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Dianna Murray-Close is the Robert B. Lawson Green and Gold Professor in the Department of Psychological Science at the University of Vermont. Her work focuses on gender differences in children and adolescents' social development, particularly aggression forms like relational and physical aggression. She leads the Social Development Laboratory, examining aggression's physiological, cognitive, and social contributors.
Education: B.A. from Carleton College (2001), M.A. and Ph.D. from University of Minnesota (2005/2006). Research interests include aggression's consequences on mental health, peer rejection, and the role of physiological stress reactivity. Key areas: gender-specific aggression pathways, developmental psychopathology, and biopsychosocial mechanisms.
Publications emphasize aggression trajectories, peer dynamics, and stress physiology. Her work bridges developmental theory with clinical applications for at-risk youth interventions. Current projects explore autonomic nervous system reactivity and socioemotional functioning during early childhood transitions.
