2023
Parental Assistance with Children’s Extrinsic Emotion Regulation across Development
Cohodes E, Gee D. Parental Assistance with Children’s Extrinsic Emotion Regulation across Development. 2023, 149-165. DOI: 10.1017/9781009304368.012.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLeveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity
Gee D, Cohodes E. Leveraging the developmental neuroscience of caregiving to promote resilience among youth exposed to adversity. Development And Psychopathology 2023, 35: 2168-2185. PMID: 37929292, PMCID: PMC10872788, DOI: 10.1017/s0954579423001128.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorticolimbic circuitryEmotional functioningYouth emotional functioningEmergence of psychopathologyFavorable mental health outcomesMental health outcomesYouth mental healthEmotion regulationDevelopmental neuroscienceLine of researchNeural mechanismsEarly attachmentEmotional learningEarly adversityFoster resilienceStress reactivityAdversitySensitive periodMental healthClinical interventionsResilienceFunctioningClinical implicationsYouthMajor risk factor
2022
Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators
Foster JC, Cohodes EM, Brieant AE, McCauley S, Odriozola P, Zacharek SJ, Pierre JC, Hodges HR, Kribakaran S, Haberman JT, Holt-Gosselin B, Gee DG. Associations Between Early-Life Stress Exposure and Internalizing Symptomatology During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Assessing the Role of Neurobehavioral Mediators. Biological Psychiatry Global Open Science 2022, 3: 362-373. PMID: 35959474, PMCID: PMC9356644, DOI: 10.1016/j.bpsgos.2022.07.006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchEarly life stressImpact of ELSResting-state functional connectivity dataEffects of ELSLife stress exposureCOVID-19 pandemicPandemic-related stressSignificant direct associationFunctional connectivity dataInternalizing symptomatologyELS exposurePsychiatric illnessOngoing COVID-19 pandemicGeneral populationSample of adultsPsychological functioningFunctional connectivityStress exposureMental healthSymptomatologyNeurobehavioral factorsAssociationEmotion regulationCOVIDDirect association
2021
Influences of Caregiving on Development: A Sensitive Period for Biological Embedding of Predictability and Safety Cues
Gee DG, Cohodes EM. Influences of Caregiving on Development: A Sensitive Period for Biological Embedding of Predictability and Safety Cues. Current Directions In Psychological Science 2021, 30: 376-383. PMID: 34675455, PMCID: PMC8528226, DOI: 10.1177/09637214211015673.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCorticolimbic circuitryEmotional reactivitySensitive periodCaregiver influenceExternal regulationChildren's emotional reactivityEarly sensitive periodPeriod of plasticityEarly life adversitySafety cuesEmotion regulationNeurobiological mechanismsCaregiving experiencesLife adversityIntervention effortsCaregiver behaviorBehavioral developmentAffective behaviorBiological embeddingHuman researchPowerful influenceAdversityCaregiver inputCaregiversCircuitryMigration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy
Cohodes EM, Kribakaran S, Odriozola P, Bakirci S, McCauley S, Hodges HR, Sisk LM, Zacharek SJ, Gee DG. Migration‐related trauma and mental health among migrant children emigrating from Mexico and Central America to the United States: Effects on developmental neurobiology and implications for policy. Developmental Psychobiology 2021, 63: e22158. PMID: 34292596, PMCID: PMC8410670, DOI: 10.1002/dev.22158.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental healthMigration-related traumaEffects of traumaDevelopment of internalizingEarly life adversityEmotion regulationMigrant childrenTransdiagnostic mechanismsTrauma exposureExternalizing symptomatologyTraumatic experiencesRefugee childrenChildren's exposureDevelopmental neurobiologyChildrenYouthInterdisciplinary effortInternalizingTraumaImplicationsAdversityNeurobiologyContext of migrationSymptomatologyLearningDevelopment and Validation of the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire
Cohodes EM, Preece DA, McCauley S, Rogers MK, Gross JJ, Gee DG. Development and Validation of the Parental Assistance with Child Emotion Regulation (PACER) Questionnaire. Research On Child And Adolescent Psychopathology 2021, 50: 133-148. PMID: 33411232, DOI: 10.1007/s10802-020-00759-9.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmotion regulatory strategiesChildren's emotion regulationEmotion regulationRegulation strategiesPoorer parent-child relationship qualityParent-child relationship qualityEmotion regulation strategiesEmotion Regulation QuestionnaireTen-factor structureParental assistanceDifferent regulation strategiesDifferent child agesHigher child internalizingRegulatory strategiesAcceptable test-retest reliabilityConfirmatory factor analysisExcellent internal consistencyEmotion sensitivityChild executionNegative emotionsExternalizing problemsTest-retest reliabilityChild stressPsychometric measuresChildren's internalizing