Publications: JOURNAL ARTICLES
(* denotes grad student/postdoc advisee as lead author)
+Worley, J. T., Meter, D. J., Ramirez Hall, A., Nishina, A., & Medina, A. (accepted). Prospecitve associations between peer support, academic competence, and anxiety in college students. Journal of College Student Development.
*Vang, T. M., & Nishina, A. (2022). Fostering school belongingness and students’ well-being through a positive school interethnic climate in diverse high schools. Journal of School Health, 4, 387-395.
Nylund-Gibson, K., Garber, A., Bellmore, A., Nishina, A., Witkow, M., & Singh, J. (In Press). The utility of latent class analysis to understand heterogeneity in youth coping strategies: A methodological introduction. Behavioral Disorders.
Nishina, A., & Witkow, M. R. (2021). Conceptualizing and measuring Biracial/Multiracial/Multiethnic status: Friendship homophily in early adolescence. Special issue on Biracial/Multiracial/Multiethnic Early Adolescents, Journal of Early Adolescence, 41, 1289-1307.
*Spiekerman, A. M., Witkow, M. R., & Nishina, A. (2021). Effects of peer victimization during adolescence: Effects of social support and internalizing coping. Journal of Early Adolescence, 41, 505-526. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620931191
*Ramirez Hall, A., & Nishina, A (2019). Daily compensation can improve college students' participation and retention rates in daily report studies. Emerging Adulthood.
*Sutter, C., Ontai, L.L., Nishina, A., Conger, K.J., Shilts, M.K., & Townsend, M.S. (2016). Utilizing the Desired Results Developmental Profile (DRDP) as a measure of school readiness: Evaluating factor structure and predictors of school readiness. Early Child Development and Care. Advance online copy. doi: 0.1080/03004430.2016.1174933
*Sutter, C., Nishina, A., Witkow, M. R., & Bellmore, A. (2016). Associations between adolescents’ weight and maladjustment differ based on deviation from weight norms in social context. Journal of School Health, 86, 638-644.
*Sutter, C., Nishina, A., Scherr, R., Zidenberg-Cherr, S. & Ontai, L. (2016). Sharing, trading, stealing: The role of peers in shaping foods available at lunchtime. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36, 449-464.
*Bower, A. R., Nishina, A., Witkow, M. R., & Bellmore, A. (2015). Nice guys and gals finish last? Not in early adolescence when empathic, accepted, and popular peers are desirable. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 44, 2275-2288.
*Sutter, C., Nishina, A., Adams, R. E. (2015). How you look versus how you feel: Associations between BMI z-score, body dissatisfaction, peer victimization, and self-worth for African American and White youth. Journal of Adolescence, 43, 23-28. doi: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.05.002
*de Guzman, N. S., & Nishina, A. (2014). A longitudinal study of body dissatisfaction and pubertal timing in an ethnically diverse adolescent sample. Body Image, 11, 68-71.
Nishina, A. (2012). Adolescent daily and general maladjustment: Is there reactivity to daily repeated measures methodologies? Child Development, 83, 405-412.
Bellmore, A., Nishina, A., You, J., & Ma, T. (2012). School ethnic context protective factors against peer ethnic discrimination across the high school years. American Journal of Community Psychology, 49, 98-111. DOI: 10.1007/x10464-001-9443-0
Nishina, A. (2012). Microcontextual characteristics of peer victimization experiences and adolescents' daily well-being. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 41, 191-201. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9669-z
Nishina, A., Bellmore, A., Witkow, M. R., & Nylund-Gibson, K. (2010). Longitudinal consistency of adolescent ethnic identification across varying school ethnic contexts. Developmental Psychology, 46, 1389-1401.
Nishina, A., & Bellmore, A. (2010). When might peer aggression, victimization, and conflict have its greatest impact? Microcontextual considerations. Journal of Early Adolescence, 30, 5-26.
*Craine, J. L., Tanaka, T. A., Nishina, A., Conger, K. J. (2009). Understanding adolescent delinquency: The role of older siblings’ delinquency and popularity with peers. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 55, 436-453.
Graham, S., Bellmore, A., Nishina, A., & Juvonen, J. (2009). "It must be me": Ethnic diversity and attributions for peer victimization. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 38, 487-499.
*Saxbe, D., Repetti, R., & Nishina, A. (2008). Marital satisfaction, recovery from work, and diurnal cortisol in men and women. Health Psychology, 27, 15-25.
*Nylund, K., Bellmore, A. D., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2007). Subtypes, severity, and structural stability of peer victimization: What does latent class analysis say? Child Development, 78, 1706-1722.
Bellmore, A. D., Nishina, A., Witkow, M. R., Graham, S., & Juvonen, J. (2007). The influence of classroom ethnic composition on same- and other-ethnicity peer nominations in middle school. Social Development, 14, 720-740.
Nishina, A., Ammon, N. Y., Bellmore, A. D., & Graham, S. (2006). Body dissatisfaction and physical development among ethnic minority adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Special Issue: Body Image, 35, 179-191.
Juvonen, J., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2006). Ethnic diversity and perceptions of safety in urban middle schools. Psychological Science, 17, 393-400.
Witkow, M. R., Bellmore, A. D., Nishina, A., Juvonen, J., & Graham, S. (2005). Mutual antipathies during early adolescence: More than just rejection. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 29, 209-218.
Nishina, A., & Juvonen, J. (2005). Daily reports of witnessing and experiencing peer harassment in middle school. Child Development, 76, 435-450.
Nishina, A., Juvonen, J., & Witkow, M. R., (2005). Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will make me feel sick: The consequences of peer harassment. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 34, 37-48.
Juvonen, J., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2000). Peer harassment, psychological adjustment, and school functioning in early adolescence. Journal of Educational Psychology, 92, 349-359.
Publications: BOOK CHAPTERS
Nishina, A. & Bellmore, A. (in press). Inequality and neighborhood effects on peer relationships. In W. Bukowski, B. Laursen, & K. Rubin (Eds.), Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups. Guilford Press.
Nishina, A., & Bower, A. (2015). Cultural diversity. In W. George Scarlett (Ed.) The SAGE Encyclopedia of Classroom Management. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Press.
Bellmore, A., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2011). Is popularity among peers dependent on the ethnic context?: Differences and similarities across ethnic groups. In A. H. N. Cillessen, D. Schwartz, & L. Mayeux (Eds.), Popularity in the Peer System (pp. 193-215). New York, NY: Guilford Publications, Inc.
Nishina, A. (2004). A theoretical review of bullying: Can it be eliminated? In C. E. Sanders & G. D. Phye (Eds.) Bullying: Implications for the Classroom. What does the research say? (pp. 36-62). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.
Juvonen, J., Nishina, A., & Graham, S. (2001). Self-views versus peer perceptions of victim status among early adolescents. In J. Juvonen & S. Graham (Eds.), Peer Harassment in School: The Plight of the Vulnerable and Victimized (pp. 105-124). New York, NY: Guilford Press.
Juvonen, J., & Nishina, A. (1997). Social motivation in the classroom: Attributional accounts and developmental analysis. In P. R. Pintrich & M. L. Maehr (Eds.), Advances in Motivation and Achievement, v. 10, (pp. 181-211). Greenwich, Connecticut: JAI Press Inc.
Publications: INVITED ESSAY BOOK REVIEWS
Nishina, A., & Bellmore, A. D. (2006). The meaning of peer victimization in the United States. Review of Bullying in American Schools (Espelage & Swearer, Eds.). Journal of Curriculum Studies, 38, 591-607.
Bellmore, A., & Nishina, A. (2005). Review: Adolescent Boys: Exploring Diverse Cultures of Boyhood edited by Niobe Way and Judy Y. Chu. InterActions: UCLA Journal of Education and Information Studies. Vol. 1, Issue 2, Article 14. Retrieved June 21, 2005 from http://repositories.cdlib.org/gseis/interactions/vol1/iss2/art14
