Karen Mooney
Lecturer
Bailey 135
(585)245-6047
mooneyk@geneseo.edu
Karen Mooney has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 2012.
Coordinator for Human Development Minor/Concentration
Research Interests
My research focuses on the quality of peer relationships (friendships and romantic relationships) in both adolescence and emerging adulthood, and utilizes both variable-oriented (comparing the values of variables to the values of other variables) and person-oriented (differentiating subgroups of individuals on the basis of distinctive patterns) approaches, taking advantage of their complimentary nature.
Recent Courses Taught
- PSYC 215 Child Development
- PSYC 216 Adolescent Development
- PSYC 250 Introduction to Behavioral Statistics
- PSYC 321 Developmental Psychology: Emerging Adulthood
- PSYC 321 Developmental Psychology: Family Psychology
Office Hours
- Drop-in office hours for Spring 2026
- Mondays 4:15 – 5:15 pm
- Tuesdays 1:30 – 2:30 pm
- Wednesdays 3:00 – 4:00 pm
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Developmental Psychology, Florida Atlantic University, 2007
M.S., Developmental Psychology, Purdue University, 2003
B.A., Psychology, Gettysburg College, 1997
Selected Publications
Hiatt, C., Laursen, B., Mooney, K. S., & Rubin, K. H. (2015). Forms of friendship: A person-centered assessment of the quality, stability, and outcomes of different types of adolescent friends. Personality and Individual Differences, 77, 149-155. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.12.051
Mooney, K. S., & Laursen, B. (2011). Relationship networks. In R. J. R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Adolescence, Volume 4 (pp. 2334-2338). New York, NY: Springer.
Laursen, B., & Mooney, K. S. (2008). Relationship network quality: Adolescent adjustment and perceptions of relationships with parents and friends. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 78, 47-53. doi:10.1037/0002-9432.78.1.47
Mooney, K. S., Laursen, B., & Adams, R. E. (2007). Social support and positive development: Looking on the bright side of adolescent close relationships. In R. K. Silbereisen & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Approaches to positive youth development (pp. 189-203). Los Angeles, CA: Sage.
Laursen, B., Furman, W., & Mooney, K. S. (2006). Predicting interpersonal competence and self-worth from adolescent relationships and relationship networks: Variable-centered and person-centered perspectives. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 52, 572-600. doi:10.1353/mpq.2006.0030