Kristin Callahan
Graduate Student
Research Interests
Kristin Callahan graduated from the University of Georgia in 2003 with a Bachelor's of Science in Psychology and a Bachelor's of Arts in both Sociology and Criminal Justice. She received her Masters of Science in Applied Developmental Psychology in May of 2006. She currently works in Dr. Laura Scaramella's lab with the Mothers and Preschoolers Study. She is both a birth parent and adoptive parent interviewer for the second wave of a multi-site adoption study, the Early Growth and Development Study based out of George Washington University . She is also the graduate assistant for the Institutional Review Board of Human Subjects for the University of New Orleans .
Her research interests include the contextual factors that promote maladaptive parenting that lead to problematic internalizing and externalizing behavior of children, as well as assessing the role of religion in the family and community in high-risk populations. One focus of her research is to follow the development of psychopathology in children from the perspective of their socialization in family, peer, and school environments. She is also interested in assessing children's adjustment into formal schooling and evaluating the functions of protective and risk factors associated with this milestone.
Presentations
Callahan, K. L ., Culotta, C. M., Mirabile, S. P., Lapointe, A. S., & Scaramella, L. V. (April 2007). The Effects of Neighborhood Risk and Harsh Parenting on Childhood Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems . Poster submitted for presentation at the 2007 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston , MA .
Sohr-Preston, S. L., Mirabile, S. P., Callahan, K. L., Culotta, C. M., & Scaramella, L. V. (April 2007). Temperament as a moderator of the relationship between parenting and early language development in a low-income sample . Poster submitted for presentation at the 2007 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston , MA
Callahan, K. L., Sohr-Preston, S. L., Scaramella, L. V., & Wilmoth, S. (August 2006). The Effects of Neighborhood Risk and Harsh Parenting on Childhood Externalizing and Internalizing Behavior Problems . Poster presented to the annual American Psychology Association, New Orleans , LA.
Sohr-Preston, S. L, Callahan, K. L., Scaramella, L. V., & Conger, R.D. (March 2005). Prospective Examination of Parents' Earlier Depression on Children's Cognitive Competence: The Moderating Effect of Responsiveness . Poster presented to the biannual Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta , GA.
Robison, S. D., Sohr-Preston, S. L., Callahan, K. L., & Scaramella, L. V. (March 2005). Parenting and Child Temperament Reciprocities During Toddlerhood: Disentangling the Direction of Effects. Poster presented to the biannual Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta , GA.
Publications
Scaramella, L. V., Sohr-Preston, S. L., Robison, S. D., Mirabile, S. P., & Callahan, K. L. (revise and resubmit). Parenting and children's distress reactivity during toddlerhood: An examination of the direction of effects . Social Development.
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