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School of Education and Human Development

# overview
I received my B.A. in Psychology (Boston College), Master's Degrees in Counseling and Psychology, and a Ph.D. in Developmental Science (all graduate degrees at Boston University). I was then a postdoctoral trainee at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and from 2011-2017 an Assistant Professor of Psychology at the University of Texas at Arlington. I am broadly interested in child temperament, emotion, cognition, education and health. Much of my work incorporates genetic and/or biological approaches. For the past decade, I have been studying the development of child self-control from a multi-method, multi-theoretical perspective. In 2012, I began the TEXAS Family Study (TFS) with 200 preschool-aged siblings and their families, focusing on child self-control, socio-emotional development, and psychopathology, and several parent/family traits. Recently, we completed a longitudinal follow-up of the TFS children as they transition to elementary school. At Texas A&M, I am an Associate Professor, Ph.D. Program Coordinator in Developmental Sciences (DS), Associate Department Head for Research and Faculty Development in the Educational Psychology Department (EPSY), and Administrative Fellow for Texas A&M University Faculty Affairs. My current research program includes the TFS and a multi-method study of self-control and related traits in three-year-olds that incorporates behavioral, emotional, cognitive and neurophysiological measures with colleagues in ESPY and Psychology (The Early Self-Control Development and School Readiness Study; SCD Study). We are also currently conducting a study on how COVID-19 has affected preschooler development.

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Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

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Attention Deficit Disorder With Hyperactivity

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3.1 Primary Prevention Interventions To Modify Behaviours Or Promote Wellbeing

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3 Prevention Of Disease And Conditions, And Promotion Of Well-being

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5201 Applied And Developmental Psychology

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of Wisconsin - Madison - (Madison, Wisconsin, United States)

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Boston University - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

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Boston University - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

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Boston University - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

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Boston College - (Boston, Massachusetts, United States)

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The genetic etiology of inhibitory control and behavior problems at 24 months of age.

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SelfControl in Childhood: A Synthesis of Perspectives and Focus on Early Development

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The development of inhibitory control in early childhood: A twin study from 2-3 years.

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Aggressive Behaviors in Young Siblings: Associations with Executive Functions and Maternal Characteristics.

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Wait for it! A twin study of inhibitory control in early childhood.

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A Twin Study of Inhibitory Control at Age Two and ADHD Behavior Problems at Age Three.

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Longitudinal Research at the Interface of Affective Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology, Health and Behavioral Genetics:Findings from the Wisconsin Twin Project - ERRATUM.

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Genetic Influences on Temperament in Early Adolescence

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A multimethod study of inhibitory control and behavioural problems in preschoolers

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Behavioral Inhibition in Childhood: European Portuguese Adaptation of an Observational Measure (Lab-TAB).

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Development of Temperament in Infancy and Childhood

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The Infant Version of the Laboratory Temperament Assessment Battery (Lab-TAB): Measurement Properties and Implications for Concepts of Temperament.

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Longitudinal Research at the Interface of Affective Neuroscience, Developmental Psychopathology, Health and Behavioral Genetics: Findings from the Wisconsin Twin Project.

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A longitudinal analysis of anger and inhibitory control in twins from 12 to 36 months of age.

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An Israeli study of family expectations of future child temperament

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Parent Depression Symptoms and Child Temperament Outcomes: A Family Study Approach

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The Shared Etiology of Attentional Control and Anxiety: An Adolescent Twin Study.

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Early-but modest-gender differences in focal aspects of childhood temperament.

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Self-Control Interventions That Benefit Executive Functioning and Academic Outcomes in Early and Middle Childhood

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Mothers' and Fathers' Prenatal Agreement and Differences Regarding Postnatal Parenting

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Night and day: are siblings as different in temperament as parents say they are?

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A Multi-Theoretical and Multi-Method Family Study Approach to Preschool Inhibitory Control: Links to Working Memory, Receptive Vocabulary, Behavioral Maladjustment, and Parent Mental Health in the Context of Temperament and Executive Functioning Perspectives.

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Genetic Influences on Life Events in Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

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Preschool Anger, Activity Level, Inhibitory Control, and Behavior Problems: A Family Study Approach

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An exploratory genetic analysis: Associations between parent depression symptoms, child temperament, and the serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5HTTLPR)

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How does the broader construct of self-regulation relate to emotion regulation in young children?

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Young childrens behavioral inhibition mediates the association between maternal negative affectivity and internalizing problems

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Deriving childhood temperament measures from emotion-eliciting behavioral episodes: scale construction and initial validation.

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Genetic and environmental influences on personality in adult Russian twins

# streetAddress
Texas A&M University; Educational Psychology; 4225 TAMU

# schools[]
School of Education and Human Development