Faculty

Lia Ahonen, PhD

Lia Ahonen, PhD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Contact Details

3811 O'Hara St.
Pittsburgh
 
PA
 
15213
Email

Education & Training

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

Research Interests

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

Clinical Interests

Addiction and psychological trauma

Education Interests

Motivational interviewing; Behavioral medicine
Selected Education Publications & Products
  1. 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
  2. Ahonen L. (2019). Mental Illness and Violence: An Overview. Springer: New York.