Laura Padilla-Walker Explained

Laura M Padilla-Walker is an American developmental psychologist and academic administrator.^[1] She is a professor in the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University. 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.^[2]

Early life, education, and career

Padilla-Walker received her bachelor's degree from Central Michigan University in 1999, and both her master's (2001) and PhD. (2005) in developmental psychology from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.^{[3] [4]} Her thesis was " Perceived appropriateness and accurate perception of parental messages as predictors of adolescents' internalization of values and behaviors".^[5]

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^[6]) '
• 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.)
• 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.)

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.)

• 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.)

Padilla-Walker has over 100 journal publications and has co-edited three volumes with Oxford University Press.^[7]

Awards and achievements

In 2010, Padilla-Walker received the Camilla Eyring Kimball Professorship from 2019 to 2024

External links

• Laura Padilla-Walker at the Family Home & Social Sciences
• Laura Padilla Walker at the School of Family Life

Notes and References

1. Web site: Laura Padilla-Walker. 2021-09-17. scholar.google.com.
2. News: Sorenson . Aaron . Three new deans announced at BYU . September 17, 2021 . Brigham Young University . April 22, 2021.
3. Web site: Laura Padilla Walker . 26 January 2023 . byu.edu.
4. Web site: Laura Padilla-Walker. FHSS Faculty.
5. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/59224425 WorldCat item page
6. Web site: Google Scholar . 2023-01-26 . scholar.google.com.
7. Web site: Faculty and Department Awards. University Accessibility Center.