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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...

Publications

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Bolded authors denote Family Development Lab members.

Congratulations, Dr. Bolter!

News: December 01, 2023
Abby Bolter successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Autonomy in Hispanic American Female College Students." Congratulations, Abby!

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.

Welcome newest honorary member

News: November 29, 2018
The Family Development Lab welcomes its newest honorary member. Marin Walle was born November 29th, 2018!

Annual Valley Teen Parent Conference

News: February 01, 2017
Members of the Family Development Lab attended the Annual Valley Teen Parent Conference in February to share information about the Valley Teens as Parents (VTAP) study being conducted at UC Merced.