Malti, Tina

Area of Research:

Developmental and Child Clinical Psychology, Children’s Mental Health, Social-Emotional Development, Evidence-Based Interventions in School and Out-of-School Time Settings

Laboratory for Social-emotional Development and Intervention

Profile:

My research examines how children and adolescents positively adapt and emotionally mature during their development. In a first line of research, I study the development of social and moral emotions such as sympathy, guilt, and respect. A second line of research investigates how these emotions help or hinder thriving and resilience amidst social and psychological risks of everyday life, such as social conflict and aggression. A third line of research transforms this basic developmental research into intervention programs, especially in school settings. Taken together, the objective of these three lines of work is to advance social-emotional development and mental health and to help children and youth succeed in their school and out-of-school-time settings.

Courses Taught:

PSY240 Introduction to Abnormal Psychology
A survey of contemporary issues in theory and research on abnormal behaviour and its treatment. Topics include the definition of abnormal behaviour, causes and treatment of disorders, diagnosis and assessment, incidence and prevalence, biological and psychological interventions, prevention, as well as legal and ethical issues. Does not focus on specific disorders.

PSY410 Special Topics in Developmental Psychology
In depth examination of selected topics in developmental psychology.

Recent Representative Publications:

Malti, T., & Krettenauer, T. (2012). The relation of moral emotion attributions to pro- and antisocial behavior: A meta-analysis. Child Development. Early online publication, 24 September 2012.

Malti, T., Averdijk, M., Ribeaud, D., Rotenberg, K., & Eisner, M.P. (2012). “Do you trust him?” Children’s trust beliefs and developmental trajectories of aggressive behavior in an ethnically diverse sample. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Early online publication, 9 October 2012.

Malti, T., Killen, M., & Gasser, L. (2012). Social judgments and emotion attributions about exclusion in Switzerland. Child Development, 83, 697-711.

Eisner, M.P., Nagin, D., Ribeaud, D., & Malti, T. (2012). Effects of a universal parenting program for highly adherent parents: A propensity score matching approach. Prevention Science, 13(3), 252-266.

Malti, T., Ribeaud, D., & Eisner, M.P. (2011). The effectiveness of two universal preventive interventions to reduce children’s externalizing behavior: A cluster-randomized controlled trial. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 40(5), 677-692.

Malti, T., Gummerum, M., Keller, M., & Buchmann, M. (2009). Children’s moral motivation, sympathy, and prosocial behavior. Child Development, 80, 442-460.



Malti, T., & Noam, G.G. (Eds.) (2008). Where youth development meets mental health and education: The RALLY approach. New Directions for Youth Development, 120.