Recent Research:
Lamoreau, R., Pequet, A., Wilson, A., Subramaniam, K., Gray, S. A. O (2023, March). “We are flexible in adapting to new challenges”: Family resilience and child behavior problems during COVD-19. Poster presented at 2023 Society For Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Levine, G., Donald, L., White, M., Wilson, A., Pequet, A., & Gray, S. A. O (2023, March). Two Roots to Grow Child Social Interaction: Child Emotion Recognition Skills and Maternal Social Support. Poster presented at 2023 Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit, New Orleans, LA.
Morris, A., Pequet, A., & Gray, S. A. O (2023, March). Maternal and Child Predictors of Children’s Emotion Regulation and Subjective Stress During COVID-19. Poster presented at 2023 Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Skov, H., Lamoreau, R., Pequet, A., Glackin, E., Drury, S., Gray, S., (2023, March). Pre-COVID RSA Reactivity Moderates Associations between COVID Stress Exposure and Externalizing Symptoms. Poster presentation for the annual convention for the Society of Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.
Subramaniam, K., Stoddard, K., Hawkins, S., Miles, C., Wilson, A., & Gray, S. A. O (2023, March). Associations With Parenting Competency: COVID-19 Stress and Maternal Post-Traumatic Stress. Poster presented at 2023 Tulane Research, Innovation, and Creativity Summit, New Orleans, LA.
Lamoreau, R., Daniels, M., Wilson, A., Skov, H., Parker, V., & Gray, S. A. O (2022, November). Mom Power “All families are welcome”: A mixed methods analysis of a virtual group intervention for mothers with trauma histories. Presentation symposium presented at 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Pequet, A., Schulkind, C., & Gray, S. A. O (2022, November). A Look Through Rose Colored Glasses: Unintended Positive Changes Buffer the Impact of COVID-19 Stressors on Post-traumatic Stress Symptoms. Poster presented at 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Atlanta, GA.
Lamoreau, R., Skov, H., Pequet, A., & Gray, S. A. O (2022, August). Child Maltreatment and Emotion Regulation: Examining Household Chaos during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at 2022 American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Skov, H., Wilson, A., Glackin, E., Parker, V., Gray, S., (2022, August). RSA Reactivity and Exposure to COVID Stressors Co-Contribute to Children’s Subjective COVID Stress. Poster presentation for the annual convention for the American Psychological Association, Minneapolis, MN.
Wilson, A., Parker, V., Skov, H., & Gray, S. A. O (2022, May). Maternal Depressive Symptoms Moderate Associations Between Children’s Exposure to COVID-19 Related Stressors and Internalizing Symptoms. Poster presented at 2022 American Psychiatric Association, New Orleans, LA.
Lamoreau, R., Wilson, A., O’Neil, M., Becker, J., Gray, G., Gray, S. (2021) Intergenerational perspectives on emotion dysregulation: Links between maternal and child emotion regulation and child behavior problems during COVID-19. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, held virtually online.
Hatch, V., Fleming, L., Becker, J., Wilson, A., Gray, S. (2021) Maternal Insightfulness and Preschoolers’ School Readiness. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, held virtually online.
Parker, V., Glackin, E., & Gray, S. A. O (2021, April). Regulatory Pathways of Child Social-Emotional Competencies: An Exploratory Structural Equation Model. Poster presented at 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.
Lamoreau, R., Park, J., Skov, H., Parker, V., & Gray, S. A. O (2021, April). Intimate Partner Violence and Preschool Self-Regulation: Examining the Role of Maternal Emotion Socialization. Paper symposium presented at 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.
Obus, E., Garfinkle, A., Pinto C., Parker, V., Gray, S. A. O (2021, April). Disrupting the Family Stress-Proximal Process: A Critical Review of Interventions for Children with Incarcerated Parents. Poster to present at 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.
Hatch, V., Fleming, L., Becker, J., Wilson, A., & Gray, S. A. O (2021, April). Maternal Insightfulness and Preschoolers’ School Readiness. Poster session presented at 2021 Society for Research in Child Development.
Publications:
Please feel free to contact Dr. Gray for reprints at sgray4@tulane.edu
Glackin, E. G., Hatch, V. I., Drury, S. S., & Gray, S. A. O. (in press). Linking preschoolers’ parasympathetic activity to maternal early adversity and child behavior: An intergenerational perspective. Developmental Psychobiology.
Hatch, V. I., Swerbenski, H., & Gray, S. A. O. (2020). Family social support buffers the intergenerational association of maternal adverse childhood experiences and preschoolers’ externalizing behavior. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry 90(4), 489-501.
Carreras, J., Heberle, A., Carter. A. S., Forbes, D. & Gray, S. A. O. (2019). Emotion regulation and parent distress: Getting at the heart of sensitive parenting among parents of preschool children experiencing high sociodemographic risk. Journal of Child and Family Studies 28(11), 2953-2962.
Gaensbauer, T. J., Gray, S., & Hatch, V. I. (2019). Assessing the Inner World of the Young Child. In Frankel, K. A., Harrison, J. N., Njoroge, W. F. M. (Eds.), Clinical Guide to Psychiatric Assessment of Infants and Young Children (pp. 185-216). Cham, Switzerland: Springer Nature Switzerland AG.
Obus, E. A. (2019). Communicating about police, arrest, and incarceration: Black mothers’ perspectives (Master’s thesis). Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Glackin, E., Gray, S. A. O., Forbes, D., Heberle, A., & Carter, A. (2018). Caregiver self-reports and reporting of their preschoolers’ trauma exposure: Discordance across assessment methods. Traumatology, 25(3), 172-180. doi:10.1037/trm0000179
Falkenbach, D. M., Glackin, E., & McKinley, S. (2018). Twigs on the same branch? Identifying personality profiles in police officers using psychopathic personality traits. Journal of Research in Personality, 76, 102-112. doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2018.08.002
Jones, C. W., Gray, S. A. O., Theall, K. P., & Drury, S. S. (2019). Polymorphic variation in the SLC5A7 gene influences infant autonomic reactivity and self-regulation: A neurobiological model for ANS reactivity and infant temperament. Psychoneuroendocrinology.
Gershy, N., & Gray, S. A. O. (in press). Parental emotion regulation and parental mentalization in families of children with ADHD and behavior difficulties. Journal of Attention Disorders.
Gomez, J., Carter, A. S., Forbes, D. F., & Gray, S. A. O. (2018). Parental insightfulness, observed parenting behaviors, and child cognitive outcomes. Attachment and Human Development.
Gray, S. A. O., Lipschutz, R., & Scheeringa, M. (2018). Young children’s physiological reactivity during memory recall: Associations with posttraumatic stress and parent physiological synchrony. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 46(4), 871-880.
Lipschutz, R., Gray, S. A. O., Weems C., & Scheeringa, M. (2017). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia in cognitive behavioral therapy for posttraumatic stress symptoms in children: Treatment and gender effects. Applied Biofeedback and Psychophysiology 42(4), 309-321.
Gray, S. A. O., Jones, C. W., Theall, K. P., Glackin, E., & Drury, S. (2017). Thinking across generations: Unique contributions of maternal early life and prenatal stress to infant physiology. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 56(11), 922-929.
Hill, T., Gray, S. A. O., Baker, C., Kamps, J., Boggs, K., Carey, E., Johnson, C., & Varela, E. (2017). A pilot study examining the Effectiveness of the PEERS Program on Social Skills and Anxiety in Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities 29(5), 797-808.
Esteves, K., Gray, S. A. O., Theall, K., & Drury, S. (2017). Impact of physical abuse on internalizing behavior across generations. Journal of Child and Family Studies 26(10), 2753-2761.
Gray, S. A. O., Theall, K., Lipschutz, R., & Drury, S. D. (2017). Sex differences in the contribution of Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia and trauma to children’s psychopathology. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment 39(1), 67-78.
Glackin. E., & Gray, S. A. O. (2016). Violence in context: Embracing an ecological approach to violent media exposure. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy 16(1), 425-428.
Gray, S. A. O., Sweeney, K. K., Randazzo, R., & Levitt, H. (2016). ‘Am I Doing the Right Thing?’: Pathways to parenting a gender variant child. Family Process 55(1), 123-138.
Gray, S. A. O., Forbes, D., & Briggs-Gowan, M. J., Carter, A. S. (2015). Caregiver insightfulness and young children’s violence exposure: Testing a relational model of risk and resilience. Attachment and Human Development 17(6), 615-634.
Hill, T., Gray, S. A. O., Kamps, J., & Varela, E. (2015). Age and adaptive functioning in children and adolescents with ASD: The effects of intellectual functioning and ASD symptom severity. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disabilities. 45(12), 4074-83.
Gray, S. A. O. (2015). Widening the Circle of Security: A quasi-experimental evaluation of attachment-based professional development for family child care providers. Infant Mental Health Journal 36(3), 308-319.
Gray, S. A. O., Carter, A. S., Briggs-Gowan, M., & Jones, S. (2014). Trajectories of toddler aggression, overactivity, and inattention: Relations to second grade reading. Developmental Psychology 50(9), 2255-2263. PMCID: PMC4316814.
Carter, A. S., Gray, S. A, O., Baillargeon, R. H., & Wakschlag, L. W. (2013). A Multidimensional Approach to Disruptive Behaviors: A Lifespan Research Agenda. In P. H. Tolan & B.L. Leventhal (Eds.). Brain Research Foundation Symposium Series: Advances in development and psychopathology: Volume 1, Disruptive behavior disorders. New York: Springer.
Gray, S. A. O., Heberle, A., & Carter, A. S. (2012). Social-emotional school readiness: How do we ensure children are ready to learn? Zero to Three Journal 33(1), 4-9.
Gray, S. A. O., Carter, A. S., Briggs-Gowan, M., Hill, C., Keenan, K., Danis, B., & Wakschlag, L. (2012). Preschool children’s observed disruptive behavior: Variations across sex, interactional context, and severity of disruptive behavior. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology 41(4), 499-507.
Gray, S. A. O, Carter, A. S., & Levitt, H. (2012). A critical review of assumptions about gender variant children in psychological research. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health 16(1), 4-30.
Carter, A. S., Wagmiller, R. J., Gray, S. A. O., McCarthy, K. J., Horwitz, S. M., & Briggs-Gowan, M. J. (2010). Prevalence of DSM-IV disorder in a representative healthy birth cohort at school entry: Sociodemographic risks and social adaptation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 49(7), 686-698. PMCID: PMC3166638.
Carter, A. S., Martinez, F. L., & Gray, S. A. O. (2009). Stability and individual change in depressive symptoms in mothers raising young children with ASD: Maternal and child correlates. Journal of Clinical Psychology 65 (12), 1270-1280.
Recent research presentations from our lab group:
Obus, E., & Harris, A. (2020). [Roundtable Discussion]. Legal socialization in schools: How educators influence student attitudes about the legal system. Roundtable discussion to be facilitated at 2020 Columbia Teachers College Winter Roundtable, New York, NY.
Cristian, C., Obus, E., Swerbenski, H., & Gray, S. (2019). [Poster]. Maternal arrest: Implications for maternal and child mental health. Poster presented at 2019 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 35th Annual Meeting, Boston, MA.
Glackin, E., Hatch, V., Obus, E., & Gray, S. (2019). [Poster]. A person-centered approach to violence exposure and behavioral outcomes among preschoolers. Poster presented at 2019, Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Swerbenski, H., Glackin, E., Carreras, J., Obus, E., & Gray, S. (2019). [Poster]. Emerging verbal ability in a low-income sample: Examining maternal cognitive stimulation and cool self-regulation. Poster presented at 2019 Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.
Gray, S. A. O., Glackin, E., Hatch, V., & Lipschutz, R. (2019, March). Protective effects of parasympathetic activity in violence-exposed preschoolers: Sex-specific associations with behavior problems. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2019 Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Hatch & Hebert (2019, November). Using Louisiana State Assessment Data to Evaluate Trends in Students’ Early Literacy Achievement. Session presented at the Louisiana School Psychological Association, Lafayette, LA
Gray, Glackin, Hatch, & Lipschutz (2019, March). Examining Protective Effects of Parasympathetic Activity in the Context of Early Exposure to Violence: Sex-Differentiated Patterns of Associations with Behavior Problems. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Glackin, Hatch, Obus, Gray (2019, March). A Person-Centered Approach to Violence Exposure and Behavioral Outcomes Among Preschoolers. Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Swerbenski, H., Park, J. E., Glackin, E., & Gray, S. A. O. (2019, October). Mothers’ PTSD and depression are associated with discordant reporting of her young child’s trauma exposure. Poster presented at the Society for the Study of Human Development 2019 Conference, Portland, OR.
Lipschutz, R., Glackin, E., Swerbenski, H., Hatch, V., & Gray, S. A. O. (2019, June). Parasympathetic reactivity and mother-child behavioral synchrony predict internalizing problems in high-risk young children. Poster presented at the Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology Future Directions Forum, Washington, DC.
Glackin, E., Hatch, V., Obus, E., & Gray, S. A. O. (2019, March). A person-centered approach to violence exposure and behavioral outcomes among preschoolers. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2019 Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Swerbenski, H. G., Glackin, E., Carreras, J. T., Obus, E., & Gray, S. A. O. (2019, March). Examining verbal ability in a low-income sample:
Examining maternal cognitive stimulation and cool self-regulation. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development 2019 Conference, Baltimore, MD.
Pickett, C., Cristian, C., Swerbenski, H., Carreras, J., Glackin, E., and Gray, S. A. O. (2018, November). Maternal attitudes towards aggression moderate associations between maternal violence exposure and behavior problems in preschoolers.
Yates, A. K., Peele, H. M., Coriano, V. L., Petrovic, L., Obus, E., Wing, S., & Davis, W. (2018). [Poster]. An analysis of female slave narratives: Themes of trauma and policing of black bodies close to home. Poster presented at 2018 American Psychological Association Convention, Society for the Psychology of Women (Division 35), San Francisco, CA.
Gray, S. A. O., Jones, C., Theall, K., Glackin, E., & Drury, S. S. (2018). Intergenerational effects of maternal adverse child experiences on children’s stress physiology: Evidence across age groups. (2018). [Paper]. In S. Gray (Chair), Mechanisms of Ghosts in the Nursery: Examining Biological and Behavioral Pathways for the Intergenerational Transmission of Trauma. Paper to be presented at the World Association of Infant Mental Health Conference, Rome, Italy.
Hatch, V., Swerbenski, H., Parker, V., Carreras, J., & Gray, S. A. O. (2018). [Poster]. Social support buffers the impact of maternal violence exposure on children’s externalizing behavior. Poster to be presented at the conference of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Carreras, J., Carter, A., Forbes, D., & Gray, S. A. O. (2018). [Poster]. Parental emotion regulation: Relations with sensitive and engaged parenting. Poster to be presented at the conference of the American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Gray, S. A. O., Jones, C. W., Theall, K. P., & Drury, S. (2017). [Poster]. Thinking across generations: Unique contributions of maternal early life and prenatal stress to infant physiology. Poster presented at the NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health 2017 Annual BIRCWH Meeting, Bethesda, MA. Abstract published in Journal of Women’s Health 26(9), 1020-1040.
Obus, E., Glackin, E., Lipschutz, R., & Gray, S. A. O. (2017). [Poster]. Rethinking the relation between arrest and PTSD symptoms. Poster presented at the conference of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Chicago, IL.
Carreras, J., Lipschutz, R., Glackin, E., Zmachinski, L., & Gray, S. A. O. (2017). [Poster]. Parenting Support Preferences for Low-Income, Violence Exposed Mothers. Poster presented at the conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Obus, E., Glackin, E., Lipschutz, R., & Gray, S. A. O. (2017). [Poster]. Associations Between Preschool Children’s Exposure to Arrest and Increased Externalizing Behaviors. Poster presented at the conference of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
Gray, S. Carreras, J., Forbes, D. & Carter, A. S. (2017). [Paper]. Cognitive and affective predictors of sensitive parenting: Exploring psychopathology, insightfulness, and emotion dysregulation. In S. Gray (Chair), Emotion Regulation, Mentalization, and Parenting Under Stress: Cognitive and Affective Parenting Mechanisms Across Risk Conditions. Paper presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Olson, A. & Gray, S. (2017). [Poster]. Differential effects of physical and psychological violence in relation to parenting and child outcomes. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Glackin, E., Raymond, N., Swerbenski, H., Forbes, D., Carter, A. S., & Gray, S. (2017). [Poster]. The effect of caregiver exposure to sexual violence on insightful parenting of preschoolers. Poster presented at Society for Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
**Carreras, J., Lipschutz, R., Glackin, R., Zmachinski, L., & Gray, S. (2016) [Poster]. Needs assessment for parenting support services among low-income mothers. Poster presented at Louisiana School Psychology Association Annual Meeting, Lafayette, LA.
** Selected outstanding poster presentation for conference.
**Glackin, E., Gray, S. A. O., Forbes, D. F., Heberle, A., & Carter, A. S. (2016) [Poster]. Convergent validity of assessment methods for preschoolers’ exposure to trauma. Poster presented at 2016 American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
** Selected as outstanding poster by Division 56.
Olson, A., Zmachinski, L., & Gray, S. A. O. (2016) [Poster]. Young children, parents, and trauma exposure: A systematic literature review. Poster presented at 2016 American Psychological Association, Denver, CO.
Gray, S. A. O. (2016). [Paper]. Using Circle of Security – Parenting in family child care: Program evaluation effectiveness outcomes and reflections on implementation. Paper presented at 2016 International Congress of Infant Studies, New Orleans, LA.
Carreras, J., Gray, S. A. O., Tenerelli, C., Dunaway, L., & Theall, K. (2016) [Poster]. Effects of initiative on school readiness vary by neighborhood support. Poster presented at 2016 National Association of School Psychologists, New Orleans, LA.
**Lipschutz, R., Gray, S., Theall, K., & Drury, S. (2015). [Poster]. The association between children’s post-traumatic stress, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and potentially traumatic events. Poster presented at 2015 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, New Orleans, LA.
** Selected as outstanding poster by Complex Trauma Special Interest Group.