
Tara Chaplin, PhD
Education
PhD, Psychology, Pennsylvania State University
Research Focus
My research interests are in the role of emotional arousal and regulation in the development of substance use and psychopathology in adolescence. I am also interested in the role of the family in adolescent emotional development. My research incorporates multiple methods to study emotion, including self-report, observation, cardiovascular, neuroendocrine, and neuroimaging.
Current Projects
■ Examining effects of parenting on adolescents’ emotion-related brain function using fMRI (NIH grant R01 DA033431-06)
■ Examining effects of a parenting-focused mindfulness intervention on parents’ emotion-related brain function and on their parenting behaviors (NIH grant R34-DA034823).
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