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My program of research seeks to understand how interactions in the family contribute to the development of emotional and behavioral problems in children. Much of this work has focused on the impact of interparental conflict and domestic violence, and has been guided by a conceptual model that proposes that children’s subjective perceptions of conflict, or appraisals, are critical for determining the impact of parental discord on them. Along with my graduate students and colleagues at other universities, I have investigated this model in community and clinical populations, across a wide age range, in both cross-sectional and longitudinal studies. In recent years, I have expanded my work to examine other aspects of family functioning that influence children’s cognitive, emotional, and behavioral responses to interparental conflict. My students and I recently completed an NIMH-funded study that followed an ethnically-diverse sample of 150 families from the Milwaukee area over the course of a year. We assessed individual, dyadic, and triadic processes using multiple research methods, including observation of family interactions, interviews with both parents and children, and a set of questionnaires assessing a range of family dimensions. The goal of this work is to understand parental conflict in a broader family context by examining how parent-child relationships, emotional expression, and systemic processes such as triangulation influence children’s response to conflict.
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS
Renee DeBoard
Arnitta Holliman
Anna Kiel
Mark Lynn
Claire Oxtoby
CURRENT UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
Jacki Downs
Beckey Gonzalez
Theresa Lauer
Elizabeth Manderfeld
Megan Momenee
Rachel Renteria
Brittany Rhett
Evelyn Sanchez
Kayla Stauder
Caryn Steinman
PAST GRADUATES
Danielle Defrancisco
Greg Fosco
Jenny Hauser
Patrick Gunderson
Kristen Kinsfogel
Sara Raynor
CONFERENCE POSTERS
Fosco & Grych 2007
Fosco & Grych 2008
Fosco & Grych SRCD 2009
Fosco, Lynn, & Grych SRCD 2009
Kiel & Grych SRCD 2009
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