Experts & Speakers Faculty Profile
John E. Bates
Professor of Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
IU Bloomington
Professor of Psychology
Interests:
Child abuse, aggressive behavior, peer pressure, parent-child relationship, socialization, families, therapy.Education:
- B.S. at University of Washington, 1968
- M.A. at University of California, Los Angeles, 1969
- Ph.D. at University of California, Los Angeles, 1973
Background:
- Research interests are the origins of children's behavioral problems and social competencies, parent-child relationships, behavior therapy, and family therapy.
- Involved in longitudinal study of children examining mechanisms in the cycle of violence, and the effect of physical abuse in early childhood on a child's development of aggressive behavior.
- Also examining the roles of early family and peer experience, family process, peer relations, and social cognitive biases in children.
