Psychology Faculty Profiles
Benjamin Gorvine
Lecturer
Assistant Chair
Office: Swift 306
Phone: (847) 467-1839
E-mail: b-gorvine@northwestern.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
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Research Interests
My research interests center on understanding the influences, both
positive and negative, that fathers and father figures (i.e., men
other than the biological father who may be fulfilling the fathering
role) have on their children’s socioemotional development. I have a
special interest in fathers living in poverty (e.g., fathers of
children in Head Start), and on non-residential and never-residential
fathers. I am particularly focused on how fathers influence their
children’s adjustment and peer competence, and I have an ongoing
interest in examining other domains of children’s social development
with reference to father involvement.
Selected Publications
Gorvine, B.J. (in press, 2009). Head Start fathers’ involvement with their children. Journal of Family Issues.
Gorvine, B.J., Karam, E. & Eovaldi, M. (2008). Strengthening individual identity in the group context. Middle School Journal, 40(2), 13-20.
Volling, B.L., Blandon, A.Y. & Gorvine, B.J. (2006). Maternal and paternal gentle guidance and young children's compliance from a within-family perspective. Journal of Family Psychology, 20(3), 514-525.
Cohen, A.B., Pierce, J.D., Jr.,Chambers, J., Meade, R., Gorvine, B.J.
& Koenig, H.G. (2005). Intrinsic and extrinsic religiosity, belief
in the afterlife, death anxiety, and life satisfaction in young
Catholics and Protestants. Journal of Research in Personality, 39,
307-324.
Ward, L.M., Gorvine, B.J. & Cytron, A. (2002). Would that really
happen?: Adolescents’ perceptions of sexuality according to
television. In: J.D. Brown, J.R. Steele & K. Walsh-Childers (eds.),
Sexual Teens, Sexual Media: Investigating media’s influence on
adolescent sexuality. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Mahwah, NJ.
