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Research Interests:

I am interested in the development and application of derivative based analyses and dynamical systems within psychology. In developing these techniques, I interested in expanding methods to allow for the small, noisy time series that are common to much of psychology. In particular, I am interested in tools that will allow for intraindividual time series modeling prior to the modeling of interindividual differences. I have worked with range of applied topics including: the motion of individuals and dyads in dance and conversation, coupling of patients with rapid cycling bipolar disorder to weather, several projects on resiliency and affect in older adults, and the coupling of maternal depression with child behavior.

Selected Publications:

Deboeck, P. R., Montpetit, M. A., Bergeman, C. S. & Boker, S. M. (in press). Describing Intraindividual Variability at Multiple Time Scales Using Derivative Estimates. Psychological Methods.

Deboeck, P. R., Boker, S. M. & Bergeman, C. S. (2008). Modeling Individual Damped Linear Oscillator Processes with Differential Equations: Using Surrogate Data Analysis to Estimate the Smoothing Parameter. Multivariate Behavioral Research, 43(4), 497-523.

Boker, S. M., Leibenluft, E., Deboeck, P. R., Virk, G. & Postolache, T. T. (2008). Mood Oscillations and Coupling Between Mood and Weather in Patients with Rapid Cycling Bipolar Disorder. International Journal of Child Health and Human Development, 1(2), 181-202.