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Professor Main's research on parent-adolescent conflict

News: January 01, 2016

UC Merced University Communications article on Professor Main’s research on parent-adolescent conflict. This study found that to best resolve conflicts, mothers and their adolescent children should avoid reciprocating negative emotion and take turns validating each other’s views.

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Email: familylab@ucmerced.edu Contact Professor Main directly at: Email: amain@ucmerced.edu or (209) 228-2429

Cultural brokering in immigrant families

Publication: Journal Article

Subramoney, Sivenesi, Eric A. Walle, Alexandra Main, and Dalia Magana. 2024. “Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Families”. Child Development Perspectives.

Associations Between Sleep and Mental Health Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Role of Social Support

Publication: Journal Article

Yung, Shun Ting, Alexandra Main, Eric A. Walle, Rose M. Scott, and Yaoyu Chen. 2021. “Associations Between Sleep and Mental Health Among Latina Adolescent Mothers: The Role of Social Support”. Frontiers in Psychology.

Asset and protective factors for Asian American children’s mental health adjustment.

Publication: Journal Article

Zhou, Q, A Tao, S Chen, A Main, E Lee, J Ly, M Hua, and et al. 2012. “Asset and Protective Factors for Asian American Children’s Mental Health Adjustment.”. Child Development Perspectives 6 (3): 312-19.

Parent affective responses to observed adolescent disclosures in the context of type 1 diabetes management.

Publication: Journal Article

Disla, Janice, Alexandra Main, Shun Ting Yung, Maria D. Ramirez Loyola, Deborah J. Wiebe, Linda D. Cameron, Nedim Cakan, and Jennifer K. Raymond. 2023. “Parent Affective Responses to Observed Adolescent Disclosures in the Context of Type 1 Diabetes Management.”. Journal of Family Psychology 37 (2): 215–222.

SRCD 2019

News: January 01, 2019

Graduate students Carmen Kho and Janice Disla presented their research at the biennial meeting for the Society for Research in Child Development conference in Baltimore, MD. Pictured above as part of the symposium: “Is it a Six or a Nine? Quantifying Parent-Adolescent Perspectives in Dynamic...

SRA 2016

News: January 01, 2016

Family Development Lab graduate student Carmen Kho presented her research on psychological control in Chinese American immigrant families at the Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting in Baltimore, MD.

First 5 Merced County grant

News: January 01, 2016

The Family Development Lab in collaboration with the Center for Early Cognition and Language (CECL – PI Dr. Rose Scott) and the Interpersonal Development (ID) Lab (PI Dr. Eric Walle) at UC Merced were awarded a grant from First 5 Merced County and a UC Merced Faculty Research Grant for the study,...

Alexandra Main

Person: Associate Professor

Professor Main's research focuses on social and emotional development of children and adolescents within the family context. Specifically, she is interested in the development of empathy and emotion regulation and how these processes are shaped by temperament, family, and culture. She is currently...