Jennifer A Somers
Biographic Data
| ID | 1463810 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jennifer A Somers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jennifer A |
| FAMILY NAME | Somers |
| SIGNATURE | SOMERS J A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Arizona State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5334-0370 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Getting to the heart of parenting
1.42 years; 44.9% White) completed a 6-min sad mood discussion followed by a video-mediated recall procedure to continuously rate their experienced emotion during the discussion. Dyadic electrocardiogram data were continuously collected. Coders coded parent ERSB from video-recorded discussions. Second-by-second estimates of parent respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of vagal functioning, experienced emotion, and ERSB were obtained. Preli…
Psychophysiology of Parenting School‐Aged Children
Parenting behavior is thought to be undergirded by internal processes, including autonomic and neuroendocrine responsivity. Parents are school‐aged children's primary sources of support and guidance, underscoring the importance of identifying proximal influences on parenting behavior in middle childhood. However, the literature on physiological correlates of parenting behaviors in school‐aged children has yet to be comprehensively reviewed. To ad…
Development and validation of a novel microcoding system for parent and child emotion-related behavior
Microcoding systems can facilitate detection of parent-child interaction processes , which cannot be disentangled through self-report or global coding methods. Yet, existing microcoding approaches focus on a relatively narrow range of behavior, particularly for children. The present study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of a novel microcoding system for capturing second-by-second changes in parent and child emotion-related behavior…
The Dyadic Association of Testosterone With Perceived Social Support in Couples Across the Transition to Parenthood
Social support is associated with positive health outcomes and may be protective during sensitive life periods. Importantly, biological factors, including hormones, are associated with psychological and interpersonal functioning, but less is known about the link between biological factors and perceived social support during the transition to parenthood. The current study examined prenatal testosterone levels as a predictor of postpartum perceived…
Transactional models of depression via caregiver-child interactions
In contrast to models of stress-sensitization, youth supportive reactions to caregiver distress may initiate positive spirals that transcend interactions. Implications for intervention efforts are discussed
Developmental cascades from maternal preconception stress to child behavior problems
Although maternal stress during pregnancy and even before conception shapes offspring risk for mental health problems, relatively little is known about the mechanisms through which these associations operate. In theory, preconception and prenatal stress may affect offspring mental health by influencing child responses to postnatal caregiving. To address this knowledge gap, this study had two aims. First, we examined associations between preconcep…
Nonresidential Father Psychological Support and Offspring Physical Health Perceptions 15‐Years After Parental Divorce
We evaluated the long‐term impact of father supportive behaviors post‐divorce on youth physical health perceptions, mediated through youth's protective resources. Youth (N = 240; 49% female, 88% Caucasian) reported on father supportive behaviors post‐divorce four times (between ages 9–12), protective resources once (age 15–19), and perceptions of physical health at age 24–28. Higher father support behaviors predicted more protective resources in …
Peer victimization and relationships to approach and avoidance coping to health and health behaviors
Peer victimization during high school is a common experience associated with engagement in risky health behaviors and elevated depressive symptoms. Mechanisms linking peer victimization to health outcomes remain inadequately understood. In the current study, latent class analysis was used to identify latent subclasses of college students who display similar patterns of responses to frequent peer victimization experiences during high school. We al…
A prenatal programming perspective on the intergenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences to offspring health problems
Decades of research indicate that individuals exposed to childhood adversity are at risk for poor physical and mental health across their life span. More recently, intergenerational transmission of trauma and prenatal programming frameworks suggest an even longer reach for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), with consequences that extend to subsequent generations. Beyond the individual-level consequences typically observed by empirical studies …
Socioemotional Mechanisms of Children’s Differential Response to the Effects of Maternal Sensitivity on Child Adjustment
The proposed mechanistic model of susceptibility to maternal sensitivity offers a novel framework of for whom and how children are affected by early maternal care, highlighting multiple reciprocal, interacting influences across genes, physiology, behavior, and the environment
Infants’ Biological Sensitivity to the Effects of Maternal Social Support
The identification of infants who are most susceptible to both negative and positive social environments is critical for understanding early behavioral development. This study longitudinally assessed the interactive effects of infant vagal tone (respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA ) and maternal social support on behavioral problems and competence among 322 low‐income Mexican American mother–infant dyads (infants: 54.1% female) and explored sex dif…
A prenatal programming perspective on the intergenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences to offspring health problems
Decades of research indicate that individuals exposed to childhood adversity are at risk for poor physical and mental health across their life span. More recently, intergenerational transmission of trauma and prenatal programming frameworks suggest an even longer reach for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), with consequences that extend to subsequent generations. Beyond the individual-level consequences typically observed by empirical studies …
Infants’ Biological Sensitivity to the Effects of Maternal Social Support
The identification of infants who are most susceptible to both negative and positive social environments is critical for understanding early behavioral development. This study longitudinally assessed the interactive effects of infant vagal tone (respiratory sinus arrhythmia; RSA ) and maternal social support on behavioral problems and competence among 322 low‐income Mexican American mother–infant dyads (infants: 54.1% female) and explored sex dif…
Socioemotional Mechanisms of Children’s Differential Response to the Effects of Maternal Sensitivity on Child Adjustment
The proposed mechanistic model of susceptibility to maternal sensitivity offers a novel framework of for whom and how children are affected by early maternal care, highlighting multiple reciprocal, interacting influences across genes, physiology, behavior, and the environment
Nonresidential Father Psychological Support and Offspring Physical Health Perceptions 15‐Years After Parental Divorce
We evaluated the long‐term impact of father supportive behaviors post‐divorce on youth physical health perceptions, mediated through youth's protective resources. Youth (N = 240; 49% female, 88% Caucasian) reported on father supportive behaviors post‐divorce four times (between ages 9–12), protective resources once (age 15–19), and perceptions of physical health at age 24–28. Higher father support behaviors predicted more protective resources in …
Peer victimization and relationships to approach and avoidance coping to health and health behaviors
Peer victimization during high school is a common experience associated with engagement in risky health behaviors and elevated depressive symptoms. Mechanisms linking peer victimization to health outcomes remain inadequately understood. In the current study, latent class analysis was used to identify latent subclasses of college students who display similar patterns of responses to frequent peer victimization experiences during high school. We al…
A prenatal programming perspective on the intergenerational transmission of maternal adverse childhood experiences to offspring health problems
Decades of research indicate that individuals exposed to childhood adversity are at risk for poor physical and mental health across their life span. More recently, intergenerational transmission of trauma and prenatal programming frameworks suggest an even longer reach for adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), with consequences that extend to subsequent generations. Beyond the individual-level consequences typically observed by empirical studies …
Transactional models of depression via caregiver-child interactions
In contrast to models of stress-sensitization, youth supportive reactions to caregiver distress may initiate positive spirals that transcend interactions. Implications for intervention efforts are discussed
Developmental cascades from maternal preconception stress to child behavior problems
Although maternal stress during pregnancy and even before conception shapes offspring risk for mental health problems, relatively little is known about the mechanisms through which these associations operate. In theory, preconception and prenatal stress may affect offspring mental health by influencing child responses to postnatal caregiving. To address this knowledge gap, this study had two aims. First, we examined associations between preconcep…
Psychophysiology of Parenting School‐Aged Children
Parenting behavior is thought to be undergirded by internal processes, including autonomic and neuroendocrine responsivity. Parents are school‐aged children's primary sources of support and guidance, underscoring the importance of identifying proximal influences on parenting behavior in middle childhood. However, the literature on physiological correlates of parenting behaviors in school‐aged children has yet to be comprehensively reviewed. To ad…
Development and validation of a novel microcoding system for parent and child emotion-related behavior
Microcoding systems can facilitate detection of parent-child interaction processes , which cannot be disentangled through self-report or global coding methods. Yet, existing microcoding approaches focus on a relatively narrow range of behavior, particularly for children. The present study aimed to evaluate the reliability and validity of a novel microcoding system for capturing second-by-second changes in parent and child emotion-related behavior…
The Dyadic Association of Testosterone With Perceived Social Support in Couples Across the Transition to Parenthood
Social support is associated with positive health outcomes and may be protective during sensitive life periods. Importantly, biological factors, including hormones, are associated with psychological and interpersonal functioning, but less is known about the link between biological factors and perceived social support during the transition to parenthood. The current study examined prenatal testosterone levels as a predictor of postpartum perceived…
Getting to the heart of parenting
1.42 years; 44.9% White) completed a 6-min sad mood discussion followed by a video-mediated recall procedure to continuously rate their experienced emotion during the discussion. Dyadic electrocardiogram data were continuously collected. Coders coded parent ERSB from video-recorded discussions. Second-by-second estimates of parent respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA), an index of vagal functioning, experienced emotion, and ERSB were obtained. Preli…
Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Attachment and Relationship Dynamics (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Mental health (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works)