Forschung

Soziale, emotionale und schulische Entwicklung von Kindern & elterliche Emotionssozialisation  

• Geschlechtsspezifische Unterschiede zwischen Kindern und Eltern
• Interkulturelle Unterschiede
• Einflüsse kulturell geprägter Faktoren (z. B. Sozialisationsziele, Selbstkonstrukt)

Entwicklungsstufen

• Frühe Kindheit, mittlere Kindheit und frühe Adoleszenz

Publikationen

Artikel in Fachzeitschriften

Zhu, D., Lozada, F. T., Smith, C. L., Bell, M. A., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2025). Maternal emotion socialization and child regulation: Within-interaction sequences in early childhood. Affective Science. https://doi.org/10.1007/s42761-024-00285-7

Peplak, J., Klemfuss, J. Z., Zhu, D., Kamliot, D. Z., & Yates, T. M. (2025). Parent–adolescent conversations about mental health and well-being shaped adolescents’ anxiety/depression during the COVID-19 pandemic. Developmental Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001895

Zhu, D., Miller-Slough, R., Garner, P. W., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2024). Adolescent peer relations difficulties, prosociality, and parental emotion socialization: Moderating roles of adolescent gender. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 186(1), 39–55. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2024.2386012

Zhu, D., Terry, J. B., Talley, K. E., Bell, M. A., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2024). Etch the emotional life: Mother-child emotion socialization from age 3 to 6 years. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 33, 1571–1589. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02799-x

Zhu, D., Chen, Y., Li, L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2023). Family functioning, emotion socialization, and children’s social competence: Gender-specific effects in Chinese families. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 257–271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02480-1

Miller-Slough, R., Zhu., D., Garner, P. W., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2023). Parents’ and friends’ responses to discrete negative emotions: Associations with adolescent emotional experiences. Social Development, 32(1), 283–298. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12639

Zhu, D. & Dunsmore, J. C. (2023). Family functioning and emotion socialization in Chinese two-parent households: A person-centered approach. In Zhu, D. & Dunsmore, J. C. (Hrsg.) Unfolding emotion socialization in Asian-heritage families, Quartet. Social Development, 32(2), 463–480. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12605

Buchkapitel

Shaffer, A., Zhu, D., Terry, J. B., Navarro, S., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2025). Emotion socialization in the family context: Current research directions and applications to intervention. In N. C. Overall, J. A. Simpson, & J. A. Lavner (Hrsg.), The Research Handbook on Couple and Family Relationships (S. 186–201). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781035309269.00022

Lehre

05/2024             

Gastdozentin: Emotional competence for graduate seminar Childhood, University of California-Irvine, USA

Sommer 2022    

Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Leaning Associate Level Certificate, University of Houston, USA

Frühjahr 2019         

Cognitive Psychology Lab, Virginia Tech, USA

Herbst 2018               

Developmental Psychology Lab, Virginia Tech, USA