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Albert D. Farrell

Professor and director, VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development

Contact information

Phone: (804) 828-8796
E-mail: afarrell@vcu.edu

Education

Ph.D. (1980) Purdue University

Program affiliation

Clinical Psychology

Research interests

I have a strong interest in research methodology, particularly as it applies to longitudinal research. My substantive research focuses on the identification of risk and protective factors related to adolescent problem behaviors such as violence and drug use. A particular emphasis is on identifying factors that promote the positive development of youth in high risk environments (e.g., those exposed to community violence). Since 1992, I have been involved in a collaborative effort with community agencies to develop effective violence prevention programs for early adolescents. This effort has been funded by grants from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. Department of Education, and National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

Selected publications

Farrell, A. D., & Camou, S. (2005). School-based interventions for youth violence prevention. In J. Lutzker (Ed.), Preventing violence: Research and evidence-based intervention strategies (pp. 125-145). Washington DC: American Psychological Association.

Henry, D. B., Farrell, A. D., & The Multi-Site Violence Prevention Project (2004). The study designed by a committee: Design of the Multi-Site Violence Prevention Project. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 26 (1S), 12-19.

Farrell, A. D., & Sullivan, T. N. (2004). Impact of witnessing violence on growth curves for problem behaviors among early adolescents in urban and rural settings. Journal of Community Psychology, 32, 505-525.

Farrell, A. D., Sullivan, T. N., Kliewer, W., Allison, K., Erwin, E. H., Meyer, A. L., & Esposito, L. E. (2006). Peer and school problems in the lives of urban adolescents: frequency, difficulty, and relation to adjustment. Journal of School Psychology, 44, 169-190.

Farrell, A. D., Erwin, E. H., Allison, K., Meyer, A. L., Sullivan, T. N., Camou, S., Kliewer, W., & Esposito, L. E. (2007). Problematic situations in the lives of urban African American middle school students: A qualitative study. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 17, 413-454.

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Recent/current courses taught at VCU

Research Methods in Clinical Psychology, graduate level
Statistics in Psychological Research, graduate level

Recent grants or awards

Principal Investigator, “Evaluation Research Study in the Area of Aggression and Interpersonal Youth Violence.” Grant approved and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September, 1999 to September, 2006, $4,495,329.

Principal Investigator, “Identifying Essential Skills for Violence Prevention.” Grant approved and funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. September, 2001 to June, 2004, $766,395.

Faculty Mentor, (Principal Investigator: Monique Vulin). “Exposure to Community Violence, Schemas and Youth Adjustment. Dissertation research award funded by National Institute of Mental Health, June, 2005 to May, 2008, $110,745.

Principal Investigator, “Virginia Commonwealth University-Center for Youth Violence Prevention.” Grant approved and funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. September, 2005 to September, 2010, $4,298,994.