Publications
If you are unable to access an article, full texts are available upon request to hannah.schacter@wayne.edu.
2026 & in press
Schacter, H.L., Marusak, H.A., Gowatch, L., & Jovanovic, T. (2026). Daily associations between peer victimization and anxious affect among adolescents: The role of social threat sensitivity. Development and Psychopathology, 38(1), 431-440. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579425100394
2025
Bakth, F.N., Hoffman, A.J., & Schacter, H.L. (2025). Longitudinal pathways linking peer victimization to academic efficacy in adolescence: Indirect effects via sleep. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 49(6), 549-559. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254241308469
Carpenter, C. Heeter, A.R., Shampine, M.M., Gowatch, L.C., Ely, S.L., Bhogal, A…et al. (2025). Threat sensitivity mediates the association between perceived safety and anxiety in adolescents from urban communities. Journal of Psychiatric Research, 181, 294-297. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychires.2024.11.046
Ehrhardt, A.D., Hoffman, A.J., & Schacter, H.L. (2025). Friendships in flux: A daily examination of friend continuity and associations with adolescent mood. Developmental Psychology, 61(10), 1868-1874. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0002014
Ehrhardt, A.D., Hoffman, A.J., & Schacter, H.L. (2025). Trajectories of adolescent friendship stability: Links to internalizing and physical health symptoms. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 99, 101836. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101836
2024
Hoffman, A.J., & Schacter, H.L. (2024). The promise of an identity-based self-affirmation intervention in protecting against self-esteem declines at the high school transition. Developmental Psychology, 60(10), 1842-1854. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001789
Schacter, H.L., Bakth, F.N., Johnson, J., & Hoffman, A.J. (2024). Longitudinal effects of peer victimization on adolescents' future educational and work expectations: Depressive symptoms as a mechanism. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34, 1445-1455. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jora.13012
Schacter, H.L., Ehrhardt, A.D., & Hoffman, A.J. (2024). Daily fluctuations in adolescents’ perceived friend dominance and friendship clout: Associations with mood and the moderating role of anxiety. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 53, 537-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01906-3
Schacter, H.L., Marusak, H.A., Borg, B.A., & Jovanovic, T. (2024). Facing ambiguity: Social threat sensitivity mediates the association between peer victimization and adolescent anxiety. Development and Psychopathology, 36(1), 112-120. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422001018
2023
Schacter, H.L., Ehrhardt, A.D., & Hoffman, A.J. (2023). Daily fluctuations in adolescents’ perceived friend dominance and friendship clout: Associations with mood and the moderating role of anxiety. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 53(3), 537-549. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01906-3
Ehrhardt, A.D., & Schacter, H.L. (2023). Connecting adolescent friendships to physical health outcomes: A narrative review. Social Development, 33(2), e12726. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12726
Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2023). Peer victimization and health among children and adolescents. In B. Halpern-Felsher (ed.), Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. Elsevier.
Schacter, H.L., Hoffman, A.H., Ehrhardt, A.D. (2023). The power dynamics of friendship: Between- and within-person associations among friend dominance, self-esteem, and adolescent internalizing symptoms. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 52(6), 1206-1218. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-023-01763-0
Schacter, H.L., Espinoza, G., & Juvonen, J. (2023). Bullying. In H.S. Friedman, C.H. Markey (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Third Edition. Elsevier, Academic Press, pp. 307-314. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-91497-0.00164-8
Schacter, H.L., Ehrhardt, A.D., & MacDonell, K.E. (2023). Associations between peer experiences and health outcomes among adolescents and young adults with asthma. Journal of Asthma, 60(7), 1359-1368. https://doi.org/10.1080/02770903.2022.2147080
Schacter, H.L., Hoffman, A.J., Ehrhardt, A., & Bakth, F. (2023). Peer victimization, schooling format, and adolescent internalizing symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic: Between- and within-person associations across ninth grade. Development and Psychopathology, 35(2), 1206-1218. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000074
2022
Jovanovic, T., Wiltshire, C.N., Reda, M.H., France, J., Wanna, C.P., Minton, S.T., Davie, W., Grasser, L.R., Winters, S., Schacter, H.L., Marusak, H.A., & Stenson, A.F. (2022). Uncertain in the face of change: Lack of contingency shift awareness during extinction is associated with higher fear-potentiated startle and PTSD symptoms in children. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 178, 90-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijpsycho.2022.06.008
Ehrhardt, A., & Schacter, H.L. (2022). On shaky grounds: Peer victimization predicts friendship instability across the ninth grade school year. Journal of Adolescence, 94(7), 1041-1046. https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12081
Schacter, H.L., Slatcher, R.B., Rodriguez-Stanley, J., Houpt, R., & Zilioli, S. (2022). Effects of daily peer problems on sleep and the severity of pediatric asthma symptoms. Health Psychology, 41(6), 409-416. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001177
Margolin, G., Daspe, M.E., Timmons, A.C., Corner, G.W., Pettit, C., Rasmussen, H.F…& Schacter, H.L. (2022). What happens when romantic couples discuss personal loss? Relational, emotional, and physiological impacts. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(6), 863-873. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000979
Bakth, F., Hoffman, A.J., & Schacter, H.L. (2022). Investigating the relation between ethnic–racial identity and classroom engagement among Cherokee adolescents: Cultural socialization as a moderator. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 28(2), 182-192. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000530
Kiperman, S., Schacter, H. L., Judge, M., & DeLong, G. (2022). LGBTQ+ youth’s identity development in the context of peer victimization: A mixed methods investigation. International Journal of Environmental Research & Public Health, 19(7), 3921. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19073921
Lessard, L.M., Watson, R.J., Schacter, H.L., Wheldon, C.W., & Puhl, R.M. (2022). Weight enumeration in United States anti-bullying laws: associations with rates and risks of weight-based bullying among sexual and gender minority adolescents. Journal of Public Health Policy. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41271-021-00322-w
Schacter, H. L., & Ehrhardt, A. (2022). “It's not you, it's me”: Examining the roles of romantic self-blame and social support in pathways from peer victimization to emerging adult depressive symptoms. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211055153
2021
Schacter, H.L., Lessard, L.M., Kiperman, S., Bakth, F., Ehrhardt, A., & Uganski, J. (2021). Can friendships protect against the health consequences of peer victimization in adolescence? A systematic review. School Mental Health, 13, 578-601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-021-09417-x
Han, S.C., Schacter, H.L., Timmons, A.C., Kim, Y., Sichko, S., Pettit, C., Chaspari, T., Narayanan, S., & Margolin G. (2021). Romantic partner presence and physiological responses in daily life: Attachment style as a moderator. Biological Psychology, 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108082
Han, S.C., Schacter, H.L., Timmons, A.C. Kim, Y., Sichko, S., Pettit, C., & Margolin, G. (2021). Feelings of annoyance and spoken anger words in couples’ everyday lives: The role of family-of-origin aggression. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 12(6), 898-907. https://doi.org/10.1177/1948550620958806
Zhang, S., Hong, J.S., Garthe, R.C., Espelage, D.L., & Schacter, H.L. (2021). Parental stress and adolescent bullying perpetration and victimization: The mediating role of adolescent anxiety and family resilience. Journal of Affective Disorders, 290(1), 284-291. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2021.04.023
Juvonen, J., Schacter, H.L., & Lessard, L. (2021). Connecting electronically with friends to cope with isolation during COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38(6), 1782-1799. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407521998459
Kim, Y., Schacter, H.L., Corner, G., Rasmussen, H., & Margolin, G. (2021). Does family context moderate the effects of discrimination on emerging adults’ health? Journal of Family Issues. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0192513X21993196
Schacter, H.L. (2021). Effects of peer victimization on child and adolescent physical health. Pediatrics, 147(1), e2020003434. https://doi.org/10.1542/2020-003434
2020
Schacter, H.L. (2020). Framing bullying as a health risk: Null effects on young adults’ support for anti-bullying policies. Experimental Results, 1, e27. https://doi.org/10.1017/exp.2020.33
Espinoza, G., Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2020). School and cybervictimization across high school: Normative developmental trajectories and bidirectional links with loneliness. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 30(3), 787-799. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12559
Schacter, H.L., Pettit, C., Kim, Y., Sichko, S., Timmons, A.C., Chaspari, T., Han, S.C., & Margolin, G. (2020). A matter of the heart: Daytime relationship functioning and overnight heart rate in young dating couples. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 54(10), 794-803. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaaa019
Juvonen, J. & Schacter, H.L. (2020). When low rates of bullying increase risks for the bullied: The safe school paradox. JAMA Pediatrics, 174(4), 317-318. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2019.5888
Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2020). When do friendships help versus hurt? Perceived best friend victimization and support as moderators of peer victimization-related distress. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 40(6), 804-827. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431619874402
2019
Schacter, H.L., Lessard, L., & Juvonen, J. (2019). Peer rejection as a precursor of romantic dysfunction in adolescence: Can friendships protect? Journal of Adolescence, 77, 70-80. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2019.10.004
Juvonen, J., Lessard, L., Rastogi, R., Schacter, H.L., & Smith, D.S. (2019). Promoting social inclusion in educational settings: Challenges and opportunities. Educational Psychologist, 54(4), 250-270. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2019.1655645
Schacter, H.L., & Margolin, G. (2019). The interplay of friends and parents in adolescents’ daily lives: Towards a dynamic view of social support. Social Development, 28(3), 708-724. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12363
Arbel, R., Schacter, H.L., Han, S.C., Timmons, A.C., Shapiro, L.S., & Margolin, G. (2019). Day-to-day friends’ victimization, aggression perpetration, and morning cortisol activity in late adolescents. Developmental Psychobiology, 61(6), 930-941. https://doi.org/10/1002/dev.21829
Schacter, H.L., & Margolin, G. (2019). When it feels good to give: Depressive symptoms, daily prosocial behavior, and adolescent mood. Emotion, 19(5), 923-927. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0000494
Huitsing, G., Lodder, G.M.A., Oldenburg, B., Schacter, H.L., Salmivalli, C., Juvonen, J., & Veenstra, R. (2018). The healthy context paradox: Victims’ adjustment during an anti-bullying intervention. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 28(9), 2499-2509. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-018-1194-1
Espinoza, G., Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2019). Peer victimization and school adjustment among ethnically diverse middle school students: Does ethnic ingroup representation matter? The Journal of Early Adolescence, 39(4), 499-519. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431618770829
Juvonen, J., Lessard, L., Schacter, H.L., & Enders, C. (2019). The effects of middle school weight climate on youth with higher body weight. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 29(2), 466-479. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12386
Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2019). Dynamic changes in peer victimization and adjustment across middle school: Does friends’ victimization alleviate distress? Child Development, 90(5), 1738-1753. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13038
2018
Arbel, R., Schacter, H.L., Kazmierski, K.F.M., Daspe, M.È, & Margolin, G. (2018). Adverse childhood experiences, daily worries, and positive thoughts: A daily diary multi-wave study. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(4), 514-519. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12200
Schacter, H.L., & Juvonen, J. (2018). You’ve got a friend(ly school): Can prosocial norms and friends similarly protect victims from distress? Social Development, 27(3), 636-651. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12281
Smith, D.S., Schacter, H.L., Enders, C., & Juvonen, J. (2017). Gender norm salience across middle schools: Contextual variations in associations between gender typicality and socioemotional distress. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 47(5), 947-960. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-017-0732-2
2017
Schacter, H.L. & Juvonen, J. (2017). Depressive symptoms, friend distress, and self-blame as risk factors for adolescent peer victimization. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 51, 35-43. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2017.02.005
Juvonen, J., Lessard, L., Schacter, H.L., & Suchilt, L. (2017). Emotional implications of weight stigma across middle school: The role of weight-based peer discrimination. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology 46(1), 150-158. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1188703
Juvonen, J. & Schacter, H.L. (2017). Bullying in school and online contexts: Social dominance, bystander compliance, and social pain of victims. In Rutland, A., Nesdale, D., & Brown, C.S. (Eds.) The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Group Processes in Children and Adolescents. Wiley-Blackwell. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118773123.ch15
Schacter, H.L, Greenberg, S., & Juvonen, J. (2016). Who’s to blame?: The effects of victim disclosure on bystander reactions to cyberbullying. Computers in Human Behavior, 57, 115-121. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2015.11.018
Juvonen, J., Schacter, H.L., Sainio, M., & Salmivalli, C. (2016). Can a school-wide bullying prevention program improve the plight of victims?: Evidence for risk X intervention effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 84(4), 334-344. https://doi.org/10.1037/ccp0000116
Juvonen, J., Espinoza, G., & Schacter, H.L. (2016). Bullying. In H. Friedman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Mental Health, Second Edition. Academic Press. https://psyarxiv.com/u53gs/
2016
Schacter, H.L. & Juvonen, J. (2015). The effects of school-level victimization on self-blame: Evidence for contextualized social cognitions. Developmental Psychology, 51(6), 841-847. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000016
Schacter, H.L., White, S.J., Chang, V.Y., & Juvonen, J. (2015). “Why me?”: Characterological self-blame and continued victimization in the first year of middle school. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 44(3), 446-456. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2013.865194