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Faculty

David R. Forman

David R. Forman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

Department of Human Development & Family Studies
University of Connecticut
348 Mansfield Road, Unit 2058
Storrs, Connecticut 06269-2058 USA


Phone: (860) 486-2661
Fax: (860) 486-3452
E-Mail: david.forman@uconn.edu


Educational Background:

B.A. Psychology, Oberlin College.  M.A. Applied Child Study, Tufts University.
Ph.D. Psychology, University of Iowa


Research Interests:

  • Imitation
  • Young children’s eagerness to learn from, and with, their parents.
  • Early parent-child relationship development
  • Processes of socialization
  • Maternal depression

Selected Publications:

  • Forman, D. R. (in press). Autonomy, compliance and internalization.  Chapter to appear n C. A. Brownell & C. B. Kopp (Eds.), Socioemotional Development in the Toddler Years: Transitions and Transformations. New York: Guilford Press.
  • Forman, D. R., O’Hara, M. W., Stuart, S., Gorman, L. L., Larsen, K., & Coy, K. C. (2007).  Effective treatment for postpartum depression is not sufficient to improve the developing mother-child relationship. Development and Psychopathology, 19, 585–602.
  • Forman, D. R., Aksan, N., & Kochanska, G. (2004). Toddlers' responsive imitation predicts preschool age conscience. Psychological Science, 15, 699-704.
  • Forman, D. R., & Kochanska, G. (2001). Viewing imitation as child responsiveness: A link between teaching and discipline contexts of socialization. Developmental Psychology, 37, 198-206.

Curriculum Vitae