Gayla Margolin is an American psychologist doing research on adolescence and the effect of domestic violence on children. She has also done research on coparenting and marital therapy. She is a professor of psychology and pediatrics at the University of Southern California where she leads the Family Studies Project.[1]

Gayla Margolin
NationalityAmerican
EducationBA, MA, PhD
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, University of Oregon
Known forDomestic violence, Marital therapy
Scientific career
FieldsClinical psychology
InstitutionsUniversity of Southern California
Thesis A comparative evaluation of therapeutic components associated with behavioral marital treatments  (1976)

Education edit

Margolin graduated with a BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. She subsequently studied clinical psychology at the University of Oregon where she received an MA in 1973 and a PhD in 1976.[2]

Selected publications edit

Books edit

  • Jacobson NS, Margolin G. Marital therapy: Strategies based on social learning and behavior exchange principles. Psychology Press; 1979.

Scientific articles edit

  • Doumas D, Margolin G, John RS. The intergenerational transmission of aggression across three generations. Journal of Family Violence. 1994 Jun 1;9(2):157-75.
  • Margolin G, Gordis EB. The effects of family and community violence on children. Annual review of psychology. 2000 Feb;51(1):445-79.
  • Margolin G, Gordis EB, John RS. Coparenting: a link between marital conflict and parenting in two-parent families. Journal of Family Psychology. 2001 Mar;15(1):3.
  • Margolin G, Vickerman KA. Posttraumatic stress in children and adolescents exposed to family violence: I. Overview and issues. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice. 2007 Dec;38(6):613.
  • Margolin G, Ramos MC, Baucom BR, Bennett DC, Guran EL. Substance use, aggression perpetration, and victimization: temporal co-occurrence in college males and females. Journal of interpersonal violence. 2013 Sep;28(14):2849-72.
  • Margolin G, Ramos MC, Timmons AC, Miller KF, Han SC. Intergenerational transmission of aggression: physiological regulatory processes. Child development perspectives. 2016 Mar;10(1):15-21.

Book chapters edit

  • Margolin, G. Effects of domestic violence on children. In Trickett & Schellenbach (editors), Violence against children in the family and the community (pp. 57-101). Washington DC: American Psychological Association, 1998.

References edit

  1. ^ University of Southern California, Family Studies Project, Gayla Margolin, Ph.D.
  2. ^ University of Southern California, Department of Psychology, Gayla Margolin

External links edit