Angela Scarpa
Professor Scarpa has several research interests, including:
(1) Development and prevention of antisocial behavior, childhood behavior problems, and psychopathology (in particular, anxiety disorders, depression, and personality disorders).
(2) Consequences of childhood abuse, violence victimization/exposure, other trauma, and emotion dysregulation.
(3) Biological and social contributions to the development of behavioral and emotional problems such as aggression, anxiety, and depression.
Currently, Professor Scarpa is studying psychophysiological profiles that may underlie different forms of aggression in children; psychological assessments of clients whose child is being or has been investigated for maltreatment; neuropsychological deficits associated with antisocial behavior; community violence exposure in middle school students; and the developmental progression of personality features from late adolescence to young adulthood.
Primary Interests:
- Aggression, Conflict, Peace
- Emotion, Mood, Affect
- Neuroscience, Psychophysiology
- Personality, Individual Differences
Journal Articles:
- Scarpa, A. (2001). Community violence exposure in a young adult sample: Lifetime prevalence and socioemotional effects. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 16(1), 36-53.
- Scarpa, A., & Kolko, D. J. (1996). Aggression in physically abused children: The role of distress proneness. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 794, 405-408.
- Scarpa, A., & Raine, A. (1997). Biology of wickedness. Psychiatric Annals, 27, 624-629.
- Scarpa, A., & Raine, A. (1997). Psychophysiology of anger and violent behavior. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 20, 375-394.
- Scarpa, A., Bowser, F. M., Fikretoglu, D., Romero, N., & Wilson, J. W. (1999). Effects of community violence II: Interactions with psychophysiologic functioning. Psychophysiology [Abstract], 36(Supp), 102.
- Scarpa, A., Fikretoglu, D., & Luscher K. A. (2000). Community violence exposure in a young adult sample: II. Psychophysiology and aggressive behavior. Journal of Community Psycholoy, 28, 417-425.
- Scarpa, A., Fikretoglu, D., Bowser, F. M., Romero, N., & Wilson, J. W. (1999). Effects of community violence I: Relationship between psychologic and psychophysiologic functioning. Psychophysiology [Abstract], 36(Supp), 102.
- Scarpa, A., Raine, A., Venables, P. H., & Mednick, S. A. (1997). Heart rate and skin conductance in behaviorally inhibited Mauritian children. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 106, 182-190.
Courses Taught:
- Abnormal Psychology
- Graduate Practicum in Clinical Psychology
- Introductory Psychology
- Psychological Disorders of Children
- Senior Seminar, Aggression and Violence
- Theories of Personality
Angela Scarpa
Department of Psychology
331 Williams Hall
Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia 24061-0436
United States of America
- Phone: (540) 231-2615
- Fax: (540) 231-3652