Selected Publications since 2015 – see Google Scholar Page for most up to date publications
Li, X., Cai, T., Jimenez, V., & Tu, K. M. (2022). Youth coping and cardiac autonomic functioning: Implications for social and academic adjustment. Developmental Psychobiology, 64, e22338. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22338
Li, X., Tu, K. M., & McElwain, N. L. (2022). Interactive contribution of observed mother-youth emotional climate and youth physiology: A biopsychosocial approach to understanding youth coping with peer stress. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 42(8), 1073–1101. https://doi.org/10.1177/02724316221096079
Cai, T. & Tu, K. M. (2021). Linking academic worries and youth academic adjustment: The role of parental involvement. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 76, 101325. doi: 10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101325
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., Pettit, G. S. & Vandenberg, C. (2021). Parents’ responses to peer victimization: Associations with early adolescent coping and peer victimization. Journal of Early Adolescence (Special Issue paper), 41, 167-196. doi: 10.1177/0272431619899468
Tu, K. M., Cai, T., & Li, X. (2020). Adolescent coping with academic challenges: The role of parental socialization of coping. Journal of Adolescence, 81, 27-38. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2020.03.008
Tu, K. M., & Cai, T. (2020). Reciprocal associations between adolescent peer relationships and sleep. Sleep Health, 6, 743-748. doi: 10.1016/j.sleh.2020.01.019
Cai, T., & Tu, K. M. (2020). Linking parental monitoring and psychological control with internalizing symptoms in early adolescence: The moderating role of vagal tone. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 48, 809-821. doi: 10.1007/s10802-020-00631-w
Tu, K. M., & Ravindran, N. (2020). Getting under the skin: Maternal social coaching and adolescent peer adjustment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 66, 101091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2019.101091
Cohen, J. R., Thompsen, K., Tu, K. M., Thakur, H., McNeil, S. & Menon, S. (2020). Cardiac autonomic functioning and post-traumatic stress: A preliminary study in youth at-risk for PTSD. Psychiatry Research, 284, 112684. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.psychres.2019.112684
Tu, K. M., Li, X., & Cohen, J. R. (2019; epub ahead of print). The “heart” of depression during early adolescence. Developmental Psychobiology.
Tu, K. M., Spencer, C., El-Sheikh, M., & Erath, S. A. (2019). Peer victimization predicts sleep problems in early adolescence. Journal of Early Adolescence, 39, 67-80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431617725199
Erath, S. A., Kaeppler, A. K., & Tu, K. M. (2019). Coping with peer victimization predicts peer adjustment across the transition to middle school. Social Development, 28, 22-40. doi: 10.1111/sode.12330
Tu, K. M., Elmore-Staton, L., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2018). The link between maternal sleep and permissive parenting during late adolescence. Journal of Sleep Research, 27, e12676. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12676
Erath, S. A., Su, S., & Tu, K. M. (2018). Electrodermal reactivity to peer stress moderates the prospective association between peer victimization and depression symptoms in early adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 47, 992-1003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1197838
Tu, K. M., Gregson, K. D., Erath, S. A., & Pettit, G. S. (2017). Custom-fit parenting: How low- and well-accepted young adolescents benefit from peer-related parenting. Parenting: Science and Practice, 17, 157-176. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15295192.2017.1332298
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2017). Parental management of peers and
autonomic nervous system reactivity in predicting adolescent peer relationships.
Developmental Psychology, 53, 540-551. doi: 10.1037/dev0000248
Tu, K. M., Marks, B. T., & El-Sheikh, M. (2017). Sleep and mental health: The moderating role of perceived adolescent-parent attachment. Sleep Health, 3, 90-97. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2016.12.003
Tu, K. M., Gregson, K. D., Erath, S. A., & Pettit, G. S. (2017). Custom-fit parenting: How low- and well-accepted young adolescents benefit from peer-related parenting. Parenting: Science and Practice., 17, 157-176.
Gregson, K. D., Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & Pettit, G. S. (2017). Parental social coaching promotes adolescent peer acceptance across the middle school transition. Journal of Family Psychology, 31, 668-678. http://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-12256-001
El-Sheikh, M., Tu, K. M., Saini, E. K., Fuller-Rowell, T, & Buckhalt, J A. (2016). Perceived discrimination and youths’ adjustment: Sleep as a moderator. Journal of Sleep Research, 25, 70-77. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12333
Erath, S.A., Bub, K.L., & Tu, K.M. (2016). Responses to peer stress predict academic outcomes across the transition to middle school. Journal of Early Adolescence, 36, 5-28. doi: 10.1177/0272431614556350
Bagley, E. J., Tu, K. M., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2016). The effects of community violence on adolescent sleep. Sleep Health, 2, 57-62.
doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.sleh.2015.12.006
Lu, T., Tu, K. M., El-Sheikh, M., & Vaughn, B. (2016). Preschool
children’s negative emotionality and peer status: The moderating role of sleep. Social Development, 25, 704-721. doi: 10.1111/sode.12175
Hinnant, J. B., Erath, S. A., Tu, K. M., El-Sheikh, M. (2016). Permissive parenting and adolescent delinquent behavior: The role of peer affiliations and physiological reactivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1071-1081. doi: 10.1007/s101802-015-0114-8
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2016). Coping responses
moderate prospective associations between marital conflict and youth adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology, 30, 523-532. doi: 10.1037/fam0000169
Gregson, K. D., Erath, S. A., Pettit, G. S., & Tu, K. M. (2016). Are they
listening? Parental social coaching and parental emotional climate predict adolescent receptivity. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 26, 619-1064. doi: 10.1111/jora.12222
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2015). Peer victimization and adolescent adjustment: The moderating role of sleep. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 43, 1447-1457. doi: 10.1007/s10802-015-0035-6
Erath, S.A., Tu, K. M., Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M. (2015). Associations between children’s intelligence and academic achievement: The role of sleep. Journal of Sleep Research, 24, 510-513. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12281
Selected Presentations since 2015
Izenstark, D., Bang, J., Tu, K. M., & Devine, N. (accepted; 2023, April). An exploration of the environmental setting mothers and early adolescent youth prefer to have problem-solving conversations. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA, USA.
Li, X., McElwain, N. L., & Tu, K. M. (accepted; 2023, March). Linking mother-toddler affective flexibility with psychological adjustment in early adolescence. Flash talk paper presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Kim, S. G., Tu, K. M., & McElwain, N. L. (accepted; 2023, March). Exposure to stressful life events and internalizing psychopathology during adolescence: The moderating role of interactive repair. Poster presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Gong, Q., Kramer, Z. K., & Tu, K. M. (2022, August). Understanding Fathers’ Marital Conflict and Children’s Socioemotional Skills: A Moderated-Mediation Model of Conflict Resolution and Parenting. Presented at 2022 American Sociological Association Conference.
Jimenez, V. & Tu, K. M. (2022, March). African American youths’ social cognitive processing: Parental cognitive reframing and youth advice-seeking about peer problems. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.
Li, X., Li, Z., & Tu, K. M. (2022, March). Peer victimization and youth depression: The moderating roles of coping and cardiac autonomic functioning. Individual paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, New Orleans, LA.
Gong, Q., Kramer, Z. K., & Tu, K. M. (2021, November). Connecting fathers’ marital conflict with children’s socioemotional development through father-child interaction: A moderated mediation test. Presented at 2021 National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference.
Cai, T., Li. X., & Tu, K. M. (2021, April). Linking parental physiological regulation and parenting behavior. Individual flash talk paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (virtual conference).
Li, X., Cai, T., Jimenez, V., & Tu, K. M. (2021, April). Domain-specific examinations linking youth coping and adjustment: The moderating role of cardiac autonomic functioning. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (virtual conference).
Tu, K. M., Genuneit, J., Cai, T., & Ricci, C. (2021, April). Positive friendship experiences and sleep in adolescence: Data from the GABRRIELA Ulm Cohort. Paper to be presented as part of the symposium, “Pathways to adolescent physical health outcomes: Unpacking the power of peers,” (L. Lessard & H. Schacter, co-chairs) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (virtual conference).
Tu, K. M., & Cai, T. (March 2020). Reciprocal associations between adolescent peer relationships and sleep. Individual paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled)
Cai, T., & Tu, K. M. (March 2021). Linking parental monitoring and psychological control with internalizing symptoms in early adolescence: The moderating role of vagal tone. Poster to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (virtual conference)
Li, X., Tu, K. M., & McElwain, N. (March 2021). Coping with social stress in early adolescence: The interactive contribution of observed emotional climate and youth physiology. Individual paper to be presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (virtual conference)
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., Pettit, G. S. & Vandenberg, C. E. (March 2020). Parents’ responses to peer victimization: Associations with early adolescent coping and peer victimization. Paper to be presented as part of a paper symposium to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA. (Conference canceled)
Tu, K. M., & Cai, T. (2019). Adolescent coping with academic failure: The role of parental socialization of coping. Poster submitted to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Cai, T., & Tu, K. M. (2019). Academic worries about middle school and adolescent academic outcomes: The role of parental involvement. Poster submitted to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Li, X., & Tu, K. M. (2019). Differential effects of mothers’ and fathers’ parenting self-efficacy on peer-related parenting and adolescent peer adjustment. Poster submitted to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Tu, K. M., & Theisen, J. C. (2018). Maternal vagal reactivity to adolescent peer stress experiences. Paper presented as part of the symposium, “Mother-adolescent interactions: A context for understanding mother and adolescent behaviors and adolescent adjustment,” (K. M. Tu, Chair) to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
Ravindran, N., & Tu, K. M. (2018). Maternal social coaching and adolescent peer adjustment: The moderating role of skin conductance level reactivity. Paper presented as part of the symposium, “Spillover between adolescents’ relationships with parents and peers: Physiological, cognitive, and behavioral correlates,” (T. M. Kaufman, Chair) to the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, MN.
Izenstark, D., & Tu, K. M. (2018). Family-based nature activities as a context for positive parent-child communication. Poster presented at the Academy of Leisure Sciences Annual Conference on Research and Teaching, Indianapolis, IN.
Tu, K. M., Spencer, C., El-Sheikh, M., & Erath, S. A. (2017). Peer victimization predicts sleep problems in early adolescence. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Erath, S. A., Kaeppler, A., & Tu, K. M. (2017). Coping with peer victimization predicts peer adjustment across the transition to middle school. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2016). Peer relations among adolescents: The interplay between parental directing and autonomic nervous system activity. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Tu, K .M., Erath, S. A., & Su, S. (2016). Peer adjustment across the transition to middle school: Preadolescents’ receptivity to parenting in the peer domain. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
Bagley, E. J., Tu, K. M., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2016). Community violence concerns and adolescent sleep. Paper presented as part of the symposium “Health-related outcomes in adolescence: Sleep and BMI as examples” (E.J. Bagley, Chair) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
El-Sheikh, M., Robinson, J. L., Erath, S. A., Tu, K. M., Kirby, A. J., & Murphy, J. E. (2015). Sleep deprivation and disturbances in neural functioning in adolescence. Poster presented at the 2015 Society for Research in Child Development special topic on “Social Neuroscience Perspectives on Child Development,” Leiden, The Netherlands.
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2015). Peer victimization and adolescent
adjustment: The moderating role of sleep. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Tu, K. M., Erath, S. A., Buckhalt, J. A., Marks, B. T., & El-Sheikh, M. (2015).
Associations between children’s intelligence and academic achievement: The role of sleep. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.
Gregson, K. D., Erath, S. A., Pettit, G. S., Tu, K. M., Su, S., & McDaniel, S. (2015).
Linking parental social coaching with early adolescents’ concurrent and prospective social adjustment. Paper presented as part of the symposium “Parental advice about peer relationships and adjustment in early adolescence” (K. M. Tu, Chair) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA.