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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...

Associations of parent-adolescent relationship quality with type 1 diabetes management and depressive symptoms in Latino and Caucasian youth.

Publication: Journal Article

Main, A, D Wiebe, A Croom, K Sardone, E Godbey, C Tucker, and P White. 2014. “Associations of Parent-Adolescent Relationship Quality With Type 1 Diabetes Management and Depressive Symptoms in Latino and Caucasian Youth.”. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 39 (10): 1104-14.

Commonalities and differences in the research on children’s effortful control and executive function: A call for an integrated model of self-regulation.

Publication: Journal Article

Zhou, Q, S Chen, and A Main. 2012. “Commonalities and Differences in the Research on Children’s Effortful Control and Executive Function: A Call for an Integrated Model of Self-Regulation.”. Child Development Perspectives 6 (2): 112-21.

The relations of temperamental effortful control and anger/frustration to Chinese children’s academic achievement and social adjustment: A longitudinal study.

Publication: Journal Article

Zhou, Q, A Main, and Y Wang. 2010. “The Relations of Temperamental Effortful Control and Anger/Frustration to Chinese Children’s Academic Achievement and Social Adjustment: A Longitudinal Study.”. Journal of Educational Psychology 102 (1): 180-96.

Principal Investigator

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Alexandra Main Principal Investigator Professor Alexandra Main received her PhD from UC Berkeley and completed her postdoctoral work at UC Merced. Her research focuses on social and and emotional development of children and adolescents within the family context. Specifically, she is interested in...

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Bolded authors denote Family Development Lab members.

VTAP study featured on ABC Action News

News: October 20, 2021

https://abc30.com/uc-merced-latina-mom-research/11144506/

Carmen Kho successfully advanced to candidacy

News: January 01, 2017

Graduate student Carmen Kho successfully advanced to candidacy in the Psychological Sciences PhD program. Congratulations, Carmen!

Current Graduate Students

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Abigail Bolter is a fifth year PhD Candidate. She earned her BA in Psychology from UC Santa Cruz, and as an undergraduate she researched plagiarism and other academic misconduct. As a graduate student, Abigail is interested in adolescents transitioning into adulthood, shared responsibility between...

SPSP 2019

News: January 01, 2019

Professor Main presented research from the Family Development Lab at the Parenting and Family Dynamics Preconference at the Society for Personality and Social Psychology annual conference in Portland, OR.