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Melvin N. Wilson, Ph.D.
Introduction
Melvin N. Wilson is well known for his contributions to the fields of family therapy and psychology, for studying aspects of cultural diversity and cross-cultural research with African-American families and low-income ethnically diverse families. He is a well-known mental health professional in Charleston, Virginia. More specifically, he has explored outcome research and process-based research; he has influenced the field through prevention, education, and intervention with low-income families and youth, particularly with African-American young adults, youth, and toddlers around problem behaviors and conduct disorders.
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Melvin Wilson began his career in psychology in the state of Illinois. He did his undergraduate education, at Millikin University, and obtained his latter two degrees (masters and doctorate) at the University of Illinois. Currently, Dr. Wilson is a research faculty and professor at the University of Virginia; he has worked...
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Cicchetti, D., Shaw, D. S., Sitnick, S. L., Brennan, L. M., Choe, D. E., Dishion, T. J., et al. (2016). The long-term effectiveness of the family check-up on school-age conduct problems: Moderation by neighborhood deprivation. Development & Psychopathology, 28(4pt2), 1471–1486. doi:10.1017/S0954579415001212.
Dishion, T., Mun, C., Drake, E., Tien, J., Shaw, D., & Wilson, M. (2015). A transactional approach to preventing early childhood neglect: The family check-up as a public health strategy. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1647–1660. doi:10.1017/S0954579415001005.
Galán, C. A., Shaw, D. S., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2016). Neighborhood deprivation during early childhood and conduct problems in middle childhood: Mediation by aggressive response generation. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. doi:10.1007/s10802-016-0209-x.
Gross, H. E., Shaw, D. S., Moilanen, K. L., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2008). Reciprocal models of child behavior and depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers in a sample of children at risk for early conduct problems. Journal of Family Psychology, 22(5), 742–751.
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Seshadri, G. (2017). Wilson, Melvin. In: Lebow, J., Chambers, A., Breunlin, D. (eds) Encyclopedia of Couple and Family Therapy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-15877-8_854-1
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