Nancy Rossnagel

My research focuses on parent-child relationships, particularly on socialization in Latino families and ethnic differences in parenting. In this area, I explore the relationship of maternal teaching behaviors to the development of mastery motivation and self-concept in young children, an endeavor that first required the creation of new, culturally centered instruments.

Having spent several years developing both parental report and observational measures for the assessment of these constructs with funding from NICHD, I work to identify the best practices for the creation and validation of culturally centered measures of early child development and socialization.

Education

• The Pennsylvania State University, PhD, Human Development and Family Studies
• Wayne State University, MA, Human Development and Family Studies
• The Merrill Palmer Institute, Graduate Study
• Scripps College, BA, Psychology