Laura Padilla-Walker

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. ^[6] )
• 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. ^[6] )

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. ^[6] )

• 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. ^[6] )

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

Awards and achievements

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

References

1. "Laura Padilla-Walker". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
2. Sorenson, Aaron (April 22, 2021). "Three new deans announced at BYU". Brigham Young University. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
3. "Laura Padilla Walker". byu.edu. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
4. "Laura Padilla-Walker". FHSS Faculty.
5. WorldCat item page
6. "Google Scholar". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2023-01-26.
7. "Faculty and Department Awards". University Accessibility Center.

External links

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