Publications

Below is a list of Dr. Andrews’ academic publications. If you would like a PDF copy of any of these, please feel free to email [email protected].

Paredes, X., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dawes, M. (in press). Does it hurt more to be called “gay” or “pizza face”? Gender differences in teasing content and associated harm. Archives of Sexual Behavior.

Volk, A. A., Dane, A. V., Craig, W., Spadafora, N., Andrews, N. C. Z., Vitoroulis, I., Farrell, A. H., & Lambe, L. J. (2025). Cooperative versus competitive social power in adolescence. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 12(9), 8-30. Doi: 10.14738/assrj.1209.19332

Andrews, N. C. Z. & Dawes, M. (2025). “I laughed along for years but hated it inside:” Understanding nuance in peer teasing experiences using a thematic analysis. Journal of Adolescence. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.70032

Andrews, N. C. Z., Dane, A. V., Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., Volk, A. A., & Farrell, A. H. (2025). A dyadic perspective on evolutionarily relevant aggressive functions: Considering links to victim characteristics. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2025.101851

MacAulay, K., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Lee, G. J., & Pepler, D. J. (2025). Pathways of perceived change in an interpersonal violence intervention for mothers: The importance of self-compassion. Behavioral Sciences, 15(6), 739. https://doi.org/10.3390/bs15060739

Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2025). Modeling changes in classroom incivility across adolescence. Journal of Adolescence, 97(6), 1680-1686. doi: http://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12509

Dawes, M. & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2025). What are the features of playful and harmful teasing and what crosses the line? A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative research on peer teasing. Adolescence Research Review. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-025-00262-6

Rakhra, M., Moore, S., Ramey, H., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2025). Provision of mental health supports in Ontario elementary schools: A critical literature review. Relational Child and Youth Care Practice, 37(3), 9-37.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Pakkal, O., & Dawes, M. (2024). Is teasing meant to be mean or nice? Associations between adolescent social experiences and teasing attitudes in emerging adults. Personal Relationships, 31(4), 1027-1046. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/pere.12567

Al-Jbouri, E., Volk, A. A., Spadafora, N., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2024). Friends, followers, peers, and posts: Adolescents’ in-person and online friendship networks and social media use influences on friendship closeness via the importance of technology for social connection. Frontiers in Developmental Psychology, 2, 1419756. Doi: 10.3389/fdpys.2024.1419756

Andrews, N. C. Z. & Dawes, M. (2024). Using retrospective reports to develop profiles of harmful versus playful teasing experiences. Journal of Adolescence, 96(7), 1512-1526. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jad.12359

Racine, N., Barriault, S., Motz, M., Leslie, M., Poole, N., Premji, S., Andrews, N. C. Z., Penaloza, D., Pepler, D. J. (2024). A comparative effectiveness study of the Breaking the Cycle and Maxxine Wright intervention programs for substance-involved mothers and their children: Study protocol. BMC Psychology, 12(16), 1-10. Doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s40359-023-01484-w

Andrews, N. C. Z. (2023). A model of peer aggression and victimization on the social spectrum: A relational perspective. Developmental Review, 69. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dr.2023.101088

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., Leslie, M., & DeMarchi, G. (2023). A qualitative examination of mothers’ experiences in an interpersonal violence intervention initiative. Journal of Family Violence. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10896-023-00574-y

Andrews, N. C. Z., Cillessen, A. H. N., Craig, W., Dane, A. V., & Volk, A. A. (2023). Bullying and the abuse of power.International Journal of Bullying Prevention – The Legacy of Dan Olweus Special Issue. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s42380-023-00170-0 *authors listed in alphabetical order.

Al-Jbouri, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., Peddigrew, E., Fortier, A., & Weaver, T. (2022). Building elementary students’ social and emotional skills: A randomized control trial to evaluate a teacher-led intervention. School Mental Health.doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-022-09538-x

Peddigrew, E., McNamara, J., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Sendzik-Sinclair, S. (2022). Transitioning to post-secondary education with a learning disability: Identifying similarities and gaps between first-hand experiences and university transition programs. International Journal for Research in Learning Disabilities, 5(2), 55-69. doi: https://doi.org/10.28987/ijrld.5.2.5

Peddigrew, E., Andrews, N. C. Z., Al-Jbouri, E., Fortier, A., & Weaver, T. (2022). Mechanisms supporting students’ social and emotional learning development: Qualitative findings from a teacher-led intervention. Canadian Journal of Community Mental Health, 41(3), 1-18. doi:10.7870/cjcmh-2022-019

Andrews, N. C. Z., Cook, R. E., & Martin, C. L. (2022). Who am I and what do my peers think: How do gender identity and peer norms relate to other-gender friendship. Social Development, 31(3), 900-915. doi: https://doi.org/1111/sode.12584

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Martin, C. L., DeLay, D., & Updegraff, K. A. (2022). Power in aggressor-victim relationships: Exploring social, physical, gender- and ethnicity-based power. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 51, 208-224. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-021-01555-4

Dane, A. V., Lapierre, K. R., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2022). Evolutionarily relevant aggressive functions: Differentiating competitive, impression management, sadistic, and reactive motives. Aggressive Behavior, 48(3), 331-340. doi: https://doi.org/1002/ab.22020

Spadafora, N., Al-Jbouri, E., McDowell, H., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Volk, A. A. (2022). Be a little rude, but not too much: Exploring classroom incivility and social network position in adolescents. Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(4), 565-585. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316211058074

Volk, A. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dane, A. V. (2022). Balance of power and adolescent aggression. Psychology of Violence, 12(1), 31-41. doi: https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000398

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2021). Cumulative risk, protection, and early intervention: Neurodevelopment in sibling groups exposed prenatally to substances. Developmental Neuropsychology, 46(7), 498-517. doi: 1080/87565641.2021.1986044

Volk, A. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., & Dane, A. V. (2021). Balance of power and adolescent aggression. Psychology of Violence. doi:https://doi.org/10.1037/vio0000398

Andrews, N. C. Z., McDowell, H., Spadafora, N., Dane, A. V. (2021). Using social network position to understand early adolescents’ power and dominance within a school context. School Psychology. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/spq0000445

Halim, M. L., Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., Zosuls, K. M., & Ruble, D. N. (2021). Enjoying each other’s company: Gaining other-gender friendships promotes positive gender attitudes among ethnically diverse children.Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 47(12), 1625-1653. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0146167220984407

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2021). A qualitative framework of cumulative risk and protection for understanding clinical progress: A multiple case study approach. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6(1), 83-98. doi: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2020.1855612

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Pepler, D. J. (2021). A dyadic perspective on aggressive behavior between friends. Aggressive Behavior, 47(2), 194-204. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.21938

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2021). A national implementation of a community-based intervention for mothers experiencing violence in relationships. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(1), 92-102. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000810

Singh, C. D., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., Leslie, M., & Zuberi, S. (2020). Trauma-informed and relational approaches to service provision: Building community-based project capacity to respond to interpersonal violence through a national initiative. BMC Public Health, 20 (1833), 1-13. doi: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-09960-3

Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Prestigious youth are leaders but central youth are powerful: What social network position tells us about peer relationships. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 631-644doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-019-01080-5

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2020). Developing and testing a readiness tool for violence prevention partnerships with community-based projects. Journal of Community Psychology, 48, 1715-1731. doi: https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22361

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Establishing clinically and theoretically grounded cross-domain cumulative risk and protection scores in sibling groups exposed prenatally to substances. Child Abuse and Neglect, 108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104631

Bondi, B. C., Pepler, D. J., Motz, M., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2020). Cumulative risk and protection measures data. Data in Brief, 32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.106129

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Bondi, B. C., Leslie, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Using a developmental-relational approach to understand the impact of interpersonal violence in women who struggle with substance use. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1-14. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16234861

Motz, M., Andrews, N. C. Z., Bondi, B. C., Leslie, M., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Addressing the impact of interpersonal violence in women who struggle with substance use through developmental-relational strategies in a community program. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16, 1-9. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16214197

Andrews, N. C. Z., Pepler, D. J., & Motz, M. (2019). Research and evaluation with community-based projects: Approaches, considerations, and strategies. American Journal of Evaluation, 40, 548-561. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/1098214019835821

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., Cook, R. E., Field, R. D., & England, D. E. (2019) Exploring dual gender typicality among young adults in the United States. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 314-321doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418811125

Endendijk, J. J., Andrews, N. C. Z., England, D. E., & Martin, C. L. (2019). Gender-identity typologies are related to gender-typing, friendships, and social-emotional adjustment in Dutch emerging adults. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 43, 322-333. doi: https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025418820686

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Updegraff, K. A., DeLay, D., & Martin, C. L. (2019). Dyadic peer interactions: The impact of aggression on impression formation with new peers. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47, 839-850doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-018-0490-y

Latuskie, K. A., Leibson, T., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., & Ito, S. (2019). Substance use in pregnancy among vulnerable women seeking addiction and parenting support. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction, 17, 137-150. doi: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-0005-7

Latuskie, K. A., Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Leibson, T., Austin, Z., Ito, S., & Pepler, D. J. (2019). Reasons for substance use continuation and discontinuation during pregnancy. Women and Birth, 32, e57-e64. doi: 10.1016/j.wombi.2018.04.001

Andrews, N. C. Z., Santos, C. E., Cook, R. E., & Martin, C. L. (2018). Gender discrimination hinders other-gender friendship formation in diverse youth. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 59, 16-25. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2018.02.006

Andrews, N. C. Z., Motz, M., Pepler, D. J., Jeong, J. J., & Khoury, J. (2018). Engaging mothers with substance use issues and their children in early intervention: Understanding use of service and outcomes. Child Abuse and Neglect, 83, 10-20doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.06.011

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., DeLay, D., Martin, C. L., & Updegraff, K. A. (2018). Relations between close friendships and adolescent aggression: Structural and behavioral friendship features. Social Development, 27, 293-307doi: 10.1111/sode.12277

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Santos, C. E. (2017a). Reciprocal associations between delinquent behavior and social network position during middle school. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 46, 1918-1932. doi: 10.1007/s10964-017-0643-2

Field, R. D., Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., England, D. E., & Zosuls, K. M. (2017). The influence of gender-based relationship efficacy on attitudes toward school. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 63, 396-422. doi: 10.13110/merrpalmquar1982.63.3.0396.

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., & Santos, C. E. (2017b). Does an aggressor’s target choice matter? Assessing change in the social network prestige of aggressive youth. Aggressive Behavior, 43, 364-374. doi: 10.1002/ab.21695

Martin, C. L., Cook, R. E., & Andrews, N. C. Z. (2017). Revisiting androgyny: A modern day perspective on flexibility of gender identity and behavior. Sex Roles, 76, 592-603doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0602-5

Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., England, D. E., Zosuls, K. M., & Ruble, D. N. (2017). A dual identity approach for conceptualizing and measuring children’s gender identity. Child Development, 88, 167-182doi: 10.1111/cdev.12568

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., & Gallagher, A. M. (2016). On the association between self-reported own- and other-gender similarity and the use of physical and relational aggression in sixth grade children. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45, 1817-1826doi: 10.1007/s10508-015-0685-z

Zosuls, K. M., Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., England, D. E., & Field, R. D. (2016). Developmental changes in the link between gender typicality and peer victimization and exclusion. Sex Roles, 75, 243-256. doi: 10.1007/s11199-016-0608-z

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Updegraff, K. A., Martin, C. L., & Santos, C. E. (2016).Targeted victimization: Exploring linear and curvilinear associations between social network prestige and victimization. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 45, 1772-1785doi: 10.1007/s10964-016-0450-1

Andrews, N. C. Z., Martin, C. L., Field, R. D., Cook, R., E., & Lee, J. (2016). Development of expectancies about own- and other-gender group interactions and their school-related consequences. Child Development, 87, 1423-1435. doi: 10.1111/cdev.12596

Hanish, L. D., Andrews, N. C. Z., Kornienko, O., Santos, C., Rodkin, P. C., & Granger, K. L. (2016). Being in the know: Early adolescents’ knowledge of who bullies whom. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36, 646-678. doi: 10.1177/2072431615577203

Zosuls, K. M., Field, R. D., Martin, C. L., Andrews, N. C. Z., & England, D. E. (2014). Gender-based relationship efficacy: Children’s self-perceptions in intergroup contexts. Child Development, 85, 1663-1676doi: 10.1111/cdev.12209

Andrews, N. C. Z., Hanish, L. D., Fabes, R. A., & Martin, C. L. (2014). With whom and where you play: Preschoolers’ social context predicts peer victimization. Social Development, 23, 357-375doi: 10.1111/sode.12051