Professor
Department of Psychology and Neuroscience
Duke University

Contact Information:
Email:asher@duke.edu
Website:http://psychandneuro.duke.edu/people/steven-r-asher

Research Interests & Goals:
Dr. Asher’s research interests center on social development in childhood, early adolescence, and the college years with a focus on the conceptualization and assessment of relational competence and relational outcomes among youth and young adults. This focus includes: (1) studies of social cognition, especially the goals children and college students pursue in response to interpersonal conflict and other challenging social task; (2) studies of how social relationships influence feelings of loneliness and belonging in elementary school, middle school, and college; (3) research on how maladaptive beliefs about friendship play a role in college students’ responses to key “friendship tasks”, to the quality of their friendships, and to feelings of loneliness in school.