Catherine Costigan

Associate Professor
Ph.D. 1996 (Michigan State)
joined Department in 1998

My research and clinical interests focus on family relationships and youth adjustment. The current primary focus of my research is a longitudinal investigation of the relations among acculturation, parent-adolescent relationships, parenting, and adjustment for parents and adolescents in immigrant Chinese families. In a second line of research, I study the long-term development of children with intellectual limitations in a 14-year longitudinal study of the reciprocal influences between family functioning and child development.

Response to recent MacLean's article

Interests

Clinical lifespan development
Family psychology
Immigration
Disabilities

Program affiliations

Clinical psychology

Publications

Hua, J. M., & Costigan, C. L. (2011). The familial context of adolescent language brokering within immigrant Chinese families in Canada. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. Published online June 17, 2011

Costigan, C. L., & Koryzma, C. M. (2011). Acculturation and adjustment among immigrant Chinese parents: Mediating role of parenting efficacy. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 58, 183-196.

Costigan, C. L. (2011). Embracing complexity in the study of acculturation gaps: Directions for future research. Human Development, 53, 341-349.

Costigan, C. L., Su, T. F., & Hua, J. M. (2010). Living up to expectations: The strengths and challenges experienced by Chinese Canadian students. Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 25, 223-245.

Costigan, C. L., Koryzma, C. M., Hua, J. M., & Chance, L. J. (2010). Ethnic identity, achievement, and psychological adjustment: Examining risk and resilience among youth from immigrant Chinese families in Canada. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 16, 264-278.

Costigan, C. L., Su, T. F., & Hua, J. M. (2009). Ethnic identity among Chinese Canadian youth: A review of the Canadian literature. Canadian Psychology, 50, 261-272.

Su, T. F., & Costigan, C. L. (2009). The development of children's ethnic identity in immigrant Chinese families in Canada: The role of parenting practices and children's perceptions of parental family obligation expectations. Journal of Early Adolescence, 29, 638-663.

Costigan, C. L., & Su, T. F. (2008). Cultural predictors of the parenting cognitions of immigrant Chinese mothers and fathers in Canada. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 32, 432-442.

Costigan, C. L. & Dokis, D. P. (2006). The relations between parent-child acculturation differences and adjustment within immigrant Chinese families. Child Development, 77, 1252-1267.

Costigan, C. L., & Dokis, D. P. (2006). Similarities and differences in acculturation among mothers, fathers, and children in immigrant Chinese families. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 37, 723-741.

Costigan, C. L., Bardina, P., Cauce, A. M., Kim, G., & Latendresse, S.J. (2006). Inter- and intra-group variability in perceptions of behavior among Asian Americans and European Americans. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 12(4), 710-724.

Chia, A.-L., & Costigan, C. L. (2006). Understanding multidimensionality of acculturation among Chinese Canadians. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science, 38, 311-324.

Chia, A.-L., & Costigan, C. L. (2006). A person-centred approach to identifying acculturation groups among Chinese Canadians. International Journal of Psychology, 41, 394-412.