A5032219119- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Family Support in Illness
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Health, psychology, and well-being
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Tryptophan and brain disorders
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
San Francisco State University
2015-2024
University of California, Riverside
2023
University of California, San Francisco
2014-2022
Bridge University
2018
Arizona State University
2009-2015
University of Illinois Chicago
2015
ABSTRACT Objective Children from families with lower socioeconomic status (SES) evidence greater physiological dysregulation and poorer health. Despite recognition of environmental contributors, little is known about the influence neighborhood characteristics. The present study examined moderating role community-level risks resources on relation family SES to children's daily cortisol output physical health during kindergarten year. Methods In fall spring kindergarten, ( N = 338) total was...
Abstract Five randomized controlled trials have shown that child–parent psychotherapy (CPP) improves trauma symptoms in children. Less is known about parent or moderators of symptom change. In a sample 199 (81% biological mother; 54% Latina/o) and child (aged 2 to 6 years; 52% male; 49% dyads who participated an open treatment study CPP, this investigated whether similarly decreased during improvement was moderated by parent, child, characteristics. Parents completed baseline posttreatment...
Childhood maltreatment is an established risk factor for varying configurations of psychological problems in emerging adulthood. The current study tested associations between childhood maltreatment, cortisol reactivity, and mental health symptoms Eighty-eight participants (aged 18–22) completed measures internalizing externalizing participated a 10-min conflict role-play task. Salivary was sampled throughout the task, residualized change score baseline peak time points computed to capture...
We tested the hypothesis that socioeconomic status (SES) would predict children's physical health problems at end of kindergarten among children whose parent reported greater parent-child relationship (PCR) negativity and/or who exhibited parasympathetic (RSA) reactivity. also whether RSA and PCR mediated SES-health association.Data were collected from 338 (mean [SD] age, 5.32 [.32] years) their primary caregivers (87% biological mothers) during fall subsequent spring kindergarten. In fall,...
Objectives: College students have cited the 2016 U.S. presidential election as a significant source of stress. The current study examined prevalence and demographic correlates clinically election-related avoidance intrusion symptoms among college 2–3 months after election. Participants: attending large public university (N = 769; Mage 19.19; 48.2% female; 58.4% White) were surveyed in January February 2017. Methods: Participants completed validated measure event-related distress (eg,...
This study tested the effect of Family Bereavement Program (FBP), a preventive intervention for bereaved families, on effective parenting (e.g., caregiver warmth, consistent discipline) 6 years after program completion. Families (n = 101; 69% female caregivers; 77% Caucasian, 11% Hispanic) with children between ages 8 and 16 who had experienced death one parent were randomized to FBP 54) or literature control condition 47). Multiple regression analyses conducted within multilevel framework...
This study examined profiles of nonresidential father engagement (i.e., support to the adolescent, contact frequency, remarriage, relocation, and interparental conflict) with their adolescent children (N = 156) 6 8 years following divorce prospective relation between these psychosocial functioning offspring, 9 later. Parental occurred during late childhood early adolescence; indicators were assessed adolescence, mental health problems academic achievement offspring later in young adulthood....
This pilot study examined the potential impact of a perinatal adaptation to Child-Parent Psychotherapy (CPP), an evidence-based treatment for traumatized mother–child dyads, on maternal functioning 6 months post-partum among women with history complex trauma and current intimate partner abuse. Pregnant (n = 64) enrolled during third trimester their pregnancy (Mean gestational age 27.48 weeks, range 12 42) participated in weekly CPP sessions until infant was old. Women completed measures...
Abstract Children who have experienced interpersonal trauma are at an increased risk of developing dissociation; however, little is known about the prevalence or correlates dissociation in young children. The current study examined symptoms 140 children (mean age = 51.17 months, range 36–72 SD 10.31 months; 50.0% male; 45.7% Hispanic) (e.g., witnessing domestic violence, experiencing abuse). Child and exposure to traumatic events were assessed using a clinician‐administered interview with...
Abstract Early childhood and pregnancy are two sensitive periods of heightened immune plasticity, when exposure to adversity may disproportionately increase health risks. However, we need deeper phenotyping disentangle the impact during from that across total lifespan. This study examined whether retrospective reports or were associated with inflammatory imbalance, in an ethnically diverse cohort 53 low-income women seeking family-based trauma treatment following interpersonal violence....
The objective of this study was to investigate associations between household food insecurity, maternal clinical depression, and child behavior problems in low-income Latino households. Data were collected from a cohort 168 children their Latina mothers recruited prenatally at two San Francisco hospitals 2006 2007. Food insecurity year four associated with increased odds depression years five (adjusted OR 1.22, 95% confidence interval 1.03–1.43). pervasive developmental (B = 0.21, p 0.041)...
ABSTRACT Relations between early adversity and the neuroendocrine stress response are most often tested in a linear framework. Findings from studies of nonlinear relations reactivity childhood suggestive, but curvilinear associations family at later developmental stages remain unexplored. The current study examined interparental conflict (IPC) cortisol young adulthood. Participants ( n = 91; Mean age 18.7, SD .97; 59% White, 25% Hispanic) reported on frequency intensity exposure to IPC...
Although it has been postulated that psychological responses to stress in adulthood are grounded childhood experiences the family environment, evidence inconsistent. This study tested whether two putative measures of neurobiological sensitivity (vagal flexibility and attentional capacity) moderated relation between women's reported exposure a risky environment current engagement suppressive or avoidant coping response daily stress.Adult women (N = 158) recruited for stress, coping, aging on...
The COVID-19 pandemic has elicited wide-scale general psychological distress; however, longitudinal investigations are required to identify the critical resources that support individuals' adaptation this type of unique situation over time. Hardiness, a cognitive trait facilitates in context adversity and possible posttraumatic growth, may be particularly influential on mental health recovery during disasters when other not available or effective.
Dysregulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis has been implicated in association between adverse childhood experiences, such as parental death, and mental physical health problems. Recent research indicates that children who experience death a parent exhibit HPA dysfunction; however, mechanisms underlying this have not explored. It is theorized physiological dysregulation may result from exposure to stressful life events subsequent death. The current study examined...