Anna Lindell
Associate Professor

Dr. Lindell joined the faculty of UW-Whitewater in 2017 after receiving her Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Missouri, and B.S. in Psychology and Sociology from Valparaiso University in northwestern Indiana. Dr. Lindell’s research interests include adolescent and emerging adult development, with a particular focus on family processes and the role of parents and siblings in promoting positive development. Specifically, Dr. Lindell has conducted research on parent-child and sibling relationship quality, technology-mediated communication, self-disclosure, conflict, and parental control, as well as the development of autonomy, vocational identity, emotional adjustment, academic self-efficacy, sexuality, and body image. Dr. Lindell’s current research focuses on the intersection between family relationships and adjustment in emotional and academic domains among college students, especially first-generation students.

Dr. Lindell typically teaches some combination of the following courses:

CORE 130 – Individual & Society

INTRAUNV 104 – New Student Seminar
PSYCH 104 - Psychology of Human Adjustment

PSYCH 330 – Lifespan Development

PSYCH 432 – Psychology of Adolescence

PSYCH 724 – Learning in Educational Contexts*

*School psychology graduate course

Recent publications:

Lindell, A. K., Nuttall, A. K., & Chopik, W. J. (2023). The role of sibling support for first-generation college student adjustment. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 69(3), 263-291. https://doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2023.a928421

Guo, Y., Giron, S. E., Lindell, A. K., & Campione-Barr, N. (2023). Gender-based associations between college students’ disclosure to siblings and disclosure to best friends or romantic partners. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 69(3), 292-319. https://doi.org/10.1353/mpq.2023.a928422

Lindell, A. K., Killoren, S. E., & Campione-Barr, N. (2021). Parent-child relationship quality and emotional adjustment among college students: The role of parental financial support. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 38, 459-481. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265407520964870

Campione-Barr, N., Lindell, A. K., & Giron, S. E. (2020). Developmental changes in parental authority legitimacy and influences on adjustment: Differences in parent, first-born and second-born perspectives. Developmental Psychology, 56, 951-969. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000653

Francka, B. A., Lindell, A. K., & Campione-Barr, N. (2019). The relative impacts of sibling relationships on adolescent body perception. The Journal of Genetic Psychology, 180, 130-143. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2019.1602024

Lindell, A. K., Campione-Barr, N., & Killoren, S. E. (2017). Implications of parent-child relationships for emerging adults’ subjective feelings about adulthood. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 810-820. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000328

Lindell, A. K., & Campione-Barr, N. (2017). Continuity and change in the family system across the transition from adolescence to emerging adulthood. Marriage & Family Review, 53, 388-416. https://doi.org/10.1080/01494929.2016.1184212