Lloyd E. Pickering, M.Div., Ph.D.

Phone: 601.266.6208
Department: Child and Family Studies
Title: Assistant Professor
PO Box: 118 College Drive #5035
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Email: Lloyd.Pickering@usm.edu

Education:      

M.Div., Central Theological Seminary
M.S., Auburn University
Ph.D., Auburn University

Research: 
       
One of my primary research interests focuses on protective factors against adolescent deviant behavior. In particular, I am interested in the importance of family process and religiosity as deterrents to deviance. In addition, I have been involved in some cross-national comparative research. I am also examining the effects of gendered parenting on young people’s gendered development, particularly the importance of the fathering role for daughters’ development. Some other research in which I am involved includes a study of the importance of environment (i.e., lighting, temperature, color, etc.) on young people’s learning, the use of videoconferencing technology to enhance classroom teaching and learning, and developmental issues associated with home-schooling.

Service:
            
I serve as an ad hoc reviewer for journals such as the European Journal of Psychology of Education, Family Science Review, Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Journal of Early Adolescence, Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Teaching:
        
FAM 450 Sexuality and the Family
FAM 452 Parenthood
FAM 453 Families in Later Life
FAM 633 Adolescents in the Family System

Select Publications:

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering, L. E., & Bolland, J. (2006). Growing up in a dangerous developmental milieu: The effects of parenting processes on adjustment in inner-city African American adolescents. Journal of Community Psychology, 34(1), 47-73.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Pickering, L. E. (2003). The importance of family and school domains in late adolescent deviance: A comparison of African-American and Caucasian youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 32(2), 115-128.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering, L. E., Belliston, L., Hessing, D., Junger, M. (2002). Discretionary leisure time and deviance: A comparison of American, Dutch, Hungarian and Swiss adolescents. Journal of Quantitative Criminology, 18(4), 397-422.

Pickering, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2002). The impact of adolescent employment on family relationships. Journal of Adolescent Research, 17(2), 196-218.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering, L. E., Junger, M., & Hessing, D. (2001). An empirical test of A General Theory of Crime: A four-nation comparative study of self-control and the prediction of deviance. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 38(2), 91-131.

Vazsonyi, A. T., & Pickering, L. E. (2000). Family processes and deviance: A comparison of apprentices and non-apprentices. Journal of Adolescent Research, 15(3), 368-391.

Select Presentations:

Pickering, L. E., & Vazsonyi, A. T. (2008, March). Is religiosity unimportant in the explanation of adolescent deviance when family process is considered simultaneously? A SEM Test. Poster presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Pickering, L.E., Brookes, S., Parker, J., Burgess, A., & Walsh, J. (2008, February). Using web-based video technology to assist family professionals. Workshop presentation at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

Gaumer-Bowden, J., & Pickering, L. E. (2008, February). The importance of the father role for daughters’ development. Graduate student presentation at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, USA. (2nd Place Award in Student Research Competition)

Jones, B., & Pickering, L. E. (2008, February). Can children help calm elderly patients with dementia? Graduate student presentation at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

Keller, K., & Pickering, L. E. (2008, February). Are Mississippi’s Adolescent Offender Programs (AOP) working? Graduate student presentation at the annual meeting of the Mississippi Association of Family and Consumer Sciences, Jackson, Mississippi, USA.

Walsh, J., & Pickering, L. E. (2007, June). Conducting classroom observations via videoconferencing technology. Poster presentation at the annual National Educational Computing Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.

Pickering, L. E., & Julian, K. (2006, November). Promoting interdisciplinary collaboration in the classroom: The Collaborative Assessment Project (CAP). Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Walsh, J., & Pickering, L. E. (2006, November). Conducting classroom observations in preservice teacher education using videoconferencing technology. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Browder, S., & Pickering, L. E. (2006, April). Parental influence on adolescent psychosexual development. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the National Conference on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, North Carolina, USA.

Walsh, J., & Pickering, L. E. (2006, March). The benefits of a remote video link system for the facilitation of classroom instruction on child behavioral observation. Paper presentation at the annual meeting of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education, Orlando, Florida, USA.

Vazsonyi, A. T. (2004, November). Is religion really that important? The mediating role of "the family" in the relationship between religiosity and adolescent deviant behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Nashville, Tennessee, USA.

Pickering, L. E., Halpin, G., & Halpin, G. (2003, November). Youth Tobacco Survey: The state of a state. Discussion session presented at the annual meeting of the Mid-South Educational Research Association, Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering, L. E., & Bolland, J. M. (2003, April). Are family processes important in understanding health-compromising and violent behaviors in inner-city African-American youth? In J. M. Barth (Chair), Risk and protective factors among low-income, urban, African American adolescents: Longitudinal findings. Symposium conducted at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, Florida, USA.

Vazsonyi, A. T., Pickering, L. E., & Bolland, J. M. (2002, November). The role of family processes in the prediction of health-compromising and violent behaviors: An SEM utilizing longitudinal data from high-risk African-American adolescents. Presidential paper submitted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American Society of Criminology, Chicago, Illinois, USA.

Halpin, G., Halpin, G., Johnson, T., & Pickering, L. (2002, April). Validity and value in abstinence-only sex education. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

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