Dr. Kristin L. Moilanen is a developmental psychologist. Her research interests include adolescence and adulthood, sexual risk-taking, self-regulation, and individual longitudinal change.
In June 2022, Dr. Moilanen joined the Life Experiences and Well-Being in Adults Study as a Visiting Senior Research Specialist-Social Sciences within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Moilanen also holds a special appointment as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Moilanen served as an Associate Editor (2017-2020) and as the Editor in Chief (2021-2023) of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
Previously, Dr. Moilanen was an assistant/associate professor in Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University from 2008-2022 and a postdoctoral fellow with the Pitt Mother and Child Project at the University of Pittsburgh from 2005-2008.
In June 2022, Dr. Moilanen joined the Life Experiences and Well-Being in Adults Study as a Visiting Senior Research Specialist-Social Sciences within the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Dr. Moilanen also holds a special appointment as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Department of Psychology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Dr. Moilanen served as an Associate Editor (2017-2020) and as the Editor in Chief (2021-2023) of the Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.
Previously, Dr. Moilanen was an assistant/associate professor in Child Development and Family Studies at West Virginia University from 2008-2022 and a postdoctoral fellow with the Pitt Mother and Child Project at the University of Pittsburgh from 2005-2008.
Recent Publications
S. W. Kelly, S. E. Donohue, K. Rospenda, K. L. Moilanen, J. Herron, T. P. Johnson, J. A. Richman
Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, vol. 60(2025), 2025, pp. 1825-1833
Profiles of economic and non-economic stressors at midlife
K. L. Moilanen, K. M. Rospenda, T. Johnson, J. A. Richman
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 2025
Economic stressors, alcohol use, and health-related quality of life in middle-aged adults
Kristin L. Moilanen, Judith A. Richman, Kathleen M. Rospenda, Tim Johnson
Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, vol. 97, 2025, p. 101752
Social support is not enough to buffer the effects of stressors on health outcomes at midlife
Kristin L. Moilanen, Kathleen M. Rospenda, Tim Johnson
Discover Psychology, vol. 5(2025), 2025, p. 119
Negative affect, harassment and problematic alcohol use in young adults
H. Hallihan, H. Ghalyoun, Kristin L. Moilanen, K. Rospenda
Substance Use and Misuse, vol. 59(10), 2024, pp. 1556-1564
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