Lia Ahonen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Areas of Expertise

  • Children & Adolescents
Lia Ahonen, PhD
Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Expertise & Interests

Research Interests

Juvenile delinquency, development & persistence; Serious violent offending; Mental disorders & violence (e.g. gun violence)

Clinical Interests

Addiction and psychological trauma

Education Interests

Motivational interviewing; Behavioral medicine

Selected Publications

  1. Brislin SJ, Choi M, Perkins ER, Ahonen L, McCoy H, Boxer P, Clark DB, Jackson DB, Hicks BM. Racial bias in school discipline and police contact: Evidence from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Social Development (ABCD-SD) Study. J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 2024 Dec;63(12):1225-1238. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2024.01.018. Epub 2024 Mar 22. PMID: 38522612; PMCID: PMC11973886.
  2. Wojciechowski T, Ahonen L & McCoy H. (2024). Childhood prevalence and latent classes of behavioral issues in the adolescent brain cognitive development-social development dataset. Crime & Delinquency, 00111287241285582.
  3. Brislin SJ, Clark DA, Clark DB, Durbin CE, Parr AC, Ahonen L, Anderson-Carpenter KD, Heitzeg MM, Luna B, Sripada C, Zucker RA, Hicks BM. Differential item functioning in reports of delinquent behavior between black and white youth: Evidence of measurement bias in self-reports of arrest in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study. Assessment. 2024 Mar;31(2):444-459. doi: 10.1177/10731911231164627. Epub 2023 Apr 11. PMID: 37039543; PMCID: PMC11897996.
  4. Ahonen L, Farrington DP & Pardini D. (2021). Cohort profile: The Pittsburgh Youth Study (PYS). Journal of Developmental and Life-Course Criminology.
  5. Ahonen L, Fitzgerald D, Klingensmith K & Farrington DP. (2020). Criminal career du-ration: Predictability from self-reports and official records. Criminal Behaviour and Mental Health. Accepted for publication, May 2020. DOI: 10.1002/cbm.2152
  6. Farrington DP, Ahonen L & Stallings R. (2022) Early Risk Factors for Juvenile and Youthful Homicide Offenders in the Pittsburgh Youth Study. In K. M. Heide (Ed). International Handbook of Juvenile Homicide. SAGE: UK
  7. Ahonen L. (2019). Mental Illness and Violence: An Overview. Springer: New York.

Education & Credentials

Education & Training

Education
PhD, Social Work/Psychology, School of Law, Psychology and Social Work, Orebro University
Postdoctoral
Criminology, University of Pittsburgh

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