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2023

Lunkenheimer, E.,  Sturge-Apple, M. L., &  Kelm, M. R. (2023).  The importance of parent self-regulation and parent–child coregulation in research on parental discipline. Child Development Perspectives,  17,  25– 31. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12470

Sun, J., Lunkenheimer, E., & Lin, D. (2023). Dimensions of child maltreatment and longitudinal diurnal cortisol patterns: The roles of child resilience and sex. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001086

Lan, Q., Zhang, C., Lunkenheimer, E., Chang, S., Li, Z., & Wang, L. (2023). Maternal postnatal depressive symptoms and children’s internalizing problems: The moderating role of mother-infant RSA synchrony. Development and Psychopathology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001153

Li, L., Sturge-Apple, M., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2023). Longitudinal associations between maternal harsh parenting and child temperament: The moderating role of children’s respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001129

Lunkenheimer, E., Dunning, E. D., Diercks, C. M., & Kelm, M. R. (2023). Parental regulation of parent and child screen-based device use. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254231179978

Engel, K. D., Lunkenheimer, E., & Corapci, F. (2023). Do maternal power assertive discipline and warmth interact to influence toddlers’ emotional reactivity and noncompliance? Infant and Child Development. Advance online publication.  https://doi.org/10.1002/icd.2442

Kelm, M. R., Diercks, C. M., Dunning, E. D., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2023). Maternal working memory buffers the effects of COVID-19 hardships on child mental health symptoms. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101559

Lunkenheimer, E., Sturge-Apple, M. L., & Kelm, M. R. (2023). The importance of parent self-regulation and parent-child coregulation in parental discipline research. Child Development Perspectives, 17(1), 25-31. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/cdep.12470

2022

Brown, K. M., Ram, N., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2022). The influence of children’s effortful control on parent–child behavioral synchrony. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(6), 907–918. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001010

Diercks, C. M.,  Gunther, K. E.,  Teti, D. M., &  Lunkenheimer, E. (2022).  Ecological validity in measuring parents’ executive function. Child Development Perspectives,  16,  208– 214. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdep.12464

Mak, H. W.,  Lydon-Staley, D. M.,  Lunkenheimer, E.,  Lai, M. H. C., &  Fosco, G. M. (2023).  The roles of caregivers and friends in adolescent daily emotion dynamics. Social Development,  32,  263– 282. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12637

Brown, K. M., Perez-Edgar, K., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2022). Understanding how child temperament, negative parenting, and parent-child behavioral variability interact to influence externalizing problems. Social Development. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/sode.12601

Perlman, S. B., Lunkenheimer, E., Panlilio, C., & Perez-Edgar, K. (2022). Parent-to-child anxiety transmission through dyadic social dynamics: A dynamic developmental model. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 25, 110-129. doi:10.1007/s10567-022-00391-7

2021

Ratcliff, K. A., Vazquez, L. C., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Cole, P. M. (2021). Longitudinal changes in young children’s strategy use for emotion regulation. Developmental Psychology, 57(9), 1471–1486. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001235

Lobo, F. M.,  Lunkenheimer, E.,  Lucas-Thompson, R. G.,  Seiter, N. S. (2021).  Parental emotion coaching moderates the effects of family stress on internalizing symptoms in middle childhood and adolescence. Social Development,  30,  1023– 1039. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12519

Fuchs, A. M., Lunkenhiemer, E., Lobo, F. M., (2021). Individual differences in parent and child average RSA and parent psychological distress influence parent-child RSA synchrony. Biological Psychology, 161. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108077

Diercks, C. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Brown, K. M. (2021). The dynamics of maternal scaffolding vary by cumulative risk status. Journal of Family Psychology, 35(2), 203–212. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000806

Skoranski, AM,  Lunkenheimer, E.  Person-centered profiles of parasympathetic physiology, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers of young children. Dev. Psychobiol. 2021; 64: 753– 767. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22043

Brown, S. M., Lunkenheimer, E., LeBourgeois, M., & Heilman, K. (2021). Child maltreatment severity and sleep variability predict mother-infant RSA coregulation. Development and Psychopathology, 33(5), 1747-1758. doi:10.1017/S0954579421000729

Fuchs, A. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Brown, K. M. (2021). Parental history of child maltreatment and child average RSA shape parent-child RSA synchrony. Developmental Psychobiology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1002/dev.22171

Fuchs, A. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Lobo, F. M. (2021) Individual differences in parent and child average RSA and parent psychological distress influence parent-child RSA synchrony. Biological Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.biopsycho.2021.108077

Lobo, F. M., Lunkenheimer, E., Lucas-Thompson, R. G., & Seiter, N. S. (2021). Parental emotion coaching moderates the effects of family stress on internalizing symptoms in middle childhood and adolescence. Social Development. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/sode.12519

Lunkenheimer, E., Brown, K. M., & Fuchs, A. M. (2021). Differences in mother-child and father-child RSA synchrony: Moderation by child self-regulation and dyadic affect. Developmental Psychobiology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1002/dev.22080

Lunkenheimer, E., Skoranski, A. M., Lobo, F. M., Wendt, K. E. (2021). Parental depressive symptoms, parent-child dyadic behavioral variability, and child dysregulation. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/fam0000807

Ratcliff, K. A., Vazquez, L. C., Lunkenheimer, E., & Cole, P. M. (2021). Longitudinal changes in young children’s strategy use for emotion regulation. Developmental Psychology, 57(9), 1471-1486. doi:10.1037/dev0001235

2020

Diercks, C. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Brown, K. M. (2020). Dynamics of maternal scaffolding vary by cumulative risk status. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/fam0000806

Lobo, F. M., & Lunkenheimer, E.(2020). Understanding the parent-child coregulation patterns shaping child self-regulation. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/dev0000926

Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Seiter, N. S., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2020). Interparental conflict, attention to angry interpersonal interactions, and adolescent anxiety. Family Relations. Advance online publication. doi:10.1111/fare.12505

Lunkenheimer, E., Hamby, C. M., Lobo, F. M., Cole, P. M., & Olson, S. L. (2020). The role of dynamic, dyadic parent-child processes in parental socialization of emotion. Developmental Psychology, 56(3), 566-577. doi:10.1037/dev0000808

Lunkenheimer, E., Skoranski, A. M., Lobo, F. M., & Wendt, K. E. (2020). Parental depressive symptoms, parent-child dyadic behavior variability, and child dysregulation. Journal of Family Psychology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1037/fam0000807

Skoranski, A. M., & Lunkenheimer, E.(2020). Person-centered profiles of parasympathetic physiology, anxiety symptoms, and depressive symptoms in mothers and fathers of young children. Developmental Psychobiology. Advance online publication. doi:10.1002/dev.22043

2019

Schworer, E.,  Fidler, D. J.,  Lunkenheimer, E., and  Daunhauer, L. A. (2019)  Parenting behaviour and executive function in children with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research,  63:  298– 312. https://doi.org/10.1111/jir.12575.

Lunkenheimer, E., Busuito, A., Brown, K. M., Panlilio, C., & Skowron, E. A. (2019). The interpersonal neurobiology of child maltreatment: Parasympathetic substrates of interactive repair in maltreating and non-maltreating mother-child dyads. Child Maltreatment. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/1077559518824058

Lunkenheimer, E., Panlilio, C., Lobo, F. M., Olson, S. L., & Hamby, C. M. (2019). Preschoolers’ self-regulation in context: task persistence profiles with mothers and fathers and later attention problems in kindergarten. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 47(6), 947-960. doi:10.1007/s10802-019-00512-x

Hamby, C. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Fisher, P. A. (2019). The potential of video feedback interventions to improve parent-child interaction skills in parents with intellectual disability. Children and Youth Services Review. Advance online publication. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2019.104395

Skoranski, A., Coatsworth, D., J., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2019). A dynamic systems approach to understanding mindfulness in interpersonal relationships. Journal of Child and Family Studies. Advance online publication. doi:10.1007/s10826-019-01500-x

2018

Lunkenheimer, E. (2018). Dynamic systems theory. The SAGE encyclopedia of lifespan human development, 679-680.

Lunkenheimer, E., Busuito, A., Brown, K. M., & Skowron, E. A. (2018). Mother-child coregulation of parasympathetic processes differs by child maltreatment severity and subtype. Child Maltreatment, 23(3), 211-220. doi:10.1177/1077559517751672

2017

Lucas-Thompson, R. G.,Lunkenheimer, E.,& Granger, D. (2017). Adolescent conflict appraisals moderate the link between marital conflict and physiological stress reactivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 27(1), 173-188. doi:10.1111/jora.12264

Lunkenheimer, E., Kemp, C. J., Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Cole, P. M., & Albrecht, E. C. (2017). Assessing biobehavioral self-regulation and coregulation in early childhood: The Parent-Child Challenge Task. Infant and Child Development, 26(1). doi:10.1002/icd.1965

Lunkenheimer, E., Ram, N., Skowron, E. A., & Yin, P. (2017). Harsh parenting, child behavior problems, and the dynamic coupling of parents’ and children’s positive behaviors. Journal of Family Psychology, 31(6), 689-698. doi:10.1037/fam0000310

Lunkenheimer, E., Tiberio, S. S., Skoranski, A. M., Buss, K. A., & Cole, P. M. (2017). Parent-child coregulation of parasympathetic processes varies by social context and risk for psychopathology. Psychophysiology, 55(2). doi:10.1111/psyp.12985

Lunkenheimer, E., & Wang, J. (2017) It’s OK to fail: Individual and dyadic regulatory antecedents of mastery motivation in preschool. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(5), 1481-1490. doi:10.1007/s10826-016-0633-0

Skoranski, A. M., Lunkenheimer, E., & Lucas-Thompson, R. (2017). The effects of maternal respiratory sinus arrhythmia and behavioral engagement on mother-child physiological coregulation. Developmental Psychobiology, 59(7), 888-898. doi:10.1002/dev.21543

2016

Kemp, C. J., Lunkenheimer, E., Albrecht, E. C., & Chen, D. Y. (2016). Can we fix this? Parent-child repair processes and preschoolers’ regulatory skills. Family Relations, 65(4), 576-590. doi:10.1111/fare.12213

Lunkenheimer, E.,Lichtwarck-Aschoff, A., Hollenstein, T., Kemp, C. J., & Granic, I. (2016). Breaking down the coercive cycle: How parent and child risk factors influence real-time variability in parental responses to child misbehavior. Parenting: Science and Practice16(4), 237-256. doi:10.1080/15295192.2016.1184925

Lucas-Thompson, R. G.,Lunkenheimer, E.,& Dumitrache, A. (2016). Associations between marital conflict and adolescent conflict appraisals, stress physiology, and mental health. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46(3), 379-393. doi:10.1080/15374416.2015.1046179

2015

Lunkenheimer, E.,Tiberio, S. S., Buss, K. A., Lucas-Thompson, R. G., Boker, S. M., & Timpe, Z. C. (2015). Coregulation of respiratory sinus arrhythmia between parents and preschoolers: Differences by children’s externalizing problems. Developmental Psychobiology, 57(8), 994-1003. doi: 10.1002/dev.21323

Timpe, Z. C., & Lunkenheimer, E. (2015). The long-term economic benefits of natural mentoring relationships for youth. American Journal of Community Psychology, 56(1-2), 12-24. doi: 10.1007/s10464-015-9735-x

Lunkenheimer, E. S.,& Leerkes, E. M. (2015). Innovative methods in the science of parent-child relations. Infant and Child Development, 24(3), 215-219. doi: 10.1002/icd.1920

MacPhee, D., Lunkenheimer, E., & Riggs, N. (2015). Resilience as regulation of family and developmental processes. Family Relations64, 153-175. doi: 10.1111/fare.12100

2014

Ram, N., Shiyko, M., Lunkenheimer, E. S., Doerksen, S., & Conroy, D. (2014). Families as coordinated symbiotic systems: Making use of nonlinear dynamic models. In S. M. McHale, P. Amato, & A. Booth (Eds.), Emerging methods in family research: National symposium on family issues, Vol 4 (pp. 19-37). New York, NY: Springer.

2013

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Kemp, C. J., & Albrecht, E. C. (2013). Contingencies in parent-child teaching interactions and behavioral regulation and dysregulation in early childhood. Social Development, 22, 319-339. doi: 10.1111/sode.12016

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Albrecht, E. C., & Kemp, C. J. (2013). Dyadic flexibility in early parent-child interactions: Relations with maternal depressive symptoms and child negativity and behavior problems. Infant and Child Development, 22, 250-269. doi: 10.1002/icd.1783

2012

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Hollenstein, T., Wang, J., & Shields, A. M. (2012). Flexibility and attractors in context: Family emotion socialization patterns and children’s emotion regulation in late childhood. Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, 16, 269-291. 

2011

Fidler, D. J., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Hahn, L. (2011). Emerging behavioral phenotypes and dynamic systems theory. In D. J. Fidler (Ed.), International Review of Research in Developmental Disabilities, Vol. 40 (pp. 17-42). San Diego, CA: Academic Press.

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Olson, S. L., Hollenstein, T., Sameroff, A. J., & Winter, C. (2011). Dyadic flexibility and positive affect in parent-child coregulation and the development of child behavior problems. Development and Psychopathology, 23(2), 577-591. doi:10.1017/S095457941100006X

Olson, S. L., Lopez, N. L., Lunkenheimer, E. S., Chang, H., & Sameroff, A. J. (2011). Individual differences in the development of early peer aggression: Integrating contributions of self-regulation, theory of mind, and parenting. Development and Psychopathology, 23(1), 253-266. doi:10.1017/S0954579410000775

2009

Combs-Ronto, L. A., Olson, S. L., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Sameroff, A. J. (2009). Interactions between maternal parenting and children’s early disruptive behavior: Bidirectional associations across the transition from preschool to school entry. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37(8), 1151-1163. doi:10.1007/s10802-009-9332-2

Olson, S. L., & Lunkenheimer, E. S. (2009). Expanding concepts of self-regulation to social relationships: Transactional processes in the development of early behavioral adjustment. In A. J. Sameroff (Ed.), The Transactional Model of Development (pp. 55-76). Washington, DC: APA Press.

Olson, S. L., Sameroff, A. J., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Kerr, D. C. R. (2009). Self-regulatory processes in the development of disruptive behavior problems: The preschool to school transition. In S. L. Olson & A. J. Sameroff (Eds.), Biopsychosocial Regulatory Processes in the Development of Behavior Problems (pp 144-185). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Dishion, T. J. (2009). Developmental psychopathology: Maladaptive and adaptive attractors in children’s close relationships. In S. Guastello, M. Koopmans, & D. Pincus (Eds.), Chaos and Complexity in Psychology: The Theory of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems (pp. 282-306). New York, NY: Cambridge University Press.

2008

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Dishion, T. J., Shaw, D. S., Connell, A. M., Gardner, F., Wilson, M., & Skuban, E. (2008). Collateral benefits of the Family Check-Up on early childhood school readiness: Indirect effects of parents’ positive behavior support. Developmental Psychology, 44(6), 1737-1752. doi:10.1037/a0013858

Lunkenheimer, E. S. (2008). Dynamic systems theory and the promotion of children’s mental health. Journal of Developmental Processes, 3(1), 34-37.

2007

Kerr, D. C. R., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Olson, S. L. (2007). Assessment of child problem behaviors by multiple informants: A longitudinal study from preschool to school entry. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(10), 967-975. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01776.x

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Shields, A. M., & Cortina, K. S. (2007). Parental coaching and dismissing of children’s emotions in family interaction. Social Development, 16(2), 232-248. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00382.x

2006

Kerr, D. C. R., Lunkenheimer, E. S., & Olson, S. L. (2007). Assessment of child problem behaviors by multiple informants: A longitudinal study from preschool to school entry. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(10), 967-975. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2007.01776.x

Lunkenheimer, E. S., Shields, A. M., & Cortina, K. S. (2007). Parental coaching and dismissing of children’s emotions in family interaction. Social Development, 16(2), 232-248. doi:10.1111/j.1467-9507.2007.00382.x

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