About Me
I am an Assistant Professor in the Educational Psychology program at the University of New Mexico. I teach courses in research methods and statistics. My research addresses issues in both quantitative methods as well as the area of child development, parenting, and parent-child relationships. My quantitative interests include: structural equation modeling, multilevel modeling, interdependent data analysis, longitudinal data analysis, and mediation models. Currently, there are a number of overlapping themes in my research: 1) ways to reconsider time in traditional panel models, 2) mediation in longitudinal models, and 3) models for interdependent data analysis. My developmental interests focus on the parent-child relationship and the reciprocal effects that parents and children have on one another.
Recent and Upcoming Publications
McNamara, K. A., Selig, J. P., & Hawley, P. H. (in press). A typological approach to the study of parenting: associations between maternal parenting patterns and child behaviour and social reception. Early Child Development and Care.
Selig, J. P., & Preacher, K. J. (2009). Mediation models for longitudinal data in developmental research. Research in Human Development, 6, 144-164.
Zuna, N. I., Selig, J. P., Summers, J. A., & Turnbull, A. (2009). Confirmatory factor analysis of a family quality of life scale for families of children without disabilities. Journal of Early Intervention, 31, 111-125.
Card, N. A., Selig, J. P. & Little, T. D. (Eds.) (2008). Modeling Dyadic and Interdependent Data in the Developmental and Behavioral Sciences. New York, NY: Routledge.
Card, N. A., Little, T. D., Selig, J. P. (2008). Using the bivariate Social Relations Model to study dyadic relationships: Early adolescents’ perceptions of friends’ aggression and prosocial behavior. In N. A. Card, J. P. Selig, & T. D. Little (Eds.) Modeling Dyadic and Interdependent Data in the Developmental and Behavioral Sciences. New York, NY: Routledge.
Selig, J. P., McNamara, K. A., Card, N. A., & Little, T. D. (2008). Techniques for Modeling Dependency in Interchangeable Dyads. In N. A. Card, J. P. Selig, & T. D. Little (Eds.) Modeling Dyadic and Interdependent Data in the Developmental and Behavioral Sciences. New York, NY: Routledge.
Selig, J. P., Card, N. A., & Little, T. D. (2008). Latent variable structural equation modeling in cross-cultural research: Multigroup and multilevel approaches. In F.J.R. van de Vijver, D.A. van Hemert & Y. Poortinga (Eds.) Individuals and cultures in multi-level analysis. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
Shears, J. K., Whiteside-Mansell, L. McKelvey, L. & Selig, J.P. (2008). Assessing mothers' and fathers' authoritarian attitudes: The psychometric properties of a brief survey. Social Work Research, 32, 179-184.