The F11 study section reviews fellowship applications in the areas of social, developmental, and personality psychology as well as the areas of medical sociology and anthropology. Study populations may include children, adolescents, and adults at any stage of the life course. Emphasis may be placed on individual differences, interpersonal processes, life course transitions, or contextual effects. Also included is research aimed to identify psychosocial and biological antecedents and risk pathways for the onset, development and progression of addictive behaviors across the lifespan.  Examples of specific topics covered are listed below:

• Aggressive behavior and violence
• Attitudes and behavior
• Emotion regulation
• Individual differences in personality
• Marital and family interventions
• Psychological stress and coping behavior
• Self and social identity
• Social support and illness management
• Etiology, prevention, and treatment of drug abuse
• Development of substance use disorders in children of substance abusers.

Shared Interests

With F12A (Cognition, Language and Perception): Fellowship applications that emphasize biobehavioral and behavioral (including central, autonomic, neuroendocrine, and genetic) bases of cognitive, perceptual or communicative processes may be assigned to F12A. Fellowship applications that emphasize individual differences, interpersonal processes, life course transitions, or contextual effects related to social, developmental, and personality psychology may be assigned to F11.

With F12B (Psychopathology, Developmental Disabilities, Stress and Aging): Fellowship applications that emphasize the biobehavioral and behavioral (including central, autonomic, neuroendocrine, and genetic) bases of social, psychological or emotional conditions and disorders in diagnosed populations may be assigned to F12B. Fellowship applications that emphasize individual differences, interpersonal processes, life course transitions, or contextual effects related to the manifestation, prevention, treatment or management of physical and mental diseases and disorders may be assigned to F11.

With F16 (Health and Health Related Behavior of Individuals and Populations): Fellowship applications that emphasize the demographic, community, or epidemiological contexts of social, psychological or cultural conditions and processes may be assigned to F16. These may also include behavioral medicine approaches on the individual level.  Applications that emphasize the individual or interpersonal bases of social, psychological or cultural conditions and processes may be assigned to F11.