Contact
ADDRESS: 283 EML Hall, NDSU Fargo ND 58105
TELEPHONE: (701) 231-8268 Dr.Jim Deal, Head
Joel M. Hektner, Ph.D, Associate Professor
Ph.D., 1996, Psychology: Human Development, University of ChicagoB.A., 1990, Psychology: Princeton University
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
2000-present: Department of Child Development and Family Science, North Dakota State University.
- 2006-present: Associate Professor
- 2000-2006: Assistant Professor
1997 - 2000: Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Minnesota
- 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, Rasmussen College, Minnetonka, Minnesota
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
GRANT
Hektner, J. M. Pilot test of adapted intervention to prevent youth violence.
1 R34 MH077816-01A1, National Institute of Mental Health, $577,125, 2007-2010.
BOOK
Hektner, J. M., Schmidt, J. A., & Csikszentmihalyi, M. (2007). Experience Sampling Method: Measuring the quality of everyday life. Thousand Oaks , CA : Sage.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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). Washington: American Psychological Association.
Bernat, D. H., August, G. J., Hektner, J. M., & Bloomquist, M. L. (2007). The Early Risers preventive intervention: Testing for six-year outcomes and mediational processes. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 605-617.
Hektner, J. M., & De Jong, J. A. (2007). Developing a prevention plan for an American Indian boarding school: Strengthening positive peer culture. Journal of American Indian Education, 46, 41-59.
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.
DeJong, J. A., & Hektner, J. M. (2006). Level 3 therapeutic model site. American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal of the National Center, 13, 79-122.
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). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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., 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). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio.
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.
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). New York: Wiley.
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). New York: Basic Books.
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). New York: Basic Books.
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.
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.
SELECTED PAPER AND POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Bloomquist, M., Lee, S., August, G. J., & Hektner, J. M. (2007). Getting families to show up: Predictors of participation within a multi-site conduct problems prevention program. Poster session conducted at the annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington.
Homan, C., & Hektner, J. M. (2007). Creativity as experienced by emerging adults in college: Associations with intra- and interpersonal contexts. Poster session presented at the Third Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Tucson.
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, Minneapolis.
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, San Antonio.
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, Quebec City.
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, Quebec City.
Hektner, J. M., & De Jong, J. (2004). D eveloping a plan to strengthen positive peer culture among Native American adolescents. Paper presented at the Second European Conference on Positive Psychology, Verbania Pallanza, Italy.
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, Rio de Janeiro.
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, Tampa.
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.
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, Minneapolis.
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, Minneapolis.
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, Memphis.
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, New York. (ERIC Document Reproduction No. ED 395 261)
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