Authority control databases: Academics
Authority control databases: Academics  |
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Gayla Margolin | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Education | BA, MA, PhD |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin, University of Oregon |
| Known for | Domestic violence, Marital therapy |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Clinical psychology |
| Institutions | University of Southern California |
| Thesis | A comparative evaluation of therapeutic components associated with behavioral marital treatments (1976) |
Gayla Margolin is an American psychologist doing research on adolescence and the effect of domestic violence on children. She has also done research on coparenting and marital therapy. She is a professor of psychology and pediatrics at the University of Southern California where she leads the Family Studies Project.[1]
Margolin graduated with a BA in psychology from the University of Wisconsin in 1971. She subsequently studied clinical psychology at the University of Oregon where she received an MA in 1973 and a PhD in 1976.[2]