Publications

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*Li, J., Hasegawa-Johnson, M., & McElwain, N. L. (accepted). Towards robust family-infant audio analysis based on unsupervised pretraining of Wav2Vec 2.0 on large-scale unlabeled family audio. INTERSPEECH 2023. Preprint available here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12530v2 IDP; LittleBeats

*Hu, Y., Chen, H., *Li, X., Larsen, R. J., Sutton, B. P., Gao, W., & McElwain, N. L. (2023). Associations between infant amygdala functional connectivity and social engagement following a stressor: A preliminary investigation. Developmental Science. [Epub ahead of print] https://doi.org/10.1111/desc.13418 IDP

*Li, X., Chen, H., *Hu, Y., Larsen, R. J., Sutton, B. P., McElwain, N. L., & Gao, W. (2023). Functional neural network connectivity at 3 months predicts infant-mother dyadic flexibility during play at 6 months. Cerebral Cortex, bhad117. https://doi.org/10.1093/cercor/bhad117  IDP

*Li, X., *Jorgensen, N., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2022). Toddler-mother attachment modulates adolescents’ evaluation of trustworthiness. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience. Online first publication. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsac009 CSDP-Phase 3

McElwain, N. L., *Hu, Y., *Li, X., Fisher, M., *Baldwin, J. C., & Bodway, J. M. (2022). Zoom, zoom, baby! Assessing mother-infant interaction during the still face paradigm and infant language development via a virtual visit procedure. Frontiers in Psychology, 12, 1664-1078.  https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.734492 IDP

*Ravindran, N., McElwain, N. L., Berry, D., & Kramer, L. (2022). Dynamic fluctuations in maternal cardiac vagal tone moderate moment-to-moment associations between children’s negative behavior and maternal emotional support. Developmental PsychologyMCRP

Rogers, C. R., Chen, X., Kwon, S., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2021). The role of early attachment and parental presence in adolescent behavioral and neurobiological regulation. Development Cognitive Neuroscience. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2021.101046  CSDP-Phase 3

*Hu, Y., McElwain, N. L., Berry, D. (2021). Mother–child mutually responsive orientation and real-time physiological coordination. Developmental PsychobiologyMCRP

*Li, J., Hasegawa-Johnson, M., McElwain, N. L. (2021). Analysis of acoustic and voice quality features for the classification of infant and mother vocalizations. Speech Communications, 133, 41-61. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2021.07.010  IDP ; TDP

*Zhu, J., McElwain, N. L., & Hasegawa-Johnson, M. A. (2021). A comparison study on infant-parent voice diarization. Proceedings of 2021 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, 7178-7182, doi: https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9413538 IDP ;TDP

*Hu, Y., *Emery, H. T., *Ravindran, N., & McElwain, N. L. (2020). Direct and indirect pathways from maternal and paternal empathy to young children’s socioemotional functioning.  Journal of Family PsychologyCSDP-Phases 1 & 2; TTP

*Chen, X., *McCormick, E., *Ravindran, N., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. (2020). Maternal emotion socialization in early childhood predicts adolescents’ amygdala-vmPFC functional connectivity to emotional faces. Developmental Psychology (Special Issue: Parental Socialization of Emotion and Self-Regulation). CSDP-Phases 1 & 3

*McCormick, E. M., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2019). Alterations in adolescent dopaminergic systems as a function of early mother-toddler attachment: A prospective longitudinal examination. International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience, 78, 122-129.  CSDP-Phases 1 & 3

*Ravindran, N., *Hu, Y., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2020). Dynamics of mother-adolescent and father-adolescent autonomy and control during a conflict discussion task. Journal of Family Psychology, 34, 312-321.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000588  CSDP-Phase 3

Chen, X., McElwain, N. L., Berry, D., & Emery, H. T. (2019). Within-person fluctuations in maternal sensitivity and child functioning: Moderation by child temperament. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 857-867. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/fam0000564  TTP

McElwain, N. L., *Ravindran, N., *Emery, H. T., & *Swartz, R. (2019). Theory of mind as a mechanism linking mother-toddler relationship quality and child-friend interaction during the preschool years. Social Development, 28, 998-1015. doi: 10.1111/sode.12377 CSDP-Phases 1 & 2

*Ravindran, N., Berry, D., & McElwain, N. L. (2019). Bidirectional associations in negative behavior: Mother-toddler interaction during a snack delay. Developmental Psychology, 55, 1191-1198. doi:10.1037/dev0000703  CSDP-Phase 1

Lee, T. H., *Perino, M. T., McElwain, N. L., & Telzer, E. H. (2019). Perceiving facial affective ambiguity: A behavioral and neural comparison of adolescents and adults. Emotion. Published Online First. doi: 10.1037/emo0000558 CSDP-Phase 3

*Wong, M. S., *Chen, X., & McElwain, N. L. (2019). Emotion understanding and maternal sensitivity as protective factors against hostile attribution bias in anger-prone children. Social Development, 28, 41-56. doi: 10.1111/sode.12336  CSDP-Phases 1 & 2

*Chen, X., McElwain, N. L., & Lansford, J. E. (2019). Interactive contributions of attribution biases and emotional intensity to child-friend interaction quality during preadolescence. Child Development, 90, e114-e131. doi: 10.1111/cdev.13012   NICHD SECCYD

*Ravindran, N., McElwain, N. L., Berry, D., & Kramer, L. (2018). Mothers’ dispositional distress reactivity as a predictor of maternal support following momentary fluctuations in children’s aversive behavior. Developmental Psychology, 54, 209-219. doi: 10.1037/dev0000418  CSDP-Phase 1

*Xu, Y., Hasegawa-Johnson M. A., & McElwain N. L. (2018). Infant emotional outbursts detection in infant-parent spoken interactions. Proceedings of Interspeech 2018, pp. 2429:1-5, doi:10.21437/Interspeech.2018-2429  TDP

McElwain, N. L., Ogolsky, B. G., *Engle, J. M., *Holland, A. S., & *Mitchell, E. T. (2016). Child-child similarity on attachment and temperament as predictors of positive interaction during acquaintanceship at age 3. Developmental Psychology, 52, 1394-1408. doi: 10.1037/dev0000190  CSDP-Phase 1

*Jesse, A., McElwain, N. L., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2016). Maternal supportive behavior, cognitive talk, and desire/emotion talk at 24 months: Distinct factors and differential antecedents. Parenting: Science and Practice, 16, 63-86. doi: 10.1080/15295192.2016.1134988 NICHD SECCYD

*Swartz, R. A., Speirs, K. E., *Encinger, A. J., & McElwain, N. L. (2016). A mixed methods investigation of maternal perspectives on transition experiences in early care and education. Early Education and Development, 27, 170-189. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2016.1087777  TTP

*Ravindran, N., *Engle, J. M., McElwain, N. L., & Kramer, L. (2015). Fostering parents’ emotion regulation through a sibling-focused experimental intervention. Journal of Family Psychology, 29, 458-468. doi: 10.1037/fam0000084

McElwain, N. L., *Holland, A. S., *Engle, J. M., *Wong, M. S., & *Emery, H. T. (2015). Child-mother attachment security and child characteristics as joint contributors to young children’s coping in a challenging situation. Infant and Child Development, 24, 414-434. doi: 10.1002/icd.1886  CSDP-Phase 1

*Groh, A. M., Roisman, G. I., Haydon, K. C., Bost, K., McElwain, N. L., *Garcia, L., & *Hester, C. (2015). Mothers’ electrophysiological, subjective, and observed emotional responding to infant crying: The role of secure base script knowledge. Development and Psychopathology, 27, 1237-1250. doi: 10.1017/S0954579414000881  TTP

*Emery, H. T., McElwain, N. L., *Groh, A. M., Haydon, K. C., & Roisman, G. I. (2014).  Maternal dispositional empathy and electrodermal reactivity: Interactive contributions to maternal sensitivity with toddler-aged children. Journal of Family Psychology, 28, 505-515. doi: 10.1037/a0036986  TTP

McElwain, N. L., *Holland, A. S., *Engle, J. M., & Ogolsky, B. G. (2014). Getting acquainted: Actor and partner effects of attachment and temperament on young children’s peer behavior. Developmental Psychology, 50, 1757-1770. doi: 10.1037/a0036211  CSDP-Phase 1

*Engle, J. M., & McElwain, N. L. (2013). Parental depressive symptoms and marital intimacy at 4.5 years: Joint contributions to mother-child and father-child interaction at 6.5 years.  Developmental Psychology, 49, 2225-2235. doi: 10.1037/a0032450  NICHD SECCYD

*Holland, A. S., & McElwain, N. L. (2013). Maternal and paternal perceptions of coparenting as a link between marital quality and the parent-toddler relationship. Journal of Family Psychology, 27, 117–126. doi: 10.1037/a0031427  CSDP-Phase 1

*Swartz, R. A., & McElwain, N. L. (2012). Preservice teachers’ emotion-related regulation and cognition: Associations with teachers’ responses to children’s emotions in early childhood classrooms. Early Education and Development, 23, 202-226. doi: 10.1080/10409289.2012.619392

McElwain, N. L., *Holland, A. S., *Engle, J. M., & *Wong, M. S. (2012). Child anger proneness moderates associations between child-mother attachment security and child behavior with mothers at 33 months. Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 76-86. doi: 10.1037/a0026454  CSDP-Phase 1

McElwain, N. L., Booth-LaForce, C., & *Wu, X. (2011). Infant-mother attachment and children’s friendship quality: Maternal mental-state talk as an intervening mechanism. Developmental Psychology, 47, 1295-1311. doi: 10.1037/a0024094  NICHD SECCYD

*Engle, J. M., McElwain, N. L., & *Lasky, N. (2011). Presence and quality of kindergarten children’s friendships: Concurrent and longitudinal associations with child adjustment in the early school years. Infant and Child Development, 20, 365-386. doi: 10.1002/icd.706  NICHD SECCYD

*Engle, J. M., & McElwain, N. L. (2011). Parental reactions to toddlers’ negative emotions and child negative emotionality as correlates of problem behavior at the age of three. Social Development, 20, 251-271. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2010.00583.x CSDP-Phase 1

*Wong, M. S., McElwain, N. L., & Halberstadt, A. G. (2009). Parent, family, and child characteristics: Associations with mother- and father-reported emotion socialization practices. Journal of Family Psychology, 23, 452-463. doi: 10.1037/a0015552

McElwain, N. L., Booth-LaForce, C., Lansford, J. E., *Wu, X., & *Dyer, W. J. (2008). A process model of attachment-friend linkages: Hostile attribution biases, language ability, and mother-child affective mutuality as intervening mechanisms. Child Development, 79, 1891-1906. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2008.01232.x  NICHD SECCYD

McElwain, N. L., Halberstadt, A. G., & Volling, B. L. (2007).  Mother- and father-reported reactions to children’s negative emotions: Relations to young children’s emotional understanding and friendship quality. Child Development, 78, 1407-1425. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01074.x

McElwain, N. L., & Booth-LaForce, C. (2006). Maternal sensitivity to infant distress and nondistress as predictors of infant-mother attachment security. Journal of Family Psychology. 20, 247-255. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.20.2.247  NICHD SECCYD

McElwain, N. L., & Volling, B. L. (2005). Preschool children’s interactions with friends and older siblings: Relationship specificity and joint contributions to problem behavior. Journal of Family Psychology, 19, 486-496. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.19.4.486

Macfie, J., McElwain, N. L., Houts, R. M., & Cox, M. J. (2005). Intergenerational transmission of role reversal between parent and child: Dyadic and family systems internal working models. Attachment & Human Development, 7, 51-65. doi: 10.1080/14616730500039663

Macfie, J., Houts, R. M., McElwain, N. L., & Cox, M. J. (2005). The effect of father-toddler and mother-toddler role reversal on the development of behavior problems in kindergarten. Social Development, 14, 514-531. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-9507.2005.00314.x

McElwain, N. L., & Volling, B. L. (2004). Attachment security and parental sensitivity during infancy: Associations with friendship quality and false-belief understanding at age 4. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 21, 639-667. doi: 10.1177/0265407504045892

McElwain, N. L., Cox, M. J., Burchinal, M. R., & Macfie, J. (2003).  Differentiating among insecure mother-infant attachment classifications: A focus on child-friend interaction and exploration during solitary play at 36 months.  Attachment & Human Development, 5, 136-164. doi: 10.1080/1461673031000108513

Volling, B. L., McElwain, N. L., Notaro, P. C., & Herrera, C. (2002). Parents’ emotional availability and infant emotional competence: Predictors of parent-infant attachment and emerging self-regulation.  Journal of Family Psychology, 16, 447-465. doi: 10.1037/0893-3200.16.4.447

McElwain, N. L., Olson, S. L., & Volling, B. L. (2002).  Concurrent and longitudinal associations among preschool boys’ conflict management, disruptive behavior, and peer rejection.  Early Education and Development, 13, 245-263. doi: 10.1207/s15566935eed1303_1

McElwain, N. L., & Volling, B. L. (2002). Relating individual control, social understanding, and gender to child-friend interaction: A relationships perspective.  Social Development, 11, 362-385. doi: 10.1111/1467-9507.00205

Volling, B. L., McElwain, N. L., & Miller, A. L. (2002). Emotion regulation in context: The jealousy complex between young siblings and its relations with child and family characteristics.  Child Development, 73, 581-600. doi: 10.1111/1467-8624.00425

Miller, A. L., Volling, B. L., & McElwain, N. L. (2000).  Sibling jealousy in a triadic context with mothers and fathers.  Social Development, 9, 433-457.

McElwain, N. L., & Volling, B. L. (1999).  Depressed mood and marital conflict: Relations to maternal and paternal intrusiveness with one-year-old infants.  Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 20, 63-83. doi: 10.1016/S0193-3973(99)80004-5