Michael C. Lambert

Michael C. Lambert, Ph.D.

Dr. Lambert is a senior researcher at 3-C Institute for Social Development. His research interests include classification and measurement of behavioral, emotional , and social functioning in children, adults and families internationally with special focuses on behavioral and emotional strengths and difficulties in children and families of the African Diaspora as well as attitudes and behavior toward behavioral and emotional difficulties in children and adults internationally.

Positions

  • Senior Researcher, 3-C Institute for Social Development, Cary, NC
  • Honorary Lecturer, Departments of Child Heath and Psychiatry, University of the West Indies, Mona

 

Education

  • Ph.D., 1988, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Clinical Child and General Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Rudy, D. D., Awong, T., & Lambert, M. C. (in press). Parental Psychological Control and Authoritarianism in Chinese Canadian and European Canadian Culture Groups: Their Meanings and Implications for University Students' Adjustment. Journal of Comparative Family Studies.
  • Lambert, M. C. Williams, S. G., Morrison, J. W., Mayfield, W. A., Thornburg, K. R., & Samms-Vaughan, M. E. (2008). Evaluating the indicators for the Language-Reasoning Scale of the Early Childhood Environment Rating Scale-Revised (ECERS-R) in Caribbean classrooms. International Journal of Early Years Education, 16, 25-44.
  • Lambert, M. C., Essau, C. E. Schmitt, N., & Samms-Vaughan, M. E. (2007). Dimensionality and psychometric invariance of the Youth Self-Report Form of the Child Behavior Checklist in cross-national settings. Assessment, 14, 231-245.
  • Lambert, M. C. & Rowan, G. T. (2007). Factors that contribute directly and indirectly to academic achievement in Black children: A causal modeling approach. Journal of the Association of Black School Educators, 6, 41-60.
  • Lambert, M. C., Rowan, G. T., Longhurst, J., & Kim, S. (2006) Strengths as the foundation for intervention with Black youth, Reclaiming Children & Youth. The Journal of Strength-Based intervention, 15, 147-154.