A5024106234- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Emotions and Moral Behavior
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Psychology of Moral and Emotional Judgment
- Migration, Health and Trauma
- Impact of Technology on Adolescents
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Psychopathy, Forensic Psychiatry, Sexual Offending
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Face Recognition and Perception
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Infant Health and Development
- Emotional Intelligence and Performance
- Cognitive and developmental aspects of mathematical skills
- Education and Technology Integration
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Digital Mental Health Interventions
- Mathematics Education and Teaching Techniques
- Education and experiences of immigrants and refugees
Leipzig University
2022-2024
University of Toronto
2014-2023
Queen's University
2020-2022
Liverpool Hope University
2018
Mothers ( n = 155) and their adolescent children 146; aged 12–13 at pre‐COVID wave [Time 1, September 2019 to March 2020]) repeated measures of anxiety depressive symptoms, details about the impacts pandemic social distancing Time 2 (May‐June 2020). Average slopes mother depression increased but symptoms decreased from 1 2. Adolescent decreases in were driven by males, whereas increase was females. Adolescents’ steeper for those who reported more negative changes. Implications are discussed...
Although emotionally well-regulated children are more likely to behave prosocially, the psychological processes that connect their emotion regulation abilities and prosocial behavior less clear. We tested if other-oriented sympathy trust mediated links between capacities (i.e., resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia [RSA], negative emotional intensity, sadness regulation) in an ethnically diverse sample of 4- 8-year-olds (N = 131; 49% girls). Resting RSA was calculated from children's...
Successful emotion regulation (ER) is important for a wide range of psychosocial outcomes. Specific ER strategies have been identified as being more or less likely to be successful. However, recent evidence suggests significant individual differences in the association between strategy implementation and success. Indeed, 2 key factors may play an role moderating link use success moment: (a) intensity specific emotional experience, (b) relative frequency using given strategy....
Empathy, sympathy, and emotion regulation are core components of social-emotional development. Regulating vicariously induced negative emotions is thought to support feeling empathy sympathy for others in need, but empirical evidence such effects mixed. Moreover, despite the longstanding conceptual distinction between most researchers refer measure these constructs interchangeably. This meta-analysis examined associations and/or childhood adolescence, as well potential methodological, study,...
Digital natives (i.e., those who have grown up in the digital age) are likely to receive emotional support through means, such as texting and video calling. However, virtually all studies assessing benefits of focused on in-person support; relative efficacy remains unclear. This study assessed a sample young adults' negative emotions, for success regulating them 3 times per day 14 days (N = 164; 6,530 collective measurement occasions). Participants' social surroundings at time each emotion...
We assessed the extent to which feelings of sympathy and aggressive behaviors co-developed from 6 12 years age in a representative sample Swiss children (N = 1,273).Caregivers teachers reported children's overt aggression three-year intervals.Secondorder latent curve models indicated general mean-level declines over time, although decline was relatively small.Importantly, both trajectories were characterized by significant inter-individual variability.A bivariate secondorder model revealed...
The transition to motherhood triggers changes in human brain structure that may facilitate mother–infant bonding. Although much research on maternal cortical responses infant faces has focused the postpartum period, no previous study examined whether longitudinal functional cortex during pregnancy and are associated with Using electroencephalography, prenatal postnatal sensitivity (P1, P2, late positive potential, N170 event‐related potentials) adult were relation reported bonding 40 mothers...
This study examined links between inhibitory control, moral emotions (sympathy and guilt), reparative behavior in an ethnically diverse sample of 4- 8-year-olds (N = 162). Caregivers reported their children's behavior, through a questionnaire, children guilt feelings response to series vignettes depicting transgressions. A hypothesized meditation model was tested with control relating sympathy guilt. In support this model, results revealed that high levels were associated However, the...
Economically disadvantaged children often lack the resources to purchase popular goods and participate in their preferred social groups' activities, making it difficult fit in. Meanwhile, from middle socioeconomic status (SES) families may have additional influence over whether low SES are included such groups. We examined how a sample of 333 4- 8-year-olds felt reasoned about excluding child who is economically (i.e., needy child) versus attends another school less child). also children's...
Understanding the relative and joint prioritization of age- valence-related face characteristics in adults' cortical processing remains elusive because these two have not been manipulated a single study neural processing. We used electroencephalography to investigate P1, N170, P2 LPP responses infant adult faces with happy sad facial expressions. Viewing vs was associated significantly larger responses, hemisphere and/or participant gender moderating this effect select cases. Sad were N170...
Technology plays an increasingly prominent role in emotional lives. Researchers have begun to study how people use devices cope with and shape emotions: a phenomenon that has been called Digital Emotion Regulation. We report of the impact COVID-19 pandemic upon young people's digital habits emotion regulation behaviors. conducted two-wave longitudinal survey, collecting data from 154 university students both before during pandemic. During pandemic, participants were subject increased...
Social-emotional capacities contribute to children's mental health by helping them navigate their own and others' emotional states forge healthy relationships. Caregivers educators are critical socialization agents in early middle childhood, but gaps remain the systematic integration of social-emotional research into caregiver educator trainings. The aim this pilot study was test feasibility preliminary efficacy a training designed promote caregivers' educators' support development children...
Abstract This article explores how adolescents feel and think about contexts of moral conflict social exclusion. We asked twelve‐year‐old they would intentionally harming another peer, omitting a prosocial duty, excluding peer. then them to explain the reasoning behind their feelings report on levels sympathy. In all contexts, anticipated variety negative emotions for reasons fairness empathy. However, more guilt were reported in intentional harm than other contexts. Adolescents with high...
Abstract Research investigating the link between parasympathetic nervous system (PNS) and prosociality in childhood has yielded inconsistent findings. This relation mainly been conceptualized as linear, however, broader physiological literature suggests that children’s arousal task performance may be related an inverted U‐shaped fashion—with peak at moderate levels of arousal. Therefore, we tested whether resting respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA)—a dispositional indicator PNS activity—was...
We examined links between sharing, respect for moral others, and sympathy in an ethnically diverse sample of 7‐ 15‐year‐olds ( N = 146). Sharing was assessed through children's allocation resources the dictator game. Children reported their towards hypothetical characters performing acts. Sympathy evaluated via caregiver child reports. Respect caregiver‐reported interacted predicting sharing: Higher levels were associated with higher sharing children low, but not medium or high, sympathy....