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Dr. Idean Ettekal is an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at Texas A&M University, serving as Program Coordinator for the Developmental Sciences Masters and Ph.D. programs. His research focuses on children’s and adolescents’ social-emotional development, particularly examining the impact of peer victimization, teacher-student relationships, and parental influences on externalizing behaviors like aggression and bullying. He employs advanced longitudinal methodologies such as structural equation modeling and latent growth analysis. Prior to Texas A&M, he led the NIH-funded VICE study on youth violence and drug use at the University at Buffalo.
Education: Ph.D. in Family and Human Development from Arizona State University (2016), B.A. in Psychology and American Studies from UC Berkeley (2006).
Research emphasizes developmental pathways to antisocial behavior, integrating self-regulation, social cognition, and contextual factors. His work includes school-based evaluations of social-emotional learning programs. Key projects include investigating trajectories of peer victimization and their academic/behavioral consequences, as well as the role of prenatal substance exposure in adolescent stress responses.
Grants include TAMU’s Triads for Transformation (T3) grant and College of Education’s Catapult Grant. Advising contributions include mentoring students like H. Li and A. Chaudhary. Courses taught span developmental psychology, educational statistics, and interventions for educators.
His publications address topics ranging from teacher-child relationship quality to digital media’s impact on cybervictimization, reflecting a focus on bridging theory and applied prevention strategies in developmental science.
