Jonathan Santo

Teaching

Adolescent Development, Statistics, Cross-Cultural Psychology

Research

Adolescent identity development, Moderators of the depressive effects of peer victimization, Cross-cultural differences in peer relations

Education

Ph.D., Psychology (Research concentration), Concordia University (2009), Montreal, Quebec, Canada.  Dissertation: Adolescent Self-Concept, Peer Relations and Context: An Ecological Systems Theory Approach.

Full Resume and Selected Works

Peer Reviewed Publications

(* denotes student authors)

Da Cunha, J., M. & Santo, J.B. (2023). School (socie)ties: Individual and School Level Differences in the Association between Ethnic Victimization and Academic Functioning for Brazilian Youth.  In Frontiers in Education (Vol. 8, p. 1000328). Frontiers.

Subramanian, R., Watanabe-Galloway, S. & Santo J.B. (2023). Concrete or Abstract? The effects of picture concreteness and mental illness prevalence on destigmatizing mental illnesses. Visual Communication Quarterly.

*Lahat, A., Perlman, M., Ross, H., *Luo, Z., Recchia, H., Santo J.B. & Bukowski W.M. (2023). Change Over Time in Interactions between Unfamiliar Toddlers. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 47(1), 21-34.

*Lahat, A., Perlman, M., Ross, H., *Luo, Z., Recchia, H., Santo J.B. & Bukowski W.M. (2022). Changes in Social Pretend Play as Toddlers Form Relationships with Peers. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly.

DeVries, K., Santo, J. B. & Casas, J. F. (2022). I finished! Diverse college students' cultural background and college persistence. Journal of College Orientation, Transition, and Retention, 29(2).

*Cormaci, M., Weaver, A. & Santo, J. B. (2022). Factors Related to School Psychologists' Confidence in Implementation of Behavior Intervention Plans. Contemporary School Psychology, 1-16.

*Lahat, A., Perlman, M., Ross, H., *Luo, Z., Recchia, H., Santo J.B. & Bukowski W.M. (2022). Positive and Negative Actions Early in the Relationship Predict Later Interactions Among Toddlers. PLOS One.

Santo J.B., da Cunha, J.M. & *Mitra, A. (2022). Social context as a novel self-continuity strategy measurably distinct from essentialism and narrativism. Journal of Research on Social Psychology, 1(2), 125-135.

Thomas, K., Cunha, J.M & Santo J.B. (2022). Just environments foster character: A longitudinal assessment of school climate. Journal of Moral Education.

MacArthur, K., & Santo, J. B. (2022). A Multi-Level Analysis of the Effects of Statistics Anxiety/Attitudes on Trajectories of Exam Scores. Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education.

Thomas, K., Cunha, J. & Santo, J.B. (2022). Changes in character virtues are driven by classroom relationships: A longitudinal study of elementary school children. School Mental Health, 1-12.

Adams, R.E., Santo J.B. & Bukowski W.M. (2021). Indirect effects of HPA axis dysregulation in the association between peer victimization and depressed affect during early adolescence. Psychoneuroendocrinology 132, 105356.

Bukowski, W. M., Dirks, M., Persram, R., Santo, J., DeLay, D., & Lopez, L. S. (2021). Contextual variations in associations between measures of aggression and withdrawal and functioning with peers: A replication study. Developmental psychology, 57(12), 2022-2031.

Poteat, P., *Rosenbach, S., Smith, R. & Santo, J. B. (2021). A Guide for Innovation in LGBQ+ Youth Peer Relationships Research. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 75, 101298.

Martin-Storey, A., Santo, J. B., Recchia, H., Chilliak, C. S., Caetano Nardi, D. H. & Da Cunha, J. M. (2021). Gender minority status and academic engagement among Brazilian adolescents: Risk and protective factors. Journal of School Psychology, 86, 120-132.

*Roza T. R., *Roza, S. A., *Yano, V., Cunha, J. & Santo, J.B. (2021). Bullying and Friendship as Influences on Sleep Quality among Brazilian Adolescents. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1-13.

Cunha, J., Thomas, K., Santo, J.B., Sukhawathanakul, P. & Leadbeater, B. (2021). Socially responsible children: A link between school climate and aggression and victimization. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 45(6) 504–512.

*Amaral, H. T., da Cunha, J., *Boueri, I.Z. & Santo, J.B. (2021). School climate and peer victimization: perceptions of students with intellectual disability. Revista Educação Especial, 34, 1-22.

*Amaral, H. T., da Cunha, J., *Boueri, I.Z. & Santo, J.B. (2021). Clima escolar e vitimização entre pares: percepções de estudantes com deficiência intelectual. Revista Educação Especial, 34, 1-23. 

*Bass, E.C., Saldarriaga, L., Velasquez, A., Santo, J. B., & Bukowski, W. (2021). Unpacking the misfit effect: Exploring the influence of gender and social norms on the association between aggression and peer victimization. International Journal of Behavioral Development.

*DeVries, K., Harrison, W. & Santo, J. B. (2021). I Already Belong: Immigrant-origin College Students’ Persistence. Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, 20(16), 24-35.

Subramanian, R. & Santo J.B. (2021). Can comics reduce mental illness stigma? An experiment comparing the effects of cartoon and photographic narratives. Journal of Visual Communication in Medicine, 44 (2), 52-61.

Anderson, A. & Santo, J. B. (2020). Trust, Ethnicity, and Political Approval in 21st Century South Africa. ID: International Dialogue: A Multidisciplinary Journal of World Affairs, 10, 6-31.

Cortese, M. J., *Toppi, S., Khanna, M. & Santo, J. B. (2020). AoA Effects in Reading Aloud and Lexical Decision: Locating the (Semantic) Locus in Terms of the Number of Backward Semantic Associations. The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 73(11) 2036–2044.

Martin-Storey, A., Recchia, H. & Santo J.B. (2020). Self-Continuity Moderates the Association Between Sexual-Minority Status Based Discrimination and Depressive Symptoms. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-20.

Tocaimaza-Hatch, C. C. & Santo, J. B. (2020). Social interaction in the Spanish classroom: How proficiency and linguistic background impact vocabulary learning. Language Teaching Research, 1362168820971468.

*Amaral, H. T., Cunha, J. & Santo, J.B., (2019). Authoritative School Climate and Peer Victimization Among Brazilian Students. Psico, 50(1), 29-37.

Bowker, J., Adams, R. & Santo, J.B., (2019). A Dynamic Examination of the Associations between Shyness, Psychological Difficulties, and Stressful Life Events during Early Adolescence. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 1.-13.

Bowker, J.C, Bowker, M.H., Santo J.B., Ojo, A.A., *Etkin, R.G. & *Raja, R. (2019). Severe Social Withdrawal: Cultural Variation in Past Hikikomori Experiences of University Students in Nigeria, Singapore, and the US. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 180:4-5, 217-230.

*Gill, S., Blair, M., Santo, J. B. & Morrow, S. A. (2019). Depressive symptoms are associated with more negative functional outcomes than anxiety symptoms in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences.

Jawed-Wessel, S., Santo, J.B. & Irwin, J. (2019). Sexual  activity  and  attitudes  as  predictors  of  sexual  satisfaction  during  pregnancy.  A  multi-level  model  describing  the  sexuality  of  couples  in  the  first  12  weeks. Archives of sexual behavior, 48(3), 843-854.

*Mertens, A. T., Santo, J. B., Markopoulou, K., & Chase, B. A. (2019). Cognitive Processes That Indirectly Affect Olfactory Dysfunction in Parkinson's Disease. Clinical Parkinsonism & Related Disorders.

Nasir, A, Zimmer, A., Taylor, D. & Santo, J.B., (2019). Family Psychosocial Assessment in the Clinical Setting. BMC Psychology, 7(1), 3-11.

Thomas, K., Cunha, J. & Santo, J.B., (2019). Fairness, Trust, and School Climate as Foundational To Growth Mindset: A Study Among Brazilian Children and Adolescents. Educational Psychology, 39(4), 510-529.

Thomas, K., Cunha, J. & Santo, J.B., (2019). The predictive value of school climate and teacher techniques on students’ just world beliefs: A comprehensive Brazilian sample. Social Psychology of Education, 22(5), 1239-1257.

*Yuen, C.N., *Koziol, T. & Santo J.B. (2019). Examination of age, ethnicity and sex differences on attraction among late-adolescents. Social Moments, 1, 15-30.

*Baker, M. R., Goodman, A. C., Santo, J.B., & Wong, R. Y. (2018). Repeatability and reliability of exploratory behavior in proactive and reactive zebrafish, Danio rerio. Scientific reports, 8(1), 12114.

*Marian, M., da Cunha, J.M. & Santo, J.B., (2018). I like you, do you like me? How aggression, gender, social norms predict adolescent peer liking from a dyadic, individual and group perspective. Revista Psicologia Argumento, 36(93), 383-407.

Santo J.B., Martin-Storey A., Recchia H., & Bukowski W.M. (2018). Self-Continuity Moderates the Association Between Peer Victimization and Depression. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 28(4), 875-887. DOI: 10.1111/jora.12372

Santo, J.B., *Bass, E.C., Lopez, L.S & Bukowski W.M. (2017). Contextual influences on the relations between physical and relational aggression and peer victimization. School Psychology International, 38(1) 42–59. DOI: 10.1177/0143034316678655

*Hanna, J., Santo, J. B., Blair, M., Smolewska, K., Warriner, E., & Morrow, S. A. (2017). Comparing depression screening tools in persons with multiple sclerosis (MS). Rehabilitation Psychology, 62(1), 20-24. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/rep0000115

*Huffman, M., Santo J.B. & French, J. (2017). Prenatal Androgen Exposure and Parental Care Interact to Influence Timing of Reproductive Maturation in Marmosets. American Journal of Primatology,  79: 1-12. DOI 0.1002/ajp.22588

Bukowski, W. M., *Panarello, B. & Santo J.B. (2017). Androgyny in Liking and in Being Liked Are Antecedent to Well-Being in Pre-adolescent Boys and Girls. Sex Roles, 76: 719–730. DOI 10.1007/s11199-016-0638-6

Ammons, S. K., Dahlin, E. C., Edgell, P. & Santo J.B. (2017). Work-family conflict among Blacks, Whites and Hispanics. Community, Work and Family, 20:4, 379-404. DOI: 10.1080/13668803.2016.1146231

*Bass, E.C., Santo, J.B., Saldarriaga L.M., da Cunha, J.M. & & Bukowski W.M. (2016). A cross-cultural analysis of the relations of physical and relational aggression with peer victimization. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 1–11. DOI: 10.1177/0165025416677846

*Bass, E.C., Santo, J.B., *Neufeld, C.M., da Cunha, J.M. (2016). Classroom Context and the Relations between Social Withdrawal and Peer Victimization. Journal of Cognitive Education and Psychology, 15:2, 248-267. http://dx.doi.org/10.1891/1945-8959.15.2.248

*Wood, M., Bukowski, W. M. & Santo J.B. (2016). Friendship Security, But Not Friendship Intimacy, Moderates the Stability of Anxiety During Early Adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 46(6), 798-809. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2015.1094742

Chen, B.-B., & Santo J.B. (2016). The Relationships Between Anxious and Unsociable Withdrawal and Peer Difficulties: The Moderating Role of Insecure Attachment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 40(4), 346–358. DOI: 10.1177/0165025415587726

Santo J.B., Saldarriaga L.M., Velásquez A.M., Meyer, F. & Bukowski W.M. (2016). Correlates of Early Adolescent Friend Choice Order in a Colombian Sample: Interactions Between Friend, Individual and Contextual Prosocial Behavior and Aggression. Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, Vol. 8(2), 79-91.

Velásquez A.M., Drury, K.M., Saldarriaga L.M., Santo J.B., Lopez L.S. & Bukowski W.M. (2016). Peer Rejection as a Social Regulation Mechanism of Group Norms: The Case of Aggression Across Sex. Journal of Latino/Latin American Studies, Vol. 8(2), 47-58.

Chen, B.-B., & Santo, J. B. (2016). Mother–child attachment and social withdrawal in urban Chinese children. Social Behavior and Personality, 44, 233–246. doi: 10.2224/sbp.2016.44.2.233

Hawkins, D.N., Lindner, A.M, Larson, R. & Santo J.B. (2015). Overrating Bruins, Underrating Badgers Media, Bias, and College Basketball. Journal of Sports Management and Commercialization, (6)3, 11–26.

*Buttner, A., *Thompson, B., Strasser, R. & Santo J.B. (2015). Evidence for a synchronization of hormonal states between humans and dogs during competition. Physiology & Behavior, 147, 54–62.

Cortese, M. J., Hacker, S., *Schock, J., & Santo, J. B. (2015). Is reading-aloud performance in megastudies systematically influenced by the list context? The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 68:8, 1711-1722. DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2014.974624

Schneider, B.H., Manetti, M., Frattini, L., Rania, Santo J.B., Coplan, R.J. & *Cwinn, E. (2014). Successful Transition to Elementary School and the Implementation of Facilitative Practices Specified in the Reggio-Emilia Philosophy. School Psychology International, Vol. 35(5) 447–462. 35(5) 447–462. DOI: 10.1177/0143034313511003

Santo J.B., da Cunha, J., Saldarriaga L.M., Recchia H., Martin-Storey A., Bukowski W.M., Lopez L.S. & Carmago, G. (2013). Measurement Invariance of Self-Continuity Strategies: Comparisons of Early Adolescents from Brazil, Canada, and Colombia. European Journal of Developmental Psychology (special section on instruments and procedures for developmental research), Vol. 10(4), 518-525. DOI: 10.1080/17405629.2012.707313

Burr A., Santo J.B., & Pushkar D. (2013). Investigating the Portrait Values Questionnaire at Two Transitions in Adulthood:  Retirement and University. Quality & Quantity 48(2), 1027-1044.

Ellenbogen M.A., Linnen A.M., Santo J.B., aan het Rot, M., Hodgins S. & Young, S. (2013). Salivary cortisol and interpersonal functioning: An event-contingent recording study in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder. Psychoneuroendocrinology, 38(7), 997-1006.

Santo J.B., Bukowski W.M., Lopez L.S., Carmago, G., Mayman S.B. & Adams, R. E. (2013). Factors underlying contextual variations in the structure of the self: Differences related to SES, gender, culture and “majority/“non-majority” status during early adolescence. Journal of Research on Adolescence (special issue on adolescents in the majority world), 23(1), 69-80.

*Mustoe, A., *Birnie, A. K., *Korgan, A.C., Santo J.B., French, J. A. (2012). Natural variation in gestational cortisol is associated with patterns of growth in marmoset monkeys (Callithrix geoffroyi). General and Comparative Endocrinology, 175(3), 519-226.

Pullen, C. A., Yates, B. C., Santo J.B., *Dizona, P.J., Boeckner, L., Hageman, P.A., Walker, S., N. (2012). Effects of a Wellness for Women Intervention on Healthy Eating Behavior in Midlife Rural Women. Social Science and Medicine, 75, 659-667.

Reiter-Palmon, R., Robinson, E., Kaufman, L & Santo J.B. (2012). Is Self Evaluation of Creativity a Useful Criterion? Creativity Research Journal, 24, 107-114.

*Stone, T., Santo, J. B., & Wittich, W. (2012). Mediating and moderating effects on the association between vision loss and depression among older adults, Insight: Research and Practice in Visual Impairment and Blindness, 5(1), 30-37.

Adams, R.E., Santo J.B. & Bukowski W.M. (2011). The Presence of a Best Friend Buffers the Effects of Negative Experiences. Developmental Psychology, 47(6), 1786-1791.

*Alexander, M., Santo J.B., *Cunha, J., Weber, L. & Russell, S.T. (2011). Effects of Homophobic Victimization vs. Non-homophobic Victimization on School Commitment and the Moderating effect of Teacher Attitudes. Journal of LGBT Youth, 8: 289-308.

*Velásquez A.M., Santo J.B., *Saldarriaga L.M., Lopez L.S., & Bukowski W.M. (2010) Context-Dependent Peer Victimization: Are physical and relational aggression tolerated differently in mixed-sex versus all-girl schools? Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 56(3): 283-302.

Ellenbogen M.A., Santo J.B., *Linnen A.M., Walker C.D., & Hodgins S. (2010). High cortisol levels in the offspring of parents with bipolar disorder during two weeks of daily sampling. Bipolar Disorders, 12(1): 77-86.

Bukowski, W.M., Schwartzman, A., Santo, J.B., Bagwell, C. & Adams, R. (2009). Reactivity and distortions in the self: Narcissism, types of aggression, and the functioning of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis during early adolescence. Development and Psychopathology, 21(4): 1249-1262.

*Burr A., Santo J.B., & Pushkar D. (2009). Affective Well-Being in the Retirement Transition: Money, Health, and the Role of Values Over Three Years. Journal of Happiness Studies, 12(1): 17-40.

Bukowski W.M., *Adams R.E., & Santo J.B. (2006). Recent advances for Developmental Psychopathology in the study of social and personal experiences. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 30(1): 26-30.

Boivin D.B., *James F.O., Caliyurt O., Santo J.B., & Chalk C. (2003). Non-24-hour sleep-wake syndrome following a car accident. Neurology, 60(11), 1841-1843.

Book Chapters

Santo, J.B. (2020). Still being there for you even when they can’t be there: Continuing evidence for the benefits on friendships for children and adolescents online. In J. M. da Cunha & L. Weber (Eds.), Relacionamentos Positivos na Família e na Escola. Juruá Editora, Curitiba, Brazil.

Cunha, J.M., Mandira, M.R. & Santo, J.B. (2020). Bullying and cyberbullying experiences among children in Brazill. In ICT KIDS ONLINE BRAZIL: Survey on Internet Use by Children in Brazil. Comitê Gestor da Internet no Brasil, São Paolo, Brazil: 253-260.

Santo J.B. (2020). Charles Darwin. In Summers (ed). Developmental Psychology: How the Mind Grows and Changes over a Lifetime, 3 volumes. Santa Barbara, CA:  Greenwood.

*Yuen C.N. & Santo J.B. (2018). Multilevel Modeling: Application for Lifespan Research. In Bornstein (ed). The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. SAGE Publications.  

*Bass E.C. & Santo J.B. (2018). Acceptance versus Rejection. In Bornstein (ed). The Sage Encyclopedia of Lifespan Human Development. SAGE Publications.  

*Santo, J., & Bass, E. (2017). Self-reports and peer ratings. In B. Hopkins, E. Geangu, & S. Linkenauger (Eds.), The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Child Development (pp. 149-152). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316216491.026

Santo J.B., Saldarriaga L.M. & Bukowski W.M. (2016). International and Comparative Peer Research: Challenges in comparing apples to oranges. In Köhler, Krüger & Pfaff (eds). Handbook of Peer-Research. Barbara Budrich Publishers: 121-136.    

*Saldarriaga L.M., *Velásquez A.M., Santo J.B., Chaux E. & Bukowski W.M. (2009). School aggression in Colombia and El Salvador: Contextual variations in frequencies and effects. In Lisboa & Berger (eds). El Estudio de la Agresión en Latinoamérica (The study of Aggression in Latin-America.) Santiago: Editorial Universitaria: 85-108.  

Bukowski W.M., *Adams R.E., & Santo J.B. (2006). Research on peers and adolescent development: What’s doing in North America? German Yearbook on Adolescence. VS Verlag, für Sozialwissenschaften, GWV Fachverlage, GmbH, Wiesbaden: 95-106.

Boivin D.B., & Santo J.B. (2003). Circadian rhythm sleep disorders related to an abnormal escape of the sleep-wake cycle. In: M. Billiard (ed). Sleep: Physiology, Investigations and Medicine. Kluwer Academic Publishers. Norwell (MA): 493-512.

Blog/General Audience Posts 

DeVries, K. & Santo J.B. (2022, December 1st). Mapping out the Various Benefits to Taking Latino/Latin American Coursework for Students and, Latinos in Particular [University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Latino/Latin American Studies Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ollas/_files/pdfs/ollas-blog-dec-2022-final-version.pdf 

Santo J.B. (2022, November 15th). How Friends Buffer the Link Between Bullying and Sleep Problems. [Psychology TODAY] Retrieved from https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/protective-friendships/202211/how-friends-buffer-the-link-between-bullying-and-sleep-problems 

da Cunha J.M. & Santo J.B. (2022, November 1st). Globalizing Behavioral Statistical Tools. [ISSBD Bulletin - Supplement to International Journal of Behavioral Development Volume 46, Issue 6] Retrieved from https://issbd.org/resources/files/Bulletins/JBD_46_6S_Combined.pdf 

Santo J.B. (2022, October 15th). The importance of the social context as a strategy for self-continuity for emerging adults from the US and Brazil. [IDENTITIES Blog – Global Studies in Culture and Power]. Retrieved from https://www.identitiesjournal.com/blog-collection/the-importance-of-the-social-context-as-a-strategy-for-self-continuity-for-emerging-adults-from-the-us-and-brazil 

Santo J.B. (2022, August 2). Aggressive children too, can be victimized in the classroom [BOLD – Blog on Learning and Development] Retrieved from https://bold.expert/aggressive-children-too-can-be-victimized-in-the-classroom/

Santo J.B. & MacArthur K.R. (2022, July 28). Women are better at statistics than they think [The Conversation Research Brief] Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/women-are-better-at-statistics-than-they-think-164676

Santo J.B., Thomas, K. & Da Cunha, J.M. (2022, March 29). School relationships drive changes in children's character virtues. [npj - Science of Learning] Retrieved from https://go.nature.com/3Is7sgx

Santo J.B. (2022, March 24). How is victimization at school linked to depression? [BOLD – Blog on Learning and Development] Retrieved from https://bold.expert/how-is-victimization-at-school-linked-to-depression/

Santo J.B. & Da Cunha, J.M. (2021, June 15). Teaching kids social responsibility – like how to settle fights and ask for help – can reduce school bullying. [The Conversation Research Brief] Retrieved from https://theconversation.com/teaching-kids-social-responsibility-like-how-to-settle-fights-and-ask-for-help-can-reduce-school-bullying-158493

DeVries, K., Santo J.B. & Casas, J.F. (2019, Nov 1). Why Latino college students’ should play to their strengths for college success [University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Latino/Latin American Studies Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ollas/research/blog-latino-students-nov-2019.php

Aliaga-Linares L., Santo J.B. & Casas J.F. (2018, October 15). Family separations: What science tells us about family separations and why all Nebraskans should care. [University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Latino/Latin American Studies Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ollas/research/family-separations.php

Santo J.B. & da Cunha J.M. (2018, May 18). Ethnicity and Victimization Among Brazilian Adolescents: What Can Schools Do? [University of Nebraska at Omaha Office of Latino/Latin American Studies Blog post]. Retrieved from https://www.unomaha.edu/college-of-arts-and-sciences/ollas/research/ethnicity-victimization.php