-- Dr. Richard Fabes, Colleagues, and Students --
On-Going Research Projects
Longitudinal Assessment of Emotion Regulation Among Externalizing and Internalizing Children Parental Coping with Children's Negative Emotions
Successful Transitions and Relationships (STAR) Causes and Consequences of Children's Sex Segregrated Play Group
Immunological, Familial, and Behavioral Assessment of Children  with Autism -- (new research on Secretin and its effectiveness) Sex Differences in Aggression 

Longitudinal Assessment of Emotion Regulation Among Externalizing and Internalizing Children

with Dr. Nancy Eisenberg, Dr. Sandy Losoya, Dr. Tracy Spinrad, Amanda Cumberland, Carlos Valliente.

Follow-up of children who experience either externalizing or internalizing behavior problems (or both) and the psychophysiological, temperamental, and socialization factors that relate to these regulatory behavior problems. Children's ability to regulate their emotions and the factors that influence dysregulation are examined in this diverse sample of at-risk children. Funded by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (R01 HH55052).

Successful Transitions and Relationships (STAR)

with Dr. Laura Hanish, Dr. Carol Martin, Stacie Leonard, Lisa Dinella.

Large-scale, longitudinal study of the transitions that preschoolers go through and the factors that determine successful outcomes related to these transitions.  Emphasis is placed on understanding the early correlates of social, behavioral, and relational adaptation to the increasing demands of young children's environments.  In particular, we are interested in the antecedants of internalizing behavior problems and on the adaptation from preschool to kindergarten and first grade.

Immunological, Familial, and Behavioral Assessment of Children with Autism (including the effectiveness of Secretin)

with Dr. Raun Melmed, Dr. Cindy Schneider, Dr. Carol Martin, Michelle Balhorn

Cooperative research projects of the Southwest Autism Research Center and ASU'S Department of Family Resources & Human Development. Comprehensive study of the relation of immunological, familial, and behavioral correlates and treatment of childhood autism. Studies include assessment of the biochemical functioning, family relationships, behavior problems, and psychological functioning of children with autism, their siblings, and parents. Funded by the Southwest Autism Research Center and by the Department of Family Relations & Human Development.  New research concerning the effective of Secretin has been initiatied.

Parental Coping with Children's Negative Emotions

with Dr. Carol Martin, Kristina Kupanoff, and Stacie Leonard.

Examination of how parents cope with children's negative emotions and the effects that these coping responses have for children's emotional and social development. Assessment of parental responses comes primarily from our Coping with Children's Negative Emotions Scales (CCNES) that assesses the degree to which parents react with supportive, punishing, or distressed responses when exposed to children's negative emotional expressions.

Causes and Consequences of Children's Sex Segregrated Play Groups

with Dr. Carol Martin.

The fact that children play primarily with same-sex peers is widely recognized but not well understood. Our research examines the possible causes of this phenomenon and its consequences. We focus primarily on the temperamental, cognitive, and behavioral qualities that contribute to children's preferences for same-sex playmates and what effects this same-sex socialization has for children.

Sex Differences in Aggression

with Dr. George Knight, Ivana Guthrie, and Melanie Smith.

Although many studies find evidence that males are more aggressive than females, a contemporary quantiative examination of this is needed. This project involves a large scale meta-analytic examination of the extent to which sex differences in aggression occur and the moderators and modifiers of sex differences in aggression. One important focus is an examination that these differences may result from differences in males' and females' abilities to regulate aggressive-related arousal.

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updated 10/12/99