Recchia, Holly, Ph.D.

(Ph.D. Psychology 2009; Concordia University)

Assistant Professor, Department of Education
Concordia University

7141 Sherbrooke Street, West
Montreal, Quebec, H4B 1R6

Tel: 514-848-2424 ext. 2017
E-mail: hrecchia@education.concordia.ca

Dr. Recchia’s research focuses on how children’s social and moral development occur in the context of their close relationships with parents, siblings, and friends. She is especially interested in how children make sense of and resolve conflicts with others. Ongoing projects examine the lessons that children learn from conflicts with siblings and friends, and how parents and children jointly construct understandings of such experiences in their conversations.

Recchia, H. E., & Howe, N. (2010). When do siblings compromise? Associations with children’s descriptions of conflict issues, culpability, and emotions. Social Development, 19, 838-857. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2009.00567.x Link to paper

Recchia, H. E., & Howe, N. (2009). Associations between social understanding, sibling relationship quality, and siblings’ conflict strategies and outcomes. Child Development, 80, 1564-1578. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2009.01351.x

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Recchia, H. E., & Howe, N. (2009). Sibling relationship quality moderates the associations between parental interventions and siblings’ independent conflict strategies and outcomes. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 551-561. DOI:10.1037/a0014980 Link to paper