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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

2024-2020
  1. Gazelle, H., Rubin, K.H., & Brendgen, M. (in press). Developmental psychopathology models of social anxiety.  In P. DiBartolo & S. Hofmann (Eds), Social anxiety: Clinical, developmental, and social perspectives (4th edition). Elsevier.
  2. 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
  3. Sem, K., Shakiba, N., Rubin, K.H., Novick, D.R., Druskin, L.R., Smith, K., Danko, C.M., Chronis-Tuscano, A., & Wagner, N.J. (in press).  Associations between dyadic language style matching and classroom observations of behaviorally inhibited children's sociability. Social Development.  https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12781
  4. 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
  5. 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)
  6. 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 
  7. 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 (IF = 3.7)
  8. 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 
  9. 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).
  10. Rubin, K.H. & Bowker, J.C. (2023). Culture and social development.  In M. Boivin, R. De. Peters, & R. Tremblay (Eds.) Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development. Montréal, Québec: Centre of excellence for the development of young children. 
  11. 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 
  12. 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 
  13. 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 (IF = 2.98)
  14. 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 
  15. 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  
  16. 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 
  17. 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 
  18. 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   
  19. 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 
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. 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
  23. 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   
  24. 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.
  25. 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  
  26. 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 
  27. 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
  28. 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
  29. 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  
  30. 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 
  31. 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 
  32. 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 
  33. Guedes, 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
  34. Ryan, 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 
  35. Meinzer, 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
  36. Novick, 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
  37. Wright, 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
  38. Wagner, 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
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