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  • 2020 - Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA)

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Brenda L. Volling is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their research primarily lies within the fields of psychology and social sciences, with a focus on clinical psychology and social psychology. The scholar has contributed to areas including child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, family dynamics and relationships, maternal mental health during pregnancy and postpartum, attachment and relationship dynamics, intergenerational family dynamics and caregiving, neuroendocrine regulation and behavior, as well as family and disability support research.

Among their frequent collaborators are Richard Gonzalez, Lin Tan, Lauren Rosenberg, Joyce Y. Lee, and Shawna J. Lee. Their work appears often in several key publication venues, reflecting a consistent engagement with specialized audiences. These venues include Psychology of Men & Masculinity, Frontiers in Psychology, Developmental Psychobiology, Child Development, and Infant Mental Health Journal.

Selected recent papers authored or co-authored by Brenda L. Volling include:

  • Fathering: New perspectives, paradigms, and possibilities. (2021, Psychology of Men & Masculinity)
  • Examining mechanisms linking economic insecurity to interparental conflict among couples with low income. (2022, Family Relations)
  • Material Hardship in Families With Low Income: Positive Effects of Coparenting on Fathers' and Mothers' Parenting and Children's Prosocial Behaviors. (2021, Frontiers in Psychology)
  • A systematic review of human paternal oxytocin: Insights into the methodology and what we know so far. (2021, Developmental Psychobiology)
  • Testing the father-child activation relationship theory: A replication study with low-income unmarried parents. (2020, Psychology of Men & Masculinity)

The topics investigated in their research cover a breadth of family-related and developmental psychology areas, reflecting a specialized interest in the dynamics of parenting, fatherhood, and coparenting within varied socioeconomic contexts.

Brenda L. Volling received recognition as a Fellow of the American Psychological Association (APA) in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Fathers Are Parents, Too! Widening the Lens on Parenting for Children's Development

    Natasha J. Cabrera;Brenda L. Volling;Rachel Barr

  • Patterns of marital change and parent-child interaction

    Jay Belsky;Lise Youngblade;Michael Rovine;Brenda Volling

  • Multiple determinants of father involvement during infancy in dual-earner and single-earner families.

    Brenda L. Volling;Jay Belsky

  • The Contribution of Mother‐Child and Father‐Child Relationships to the Quality of Sibling Interaction: A Longitudinal Study

    Brenda L. Volling;Jay Belsky

  • Mother- and Father-Reported Reactions to Children's Negative Emotions: Relations to Young Children's Emotional Understanding and Friendship Quality.

    Nancy L. McElwain;Amy G. Halberstadt;Brenda L. Volling

  • The Association Between Paternal Sensitivity and Infant-Father Attachment Security: A Meta-Analysis of Three Decades of Research

    Nicole Lucassen;Anne Tharner;Marinus H. Van IJzendoorn;Marian J. Bakermans-Kranenburg

  • Parents' Emotional Availability and Infant Emotional Competence: Predictors of Parent-Infant Attachment and Emerging Self-Regulation

    Brenda L. Volling;Nancy L. McElwain;Paul C. Notaro;Carla Herrera

  • Emotion Regulation in Context: The Jealousy Complex between Young Siblings and Its Relations with Child and Family Characteristics.

    Brenda L. Volling;Nancy L. McElwain;Alison L. Miller

  • Sibling relationships and best friendships in young adulthood: Warmth, conflict, and well-being

    Aurora M. Sherman;Jennifer E. Lansford;Brenda L. Volling

  • Family Relationships and Children's Emotional Adjustment as Correlates of Maternal and Paternal Differential Treatment: A Replication with Toddler and Preschool Siblings

    Brenda L. Volling;Julie L. Elins

  • Family transitions following the birth of a sibling: an empirical review of changes in the firstborn's adjustment.

    Brenda L. Volling

  • Preschool children's interactions with friends and older siblings: relationship specificity and joint contributions to problem behavior.

    Nancy L. McElwain;Brenda L. Volling

  • Baby cries and nurturance affect testosterone in men

    Sari M. van Anders;Richard M. Tolman;Brenda L. Volling

  • Infant, Father, and Marital Antecedents of Infant-Father Attachment Security in Dual-Earner and Single-Earner Families.

    Brenda L. Volling;Jay Belsky

  • Children's social competence and sociometric status: Further exploration of aggression, social withdrawal, and peer rejection

    Brenda L. Volling;Carol Mackinnon-Lewis;David Rabiner;Laila P. Baradaran

  • Adult Attachment Styles: Relations with Emotional Well-Being, Marriage, and Parenting.

    Brenda L. Volling;Paul C. Notaro;Joelle J. Larsen

  • Progress on the paternal brain: theory, animal models, human brain research, and mental health implications.

    J.E. Swain;C.J. Dayton;P. Kim;R.M. Tolman

  • The relationship between biased maternal and filial attributions and the aggressiveness of their interactions.

    Carol Mackinnon-Lewis;Michael E. Lamb;Barry Arbuckle;Laila P. Baradaran

  • Parenting stress and depressive symptoms in postpartum mothers: bidirectional or unidirectional effects?

    Elizabeth Thomason;Brenda L. Volling;Heather A. Flynn;Susan C. McDonough

  • A cross-contextual analysis of boys' social competence: From family to school.

    Carol MacKinnon-Lewis;Brenda L. Volling;Michael E. Lamb;Kimberly Dechman

  • Infant day care and children's social competence

    Brenda L. Volling;Lynne V. Feagans

  • Advancing Research and Measurement on Fathering and Child Development.

    Brenda L. Volling;Natasha J. Cabrera;Mark E. Feinberg;Damon E. Jones

Frequent Co-Authors

Richard Gonzalez
Richard Gonzalez University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Jay Belsky
Jay Belsky University of California, Davis
Silvia Helena Koller
Silvia Helena Koller Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Oliver C. Schultheiss
Oliver C. Schultheiss University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Alison L. Miller
Alison L. Miller University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Richard M. Tolman
Richard M. Tolman University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Sheryl L. Olson
Sheryl L. Olson University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Natasha J. Cabrera
Natasha J. Cabrera University of Maryland, College Park
David L. Rabiner
David L. Rabiner Duke University
James E. Swain
James E. Swain Stony Brook University

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