Publications

Contexts of Child & Adolescent Development: Neighborhoods, Schools, & Families

Leer, J. “A Rising Tide Does Not Lift All Boats: Links Between Gentrification and Youth Education Outcomes Vary Across Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Neighborhood-Level Racial Turnover” (under review)

Leer, J., Hoyle, R. & Odgers, C. “Direct and Indirect Pathways Linking Gentrification to Adolescent Reading and Math Achievement via Educational Aspirations and Psychological Distress” (Revise & Resubmit at Developmental Psychology)

Leer, J., Gaither, S., & Gassman-Pines, A. “It’s Not What You Say It’s What You Do: School Diversity Ideologies and Adolescent Mental Health and Academic Engagement” (Revise & Resubmit at Journal of Research on Adolescence, Special Issue: Advancing Studies of Adolescent Development from Bench Science to Preventive Interventions and Policy Through Interdisciplinary Research)

Gassman-Pines, A., Ananat, E.O., Fitz-Henley, II, J. & Leer, J. (2022). Effects of Daily School and Care Disruptions on Child Behavior Problems. Developmental Psychology. 58(8), 1512–1527. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev000137

Alemann, C., Daga, G., Leer, J., & Lopez Boo, F. (2022). Violencia Intima de Pareja y Desarrollo Infantil Temprano (Intimate Partner Violence and Early Childhood Development). PanAmerican Journal of Public Health. 8(46):e195. doi: 10.26633/RPSP.2022.195

Dowd, A.J., Friedlander, E., Jonason, C., Leer, J., Sorensen, L.Z., Guajardo, J., D'Sa, N., Pava, C., & Pisani, L. (2017). Lifewide Learning for Early Reading Development. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development. (155):31-49. doi: 10.1002/cad.20193 

Evaluations of Social Policy & Programs 

Leer, J., Lopez Boo, F., & Norman, S. (2023). Supporting Child & Family Resilience in the Face of Political Violence: Evidence from a Home Visit Parenting Program. Child Development. Special Issue: Registered Reports. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.1399

Leer, J., Gassman-Pines, A., Dje Ble, E., Kainessie, J., Kennedy, C, Press, S., & Schubert, H. (2022). Young Adolescents' Endorsement of Restrictive Gender Norms: Evidence from a Community-Based Intervention in Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone. Journal of Early Adolescence. 42(4), 453–481. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211036742

Leer, J., Gaither, S., & Gassman-Pines, A. (2021). Behavioral Science Interventions: Integrating the Decision Task, Context, and Individual Differences to Inform Policy. Translational Issues in Psychological Science. Special Issue: Psychological Science and Public Policy. 7(1), 46–54. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000243 

Leer, J. & Lopez Boo, F. (2018). Assessing the Quality of Home Visit Parenting Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean. Early Child Development and Care. 89(13), 2183-2196, doi: 10.1080/03004430.2018.1443922 

Leer, J. (2016). After the Big Bang: Estimating the effects of decentralization on educational outcomes in Indonesia through a difference-in-differences analysis. International Journal of Educational Development. 49:80–90. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijedudev.2016.02.005 

Methodological & Basic Science Contributions 

Straka, B., Albuja, A., Leer, J., Brauer, K., & Gaither, S.  (2023). The rich get richer? Children’s reasoning about socioeconomic status predicts inclusion and resource bias. Developmental Psychology.

Reykov, T., Menold, N., & Leer, J. (2022). Evaluation of Second and Third Level Variance Proportions in Multilevel Designs with Completely Observed Populations: A Latent Variable Modeling Procedure. Educational and Psychological Measurement. 82(3):568-579. doi: 10.1177/00131644211008643