Danielle DelPriore
Post Doctoral Fellow, Developmental Psychology
E-mail: d.delpriore@psych.utah.edu
Danielle's research interests include investigating how current social contexts, childhood experiences, and their interaction influence functional variation in human reproductive strategies and associated outcomes. Her main focus is examining the impact of fathering on daughter's risky sexual attitudes, perceptions and behavior.
Media Coverage
Danielle J. DelPriore et al. Impact of Fathers on Parental Monitoring of Daughters and Their Affiliation With Sexually Promiscuous Peers: A Genetically and Environmentally Controlled Sibling Study., Developmental Psychology (2017). DOI: 10.1037/dev0000327
June 12, 2017
Dad's Demeanor Matters
Danielle's research, published in Developmental Psychology, shows that exposure to a father's behavior influences a daughter's likelihood of engaging in risky sex and affiliating with delinquent peers. High quality fathering resulted in less sexually risky behavior.
August 19, 2017
RESEARCH CENTRE: How fathers influence their daughters' sexual behavior
Danielle's research found that different amounts of exposure to fathers tend to change daughter's sexuality and sexual behavior. Lower quality fathering resulted in more risky sexual behaviour.
http://www.nation.co.ke/lifestyle/saturday/fathers-influence-their-daughters--sexual-behaviour/1216-4061976-hrwe6u/index.htmlTHE CHRISTIAN POST
June 2017
Spending Quality Time with Dads Deters Daughters from Engaging in Risky Sexual Activity
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NEW YORK POST
June 2017
Good Fathers Can Help Protect Against Creeps Like Bill Cosby
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http://nypost.com/2017/06/13/good-fathers-can-help-protect-against-creeps-like-bill-cosby/
MEDICAL PRESS
May 2017
Study of Sisters Helps Explain Dad's Influence on Risky Sexual Behavior
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https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-05-sisters-dad-risky-sexual-behavior.html
INDA TV
June 2017
Does Parenting Impact the Sexual Behaviour of Daughters?
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FAMILY
June 2017
How Parenting Impacts Risky Sexual Behaviour of Daughters
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Danielle J. DelPriore, Randi Proffitt Leyva, Bruce J. Ellis, Sarah E. Hill. The Effects of Paternal Disengagement on Women’s Perceptions of Male Mating Intent Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 2017; DOI: 10.1037/pspi0000113
November 2, 2017
Absentee Dads Affect How Women Interpret Interest From Men
Danielle's research, published in Journal of Personalilty and Social Psychology shows that women who grow up without a caring father, or who even are reminded of painful and disappointing experiences with their father, see more sexual intent in men. Read more
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/11/171102095932.htm