A5086550376- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Menopause: Health Impacts and Treatments
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Family and Disability Support Research
- Child Development and Digital Technology
- Child Welfare and Adoption
- Child Abuse and Trauma
- Phytoestrogen effects and research
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Parental Involvement in Education
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones
- Child and Adolescent Health
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Youth Substance Use and School Attendance
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Mindfulness and Compassion Interventions
University of Washington
2015-2024
Seattle University
2010-2023
Barnard College
2022
National Postdoctoral Association
2015
University of Minnesota
2015
University of Delaware
2015
Collins College
2008
Fifth-graders’ (N = 162; 93 girls) relationships with parents and friends were examined respect to their main interactive effects on psychosocial functioning. Participants reported parental support, the quality of best friendships, self-worth, perceptions social competence. Peers aggression, shyness withdrawal, rejection victimization. Mothers psychological adjustment. Perceived support friendship predicted higher global self-worth competence less internalizing problems. fewer externalizing...
In considering Bowlby's (1969/1982) conceptualization of attachment as a "biobehavioral safety-regulating system," Goldberg, Grusec, & Jenkins (1999) proposed that maternal sensitivity to infant distress may be particularly relevant the formation secure relationship. Data from NICHD Study Early Child Care provided unique opportunity address this question nondistress and were each coded for 357 mother-infant dyads at 6 months 230 15 videotaped observations play sessions. Attachment security...
The primary objectives of this investigation were to examine the attributions, emotional reactions, and coping strategies shy/withdrawn aggressive girls boys whether such social cognitions differ within relationship context friendship. Drawn from a sample fifth sixth graders ( M age=10.79 years; SD =.77), 78 shy/withdrawn, 76 aggressive, 85 control children presented with hypothetical situations that first involved unfamiliar peers, then mutual good friend. Results revealed group gender...
One of the assumptions attachment theory is that individual differences in adult styles emerge from individuals' developmental histories. To examine this assumption empirically, authors report data an age 18 follow-up (Booth-LaForce & Roisman, 2012) National Institute Child Health and Human Development Study Early Care Youth Development, a longitudinal investigation tracked cohort children their parents birth to 15. Analyses indicate can be traced variations quality caregiving environments,...
From 1092 children in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, we identified three trajectory patterns social withdrawal from teacher reports Grades 1-6: A Normative consistently low group (86%); a Decreasing (5%) with initially high that decreased; an Increasing (9%) increased.Prediction models supported role early dysregulated temperament, insensitive parenting, attachment.Preschool shy temperament was specific pathway to decreasing withdrawal, poor inhibitory control,...
In two birth cohort studies with genetic, sensitive parenting, and attachment data of more than 1,000 infants in total, we tested main interaction effects candidate genes involved the dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin systems (DRD4, DRD2, COMT, 5-HTT, OXTR) on security disorganization. Parenting was assessed using observational rating scales for parental sensitivity (Ainsworth, Bell, & Stayton, 1974), infant Strange Situation Procedure.We found no consistent additive genetic associations...
This study aims to determine the efficacy of yoga in alleviating vasomotor symptoms (VMS) frequency and bother.
Based on a sub-sample (N = 673) of the NICHD Study Early Child Care and Youth Development (SECCYD) cohort, this paper reports data from follow-up assessment at age 18 years antecedents secure base script knowledge, as reflected in ability to generate narratives which attachment-related difficulties are recognized, competent help is provided, problem resolved.Secure knowledge was (a) modestly moderately correlated with more well established assessments adult attachment, (b) associated...
Five groups of children were identified using friendship nominations from the fall and spring their fifth-grade year: (1) with a stable best same child (same-stable); (2) mutual at Times 1 2, but friend was different each time (different-stable); (3) Time not 2 (friendship loss); (4) who had no did have gain); (5) chronically friendless children. Peer psychosocial adjustment gathered both points. The gain group became less victimized loss more by 2. two rated as prosocial popular, low levels...
This study examined early observed parenting and child‐care experiences in relation to functioning of the hypothalamic‐pituitary‐adrenocortical axis over long term. Consistent with attenuation hypothesis, individuals ( n = 863) who experienced: (a) higher levels maternal insensitivity (b) more time centers first 3 years life had lower awakening cortisol at age 15. Associations were small magnitude. Nonetheless, results additive that both experience center‐based care uniquely (but not...
Social withdrawal has been associated with adjustment difficulties across development. Although much is known about shyness, little preference-for-solitude; even less its relations different periods of adolescence. We examined whether preference-for-solitude might be differentially in early and late Self- parent-reports motivations were collected from 234 eighth graders (113 boys; M age = 13.43) 204 twelfth (91 17.25). Results structural equation modeling demonstrated that above beyond the...
Objective This study aims to determine the efficacy and tolerability of omega-3 fatty acids in reducing vasomotor symptoms (VMS) frequency bother perimenopausal postmenopausal women. Methods was a 12-week, three-by-two factorial, randomized controlled trial. Eligible women were double-blind comparison (n = 177) or placebo 178) capsules, simultaneously yoga 107), aerobic exercise 106), their usual physical activity 142). Participants received 1.8 g daily for 12 weeks. Each capsule contained...
Abstract We evaluated links between peer-group functioning and indicators of attachment security in relation to both mother father middle childhood, among 73 10-year-olds (37 girls). Children's perceptions with parents, coping styles mother, self-worth were assessed. Classmates, teachers, mothers the participants' peer-related behavioral characteristics. parents related others' appraisals their social competence; lower aggression. did not find child gender effects, but children had higher...
This study evaluated the extent to which first-grade class size predicted child outcomes and observed classroom processes for 651 children (in separate classrooms). Analyses examined child-adult ratios teacher-reported sizes. Smaller classrooms showed higher quality instructional emotional support, although were somewhat less likely be engaged. Teachers in smaller classes rated typical those as more socially skilled showing externalizing behavior reported closeness toward them. Children...
From a longitudinal sample (n = 957; 49.9% male; 77.3% White/non-Hispanic) of participants studied from infancy through age 15, adolescents' depth engagement in, and quality romantic relationships were predicted early contemporaneous parent-child interactive peer social competence. High maternal parenting experiences prior to during adolescence tended be negatively associated with the in this domain for full sample, yet positively sub-set individuals currently dating at 15. Results reconcile...