Brett Laursen is Professor of Psychology and Director of Graduate Training at Florida Atlantic University. His research focuses on parent-child and peer relationships during childhood and adolescence, and the influence of these relationships on individual social and academic adjustment. Dr. Laursen is a Docent Professor of Social Developmental Psychology at the University of Jyvaskyla, Finland. He is currently the Methods and Measures Editor at the "International Journal of Behavioral Development". Dr. Laursen is a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (Division 7, Developmental) an...