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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...

Research featured in UC Merced Magazine

News: January 18, 2024

Family Development Lab researchers were featured in the UC Merced Magazine (Volume XVIII, Issue IV).

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Understanding Parental Involvement Study In collaboration with Dr. Mary Lewis at Oakland University and Dr. Wendy Rote at the University of South Florida St. Petersburg, we are examining how parenting shapes adolescents' and young adults' social and emotional development using online and in-person...

Lab Alumni

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Former Graduate Students Erica Hanes earned her MA in Psychology from UC Merced in 2024. She received her BA in Human Development and Family Studies from Penn State University. During her time at UCM, she researched aspects of culture and stress among Latino/a adolescents. Erica is excited to...

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.