We are so glad you are interested in learning about research in our lab! We are actively recruiting for 2 studies, so if you’d like to see about being a participant, please choose one of the drop down menus, for SHAPE JOY or Sharing Your Family Story.
We are also always using data we have collected in the lab and with colleagues to ask and answer important questions. Here are a few recent presentations and publications. Trainee authors are indicated with an asterisk!
Presentations
Moran, S.* & McKee, L. G. (2023). The effect of recalled emotion socialization on positive and negative qualities towards self and others: The roles of mindfulness and gratitude. Poster accepted to the International Positive Psychology Association World Congress on Positive Psychology, Vancouver, Canada.
Tan, E. K.* & McKee, L. G. (2023). Grateful for tomorrow: Anticipatory savoring mediates the association between gratitude and positive emotion. Poster accepted to the International Positive Psychology Association World Congress on Positive Psychology, Vancouver, Canada.
Tan, E. K.* & McKee, L. G. (2023). Inconsistent parenting style as a moderator of the association between negative cognitive style and depression in adolescents. Poster presented to Annual Conference of Georgia Psychological Association’s (GPA), Athens, GA.
McKee, L. G., Byrne, C., Tan, E. K.*, & Gellin, A.* (2023). Sharing our family story: An international community-university partnership to develop and evaluate a workshop to support parents who conceived children using donor materials. Talk accepted to the biennial meeting of the Society for Community Research and Action, Atlanta, GA.
Yang, Y., McKee, L. G., Highlander, A., McCall, M., & Jones, D. (2022). Emotion regulation as theory-based mechanism in evidence-based interventions: BPT as an example. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York City, NY.
McKee, L. G., & Tully, E. (2022). Creating SHAPE JOY, a mindful parenting program to support positive empathy in young children. Oral presentation given at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Michel, J.*, McKee, L. G., Moran. S. E.*, & Goyer, M.* (2022). Parental socialization of happiness, emotion regulation, and positive qualities toward self and others. Poster presented at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Moran, S. E.*, & McKee, L. G. (2022). Exploring the relationships among mindfulness, emotion regulation, and internalizing symptomology. Poster presented at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Goyer, M.*, Schneider, R., Faro, A.*, Moran, S. E.*, Michel, J.*, & McKee, L. G. (2022). The relationships between mindful acceptance, social connectedness, and internalizing symptoms among primarily white emerging adults. Poster presented at the European Conference on Positive Psychology, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Publications
McKee, L. G., & Forehand, R. (in press). Don’t do that! Do this! Effective strategies for discipline and limit setting. In G. P. Koocher, A. M. La Greca, N. L. Reilly, and O. Moorehead-Slaughter (Eds.), Parent’s Guide to Psychological First Aid: Helping Children and Adolescents Cope with Predictable Life Crises. New York: Oxford University Press.
Parent, J., Highlander, Loiselle, R., Yang, Y., McKee, L. G., Forehand, R., & Jones, D. J. (in press). Technology-enhanced BPT for early-onset behavior disorders: Improved outcomes for children with co-occurring internalizing symptoms. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology.
McKee, L. G., Yang, Y., Highlander, A., McCall, M., & Jones, D. D. (in press). Conceptualizing the role of parent and child emotion regulation in the treatment of early-onset behavior disorders: Theory, research, and future directions. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
Highlander, A., Zachary, C., Jenkins, K., Loiselle, R., McCall, M., Youngstrom, J., McKee, L. G., Forehand, R., & Jones, D. D. (2022). Clinical presentation ad treatment of early-onset behavior disorders: The role of parent emotion regulation, emotion socialization, and family income. Behavior Modification, 46, 1047-1074.
Goyer, M.*, McKee, L. G., & Parent, J. (2022). Mechanisms of mindfulness: Non- judgmental acceptance, positive and negative interpretation bias, and depressive symptoms in primarily white emerging adults. Mindfulness, 13, 1-13.
McKee, L. G., DiMarzio, K., Parent, J., Dale, C., Acosta, J., & O’Leary, J. L.* (2022). Profiles of emotion socialization across development and longitudinal associations with youth psychopathology. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 193- 210.
Acosta, J., Parent, J., McMakin, D. L., McKee, L. G., DiMarzio, K., & Dale, C. F. (2021) Longitudinal associations between parenting practices and youth sleep problems. The Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 42, 751-760.
Parent, J., Dale, C. F., McKee, L. G., & Sullivan, A. D. W. (2021). The longitudinal influence of caregiver dispositional mindful attention on mindful parenting, parenting practices, and youth psychopathology. Mindfulness, 12, 357-369.
McKee, L. G., Duprey, E. B.*, & O’Neal, C. W. (2021). Emotion socialization and young adult internalizing symptoms: The roles of mindfulness and emotion regulation. Mindfulness, 12, 53-60.
Duprey, E. B.*, McKee, L. G., O’Neal, C. W., Algoe, S. B., & Campos, B. (2020). Stressors, resources, and mental health among Latino adolescents: The role of gratitude. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology.