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Justin Lavner
 Graduate Trainee - Clinical PsychologyAdvisors: Professor Thomas Bradbury Year Entered Doctoral Program at UCLA: 2006 Undergraduate School/Major: Williams College/Psychology Email:  Research: My main research interest is in understanding the factors that promote positive family relationships. At UCLA, my research has examined several different areas of family functioning, including the family relationships of LGB adolescents and the marital relationships of newlywed couples. Some of the questions I've examined include: --Does activating negative stereotypes about teenagers affect how parents think about family problems? --What factors promote positive adjustments in the families of LGB adolescents who come out? --What predicts marital satisfaction and divorce? Are there some couples who can maintain positive relationships over the early years of marriage, and if so, what makes these couples unique? In future work, I hope to investigate how stressors outside the family such as low-income status, discrimination based on race or sexual orientation, and neighborhood disadvantage affect family outcomes. Publications and conference presentations: Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2008, November). Predicting newlyweds' marital satisfaction trajectories over the first four years of marriage. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Orlando, FL. Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2008, July). Diverse trajectories of newlyweds' marital satisfaction. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, RI. Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2008, February). Diverse trajectories of marital satisfaction over four years of marriage. Poster presented at the Annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. Heatherington, L & Lavner, J. (200) Coming to Terms With Coming Out: Review and Recommendations for Family Systems-Focused Research. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(3) 329-343. Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2008). Diverse trajectories of newlyweds' marital satisfaction. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research, Providence, RI. Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2008). Diverse trajectories of marital satisfaction over four years of marriage. Poster accepted for presentation at the 9th Annual Meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Albuquerque, NM. Lavner, J. A., & Bradbury, T. N. (2007). Developmental trajectories of newlyweds' marital satisfaction. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research New Scholars Workshop, Boston, MA. Lavner, J. A., & Heatherington, L. (2007). Couple therapy preferences: Gender matters (and interacts with sexual orientation). Poster accepted for presentation at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for Psychotherapy Research, Madison, WI. Lavner, J. A. (2006). To Each His Own?: Individual Differences in Preferences for Types of Couple Therapy. Undergraduate thesis, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Advisor: Laurie Heatherington, Ph.D. Heatherington, L., & Lavner, J. A. (2004). "Those Punk Kids": Examining How Teen Stereotyping Affects Parental Attitudes and Attributions. Poster session presented at the Williams College Bronfman Summer Science Poster Session, Williamstown, MA. Honors and awards: National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, Awarded 2008 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Travel Award, 2008 UCLA-NSF Interdisciplinary Relationship Science Program Trainee, 2006-2009. UCLA University Fellowship, 2006-2007. Sigma Xi Inductee, 2006. Phi Beta Kappa Inductee, 2006. Highest Honors in Psychology, Williams College, 2006. Class of 1960 Scholar, Williams College, 2005-2006. Class of 1957 Scholar, Williams College, 2005-2006. Dean's List, Williams College, 2002-2006. Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship, 2002-2006. Current hobbies, interests, extracurricular activities: I enjoy playing tennis and squash, working out, travel, reading, and running.
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