Auteur: Stephen M. Gavazzi

Stephen M. Gavazzi, Ph.D., is Professor, Department of Human Sciences, and Director of CHRR at The Ohio State University. During the past 30 years at Ohio State, Dr. Gavazzi has established a research program that identifies the impact of family dynamics on youth development, psychopathology, and problem behavior. This work has been supported by more than $5 million in grants from a wide variety of federal, state, and private sources. He also is a trained Family Therapist, thus bringing an applied clinical perspective to his work. Dr. Gavazzi has been involved in the development and evaluation of a number of family-based programming efforts, including a multifamily psychoeducational group for families containing children with mood disorders, as well as a strength-based program for families who have adolescents involved in some aspect of the juvenile court. Notably, he provided leadership in the development of the Global Risk Assessment Device, a web-based instrument designedto generate information that assists professionals in making appropriate service referrals for at-risk youth and their families.   Dr. Ji-Young Lim, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Child and Family Studies at Kyungpook National University in South Korea. Dr. Lim embarked on a rewarding and impactful professional journey with a Ph.D. in Human Development and Family Science (HDFS) from The Ohio State University, where she also minored in Quantitative Psychology. Her career began as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Family Studies and Social Work at Miami University. Over the past 17 years, Dr. Lim has diligently employed diverse quantitative research methods to delve into various facets of children and adolescents within diverse family contexts. Notably, she played a significant role in validating the Korean Version of Rothbart”s Temperament scales, a project funded by the Korea Research Foundation. Her research efforts have shed lighton child and adolescent development within multicultural families in South Korea. Dr. Lim”s dedication to rigorous scholarship is evident through her extensive publication record, which boasts over 100 papers published in peer-reviewed journals.