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University of Maryland: Center for Children, Relationships, and Culture

Laboratory for the Study of Child and Family Relationships

Recent Publications by Lab Members

2026-2020
Books

  1. Laursen, B., Bukowski, W., Veenstra, R., & Rubin, K.H. (Eds.). (under contract). Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups.  3rd Edition. New York: Guilford.
Chapters
  1. Bowker, J.C., Rubin, K.H., & Coplan, R.J. (in press). Withdrawing from and avoiding peers.  In Laursen, B., Bukowski, W., Veenstra, R., & Rubin, K.H. (Eds.). Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups.  3rd Edition. New York: Guilford.
  2. Chen, X., Cheah, C., & Rubin, K.H. (in press). Peer relations in cultural context. In Laursen, B., Bukowski, W., Veenstra, R., & Rubin, K.H. (Eds.). Handbook of Peer Interactions, Relationships, and Groups.  3rd Edition. New York: Guilford.
  3. Gazelle, H., Rubin, K.H., & Brendgen, M. (2025). A developmental psychopathology model of social anxiety.  In P. M. DiBartolo & S.G. Hofmann (Eds), Social anxiety: Clinical, developmental, and social perspectives (4th edition). Elsevier.
  4. Bowker, J.C., Rubin, K.H., McDonald, K., Mulvey, K.L., Guroglu, B., Nishina, A., & Chen, X. (2024).  Peer relationships. In M. H. Bornstein & M.E. Lamb (Eds.), Developmental Science: An Advanced Textbook.  (8th edition). Routledge | Taylor & Francis
  5. Bowker, J.C., Coplan, R.J., Smith, K.A., White, H.I., & Rubin, K.H. (2022).  Social withdrawal and shyness.  In P.K. Smith & C. Hart (Eds), Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development. (3rd Edition). New York: Wiley-Blackwell.
  6. Rubin, K.H. (2021).  Social withdrawal in childhood: A personal history of the theory and research that guided a program of developmental research. In R.J. Coplan, J.C. Bowker, & L. Nelson (Eds).  Handbook of Solitude (2nd edition).  New York:Wiley.

  7. Manuscripts
  8. Weng, X.,  Gao, M., Liu, S., Xu, J., Ren, H., Guo, X., Han,  Z.R., Wagner, N., & Rubin, K.H.,  Emotion exchange among families at heightened risk: Evidence from six-wave longitudinal data during COVID-19. Developmental Psychology, in press.
  9. Wagner, N.J., Shakiba, N., Bui, H.N.T. Novick, D.R.; Sem, K.,  Danko, C.M., Rubin, K.H., &  Chronis-Tuscano, A.  (2026). Children’s vagal flexibility is a predictor and moderator of treatment response to early parenting interventions for inhibited youth. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254241306118
  10. Barros Costa, C.B., Guedes, M., Veríssimo, M., Rubin, K.H.,  & Santos, A.J. (2026): Profiles of maternal beliefs about physically aggressive behaviors, parenting practices and child externalizing behaviors during the preschool years, European Early Childhood Education Research Journal, DOI: 10.1080/1350293X.2026.264221
  11. 1Bui, H.N.T., Novick, D.R., Chad-Friedman, E., Chad-Friedman, S., Danko, C.M, Wagner, N.J., Rubin, K.H., Chronis-Tuscano, A.,  & Dougherty, L.R.. (2025), Early interventions for young children high in behavioral inhibition: Effects on early childhood irritability. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2025.2562877
  12. Ribeiro, O., Rubin, KH., & Santos, A.  (2025). Stability and change in loneliness profiles across adolescence: The role of intraindividual characteristics in transitions over time. International Journal of Behavioral Development. DOI: 10.1177/01650254251392370
  13. Ribeiro, O., Rubin, K.H., & Santos, A. (2025).  Loneliness profiles, attachment security, and friendship quality in adolescence.  European Journal of Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1080/17405629.2025.2533159
  14. Shakiba, N., Bui, H.N.T., Sem, K., Rubin, K.H., Novick, D.R., Danko, C., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Wagner, N.J. (2025). Dyadic RSA concordance as a neurobiological marker of susceptibility to parenting behaviors among behaviorally inhibited preschoolers. Development and Psychopathology. doi:10.1017/S0954579425100485
  15. Sem, K., Shakiba, N., Rubin, K.H., Novick, D.R., Druskin, L.R., Smith, K., Danko, C.M., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Wagner, N.J. (2025).  Associations between dyadic language style matching and classroom observations of behaviorally inhibited children's sociability. Social Development, 34,  https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12781
  16. Silbereisen, R., Petersen, A., Antonucci, T., Chen, X., Pulkinnen, L., Rubin, K.H., & Schneider, W.  (2025).  The role of ISSBD in Developmental Science: Views of past-presidents. International Journal of Behavioral Development. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251340975
  17. Bui, H.N.T., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Shakiba, N., Rubin, K.H., Perlstein, S., Lorenzo, N.E., Novick, D.R., Danko, C., Dougherty, L.,R., & Wagner, N.J. (2024). Individual differences in parasympathetic functioning across social stressor tasks:  Relations with child and parent anxiety. Infant and Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2544
  18. Ghosh, R., Bowker, J.C., & Rubin, K.H.  (2024). Moderators of the associations between parent-child relationship quality and adolescent psychological adjustment during the transition to high school. Social Development.  http://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12760)
  19. Fleece, H.M., Wagner, N.J., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Smith, K.A., Shakiba, N., Novick, D.R., Druskin, L.R., Danko, C.M., & Rubin, K.H.  (2024).  Can behaviorally inhibited preschoolers make friends? Developmental Psychology.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001742 
  20. Liu, S., Han, Z., Zhuo, J., Wang, Q., Gao, M., Weng, X.,  Zhu, Y., Qin, S., & Rubin, K.H. (2024).  Parenting Links to Parent–Child Neural Synchrony: A Real-Time fNIRS Hyperscanning Study. Cerebral Cortex.  https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad533 
  21. Weingarten, J., Bowker, J.C., Coplan, R. & Rubin, K.H. (2024).  Maternal beliefs about the benefits and  costs of child and adolescent friendship. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 42, 72-96.  DOI: 10.1111/bjdp.12466 
  22. Rubin, K.H. (2024).  Award for distinguished contributions to Developmental Psychology: “Serendipity and happenstance.”  Developmental Psychologist (Newsletter of the American Psychological Association, Division 7 (Winter edition).
  23. Novick, D.R., Meyer, C.T., Wagner, N.J., Rubin, K.H., Danko, C.M., Dougherty, L.R., Druskin, L.R., Smith, K.A. & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2023). Testing reciprocal associations between child anxiety and parenting across early interventions for inhibited preschoolers. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 64 (12), 1665-1678. doi:10.1111/jcpp.13879 
  24. Druskin, L.R., Novick, D.R., Smith, K.A., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Wagner, N.J., Pham, S., Fleece, H.M., Danko, C.M., & Rubin, K.H. (2023). Comparison of behaviorally inhibited and typically developing children’s play behaviors in the preschool classroom. Frontiers in Psychology:  Developmental Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1193915  
  25. Bowker, J.C., Gurbacki, J.N., Richard, C.L., & Rubin, K.H. (2023) Anxious-withdrawal and sleep problems during adolescence: The moderating role of peer difficulties. Behavioral Sciences:Developmental Psychology. 13(9), 740; https://doi.org/10.3390/bs13090740 
  26. Wagner, N.J., Shakiba, N., Bui, H., Sem, K., Novick, D.R., Danko, C.M., Dougherty, L.R., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Rubin, K.H. (2023).  Examining the relations between children’s vagal flexibility across social stressor tasks and parent- and clinician-rated anxiety using baseline data from an early intervention for inhibited preschoolers. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 51, 1213-1224. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-023-01050-3 
  27. Guedes, M., Maia, R., Matos, I., Antunes, M., Rolão, T., Chronis-Tuscano, A., Rubin , K.H., Veríssimo, M., & Santos. A.J.  (2023).  Preliminary perceived intervention changes and engagement in an evidence-based program targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood, delivered in-person and online. Frontiers in Psychology: Educational Psychology. DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1187255 
  28. Lo Cricchio, M.G., Musso, P., Lo Coco, A., Inguglia, C., Liga, F., Bowker, J.C., & Rubin, K.H. (2023).  Peer reputation configurations and associations with friendship characteristics. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 184 (5), 339-355, doi. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2023.2205463 
  29. Merkley, T.L., Halter, C., Graul, B., Gale, S.D., Junge, C., Reading,M.,  Jarvis, S., Greer, K., Squires, C., Bigler, E.D., Taylor, H.G., Vannatta, K., Gerhardt, C.A.,  Rubin, K.H.,  Stancin, T., & Yeates, K.O., & Cobia, D. (2023).  Regional cortical thickness correlates of intellectual abilities differ in children with traumatic brain injury versus orthopedic injury in the chronic post-injury phase.  Journal of Neurotrauma.  https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2022.0524 
  30. Widmer, A., Havewalla, M., Bowker, J.C., & Rubin, K.H.  (2023). Secure maternal attachment relationships moderate the longitudinal relation between attention deficit hyperactivity symptoms and delinquency in adolescence. Journal of Attention Disorders, 27, 46-56. https://doi.org/10.1177/10870547221120694    
  31. Ribeiro, O., Freitas, M.; Rubin, K.H., & Santos, A.J. (2023).  Loneliness profiles in adolescence: Associations with sex and social adjustment to the peer group. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 1204-1217.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02472-1 
  32. Greer, K.M., Snyder, A., Junge, C., Reading, M., Jarvis, M. S., Squires, C., Bigler, E., Popuri, K., Beg, F., H., Taylor, H.G., Vannatta, K., Gerhardt, C., Rubin, K.H., Yeates, K.O. & Cobia, D.  (2022). Surface-based abnormalities in frontostriatal circuitry relate to impaired executive functioning in pediatric TBI. Neuroimage (Clinical). 103136. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nicl.2022.103136 
  33. Chronis-Tuscano, A., Novick, D.R., Danko, C.M., Smith, K., Wagner, N.J., Wang, C.H., Druskin, L., Dougherty, L.R., & Rubin, K.H. (2022). Early intervention for inhibited young children: A randomized controlled trial comparing the Turtle Program and Cool Little Kids. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 63 (3), 273-281.  DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13475 
  34. Guedes, M., Santos, A., Ribeiro, O., Freitas, M., & Rubin, K.H.  (2022).  USA and Portuguese young adolescents’ perceived qualities and satisfaction in their relationships with their mothers, fathers and best friends. Children, 9 (1). doi: 10.3390/children9010026
  35. Laursen, B., Dickson, D. J., Boivin, M., Bowker, J. C., Brendgen, M., & Rubin, K. H. (2021). Revisiting the hypothesis that friends buffer against diminished self-esteem arising from poor quality parent–adolescent relationships: A replication study. Developmental Psychology, 57(12), 2067-2081. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001119  
  36. Almeida, T.S., Ribeiro, O., Freitas, M.; Rubin, K.H., Santos, A.J. (2021) Loneliness and social functioning in adolescent peer victimization. Frontiers in Psychology: Developmental Psychology, Article 12:664079.  doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.664079 
  37. Ribeiro, O.,  Guedes, M., Verissimo, M.,  Rubin, K.H., & Santos, A.  (2021).  Multidimensional factor structure of the modified Child Rearing Practices Report Questionnaire (CRPR-Q) in a sample of Portuguese mothers: A bifactor approach. Analise Psicológica, 2 (39): 299-311. doi: 10.14417/ap.1688
  38. Marques, C., Guedes, M., Veríssimo, M., Rubin, K.H., & Santos, A.J. (2021). Perfis de comportamento inibido e sintomas de ansiedade em idade pré-escolar. (Profiles of behavioral inhibition and anxiety symptoms during the preschool years)  Analise Psicológica, 1 (39), 27-38.  DOI: 10.14417/ap.1761
  39. Zhao, D., Barstead, M.G., Rubin, K.H. , Zhang, F., & Zhou, Z. (2021).  The characteristics of Chinese anxiously withdrawn children’s friendships: Quantity, quality, and protecting against loneliness. Infant and Child Development. https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2253 
  40. Oh, W., Bowker, J.C., Santos, A.J., Ribeiro, O., Guedes, M., Freitas, M., Kim, H.K., Song, S., & Rubin, K.H. (2021).  Distinct profiles of relationships with mothers, fathers, and best friends and social-behavioral functioning in early adolescence: A cross-cultural study. Child Development, 92, 1154-1170. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13610  
  41. Rubin, K.H. & Chronis-Tuscano, A.  (2021).  Perspectives on social withdrawal in childhood:  Past, present, and prospects. Child Development Perspectives.15 (3), 160-167.  https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12417 
  42. 1.Havewalla, M.,*, Bowker, J.C., Smith, K.A., Rose-Krasnor, L., Booth-LaForce, C., Laursen, B., Felton, J.W., & Rubin, K.H. (2021). Peer influence during adolescence: The moderating role of parental support. Children, 8 (4). https://doi.org/10.3390/children8040306  (IF = 2.86)
  43. 1Guedes, M., Matos, I., Almeida, T., Freitas, M., Alves, S., Santos, A.J., Veríssimo, M., Chronis-Tuscano, & Rubin, K.H. (2021).  Perceptions of Portuguese parents about the acceptability of a multi-component intervention targeted at behavioral inhibition during early childhood. Infant Mental Health Journal, 42, 263–278.   https://doi.org/10.1002/imhj.21900 (IF = 1.79)
  44. 2Ryan, N.P., Anderson, V.A, Bigler, E.D., Dennis, M., Taylor, H.G., Rubin, K.H., Vannatta, K., Gerhardt, C.A., Stancin, T., Beauchamp, M.H., Hearps, S., Catroppa, C., Yeates, K.O. (2021). Delineating the Nature and Correlates of Social Dysfunction after Childhood Traumatic Brain Injury Using Common Data Elements: Evidence from an International Multi-Cohort Study. Journal of Neurotrauma, 38 (2), 252-260. DOI: 10.1089/neu.2020.7057 (IF = 4.87)
  45. 1Meinzer, M., Felton, J., Oddo, L.*, Rubin, K.H. & Chronis-Tuscano, A.  (2021).  ADHD and parent-child relationship difficulties at the transition to high school predict depressive symptoms. Journal of Attention Disorders. 25 (12), 1699-1711. https://doi.org/10.1177/1087054720923088 (IF = 3.67)
  46. 1Novick, D. R.*, Smith, K. A.*, Barstead, M. G.*, Danko, C. M., Rubin, K. H., Badders, R. N., Druskin, L.*, Dougherty, L., & Chronis-Tuscano, A. (2020). Predictors and moderators of parent engagement in early interventions for behaviorally inhibited preschool-age children. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. 5, 452-467. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2020.1784060 
  47. 2Wright, K.L., Hopkins, R.O., Robertson, F., Bigler, E.D., Dennis, M., Taylor, H.G., Rubin, K., Vannatta, K., Stancin, T., & Yeates, K.O.  (2020).  Assessment of White Matter Integrity Following Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Neurotrauma. 37, 2188-2197.  https://doi.org/10.1089/neu.2019.6691 (IF = 4.87)
  48. 1Wagner, N.J., Bowker, J.C., & Rubin, K.H. (2020). Associations between Callous-Unemotional Traits and Peer-Rated Social-Behavioral Outcomes in Elementary and Middle School. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 48, 757–769  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00636-5 ((IF = 4.09)
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