Areas of Study & Research
Identity development in emerging adulthood, particularly in the areas of religion, the transition to college, first generation and/or low income students, and issues related to financial support.
Other Training
2021, Accredited Financial Counselor (AFC®)
2018, Certificate in Financial Planning, University of Georgia
2012, Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics, Pennsylvania State University
Education
- 1987, Doctor of Philosophy, Child & Family Development and Minor in Social Psychology, University of Georgia Athens, GA
- 1984, Master of Science, Child & Family Development, University of Georgia, Athens, GA
- 1982, Bachelor of Science, Sociology, Georgia Southern College, Statesboro, GA
Publications
Deal, J.E. (2019). Normativity and desirability in observational assessments of family interaction. Family Process, 58, 749 - 760.
Tackett, J. L., Slobodskaya, H., Mar, R. A., Deal, J., Halverson, Jr., C. F., Baker, S. R., Pavlopoulos, V., & Besevegis, E. (2012). The hierarchical structure of childhood personality in five countries: Continuity from early childhood to early adolescence. Journal of Personality, 80, 847 – 879.
Deal, J.E., Halverson, C.F., Martin, R., Victor, J. & Baker, S. (2007). The Inventory of Children’s Individual Differences: Development and validation of a short version. Journal of Personality Assessment, 89, 162 – 166.
Deal, J.E., Halverson, C.F., Havill, V., & Martin, R. (2005). Temperament factors as longitudinal predictors of young adult personality. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 51, 315 – 334.
Halverson, C.F., Havill, V., Deal, J.E., Baker, S., Victor, J., Pavlopoulos, V., Besevegis, E., & Wen, L. (2003). Personality structure as derived from parental ratings of free descriptions of children: The Inventory of Child Individual Differences. Journal of Personality, 71, 995 - 1026.
Deal, J.E., Stanley Hagan, M., Bass, B., Hetherington, M., & Clingempeel, G. Marital Interaction in dyadic and triadic contexts: continuities and discontinuities. (1999). Family Process, 38, 105 - 115.
Deal, J.E., & Anderson, E.R. (1995). Reporting and interpreting results in family research. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57, 1040 - 1048.
Deal, J.E., Wampler, K.S., & Halverson, C.F. (1992). The importance of similarity in the marital relationship. Family Process, 31, 369 - 382.
Hetherington, E., Clingempeel, G., in collaboration with Anderson, A., Deal, J., Hagan, M., Hollier, A., & Lindner, M. (Eds.). (1992). Coping With Marital Transitions: A Family Systems Perspective. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 57 (2-3, serial no. 227).
Deal, J.E., Halverson, C.F., & Wampler, K.S. (1989). Parental agreement on child-rearing orientations: Relations to parental, marital, family, and child characteristics. Child Development, 60, 1025-1034.