College of Humanities and Social Sciences

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).

Select Publications

■ T. M. Chaplin et al., Sex- differentiated associations among negative parenting, emotion-related brain function, and adolescent substance use and psychopathology symptoms. Soc Dev. (accepted for publication).

■ T. M. Chaplin et al., Prenatal cocaine exposure differentially affects stress responses in girls and boys: associations with future substance use. Dev Psychopathol. 27,163-180 (2015).

■ T. M. Chaplin & A. Aldao, Gender differences in emotion expression in children: a meta-analytic review. Psychol Bull. 139, 735-765 (2013).

■ T. M. Chaplin et al., Parent- adolescent conflict interactions and adolescent alcohol use. Addict Behav. 37, 605-612 (2012).