A5052650224- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- LGBTQ Health, Identity, and Policy
- Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Infant Health and Development
- Reproductive Health and Technologies
- Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Obesity and Health Practices
- Functional Brain Connectivity Studies
- Empathy and Medical Education
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Hormonal and reproductive studies
- Psychosocial Factors Impacting Youth
- Eating Disorders and Behaviors
Bradley Hospital
2021-2024
Brown University
2021-2024
University of Alaska Anchorage
2024
Augusta University
2022
Providence College
2022
George Mason University
2013-2020
William & Mary
2014
Background Difficulty regulating emotions is a symptom of many psychological disorders yet little research has examined the longitudinal relations particular facets emotion regulation (ER) that may differentiate between internalizing symptoms. Method At‐risk youth (n = 102; 44.1% boys, 77.5% Black; M age 9.65) and caregivers 74; 87.1% mothers) participated in 2‐year study. Children reported on their ER , children symptomatology. Results Different patterns, varying by facet (dysregulation,...
Adolescence is a critical developmental period marked by an increase in risk behaviors, including nonsuicidal self‐injury ( NSSI ). Heightened reward‐related brain activation and relatively limited recruitment of prefrontal regions contribute to the initiation risky behaviors adolescence. However, neural reward processing has not been examined among adolescents who are at for future engagement specifically, but have yet actually engage this behavior. In current f MRI study N = 71), we...
The alarming rates and pervasiveness of suicidal self-destructive behaviors (e.g., non-suicidal self-injury) among young sexual minorities represent a major public health concern. We set out to examine whether an empirically driven treatment for suicide self-harm, dialectical behavior therapy adolescents (DBT-A), provides benefits who identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or questioning (LGBQ). LGBQ (n = 16) were compared with non-LGBQ peers 23). Psychological measures collected before after...
Abstract Parents' reactions to children's emotions shape their psychosocial outcomes. Extant research on emotion socialization primarily uses variable‐centered approaches. This study explores family patterns of maternal and paternal responses sadness in relation outcomes middle childhood. Fifty‐one families with 8‐ 12‐year‐old children participated. Mothers fathers reported social competence psychological adjustment. Cluster analyses revealed three patterns: Supportive (high supportive low...
Parenting is a critical factor in adolescent social-emotional development, with maladaptive parenting leading to risk for the development of psychopathology. However, emotion-related brain mechanisms underlying influence on psychopathology symptoms are unknown. The present study utilized functional magnetic resonance imaging and laboratory measures examine sex-differentiated associations among parenting, function, substance use 66 12-14 year olds. Maternal behaviors (warmth, negative...
Abstract Parents' emotional functioning represents a central mechanism in the caregiving environment's influence on adolescent affective brain function. However, paucity of research has examined links between parental arousal and regulation adolescents' Thus, present study associations parents' self‐rated negative emotion, parent emotion difficulties, responsivity to positive stimuli. Participants included 64 12–14 year‐old adolescents (31 females) their female primary caregivers....
Weight stigma is associated with a range of adverse health outcomes (e.g., disordered eating). Women, sexual minorities, and higher-weight individuals are at increased risk experiencing weight stigma, but little known about its influence on emotions, cognitions, behaviors in real-world contexts, particularly among multiply marginalized such as minority women (SMW). The current study examined how lifetime daily experiences relate to momentary weight/shape concerns, size-based avoidance,...
ObjectiveEmotion recognition, reactivity, and regulation are important in the development maintenance of anxiety disorders. Whether how these processes differentiate between different trajectories remain unclear. The current study examined emotional as prospective predictors symptom psychiatrically hospitalized youth.MethodParticipants were 180 adolescents (Mage = 14.89; SD 1.35) from a psychiatric inpatient unit. At index hospitalization, participants completed behavioral task assessing...
“I don't want to hurt myself — I kill myself.” Alex [not his real name] was an 18‐year‐old trans male met during first psychiatric inpatient admission. raised in a “holler” West Virginia. While peers were navigating the stresses of emerging adulthood, carried additional burden experiencing gender dysphoria, deep sense incongruence between biological sex he assigned at birth (female) and identity (male). Though well‐intentioned, parents made it clear that desire be sinful would not tolerated...
The authors have no competing interests and not received financial support for this work. data that the findings of study are available on request from corresponding author.