Social and Emotional Development:

Dr. Karen Rosen is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Boston College, where she teaches courses in developmental and clinical psychology. She also serves as the Director of the Psychology Honors Program and of the Undergraduate Clinical Concentration. In addition, as a Senior Staff Psychologist at Brookline Psychological Services, her clinical practice focuses on a range of psychological issues, including attachment and self-related disorders. Dr. Rosen received her Ph.D. from Harvard University. Her research on parent-child attachment relationships and sibling relationships has been published in many scholarly journals and in several edited books. She has presented her work at both national and international conferences.

1. Attachment Relationships During Infancy 2. Infant Individuality and the Origins of the Self 3. Sibling Relationships 4. Peer Relations and Friendship During Childhood 5. The Development of Empathy, Prosocial Behavior, and Morality 6. Adolescent Social Relations 7. Adolescent Identity and the Consolidation of the Self