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Jacqueline V. Lerner

Buehler Faculty Fellow, Professor

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Jacqueline V. Lerner

Ph.D.

Contact

Campion 239C

Telephone: 617-552-2648

Email: jacqueline.lerner@bc.edu

ORCID

Education

  • Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Courses

Adult Development and Aging

Positive Youth Development

Adolescent Development

Family, School, Society

Research Interests

Character and Positive Youth development in adolescents and young adults; Positive Youth Development in out-of-school-time settings

Expertise

  • Formative and Whole Person Education
  • Health and Well Being
  • Social & Emotional Development
PYD Lab Website Curriculum Vitae

Department

CDEP Counseling, Developmental & Educational Psychology

Profile

Jacqueline V Lerner is a Professor of Applied Developmental and Educational Psychology and Buehler Faculty Fellow in the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at 艾可直播 College. She received her PhD from the Pennsylvania State University. She studies the positive development of adolescents and young adults in the contexts of family, school and community, and the embedded relationships in these contexts that contribute to overall development. She has published widely in the leading journals in the field, and has authored or coauthored several chapters in the leading Handbooks in the field. She is the principal investigator of the听Positive Youth Development (PYD) laboratory. She has collaborated as the PI or Co-PI on several national and international longitudinal investigations of the positive and character development of youth.

Select Publications

  • Lerner, R. M., Buckingham, M. H., & Lerner, J. V. (2026). Positive youth development: Understanding and enhancing the lives of all youth. In J. Mangelsdorf (Ed.). Positive Psychology.听
  • Beltz. Lerner, R. M., Lerner, J. V., Buckingham, M. H., Le, T. U., & Kim, E. J. (2025). Promoting positive youth development: The meaning and significance of models. In M. E. Arnold & T. M. Ferrari (Eds.), Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice.听
  • Springer Kim, E., Lerner, J. V., Her, S, Zhang, R., Buckingham, M,, Le, T, Park, Y,. & Lerner, R. M. (2025) The Development of Hopeful Purpose. In M. E. Arnold & T. M. Ferrari (Eds.), Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice.听
  • Springer Buckingham, M.H., Le, T.U., Park, Y., Kim, E.J., Casey, D.K, Lerner, J.V., & Lerner, R.M. (2025) When every youth thrives, we all thrive: Bridging science and practice. In M. E. Arnold and T. M. Ferrari (Eds)., Positive Youth Development: Integrating Research and Practice. New York: Springer Publications.听
  • Abbasi-Asl, R., Yu, D., Tirrell, J. M., Keces, N., Dowling, E. M., Hasse, A., Mackin, M., Olander, K., Douglas, K., Kibbedi, P, N., Wanyama, J, R., Sim, A. T. R., Lerner, J. V., & Lerner, R. M. (2025). Character development among Ugandan youth: A person-specific approach. Journal of Moral Education, 1鈥�33. 听
  • Tirrell, J. M., Geldhof, G. J., Abbasi-Asl, R., Dowling, E. M., Douglas, K., Kibbedi, P. N., Wanyama, J. R., Hasse, A., Keces, N., King, S., Mackin, M., Olander, K., Lerner, J. V., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2025). Using the orthogenetic principle to explore the ontogeny of positive youth development. Applied Developmental Science. 听
  • Hay, S. W., Lerner, J. V., Lerner, R. M., Tirrell, J. M., & Dowling, E. M. (2024). Spirituality as a Key Asset in Promoting Positive Youth Development: Advances in Research and Practice. Archives for the Psychology of Religion. 听
  • Tirrell, J. M., Dowling, E. M., Kibbedi, P., Namurinda, E., Iraheta, G., Dennis, J., Malvese, K., Abbasi-Asl, R., Williams, K., Lerner, J. V., King, P. E., Sim, A. T. R., & Lerner, R. M. (2023). Being known and loved and positive youth development: Cross-national findings from Rwanda and El Salvador. Child & Youth Care Forum, 52, 1093-1119. 听
  • Le, T. U., Johnson, S. K., & Lerner, J.V. (2022) Exploring moderators of the relationship between adolescents鈥� social responsibility and civic actions. Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology, DOI:10.1002/casp.2618.听
  • Lerner, J.V., Wong, C., Weiner, M., & Johnson, S. (2020) Profiles of Adolescent Character Attributes: Associations with Intentional Self-Regulation and Character Role Model Relationships. Journal of Moral Education, DOI: 10.1080/03057240.2020.1755242

Select Grants

  • Lerner, R. M. and Lerner, J.V. Follow-up and extension of the 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development, Funded by National 4-H Council, May 2020- April 2023. ($1,100,000.)
  • Lerner, R.M., and Lerner, J.V. The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development. Funded by the National 4-H Council and Altria Corporation. 2001-2013 ($8,300,000.)
  • Lerner, J. V. and Bowers, E. P. Doing the Right Thing: Intentional Self-Regulation and the Promotion of Character Development. John Templeton Foundation 2014- 2017 (3 years 鈥� $1,960,064.)
  • Lerner, R.M, Lerner, J.V., and King, P.E. 'Developing Responsible and Fulfilled Christian Adults: Towards a Multi-National Longitudinal Study of the Compassion International Model of Promoting Positive Youth Development among Children Living in Poverty', funded by Compassion International. Lloyd Trust and King Philanthropies, July 2016 - June 2022 ($2,900,000)
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