Joel M. Hektner, Ph.D, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1996, Psychology: Human Development,
B.A., 1990, Psychology:
Academic and
Professional Appointments
2000-present: Department of Child Development and Family
Science,
2006-present: Associate Professor
2000-2006: Assistant Professor
1997 - 2000: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
2000: Research Assistant Professor
1997-1999: Research Scientist
1998 - 2000: Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Human Services, Concordia University, St. Paul, Minnesota
1997-1998:
Adjunct Instructor,
Research
Interests
Prevention programs for high-risk aggressive
children
Peer affiliation patterns and peer influences
on children’s behavior
Family and school conditions that facilitate
optimal experiences (flow) and optimal development
The Experience Sampling Method
Courses Taught
CDFS 341 Parent-Child Relations
CDFS 424/624 Observation and Assessment of Children
CDFS 701 Graduate Orientation
CDFS 784 Advanced Human Development: Adolescence Through Adulthood
CDFS 790 Special Topics in Research Methods in CDFS
Selected Publications
Hektner, J. M., Schmidt, J. A., &
Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2007). Experience Sampling Method: Measuring
the quality of everyday life.
August, G. J., Bloomquist, M.
L., Realmuto, G. M., & Hektner, J. M. (2007).
The Early Risers “Skills for Success” Program: A targeted intervention for
preventing conduct problems and substance abuse in aggressive elementary school
children. In P. Tolan, J. Szapocznik,
& S. Sambrano (Eds.), Preventing youth
substance abuse: Science-based programs for children and adolescents (pp. 137-158).
Hektner, J. M., & De Jong, J. A. (in press). Developing a prevention
plan for an American Indian boarding school: Strengthening positive peer culture.
Journal of American
Indian Education.
August, G. J., Bloomquist, M. L, Lee, S. S., Realmuto, G. M., & Hektner, J. M. (2006). Can evidence-based prevention programs be sustained in community practice settings? The Early Risers advanced-stage effectiveness trial. Prevention Science, 7, 151-165.
Hektner, J. M. (2005).
The design of the 500 family study: Commentary. In B.
Schneider & L. Waite (Eds.), Being together,
working apart: Dual career families and the work-life balance (pp. 39-41).
August, G. J., Lee, S. S., Bloomquist, M. L, Realmuto, G.
M., & Hektner, J. M. (2004). Maintenance effects of an evidence-based
prevention innovation for aggressive children living in
culturally-diverse urban neighborhoods: The Early Risers effectiveness study. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral
Disorders, 12, 194-205.
August, G. J., Winters, K. C., Realmuto, G. M., Tarter, R., Perry, C., & Hektner, J.
M. (2004). Moving evidence-based drug abuse prevention programs from basic
science to practice: “Bridging the efficacy-effectiveness interface.” Substance
Use and Misuse, 39, 1-37.
August, G. J., Egan, E. A., Realmuto, G.
M., & Hektner, J. M. (2003). Four years of the Early Risers
early-age-targeted preventive intervention: Effects on aggressive children’s
peer relations. Behavior Therapy, 34, 453-470.
August, G. J., Egan, E. A., Realmuto, G. M., & Hektner, J. M. (2003). Parceling component effects of a multifaceted prevention program for disruptive elementary school children. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 515-527.
August, G. J., Lee, S. S., Bloomquist, M. L, Realmuto,
G. M., & Hektner, J. M. (2003). Dissemination of an evidence-based
prevention innovation for aggressive children living in culturally diverse,
urban neighborhoods: The Early Risers
effectiveness study. Prevention Science, 4, 271-286.
Hektner, J. M. (2003). Understanding adolescence in real word contexts:
New research techniques. In J. R. Miller, R. M. Lerner, L. B. Schiamberg, & P. M. Anderson (Eds.), Human ecology:
An encyclopedia of children, families, communities, and environments (pp. 31-33).
Hektner, J. M., August, G. J., & Realmuto G. M. (2003). Effects of
pairing aggressive and non-aggressive children in strategic peer affiliation.
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 31, 399-412.
Latimer, W. W., August, G. J., Newcomb, M. D., Realmuto, G. M., Hektner, J. M., & Mathy,
R. M. (2003). Child and familial pathways to academic achievement and behavioral
adjustment: A prospective six-year study of children with and without ADHD. Journal of Attention Disorders, 7, 29-44.
August, G. J., Hektner, J.
M., Egan, E. A., Realmuto, G. M., & Bloomquist, M. L. (2002). The Early Risers longitudinal prevention
trial: Examination of 3-year outcomes in aggressive children with intent-to-treat
and as-intended analyses. Psychology of Addictive
Behaviors, 16 (Suppl.), S27- S39.
Hektner, J. M. & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2002).
The experience sampling method: Measuring the context and content of lives. In
R. B. Bechtel & A. Churchman (Eds.), Handbook of Environmental
Psychology (pp. 233-243).
Aguilar, B., O’Brien, K. M., August, G. J., Auon, S. L., & Hektner, J. M. (2001). Relationship quality of aggressive children
and their siblings: A multi-informant,
multi-measure investigation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 29,
479-489.
August, G. J.,
Realmuto, G. M., Hektner, J. M., & Bloomquist, M.
L. (2001). An integrated
components preventive intervention for aggressive elementary school children:
The “Early Risers” Program. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
69, 614-626.
August, G. J., Realmuto, G. M., Winters, K. C., & Hektner, J. M. (2001). Prevention of
adolescent drug abuse: Targeting high-risk children with a multifaceted
intervention model—The Early Risers “Skills for Success” Program. Applied
& Preventive Psychology, 10, 135-154.
Hektner, J. M. (2001). Family, school, and community predictors of
adolescent growth-conducive experiences: Global and specific approaches. Applied Developmental Science, 5, 172-183.
Asakawa, K., Hektner, J., & Schmidt, J. (2000). Envisioning the future. In M.
Csikszentmihalyi & B. Schneider, Becoming adult: How teenagers prepare
for the world of work (pp. 39-64).
Hektner, J., & Asakawa,
K. (2000). Learning to like challenges. In M. Csikszentmihalyi & B. Schneider, Becoming adult: How
teenagers prepare for the world of work (pp. 95-112).
Hektner, J. M., August, G. J., & Realmuto, G. M. (2000). Patterns and temporal changes in peer affiliation among aggressive and nonaggressive children participating in a summer school program. Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 29, 603-614.
Realmuto, G. M., August, G. J., & Hektner, J. M. (2000). Predictive power of peer behavioral assessment for subsequent maladjustment in community samples of disruptive and nondisruptive children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 41, 181-190.
August, G.
J., Realmuto, G. M., Joyce, T., & Hektner, J. M. (1999). Persistence
and desistance of oppositional defiant disorder in a community sample of
children with ADHD. Journal of the
Hektner, J. M. (1995). When moving up implies moving out: Rural adolescent conflict in the transition to adulthood. Journal of Research in Rural Education, 11, 3-14.
Paper and Poster
Presentations
August, G. J., Lee, S., Lee, S., Realmuto, G. M., Hektner, J. M., & Bloomquist,
M. (2006). Early Risers efficacy trial: Trajectory analysis. In M. Bloomquist (Chair), The
Early Risers Conduct Problems Prevention Program: From efficacy to real world
implementation and sustainability. Symposium conducted at the annual
meeting of the International Society for Research on Aggression,
Hektner, J. M., & Swenson, C. (2006).
Bullying,
victimization, and their co-occurrence in rural early adolescents.
Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention
Research,
Bernat, D. H., Hektner, J. M., & August, G. J. (2005). Characteristics of friends as a mediator of intervention effectiveness on reducing disruptive behaviors. In J. M. Hektner (Chair), Modifying peer influence in a longitudinal preventive intervention for aggressive children. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington.
Hektner, J. M. (2005). Modifying peer influence in a longitudinal preventive intervention for aggressive children. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington.
Hektner, J. M., Lee, S., & Bernat, D. H. (2005). Aggressive children’s peer affiliation patterns over 4 years in program and regular classroom contexts. In J. M. Hektner (Chair), Modifying peer influence in a longitudinal preventive intervention for aggressive children. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington.
Egan, E. A., Hektner, J. M.,
August, G. J. (2004). Disentangling
treatment-as-usual effects from program effects in a longitudinal prevention
trial. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for
Prevention Research,
Hektner, J. M.
(2004). Factors linked to substance use
among Native American early adolescents: A pre-intervention study. Poster
symposium presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention
Research,
Hektner, J. M., & De Jong, J. (2004).
Developing a plan to strengthen positive peer culture among
Native American adolescents. Paper
presented at the Second European Conference on Positive Psychology,
Egan, E. A., August, G. J., Hektner, J. M., & Realmuto,
G. M. (2003). Evaluating four-year outcomes of a preventive-intervention
program using peer assessments. Poster session presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington.
Hektner,
J. M., August, G. J., Realmuto, G. M., & Bloomquist, M. (2003). Prevention of antisocial behavior in high risk children—A developmental approach: The Early Risers “Skills for
Success” Program. In J. E. Lochman
(Chair), Prevention of antisocial behavior. Symposium conducted
at the XIII World Congress of Criminology,
Hektner, J. M. & Moen, D. (2003). After school
community learning programs: Gender, grade, and school differences in classroom
behavior and student satisfaction. Poster session presented at the biennial
meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
August, G. J., Egan, E. A., Hektner, J. M., & Realmuto, G. M. (2002). Testing component effects of a multi-component preventive intervention for children with early aggressive behavior. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Seattle.
August, G. J., Realmuto, G. M., &
Hektner, J. M. (2002). Modifying aggressive behavior
via strategic peer involvement. In R. E. Tarter & O. G. Bukstein (Chairs), Reducing aggressive behavior:
Changing the trajectory for drug use. Symposium conducted at the annual
meeting of the American Psychiatric Association,
Bloomquist, M.
L., August, G. J., Hektner, J. M., & Joyce, T. (2001). The impact of an intensive three-year prevention program on
mediators of antisocial behavior in aggressive children. Poster
session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development,
Hektner, J. M., August, G. J., & Realmuto, G. M. (2001).
Effects of pairing aggressive and nonaggressive children in strategic peer
affiliation: Who influences whom? Poster session presented at the biennial
meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Hektner, J. M., August, G. J., &
Realmuto, G. M. (2000). Patterns of peer affiliation and friendship selection among aggressive
and non-aggressive children participating in a summer school preventive
intervention. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the
Conference on Human Development,
Hektner, J. M. & Csikszentmihalyi, M.
(1996). A longitudinal exploration of flow and
intrinsic motivation in adolescents. In Schiefele,
U. & Hickey, D. (Chairs), Experience
sampling and on-line assessment of affect, motivation, and cognition in diverse
learning contexts. Symposium conducted at the annual meeting of the
American Educational Research Association,