Current Research
Research Overview
Research within the Emotion Regulation & Temperament Lab primarily focuses on developmental trajectories of emotion, emotion regulation, and temperament in children between the ages of 4 months to 5 years as well as the implications of these trajectories for developmental psychopathology. Projects frequently consider:
- Contextual influences (e.g., parenting) that affect emotion, emotion regulation, and temperament development across time
- How these constructs influence others (e.g., parents)
- Behavioral outcomes associated with emotion, emotion regulation, and temperament (e.g., social competence, behavioral difficulties)
- Physiological indicators of emotion regulation (e.g. heart rate variability, respiratory sinus arrhythmia)
- Health outcomes related to emotion, emotion regulation, and temperament (e.g. BMI)
Research within the lab also encompasses parent-infant and parent-child interactions.
