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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.

Parenting and Prosocial/Moral Development in Asians and Asian Immigrants to the United States.

Publication: Book Chapter

Main, Alexandra. 2019. “Parenting and Prosocial/Moral Development in Asians and Asian Immigrants to the United States.”. In . Oxford University Press. Editors: Deborah J. Laible, Gustavo Carlo, & Laura M. Padilla Walker.

Relational goes beyond interpersonal: The development of empathy in the context of culture

Publication: Journal Article

Main, Alexandra, and Carmen Kho. 2020. “Relational Goes Beyond Interpersonal: The Development of Empathy in the Context of Culture”. Emotion Review 12 (4): 295-96.

The effect of mothers’ emotional responses to adolescent disclosures and adolescent perspective taking on the timing of future disclosures.

Publication: Journal Article

Disla, Janice, Alexandra Main, Smitha Kashi, and Jonathan Boyajian. 2019. “The Effect of Mothers’ Emotional Responses to Adolescent Disclosures and Adolescent Perspective Taking on the Timing of Future Disclosures.”. Social Development 28 (3): 657-73.

Intrusive parenting in Chinese American immigrant families: Relations with cultural orientations and children’s adjustment.

Publication: Journal Article

Kho, C, A Main, S Chung, and Q Zhou. 2019. “Intrusive Parenting in Chinese American Immigrant Families: Relations With Cultural Orientations and Children’s Adjustment.”. Asian American Journal of Psychology 10 (4): 341-50.

Adolescent information management and parental knowledge in non-Latino White and Latino youth managing type 1 diabetes.

Publication: Journal Article

Tucker, C, D.J Wiebe, A Main, A.G Lee, and P. C. White. 2018. “Adolescent Information Management and Parental Knowledge in Non-Latino White and Latino Youth Managing Type 1 Diabetes.”. Journal of Pediatric Psychology 43 (2): 207-17.

An exploratory analysis of emotion dynamics between mothers and adolescents during conflict discussions.

Publication: Journal Article

Main, A, A Paxton, and A Dale. 2016. “An Exploratory Analysis of Emotion Dynamics Between Mothers and Adolescents During Conflict Discussions.”. Emotion 16 (6): 913-28.

Chinese American immigrant parents’ emotional expressions in the family: Relations with parents’ cultural orientations and children’s emotion-related regulation.

Publication: Journal Article

Chen, S, Q Zhou, A Main, and E Lee. 2015. “Chinese American Immigrant Parents’ Emotional Expressions in the Family: Relations With Parents’ Cultural Orientations and Children’s Emotion-Related Regulation.”. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology 21 (4): 619-29.