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Gerald Farthing B.A, M.A., Ph.D.

Faculty Member in Psychology and Health Studies
STM Faculty Member in Psychology and Health Studies

Office
St. Thomas More 136

Research Area(s)

  • Parallel parenting orders in custody disputes
  • Emerging adulthood in carded athletes, workers in the labour force and in post secondary education
  • Eating behaviors and identity
  • Adolescent intimacy
  • Stress, coping and resiliency in children who are embroiled in custody disputes
  • Mood and eating disorders in children and adolescents
  • Friendships, romance and intimacy in adolescents

About me

Sample publications:

  • Birmingham, Michael, MacLeod, R.J., & Farthing, G.R. (1990). A supported independent living program for youth. Hospital and Community Psychiatry, Vol. 41, No. 8, pp. 924-927.

Research

Child and Adolescent Development Sports Psychology adolescent adulthood children eating disorders expert witness parenting sleep disorders stress

Clinical and community psychology; child and adolescent development; human relations and communication; adolescent and child depression; person perception; various Individual therapies for children and adolescents; stress, appraisal and coping research; sports psychology; expert witness; sleep disorders.