Philip R. Costanzo | Scholars@Duke

Philip R. Costanzo
Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience

Research Interests: Research interests include (1) The development of children's ideas and beliefs about the social environment. This includes an interest in the underlying cognitive processes that mediate social reasoning skills, the relationship between parental beliefs and values and children's social perceptions social competence and social rule acquisition and its relationship to social conformity. (2) The relationships between adult values and motivations and depressive states. Also, how social-cognitive biases pertinent to affective disorders develop and are socialized by parental norms and family systems properties. (3) Psychological and social concomitants of obesity, overeating, self-restrictive eating, anorexia and bulimia. Particularly concerned with the relationship between cultural and sex-role norms pertaining to women and the emergence of eating disorders.

Clinical Interests: Community-school consultation, group psychotherapy, psycho- and "socio"-therapy with troubled and troublesome children and their families, individual adult psychotherapy and therapeutic strategies for working with distressed eating-disordered clients.

Current Appointments & Affiliations

Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2014

Contact Information

244 Soc Psych Bldg, Durham, NC 27708
Duke Box 90085, Durham, NC 27708-0085
costanzo@duke.edu (919) 660-5717

Background
Education, Training, & Certifications
- Ph.D., University of Florida 1967
Duke Appointment History
- Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 2006 - 2014
- Faculty Network Member of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, University Institutes and Centers 2008 - 2014
- Professor with Tenure, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1979 - 2006
- Chair, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1991 - 1999
- Associate Professor with Tenure, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1973 - 1979
- Assistant Professor, Psychology and Neuroscience, Trinity College of Arts & Sciences 1968 - 1973
Research
Selected Grants
- MAD Lab (Moral Attitudes and Decisions Laboratory) awarded by New Hampshire Charitable Foundation 2016
- Training in Psychological Intervention Research awarded by National Institutes of Health 2006 - 2011
- Determinants and Consequences of Alcohol Consumption awarded by National Institutes of Health 2005 - 2011
- Life-Paths, Substance Use, and Transition to Adulthood awarded by National Institute for Child Health & Human Develo 2005 - 2008
- Minority Predoctoral Fellowship Program awarded by National Institutes of Health 2001 - 2003
- Evaluating a Stage Model in the Prediction of Latinas' Cervical Cancer Screening Practices: The Role of Psychosocial and awarded by National Science Foundation 2002 - 2003
Publications & Artistic Works
Selected Publications
- Academic Articles
  - Hussong, AM, Langley, HA, Rothenberg, WA, Coffman, JL, Halberstadt, AG, Costanzo, PR, and Mokrova, I. "Raising grateful children one day at a time(Accepted)." Applied Developmental Science (May 9, 2018): 1-14. Full Text
  - Hussong, AM, Langley, HA, Thomas, TE, Coffman, JL, Halberstadt, AG, Costanzo, PR, and Rothenberg, WA. "Measuring gratitude in children(Accepted)." Journal of Positive Psychology (January 1, 2018). Full Text
  - Golonka, MM, Peairs, KF, Malone, PS, Grimes, CL, and Costanzo, PR. "Natural Peer Leaders as Substance Use Prevention Agents: the Teens' Life Choice Project." Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research 18, no. 5 (July 2017): 555-566. Full Text
  - Rothenberg, WA, Hussong, AM, Langley, HA, Egerton, GA, Halberstadt, AG, Coffman, JL, Mokrova, I, and Costanzo, PR. "Grateful parents raising grateful children: Niche selection and the socialization of child gratitude." Applied developmental science 21, no. 2 (January 2017): 106-120. Full Text
  - Gohar, D, Leary, MR, and Costanzo, PR. "Self-Presentational Congruence and Psychosocial Adjustment: A Test of Three Models." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 35, no. 7 (September 2016): 589-608. Full Text
  - Halberstadt, AG, Langley, HA, Hussong, AM, Rothenberg, WA, Coffman, JL, Mokrova, I, and Costanzo, PR. "Parents' understanding of gratitude in children: A thematic analysis." Early Childhood Research Quarterly 36 (March 3, 2016): 439-451. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR. "Conscientiousness in life course context: a commentary." Developmental psychology 50, no. 5 (May 2014): 1460-1464. Full Text
  - Armstrong, JM, Ruttle, PL, Burk, LR, Costanzo, PR, Strauman, TJ, and Essex, MJ. "Early risk factors for alcohol use across high school and its covariation with deviant friends." J Stud Alcohol Drugs 74, no. 5 (September 2013): 746-756. Link to Item
  - Richman, LS, Boynton, MH, Costanzo, P, and Banas, K. "Interactive Effects of Discrimination and Racial Identity on Alcohol-Related Thoughts and Use." Basic and Applied Social Psychology 35, no. 4 (July 2013): 396-407. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Fuemmeler, BF, Yang, C, Costanzo, P, Hoyle, RH, Siegler, IC, Williams, RB, and Ostbye, T. "Parenting styles and body mass index trajectories from adolescence to adulthood." Health Psychol 31, no. 4 (July 2012): 441-449. Full Text Link to Item
  - Sheppard, CS, Golonka, M, and Costanzo, PR. "Evaluating the impact of a substance use intervention program on the peer status and influence of adolescent peer leaders." Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research 13, no. 1 (February 2012): 75-85. Full Text
  - Sloan, FA, Costanzo, PR, Belsky, D, Holmberg, E, Malone, PS, Wang, Y, and Kertesz, S. "Heavy drinking in early adulthood and outcomes at mid life." J Epidemiol Community Health 65, no. 7 (July 2011): 600-605. Full Text Link to Item
  - Peairs, KF, Eichen, D, Putallaz, M, Costanzo, PR, and Grimes, CL. "Academic Giftedness and Alcohol Use in Early Adolescence." The Gifted Child Quarterly 55, no. 2 (April 2011): 95-110. Full Text
  - Burk, LR, Armstrong, JM, Goldsmith, HH, Klein, MH, Strauman, TJ, Costanzo, P, and Essex, MJ. "Sex, temperament, and family context: how the interaction of early factors differentially predict adolescent alcohol use and are mediated by proximal adolescent factors." Psychology of Addictive Behaviors : Journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors 25, no. 1 (March 2011): 1-15. Full Text Open Access Copy
  - Li, Y, Costanzo, PR, and Putallaz, M. "Maternal socialization goals, parenting styles, and social-emotional adjustment among Chinese and European American young adults: testing a mediation model." J Genet Psychol 171, no. 4 (October 2010): 330-362. Full Text Link to Item
  - Platt, A, Sloan, FA, and Costanzo, P. "Alcohol-consumption trajectories and associated characteristics among adults older than age 50." Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs 71, no. 2 (March 2010): 169-179.
  - Sloan, FA, Malone, PS, Kertesz, SG, Wang, Y, and Costanzo, PR. "Racial differences in the relationship between alcohol consumption in early adulthood and occupational attainment at midlife." Am J Public Health 99, no. 12 (December 2009): 2261-2267. Full Text Link to Item
  - Lansford, JE, Killeya-Jones, LA, Miller, S, and Costanzo, PR. "Early adolescents' social standing in peer groups: behavioral correlates of stability and change." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 38, no. 8 (September 2009): 1084-1095. Full Text
  - Dunsmore, JC, Bradburn, IS, Costanzo, PR, and Fredrickson, BL. "Mothers' expressive style and emotional responses to children's behavior predict children's prosocial and achievement-related self-ratings." International Journal of Behavioral Development 33, no. 3 (January 1, 2009): 253-264. Full Text
  - Lansford, JE, Costanzo, PR, Grimes, C, Putallaz, M, Miller, S, and Malone, PS. "Social Network Centrality and Leadership Status: Links with Problem Behaviors and Tests of Gender Differences." Merrill Palmer Quarterly (Wayne State University. Press) 55, no. 1 (January 2009): 1-25. Full Text
  - Miller Johnson, S, Lansford, JE, Costanzo, PR, Malone, PS, Golonka, M, and Killeya Jones, LA. "Early adolescent dating relationships, peer standing, and risk-taking behaviors." Journal of Early Adolescence 29 (2009): 839-861. (Academic Article)
  - Miller, S, Dr, JEL, Costanzo, P, Dr, PSM, Golonka, M, and Dr, LAK-J. "Early adolescent romantic partner status, peer standing, and problem behaviors." Journal of Early Adolescence 29, no. 6 (2009): 839-861. Full Text
  - Quinlan, NP, Hoy, MB, and Costanzo, PR. "Sticks and stones: The effects of teasing on psychosocial functioning in an overweight treatment-seeking sample." Social Development 18, no. 4 (2009): 978-1001. Full Text
  - Quinlan, NP, Kolotkin, RL, Fuemmeler, BF, and Costanzo, PR. "Psychosocial outcomes in a weight loss camp for overweight youth." International Journal of Pediatric Obesity 4 (2009): 124-142. (Academic Article)
  - Quinlan, NP, Kolotkin, RL, Fuemmeler, BF, and Costanzo, PR. "Psychosocial outcomes in a weight loss camp for overweight youth." Int J Pediatr Obes 4, no. 3 (2009): 134-142. Full Text Link to Item
  - Arredondo, EM, Pollak, K, and Costanzo, PR. "Evaluating a stage model in predicting monolingual spanish-speaking Latinas' cervical cancer screening practices: the role of psychosocial and cultural predictors." Health Education & Behavior : the Official Publication of the Society for Public Health Education 35, no. 6 (December 2008): 791-805. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, and Hoy, MB. "Intergenerational relations: Themes, prospects, and possibilities." Journal of Social Issues 63, no. 4 (December 1, 2007): 885-902. Full Text
  - Killeya-Jones, LA, Costanzo, PR, Malone, P, Quinlan, NP, and Miller-Johnson, S. "Norm-Narrowing and Self- and Other-Perceived Aggression in Early-Adolescent Same-Sex and Mixed-Sex Cliques." Journal of School Psychology 45, no. 5 (October 2007): 549-565. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Malone, PS, Belsky, D, Kertesz, S, Pletcher, M, and Sloan, FA. "Longitudinal differences in alcohol use in early adulthood." J Stud Alcohol Drugs 68, no. 5 (September 2007): 727-737. Link to Item
  - Humphreys, M, Costanzo, P, Haynie, KL, Ostbye, T, Boly, I, Belsky, D, and Sloan, F. "Racial disparities in diabetes a century ago: evidence from the pension files of US Civil War veterans." Social Science & Medicine (1982) 64, no. 8 (April 2007): 1766-1775. Full Text
  - Killeya-Jones, LA, Nakajima, R, and Costanzo, PR. "Peer standing and substance use in early-adolescent grade-level networks: a short-term longitudinal study." Prevention Science : the Official Journal of the Society for Prevention Research 8, no. 1 (March 2007): 11-23. Full Text
  - Humphreys, M, Costanzo, P, Haynie, K, Ostybe, T, Boly, I, Belsky, D, and Sloan, F. "Racial disparities in diabetes a century ago: Evidence from pension files of U.S. Civil war veterans." Social Science and Medicine 64, no. 8 (2007): 11-24. (Academic Article)
  - Friedman, KE, Reichmann, SK, Costanzo, PR, Zelli, A, Ashmore, JA, and Musante, GJ. "Weight stigmatization and ideological beliefs: relation to psychological functioning in obese adults." Obesity Research 13, no. 5 (May 2005): 907-916. Full Text
  - Miller-Johnson, S, Costanzo, PR, Coie, JD, Rose, MR, Browne, DC, and Johnson, C. "Peer Social Structure and Risk-Taking Behaviors among African American Early Adolescents." Journal of Youth and Adolescence 32, no. 5 (October 1, 2003): 375-384. Full Text
  - Arredondo, EM, Pollak, KI, Costanzo, P, McNeilly, M, and Myers, E. "Primary care residents' characteristics and motives for providing differential medical treatment of cervical cancer screening." Journal of the National Medical Association 95, no. 7 (July 1, 2003): 577-584.
  - Miller Johnson, S, Costanzo, PR, Coie, J, and Browne, D. "Peer relations and involvement in problem behaviors among African-American adolescents." Journal of Youth and Adolescence (2003). (Academic Article)
  - Arrendondo, E, Pollak, K, Lipkus, I, and Myers, E. "The influence of patient’s ethnicity on cervical medical treatment (Submitted)." Journal of the National Medical Association (2002). (Academic Article)
  - Costanzo, P. "Social exchange and the developing syntax of moral orientation." New directions for child and adolescent development , no. 95 (2002): 41-52.
  - Friedman, KE, Reichmann, SK, Costanzo, PR, and Musante, GJ. "Body image partially mediates the relationship between obesity and psychological distress." Obesity Research 10, no. 1 (January 2002): 33-41. Full Text
  - Kern, LS, Friedman, KE, Reichmann, SK, Costanzo, PR, and Musante, GJ. "Changing eating behavior: a preliminary study to consider broader measures of weight control treatment success." Eat Behav 3, no. 2 (2002): 113-121. Link to Item
  - Pollack, K, Arrendondo, EM, Yarnall, KS, Lipkus, I, Myers, E, and McNeilly, M. "Influence of stereotyping on primary care residents' smoking cessation counseling." Ethnicity and Disease 12 (2002): 578-585. (Academic Article)
  - Pollack, K, Arrendondo, EM, Yarnall, KS, Lipkus, I, Myers, E, and McNeilly, M. "How do residents' prioritize smoking cessation for young "high-risk" women?." Preventive Medicine 33 (2002): 292-299. (Academic Article)
  - Pollak, KI, Arredondo, EM, Yarnall, KSH, Lipkus, I, Myers, E, McNeilly, M, and Costanzo, P. "Influence of stereotyping in smoking cessation counseling by primary care residents." Ethn Dis 12, no. 4 (2002): 578-585. Link to Item
  - Pollak, KI, Arredondo, EM, Yarnall, KS, Lipkus, I, Myers, E, McNeilly, M, and Costanzo, P. "How do residents prioritize smoking cessation for young "high-risk" women? Factors associated with addressing smoking cessation." Preventive Medicine 33, no. 4 (October 2001): 292-299. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Reichmann, SK, Friedman, KE, and Musante, GJ. "The mediating effect of eating self-efficacy on the relationship between emotional arousal and overeating in the treatment-seeking obese." Eat Behav 2, no. 4 (2001): 363-368. Link to Item
  - Costanzo, PR, Musante, GJ, Friedman, KE, Kern, LS, and Tomlinson, K. "The gender specificity of emotional, situational, and behavioral indicators of binge eating in a diet-seeking obese population." The International Journal of Eating Disorders 26, no. 2 (September 1999): 205-210. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Musante, G, Freidman, M, Kern, L, and Tomlinson, K. "The gender specificity of emotional, situational, and behavioral indicators of binge-eating." International Journal of Eating Disorders 23 (1999): 65-75. (Academic Article)
  - Putallaz, M, Costanzo, PR, Grimes, CL, and Sherman, DM. "Intergenerational continuities and their influences on children's social development." Social Development 7, no. 3 (December 1, 1998): 388-427.
  - Musante, G, Costanzo, PR, and Freidman, K. "The commorbidity of depression and eating disregulation in a diet-seeking obese population: A matter of gender specificity." International Journal of Eating Disorders 23, no. 1 (1998): 65-77. (Academic Article)
  - Musante, GJ, Costanzo, PR, and Friedman, KE. "The comorbidity of depression and eating dysregulation processes in a diet-seeking obese population: a matter of gender specificity." Int J Eat Disord 23, no. 1 (January 1998): 65-75. Link to Item
  - Putallaz, M, Costanzo, PR, Grimes, CL, and Sherman, DM. "Intergenerational continuities and their influences on children's social development." Social Development 7, no. 3 (January 1, 1998): 389-427. (Review) Full Text Link to Item
  - March, JS, Amaya-Jackson, L, Terry, R, and Costanzo, P. "Posttraumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents after an industrial fire." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36, no. 8 (August 1997): 1080-1088. Full Text
  - March, JS, Amaya Jackson, L, Costanzo, PR, and Terry, R. "Post-Traumatic symptomatology in children and adolescents following an industrial fire in Hamlet, North Carolina." Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 36 (1997): 1080-1088. (Academic Article)
  - Wilson, JS, and Costanzo, PR. "A preliminary study of attachment, attention, and schizotypy in early adulthood." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology 15, no. 2 (January 1, 1996): 231-260. Full Text
  - Putallaz, M, Klein, TP, and Efron, LA. "Intergenerational and temporal continuities in peer relationships." Social Development (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Thompson, E, Boggiano, A, Costanzo, PR, Matter, J, and Ruble, D. "Age related changes in children's orientation to strategic peer interaction." Social Cognition (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Wilson, J. "Attachment, attention and schizotypy: Converging measures and connections." Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology (1995). (Academic Article)
  - Putallaz, M, Klein, TP, Costanzo, PR, and Hedges, LA. "Relating mothers' social framing to their children's entry competence with peers." Social Development 3, no. 3 (January 1, 1994): 222-237. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, and Siegel, AW. "Social Context, Social Behavior, and Socialization: Investigating the Child′s Developing Organization of the Behavioral Field." Journal of Experimental Child Psychology 55, no. 2 (April 1, 1993): 127-130. Full Text
  - Putallaz, M, Costanzo, PR, and Smith, RB. "Maternal recollections of childhood peer relationships: Implications for their children's social competence." Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 8, no. 3 (January 1, 1991): 403-422. Full Text
  - Woody, EZ, and Costanzo, PR. "Does Marital Agony Precede Marital Ecstasy? A Comment on Gottman and Krokoff's "Marital Interaction and Satisfaction: A Longitudinal View"." Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 58, no. 4 (January 1, 1990): 499-501. Full Text
  - WARWICK, ZOES, COSTANZO, PHILIPR, GILL, JAMESM, and SCHIFFMAN, SUSANS. "Eating Restraint, Presentation Order, and Time of Day Are Related to Sweet Taste Preferences." Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 575, no. 1 The Psychobio (December 1989): 588-591. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, and Schiffman, SS. "Thinness--not obesity--has a genetic component." Neurosci Biobehav Rev 13, no. 1 (1989): 55-58. (Review) Link to Item
  - Woody, EZ, Costanzo, PR, Liefer, H, and Conger, J. "The effects of taste and caloric perceptions on the eating behavior of restrained and unrestrained subjects." Cognitive Therapy and Research 5, no. 4 (December 1, 1981): 381-390. Full Text
  - Coie, JD, Costanzo, PR, and Cox, GB. "Behavioral determinants of mental illness concerns: a comparison of community subcultures." Am J Community Psychol 8, no. 5 (October 1980): 537-555. Link to Item
  - Conger, JC, Conger, AJ, Costanzo, PR, Wright, KL, and Matter, JA. "The effect of social cues on the eating behavior of obese and normal subjects." Journal of Personality 48, no. 2 (June 1980): 258-271. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, and Woody, EZ. "Externality as a function of obesity in children: pervasive style or eating-specific attribute?." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 37, no. 12 (December 1979): 2286-2296. Full Text
  - Alexander, IE, and Costanzo, PR. "Death anxiety, dissent, and competence." Journal of personality 47, no. 4 (1979): 734-751.
  - Lakin, M, Lakin, MG, and Costanzo, PR. "Group processes in early childhood: A dimension of human development." International Journal of Behavioral Development 2, no. 2 (January 1, 1979): 171-183. Full Text
  - Cox, G, Costanzo, PR, and Coie, JD. "A survey instrument for the assessment of popular conceptions of mental illness." J Consult Clin Psychol 44, no. 6 (December 1976): 901-909. Link to Item
  - Coie, JD, Costanzo, PR, and Cox, G. "Behavioral determinants of mental illness concerns: a comparison of "gatekeeper" professions." J Consult Clin Psychol 43, no. 5 (October 1975): 626-636. Link to Item
  - Costanzo, PR, Grumet, JF, and Brehm, SS. "The effects of choice and source of constraint on children's attributions of preference." Journal of Experimental Social Psychology 10, no. 4 (January 1, 1974): 352-364. Full Text
  - Coie, JD, Costanzo, PR, and Farnill, D. "Specific transitions in the development of spatial perspective-taking ability." Developmental Psychology 9, no. 2 (September 1, 1973): 167-177. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Coie, JD, Grumet, JF, and Farnill, D. "A reexamination of the effects of intent and consequence on children's moral judgments." Child Development 44, no. 1 (March 1973): 154-161. Full Text
  - Wortman, CB, Costanzo, PR, and Witt, TR. "Effect of anticipated performance on the attributions of causality to self and others." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 27, no. 3 (1973): 372-381. Full Text
  - Margulis, ST, Costanzo, PR, and Klein, AL. "Impression change and favorableness of first impressions: A study of population and of commitment effects." Psychonomic Science 22, no. 6 (January 1, 1971): 318-320. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR. "Conformity development as a function of self-blame." Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 14, no. 4 (1970): 366-374. Full Text
  - Costanzo, FS, Markel, NN, and Costanzo, PR. "Voice quality profile and perceived emotion." Journal of Counseling Psychology 16, no. 3 (1969): 267-270. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Reitan, HT, and Shaw, ME. "Conformity as a function of experimentally induced minority and majority competence." Psychonomic Science 10, no. 10 (October 1968): 329-330. Full Text
  - Goldman, J, Costanzo, PR, and Lehrke, SA. "Semantic satiation as a function of type of associate." Psychonomic Science 12, no. 6 (January 1, 1968): 267-268. Full Text
- Book Sections
  - Hussong, AM, Langley, HA, Coffman, JL, Halberstadt, AG, and Costanzo, PR. "Parent socialization of children’s gratitude." In Developing Gratitude in Children and Adolescents, 199-219. January 1, 2017. Full Text
  - Costanzo, PR, Hoyle, RH, and Leary, MR. "Personality, Social Psychology, and Psychopathology: Reflections on a Lewinian Vision." In The Oxford Handbook of Personality and Social Psychology. September 18, 2012. Full Text
Scholarly, Clinical, & Service Activities
Presentations & Appearances
Outreach & Engaged Scholarship
- Bass Connections Faculty Team Member . Moral Judgments by and about Stimulant Users. August 2014 - May 2015 2014 - 2015

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