ERIC BUHS, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Psychology
226 Teachers College Hall
University of Nebraska at Lincoln
Lincoln, Nebraska 68588-0345
(402) 472-6948

Biography

Eric Buhs is a UNL Assistant Professor in the Cognition, Learning and Development Program in Educational Psychology. Dr. Buhs received his PhD in Educational Psychology in 2002 from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has conducted long-term longitudinal research examining the role of children's peer relationships in school adjustment and authored empirical studies in several leading journals. His particular area of interest centers on the role of peer rejection as it is linked to social behavior in the classroom and to students' emotional adjustment and achievement outcomes.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Buhs, E. S., Ladd, G. W., & Herald, S. L. (2006). Peer exclusion and victimization: Processes that mediate the relation between peer group rejection and children’s classroom engagement and achievement? Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 1-13.

Buhs, E. S. (2005). Peer rejection, negative peer treatment, and school adjustment: Self-concept and classroom engagement as mediating processes. Journal of School Psychology, 43, 407-424.

Buhs, E. S., & Ladd, G. W. (2001). Peer rejection as an antecedent of young children's school adjustment: An examination of mediating processes. Developmental Psychology, 37, 550-560.

Ladd, G. W., Buhs, E. S., & Seid, M. (2000). Children's initial sentiments about kindergarten: Is school liking an antecedent of early classroom participation and achievement? Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 46, 255-279.

Ladd, G. W., Birch, S. H., & Buhs, E. S. (1999). Children's social and scholastic lives in kindergarten: Related spheres of influence? Child Development, 70, 1373-1400.

Buhs, E. S. (2005). Peer relations research for a new era: The legacy of John Coie. [review of the book Children’s peer relations: From development to intervention] Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 26, 469-474.

Sheridan, S. M., Buhs, E. S., & Warnes, E. D. (2003). Childhood peer relationships in context. Journal of School Psychology, 41, 285-292.

Book Chapters

Ladd, G. W., Buhs, E. S., & Troop, W. (2002). Children's interpersonal skills and relationships in school settings: Adaptive significance and implications for school-based prevention and intervention programs. In C. Hart & P. K. Smith (Eds.), Blackwell handbook of childhood social development (pp. 394-416). Malden, MA: Blackwell.

Research Projects