Raymond Starr, Jr. Ph.D.
Professor

Degree: Ph.D. Developmental Psychology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio 1968

Area: Developmental Psychology

Office: MP 325 x (410) 455-2368
Lab: MP 511A x (410) 455-2972
Fax: (410) 455-1055

E-mail: rstarr@umbc.edu

Website: not provided by instructor

Research Interests

Raymond Starr is a developmental psychologist with research interests that focus on social issues that influence children, youth, and families. In particular, he has been studying child abuse and neglect for more than 25 years and has had grant support from the Administration for Children, Youth, and Families National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect (Administration for Children, Youth, and Families, DHHS), the Bureau of Maternal and Child Health (DHHS), NICHD (HIH), and other sources. His current research involves a multi-site, longitudinal study of child abuse and neglect (LONGSCAN). The Baltimore site is following approximately 300 children at risk for maltreatment and their families. We began studying these families when the target children were infants and are currently assessing the families when the children are 8 years old. It is expected that we will continue to study these families until the study child reaches age 20 years.

Research is based on an ecological model where we examine child development and family functioning in context. This emphasis includes a variety of factors such as exposure to community violence, school performance, and social contexts (stress, social supoport, etc.). The Baltimore results are being integrated with data from 4 other sites in different parts of the US.

Selected Publications

Starr, R. H., Jr. (Ed.) (1982). Child abuse predition: Policy implications. Cambridge, MA: Ballinger.

Zuravin, S. J., & Starr, R. H., Jr. (1991). Psychosocial characteristics of mothers of physically abused and neglected children: Do they differ by ethnicity? In R. Hampton (Ed.), Black family violence: Current research and theory (pp. 35-71). Lexington, MA: Lexington.

Starr, R. H., Jr., MacLean, D. J., & Keating, D. P. (1991). Life-span developmental outcomes of child maltreatment. In R. H. Starr, Jr., & D. A. Wolfe (Eds.), The effects of child abuse and neglect: Issues and research (pp.1-32). New York: Guilford Publishing.

Schuler, M., Black, M., & Starr, R. H., Jr. (1995). Determinants of mother-infant interaction: The effects of prenatal drug exposure, social support, and infanct temperament. Journal of clinical Child Psychology, 24, 397-405.

Black, M. M., Dubowitz, H., Hutcheson, J., Berenson-Howard, J. & Starr, R. H., Jr. (1997). A randomized clinical trial of home intervention among children with failure to thrive. Pediatrics, 95, 807-814.

Black, M. M., Hetcheson, J. J., Dubowitz, H., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Berenson-Howard, J. (1996). The roots of competence: Mother-child interaction among low income, urban, African American families. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 17, 367-391.

Harrington, D. M., Black, M. M., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Dubowitz, H. (In press). Child neglect: Examining child temperament and family context. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Mackner, L. M., Starr, R. H., Jr., & Black, M. M. (1997). The cumulative effect of neglect and failure to thrive on cognitive functioning. Child Abuse & Neglect, 21, 691-700.

Starr, R. H., Jr. (In press). Child maltreatment. In H. S. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of mental health. San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Starr, R. H., Jr., Dubowitz, H., Harrington, D., Feigelman, S. (In press). Behavior problems of teens in kinship car: Cross-informant reports. In R. Hegar & M. Scannapieco (Eds.), Kinship foster care: Practice, policy, and research. New York: Oxford University Press.

Graduate Student Mentees

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Courses Taught

Introduction to Psychology
Introduction to Psychology (Honors)
Developmental Psychology
Child Abuse
Child Development and Social Policy