetown University and Virginia Tech University. [16]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Virginia, Department of Psychology . July 7, 2024 . Joseph P. Allen, Hugh P. Kelly Professor of Psychology . July 7, 2024.
  2. Web site: Teen Research . 2022-10-24 . uva.theopenscholar.com . en.
  3. News: Zimmerman . Eilene . 2022-10-06 . Meeting the Mental Health Challenge in School and at Home . 2024-07-07 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
  4. Haupt . Angela . 2024-05-02 . Vivek Murthy . 2024-07-07 . TIME . en.
  5. Web site: Joseph P. Allen . 2024-07-07 . scholar.google.com.
  6. Web site: Teen Research . 2024-07-07 . uva.theopenscholar.com . en.
  7. Web site: Being Cool in High School Is Bad For You. Dina. Spector. Jun 12, 2014. Slate Magazine. Sep 28, 2021.
  8. Web site: What happens to 'cool' kids? New study sheds light. ScienceDaily. Sep 28, 2021.
  9. Allen. Joseph P.. Uchino. Bert N.. Hafen. Christopher A.. October 2015. Running With the Pack: Teen Peer-Relationship Qualities as Predictors of Adult Physical Health. Psychological Science. en. 26. 10. 1574–1583. 10.1177/0956797615594118. 0956-7976. 4698963. 26290522.
  10. Costello . Meghan A. . Nagel . Alison G. . Hunt . Gabrielle L. . Rivens . Ariana J. . Hazelwood . Olivia A. . Pettit . Corey . Allen . Joseph P. . 2022-05-16 . Facilitating connection to enhance college student well-being: Evaluation of an experiential group program . American Journal of Community Psychology . 70 . 3–4 . en . 314–326 . 10.1002/ajcp.12601 . 35575603 . 9666641 . 0091-0562.
  11. Allen . Joseph P. . Costello . Meghan . Kansky . Jessica . Loeb . Emily L. . 2021-12-06 . When friendships surpass parental relationships as predictors of long-term outcomes: Adolescent relationship qualities and adult psychosocial functioning . Child Development . 93 . 3 . 760–777 . 10.1111/cdev.13713 . 0009-3920 . 9167890 . 34870846.
  12. Book: Allen, Joseph P. . Escaping the endless adolescence: how we can help our teenagers grow up before they grow old . 2009 . Ballantine Books . Claudia W. Allen . 978-0-345-50789-1 . New York . 290464723.
  13. Allen . Joseph P. . Narr . Rachel K. . Nagel . Alison G. . Costello . Meghan A. . Guskin . Karen . May 2021 . The Connection Project: Changing the peer environment to improve outcomes for marginalized adolescents . Development and Psychopathology . en . 33 . 2 . 647–657 . 10.1017/S0954579419001731 . 0954-5794 . 9034648 . 32124707.
  14. Web site: Teen Connection Project (TCP) . 2022-10-12 . Wyman Center . en-US.
  15. Web site: Homepage Hoos Connected . 2022-10-12 . hoosconnected.virginia.edu.
  16. Web site: 2023-09-25 . Georgetown, Virginia Tech Adopt UVA Initiative That Reduces Depression, Loneliness . 2024-07-07 . news.virginia.edu . en.

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