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David Schwartz

Associate Professor of Psychology
David Schwartz
Email davschw@usc.edu Office SGM 629 Office Phone (213) 740-3968

Biography

Dr. Schwartz joined the USC psychology faculty in 1997. Before coming to USC, he served as Program Coordinator of a UN-funded psychosocial intervention program in Mostar, Bosnia. This program was designed to provide mental health services to children affected by the civil war in the former Yugoslavia.

Dr. Schwartz’s current research interests focus on children’s peer relationships and on the link between early social maladjustment and later disorder. His initial investigations were concerned primarily with bully/victim problems in school peer groups, and he has published a number of articles focusing on chronically bullied children. Dr. Schwartz has also been involved in research on social rejection, popularity, friendship, and cultural influences on children’s interactions with peers.

Education

  • Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 1994
  • M.S. Psychology, Vanderbilt University, 1992

  • Tenure Track Appointments

    • Associate Professor, University of Southern California, 05/01/2003 –
    • Assistant Professor, University of Southern California, 09/01/1997 – 05/01/2003
    • Research Clinical Psychologist, University of London, Institute of Psychiatry, 04/01/1996 – 05/01/1997
    • Research Associate, Vanderbilt University, 09/01/1994 – 05/01/1996

  • Summary Statement of Research Interests

    My current research projects focus on bully/victim problems, popularity/unpopularity, and friendship in Los Angeles area schools. I am also keenly interested in issues related to young people’s use of social media and electronic communications technology.

    NOTE: I am open to working with new graduate students, applying to the Developmental Ph.D. program during the upcoming admissions season. I am no longer mentoring clinical students. This information is up to date and it is not necessary to write to introduce yourself.

    There are no openings in my lab for post-doctoral researchers, volunteer research assistants who are not USC students, paid research assistants, or visiting researchers from other universities. However, I am generally open to meeting with any USC undergraduate who wants to discuss research in my lab, or research in other labs within the Department of Psychology. Please be aware that opportunities may be limited at the current time due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

  • Book

    • Cillessen, Antonius; Schwartz, David; Mayuex, Lara (Ed.). (2011). Popularity in the Peer System. New York: Guilford.

    Book Chapters

    • Schwartz, D., Ryjova, Y., Fritz, H., Kelleghan, A. (2021). Communities and neighborhoods as contexts that influence the bully/victim dynamic. The Wiley Blackwell handbook of bullying: A compre
    • Schwartz, D., Mali, L., Kelleghan, A. (2020). The Vantage Point of a Victim. Bullies, victims, and bystanders
    • Schwartz, D., Mayeux, L., Harper, J. (2011). Bully/Victim Problems During Adolescence. Encyclopedia of Adolescence (Vol. 2) pp. 25-34.. Academic Press.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A. H. (2011). The high price of high status: Popularity as a mechanism of risk. P Popularity in the peer system. Guilford: New York.
    • Schwartz, D., Badaly, D. (2010). Internalizing and externalizing disorders during childhood: Implications for social play. Handbook of Play pp. 202-213.
    • Schwartz, D., Kelly, B. M., Duong, M. T., Badaly, D. (2010). A Contextual Perspective on Intervention and Prevention Efforts for Bully/Victim Problems. pp. 17-44. New York: Preventing and Treating Bullying and Victimization. Oxford University Press.
    • Card, N. A., Schwartz, D. (2009). Social networks and peer victimization: The contexts of children’s victimization by peers. pp. 319-344. New York, NY, US: Bullying, rejection, and peer victimization: A social cognitive neuroscience perspective/Springer Publishing Co.
    • Schwartz, D., Toblin, R., Abou-ezzeddine, T., Tom, S., Stevens, K. (2005). Difficult home environments and the development of aggressive victims of bullying. pp. p. 11.2-11.9. Kingston, NJ:: Child Victimization: Maltreatment; bullying and dating violence; prevention and intervention/Civic Research Institute..
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Toblin, R., Abou-ezzeddine, T. (2003). Mutual antipathies in the peer group as a moderating factor in the association between community violence exposure and psychosocial maladjustment. (Vol. 39-54) New York: Enemies and the darker side of peer relations. New Directions in Child and Adolescent Development/Wiley.
    • Schwartz, D., Proctor, L., Chien, D. (2001). The aggressive victim of bullying: Emotional and behavioral dysregulation as a pathway to victimization by peers. (Vol. 147-174) Boston, MA: School-based peer harassment: The plight of the vulnerable and victimized/Guilford Press.

    Journal Article

    • Schwartz, D., Fritz, H., Kelleghan, A. R., Ryjova, Y., Omary, A., Taylor, L. (2021). Adolescents who are nonusers of fashionable social networking platforms. Cyberpsychology: Journal of Psychosocial Research on Cyberspac. Vol. 15 (3), pp. Article 7.
    • Ryjova, Y., Annemarie, K. R., Badaly, D., Duong, M., Schwartz, D. (2021). The relationship between dating status and academic and social functioning in middle adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 50 (6), pp. 1268-1280.
    • Duong, M., Badaly, D., Ross, A., Schwartz, D. (2021). Longitudinal Associations Between Academic Descriptive and Injunctive Norms and Adolescent Achievement. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly. Vol. 67 (2), pp. 149-174.
    • Ross, A. C., Moss, I. K., Schwartz, D., Luo, T., Mali, L. V., Yau, J., Negriff, S. (2021). Associations Between Off-line Social Functioning and Online Social Network Interactions Among Emerging Adults. Emerging Adulthood. Vol. 9 (4), pp. 149-174.
    • Schwartz, D., Ryjova, Y., Kelleghan, A., Fritz, H. (2021). The refugee crisis and peer relationships during childhood and adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psycholog. Vol. 74
    • Schwartz, D. (2020). Popularity among peer role models: A moderator of peer victimization and depressive symptoms. The Journal of Early Adolescence. Vol. 40 (2), pp. 273-299.
    • Malamut, S., Luo, T., Schwartz, D. (2020). Prospective associations between popularity, victimization, and aggression in early adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 49, pp. 2347-2357.
    • Schwartz, D., Kelleghan, A., Malamut, S., Mali, L., Ryjova, Y., Hopmeyer, A. (2019). Distinct modalities of electronic communication and school adjustment. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 48, pp. 1452-1468.
    • Mali, L., Schwartz, D., Badaly, D., Luo, T., Malamut, S., Ross, A., Duong, M. (2019). Unpopularity with same- and cross-ethnicity peers as predictors of depressive symptoms during adolescence. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 51, pp. 4-11.
    • Kelleghan, A., Mali, L., Malamut, S., Badaly, D., Duong, M., Schwartz, D. (2019). Cross-ethnic friendships, intergroup attitudes, intragroup social costs, and depressive symptoms among Asian-American and Latino-American youth. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 48, pp. 2165-2178.
    • Schwartz, D., Lansford, J., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., Bates, J. (2018). Peer victimization during middle childhood as a marker of attenuated risk for adult arrest. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Vol. 46, pp. 57-65.
    • Wang, J., Mylien, D., Schwartz, D., Chang, L., Luo, T. (2014). Interpersonal and personal antecedents and consequences of peer victimization across middle childhood in Hong Kong. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 43, pp. 1934-1945.
    • Schwartz, D., Landsford, J. E., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E. (2014). Peer victimization during middle childhood as a lead indicator of internalizing problems and diagnostic outcomes in late adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. DOI
    • Rudolph, K. D., Lansford, J. E., Agoston, A. M., Sugimura, N., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E. (2014). Peer victimization and social alienation: Predicting deviant peer affiliation in middle school. Child Development. (85), pp. 124-139.
    • Schwartz, D., Kelly, B. M., Duong, M. (2013). Do academically-engaged adolescents experience social sanctions from the peer group?. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 42 (9), pp. 1319-1330.
    • Badaly, D., Kelly, B. M., Schwartz, D., Dabney-Lieras, K. (2013). Longitudinal associations of electronic aggression and victimization with social standing during adolescence. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Vol. 42 (6), pp. 891-904.
    • Duong, M., Schwartz, D., McCarty, C. (2013). Associations between social adjustment and academic achievement among Mexican American and Vietnamese American early adolescents. Social Development.
    • Schwartz, D., Lansford, J., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., Bates, J. (2013). The link between harsh home environments and negative academic trajectories is exacerbated by victimization in the elementary school peer group. Developmental Psychology. Vol. 49 (2)
    • Badaly, D., Schwartz, D., Gorman, A. (2012). Social status, perceived social reputations, and perceived dyadic relationships in early adolescence. Social Development. Vol. 21 (3), pp. 482-500.
    • Gorman, A. H., Schwartz, D., Nakamoto, J., Mayeux, L. (2011). Unpopularity and disliking among peers: Partially distinct dimensions of adolescents’ social experiences. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 32, pp. 208-217.
    • Nakamoto, J., Schwartz, D. (2011). The association between peer victimization and functioning at school among urban Latino children. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychlogy .. Vol. 32, pp. 89-97.
    • Schwartz, D., Tom, S. T., Chang, L., Duong, M. T., Kelly, B. M. (2010). Popularity and Acceptance as Distinct Dimensions of Social Standing for Chinese Children in Hong Kong. Social Development. Vol. 19 (4), pp. 681-697.
    • Nakamoto, J., Schwartz, D. (2010). Is peer victimization associated with academic achievement? A meta-analytic review. Social Development. Vol. 19 (2), pp. 221-242.
    • Tom, S., Schwartz, D., Chang, L., JoAnn, F. M., Yiyuan, X. (2009). Correlates of victimization in Hong Kong children’s peer groups. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. Vol 31 (1), pp. 27-37.
    • Duong, M. T., Schwartz, D., Chang, L., Kelly, B. M., Tom, S. R. (2009). Associations between maternal physical discipline and peer victimization among Hong Kong Chinese children: The moderating role of child aggression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. Vol. 37, pp. 957–966.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Duong, M., Nakamoto, J. (2008). Peer relationships and academic achievement as interacting predictors of depressive symptoms during middle childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology. Vol. 117, pp. 289-299.
    • Kelly, B., Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Nakamoto, J. (2008). Community violence exposure and children’s subsequent peer rejection: The mediating role of emotion dysregulation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology/Elsevier (Pergamon). Vol. 36, pp. 175-185.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A. H., Dodge, K. A., Pettit, G. S., Bates, J. E. (2008). Friendships with peers who are low or high in aggression as moderators of the link between peer victimization and declines in academic functioning. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology/Elsevier (Pergamon). Vol. 36 (5), pp. 719-730.
    • Abou-ezzeddine, T., Schwartz, D., Chang, L., Lee-Shim, Y., Farver, J., Xu, Y. (2007). Positive peer relationships as moderators of risk for victimization in Chinese and South Korean children’s peer groups. Social Development. Vol. 16 (1), pp. 106-127.
    • Kenny, D. A., West, T. V., Cillessen, A. H., Coie, J. D., Dodge, K. A., Hubbard, J. A., Schwartz, D. (2007). Accuracy in the judgment of aggressiveness. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Vol. 33, pp. 1225-1236.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Nakamoto, J., McKay, T. (2006). Popularity, social acceptance, and aggression in adolescent peer groups: Links with academic performance and school attendance. Developmental Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. 42, pp. 1116-1127.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Nakamoto, J., Toblin, R. (2005). Victimization in the peer group and children’s academic functoning. Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol. 97, pp. 425-435.
    • Toblin, R., Schwartz, D., Gorman, A., Abou-ezzeddine, T. (2005). Social-Cognitive and behavioral attributes of aggressive victims of bullying. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Vol. 26, pp. 325-346.
    • Xu, Y., Farver, J., Schwartz, D., Chang, L. (2004). Social networks and aggressive behavior in Chinese children. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Vol. 28, pp. 401-410.
    • Chang, L., Landsford, J., Schwartz, D., Farver, J. (2004). Marital quality, maternal depressed affect, harsh parenting and child externalising in Hong Kong Chinese families. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Vol. 28, pp. 311-318.
    • Chang, L., Schwartz, D., Dodge, K., McBride-Chang, C. (2003). Harsh parenting in relation to child emotion regulation and aggression. Journal of Family Psychology/APA. Vol. 17, pp. 598-606.
    • Schwartz, D., Gorman, A. (2003). Community violence exposure and children’s academic performance. Journal of Educational Psychology. Vol. 95, pp. 163-173.
    • Schwartz, D., Farver, J., Chang, L., Lee-Shim, Y. (2002). Victimization in South Korean children’s peer groups. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology/Elsevier (Pergamon). Vol. 30, pp. 113-125.
    • Schwartz, D., Chang, L., Farver, J. (2001). Correlates of victimization in Chinese children’s peer groups. Developmental Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. 37, pp. 520-532.
    • Schwartz, D., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., Bates, J. E., Conduct Disorders Prevention Research Group, .. (2000). Friendship as a moderating factor in the pathway between early harsh home environment and later victimization in the peer group. Developmental Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. 36, pp. 646-662.
    • Schwartz, D., Proctor, L. (2000). Community violence exposure and children’s social adjustment in the school peer group: The mediating roles of emotion regulation and social cognition. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology/American Psychological Association. Vol. 68, pp. 670-683.
    • Schwartz, D. (2000). Subtypes of aggressors and victims in children’s peer groups. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology/Elsevier (Pergamon). Vol. 28, pp. 181-192.
    • Schwartz, D., McFadyen-Ketchum, S., Dodge, K., Pettit, G., Bates, J. E. (1999). Early behavior problems as a predictor of later peer group victimization: Moderators and mediators in the pathways of social risk. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology/Elsevier (Pergamon). Vol. 27, pp. 191-201.
    • Certificate of Recognization for Excellence in Mentoring, Mellon Program, 2005

  • Editorships and Editorial Boards

    • Editorial Board, Child Development, 2007 –
    • Editorial Board, Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 2004 –
    • Editorial Board, Developmental Psychology, 1999 – 2004

    Professional Memberships

    • Society for Research in Child Development, 1992 –
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