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Overview

Deborah Laible is affiliated with Lehigh University in the United States and has a research focus spanning social sciences and psychology. Their academic work features a blend of fields including sociology and political science, social psychology, clinical psychology, education, and developmental and educational psychology.

Their research interests prominently cover topics related to racial and ethnic identity, social and intergroup psychology, as well as early childhood education and development. Other notable areas include child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, bullying, victimization and aggression, cultural differences and values, and aspects of critical race theory in education.

Deborah Laible has contributed to several peer-reviewed publications across diverse venues. Frequent publication outlets include:

  • Child Development
  • Frontiers in Developmental Psychology
  • Journal of Family Psychology
  • Infancy
  • Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology

Recent research papers authored or coauthored by Deborah Laible include:

  • "White children's empathy-related responding and prosocial behavior toward White and Black children" (2022), published in Child Development
  • "A longitudinal study of the differential social-cognitive foundations of early prosocial behaviors" (2020), published in Infancy
  • "Parents' color-blind racial ideology and implicit racial attitudes predict children's race-based sympathy." (2022), published in Journal of Family Psychology
  • "Toddlers' helping, sharing, and empathic distress: Does the race of the target matter?" (2021), published in Developmental Psychology
  • "The relations of White parents' implicit racial attitudes to their children's differential empathic concern toward White and Black victims" (2020), published in Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Collaborations in Deborah Laible's body of work include frequent coauthors such as:

  • Gustavo Carlo
  • Tracy L. Spinrad
  • Nancy Eisenberg
  • Sonya Xinyue Xiao
  • Rebecca H. Berger

Best Publications

  • The Differential Relations of Parent and Peer Attachment to Adolescent Adjustment

    Deborah J. Laible;Gustavo Carlo;Marcela Raffaelli

  • Pathways to self-esteem in late adolescence: the role of parent and peer attachment, empathy, and social behaviours.

    Deborah J. Laible;Gustavo Carlo;Scott C. Roesch

  • Mother–Child Discourse, Attachment Security, Shared Positive Affect, and Early Conscience Development

    Deborah J. Laible;Ross A. Thompson

  • Attachment and emotional understanding in preschool children

    Deborah J. Laible;Ross A. Thompson

  • Early adolescence and prosocial/moral behavior I: The role of individual processes

    Richard A. Fabes;Gustavo Carlo;Kristina Kupanoff;Deborah Laible

  • Mother-child discourse in two contexts: links with child temperament, attachment security, and socioemotional competence.

    Deborah Laible

  • Attachment with parents and peers in late adolescence : Links with emotional competence and social behavior

    Deborah Laible

  • The Differential Relations of Maternal and Paternal Support and Control to Adolescent Social Competence, Self-Worth, and Sympathy.

    Deborah J. Laible;Gustavo Carlo

  • Mother–Child Conflict in the Toddler Years: Lessons in Emotion, Morality, and Relationships

    Deborah J. Laible;Ross A. Thompson

  • Why are Girls Less Physically Aggressive than Boys? Personality and Parenting Mediators of Physical Aggression

    Gustavo Carlo;Marcela Raffaelli;Deborah J. Laible;Kathryn A. Meyer

  • Early Adolescence and Prosocial/Moral Behavior II: The Role of Social and Contextual Influences

    Gustavo Carlo;Richard A. Fabes;Deborah Laible;Kristina Kupanoff

  • Attachment Security and Child's Empathy: The Mediating Role of Emotion Regulation.

    Tia M. Panfile;Deborah J. Laible

  • Children's Perceptions of Family Relationships as Assessed in a Doll Story Completion Task: Links to Parenting, Social Competence, and Externalizing Behavior

    Deborah Laible;Gustavo Carlo;Julia C. Torquati;Lenna Ontai

  • Constructing Emotional and Relational Understanding: The Role of Affect and Mother-Child Discourse

    Deborah Laible;Jeanie Song

  • Do Sensitive Parents Foster Kind Children, or Vice Versa? Bidirectional Influences between Children's Prosocial Behavior and Parental Sensitivity.

    Emily K. Newton;Deborah Laible;Gustavo Carlo;Joel S. Steele

  • Early Understandings of Emotion, Morality, and Self: Developing a Working Model

    Ross A. Thompson;Deborah J. Laible;Lenna L. Ontai

  • Early Socialization: A Relationship Perspective.

    Deborah Laible;Ross A. Thompson

  • Does It Matter if Preschool Children and Mothers Discuss Positive vs. Negative Events During Reminiscing? Links with Mother-reported Attachment, Family Emotional Climate, and Socioemotional Development

    Deborah Laible

  • Mother-Child Discourse Surrounding a Child?s Past Behavior at 30 Months: Links to Emotional Understanding and Early Conscience Development at 36 Months.

    Deborah J. Laible

  • The Influences of Parent and Peer Attachment on Bullying

    Tia Panfile Murphy;Deborah Laible;Mairin Augustine

  • Dimensions of Conscience in Mid-adolescence: Links with Social Behavior, Parenting, and Temperament

    Deborah Laible;Jessica Eye;Gustavo Carlo

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustavo Carlo
Gustavo Carlo University of California, Irvine
Ross A. Thompson
Ross A. Thompson University of California, Davis
Marcela Raffaelli
Marcela Raffaelli University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Richard A. Fabes
Richard A. Fabes Arizona State University
Tracy L. Spinrad
Tracy L. Spinrad Arizona State University
Elissa Koff
Elissa Koff Wellesley College
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Laura M. Padilla-Walker Brigham Young University
Elaine Reese
Elaine Reese University of Otago
Scott C. Roesch
Scott C. Roesch San Diego State University
Nancy Eisenberg
Nancy Eisenberg Arizona State University

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