Kristin L. Moilanen, Ph.D.

Visiting Senior Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Chicago

About


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. 

Recent Publications


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


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


Self-regulation


Kristin L. Moilanen

W. Troop-Gordon, E. Neblett, S. T. Butler-Barnes, The encyclopedia of adolescence, 2nd, vol. 1, Elsevier, 2024, pp. 444-457


U.S. college students’ sexual risk behaviors before and during the early COVID-19 pandemic


Kristin L. Moilanen, Y. Ni, N. Turiano

The Journal of Sex Research, vol. 61(5), 2024, pp. 750-766


Pathways From Individual Characteristics to Subjective Consequences of Sex: The Mediating Role of Risky Sexual Encounters


Lisa J. Crockett, Kristin L. Moilanen, Meredith L. Cartwright

International Journal of Sexual Health, vol. 35(2), 2023, pp. 230-247


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Kristin L. Moilanen

Visiting Senior Research Specialist, University of Illinois at Chicago


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