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Child Growth and Development, Research in Early Childhood Psychology, Development During the School Years, Ecology of Child and Adolescent Development, Individual Development in Context
My research agenda focuses on the intersection between family mental health and well-being, parenting, and child well-being in culturally and socio-economically diverse families. In particular, I am interested in the interactions among mother and father involvement, parental efficacy and role construction, co-parenting practices, couple harmony and satisfaction, parental stress and social support, and parent and child attachment security and related emotional outcomes. I am especially interested in children's social-emotional and cognitive well-being, and the factors that support optimal development in childhood. I use a variety of quantitative and qualitative methods to address local and global research questions.