Dr. Lynn Katz examined maternal emotion socialization and children’s emotion regulation as a pathway that may protect IPV‐exposed children from developing PTSS and depression.
Focus Area: Parent Well-Being & Effective Parenting Practices
Posttraumatic stress and emotion regulation in survivors of intimate partner violence
In this study, Drs. Lynn Katz and Kyrill Gurtovenko examined child’s emotion regulation as a moderator and mother’s emotion regulation as a mediator of the relation between mother PTSS and child adjustment.
Maternal directiveness in childhood survivors of acute lympohoblastic leukemia
In this study, Dr. Lynn Katz tested whether cancer survivorship moderates the relation between maternal directiveness—one aspect of intrusiveness—and children’s internalizing problems.
Mindful Parenting
Drs. Liliana Lengua and Suzanne Kerns, University of Denver, offer tips on how to bring mindfulness into your everyday interactions with your child.
Parenting mediates the effects of income and cumulative risk on the development of effortful control
In this study, Dr. Liliana Lengua tested the hypothesis that the effects of income and cumulative risk on the development of effortful control during preschool would be mediated by parenting.
Early Adversity and the Neurobehavioral Development of Children, Part 2
Dr. Phil Fisher, from the University of Oregon, builds on Dr. Lengua’s video to expand on how adversity impacts child development and strategies for promoting resilience.