Brian P. Ackerman
Professor 
Ph.D., SUNY at Stony Brook, 1977
BPA@udel.edu
Department of Psychology
Phone: (302) 831-2385: Office
Office: Room 224G Wolf Hall: 831-3496: Lab (302) 831-3645:
Fax
Research Interests
I am a Developmental Psychologist and currently a member of the Clinical
Science Program. My past research programs examined children's memory development
and their story and discourse comprehension processes. My present focus
concerns developmental risk, and I co-direct a longitudinal project on
the emotional development of children from low-income families. I am an
aggressive teacher and the set of courses I have taught recently include
undergraduate seminars about family discord, adolescence, and developmental
risk. I also teach a course on the History of Psychology, from a social
history perspective. I am currently the Coordinator of the Graduate Program
in Psychology.
Recent Publications
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Ackerman, B. P. (1994). Children's source errors in referental communication.
Journal
of Experimental Child Psychology, 58, 432-464.
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Cicchetti, D., Ackerman, B. P., & Izard, C. E. (1995). Emotions and
emotion regulation in developmental psychopathology. [Special Issue]. Development
and Psychopathology, 7, 1-10.
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Ackerman, B. P. (1996). Induction of a memory retrieval strategy by young
children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 62, 243-271.
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Ackerman, B. P. (1997). The role of incidental context in children's memory
retrieval: The gating hypothesis. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology,
65,
238-260.
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Izard, C. E., & Ackerman, B. P. (1997). Emotion and self concepts across
the life span. In K. W. Schaie, & M. P. Lawton (Eds.), Annual review
of gerontology and geriatrics, Vol. 17 (pp. 1-26). New York: Springer.
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Ackerman, B. P., Abe, J. A., & Izard, C. E. (1998). Differential emotions
theory and emotional development. In M. F. Mascolo & S. Griffin (Eds.),
What
develops in emotional development. New York: Plenum.
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Ackerman, B. P., Kogos, J., Youngstrom, E., Schoff, K., & Izard, C.
E. (1999). Family instability and the problem behaviors of children from
economically disadvantaged families. Developmental Psychology, 35,
258-268.
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Ackerman, B. P., Izard, C. E., Schoff, K., Youngstrom, E. A., & Kogos,
J. (1999). Contextual risk, caregiver emotionality, and the problem
behaviors of 6- and 7-year-old children from economically disadvantaged
families. Child Development.
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Ackerman, B. P., Schoff, K., Levinson, K., Youngstrom, E., & Izard,
C. E. (1999). The relations between cluster indexes of risk and promotion
and the problem behaviors of 6- and 7-year-old children from economically
disadvantaged families. Developmental Psychology.
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Schultz, D., Izard, C. E., & Ackerman, B. P. (In press). Emotion
knowledge in economically disadvantaged children: Self-regulatory
antecedents and relations to social maladjustment. Development
and Psychopathology.
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Youngstrom, E. A., Izard, C. E., & Ackerman, B. P. (In press).
Dysphoria-related bias in maternal ratings of children. Journal
of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
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