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Graduate Research Assistants
 

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M.S.  Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 2006
B.A.   Psychology, University of Tennessee, 2003

Thesis:   Playing Together and Staying Together:   An Analysis of Leisure Activities & Marital Quality Across the Transition to Parenthood

Dissertation Topic :   Relationship between social

class, gender, race and mental health
Research Interests: 
Social class, romantic relationships, and leisure activities
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Amy Claxton
Graduate Research Assistant
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M.A. Education, University of Massachusetts, 2007
B.A.   Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 2005

Research Interests: 
Parent involvement and academic achievement, parental depression and child socio-emotional outcomes
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Kira Henninger
Graduate Research Assistant
Holly Laws

M.A. Psychology, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 2007
B.A.  Music and Government, Wesleyan University, 2002 

Thesis: Responsiveness in mother-preschooler dyads relates to child temperament.

Research Interests: 
Couple interactions, parent-child relationships, interpersonal interaction and change, social justice.
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Holly Laws
Graduate Research Assistant
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M.S.  Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 2006
B.A.   Psychology, University of Delaware, 2004

Thesis:   Parental warmth and social skills in six to seven year old children

Dissertation Topic :   Racial identity and working alliance in supervisory relationships
Research Interests: 
Family relationships; influence of parenting practices & parent's mental health on child development; multiple informants on child behavior; racial identity
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Jade Logan
Graduate Research Assistant
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M.S.  Clinical Psychology, University of Massachusetts, 2005
Thesis:   Predictors of Father Involvement across the Transition to Parenthood
B.A.   Psychology, Dartmouth College, 1999

Thesis:   Parental warmth and social skills in six to seven year old children

Dissertation:  Dyadic parenting and children's externalizing symptoms
Research Interests: 
Family relationships, parenting and child development
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Karen Meteyer
Graduate Research Assistant
 
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