Current OSLC ProjectsAdolescent Latino Acculturation StudyHow do Latino families who have immigrated to the U.S. adapt to life in this country?
CouplesA life-span perspective of young men’s romantic partner selection.
Dissemination Model for Community Based InfrastructuresA collaborative effort between OSLC and Tillamook County to develop and maintain a community database for evaluation purposes.
Early Experience, Stress Neurobiology, and Prevention ScienceA grant funding a network of scientists studying the effects of stressful early environments on the developing brain and interventions that can remediate these effects.
Early Growth and Development Study: SchoolA nationwide study of the relationship between heredity and family environment on child development.
Early Growth and Development Study: Phase IIA nationwide study on understanding the relationship between heredity, the prenatal environment, and family environment in child development.
Family-Peer LinkagesAn examination of children’s abilities to self-manage their emotions and of their peer relations at school.
Healthy Family ProjectAn investigation of parent-management training efficacy with a sample from a rural Oregon county population receiving court-ordered supervision.
Implementing Parent Management Training in NorwayA study of the Norwegian nationwide implementation of the Oregon parent management training program (PMTO) developed at OSLC.
Kids in Transition to School (KITS)The Kids in Transition to School (KITS) project is a 5 year randomized efficacy trial of a preventive intervention to enhance psychosocial and academic school readiness in foster children as they enter school.
The Latino Youth and Family Empowerment Project - IIA study of the delivery and a test of the adapted version of OSLC’s Parent Management Training to Latino families.
Linking the Interests of Families and TeachersFollow-up During Young Adulthood of Participants in a School-Based Randomized Preventive Intervention Trial.
The Middle School Success ProjectA study of the effectiveness of providing enhanced services for pre-adolescent girls in foster care.
Oregon Divorced Fathers StudyA study, utilizing reliable data on fathers’ parenting behaviors giving expression to fathers’ views, investigating their behavior, support, and adjustment processes.
Oregon Youth StudyA longitudinal study of the etiology of antisocial behaviors in boys.
The OSLC Relationship Study 2A study of how community-based interventions can help girls function well in their teenage years in into adulthood.
The Parent Child StudyA test of the impact of parent management training on children of incarcerated parents.
Pathways Home: Reducing Risk in the Child Welfare SystemAimed at developing effective and feasible parenting interventions for children and their families in the child welfare system.
Preventing Behavior and Health Problems for Foster TeensAimed at testing the efficacy of an intervention designed to strengthen the parenting skills of foster parents and to increase social skills related to preventing health-risking behaviors for youth in foster homes.
Three Generational StudyA study of the parenting practices of the young parents, and the association of the father's parenting style to that of his own parents; and and examination of child characteristics such as temperament, attachment, behavior problems and cognitive ability.
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The Social Learning Process“We believe that personality is the product of a social learning process, involving interactions with others, which begins in childhood and continues throughout life. Perhaps not all personality, but an important part of what we think of as personality traits is taught in the same way that arithmetic is taught, with the difference that the teacher and pupil are not aware that the process is going on."” Gerald R. Patterson
About the OSLCThe Oregon Social Learning Center (OSLC) is located in the Eugene-Springfield, Oregon metropolitan area. The center was established in 1977. The research group that founded OSLC was started by clinical psychologist Gerald R. Patterson in the late 1950s while he worked as a professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Oregon. READ MORE >>
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