Kristin Valentino
Biographic Data
| ID | 182521 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristin Valentino |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristin |
| FAMILY NAME | Valentino |
| SIGNATURE | VALENTINO K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Notre Dame |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3882-6409 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 27 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 27 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Family cohesion and cultural socialization as buffers of the association between discrimination and internalizing symptoms across adolescence
Mexican-origin individuals constitute the largest immigrant subgroup in the United States. With this rapidly growing population, it is critical to identify factors that promote positive mental health outcomes among Mexican-origin youth, who face discrimination as well as elevated rates of psychopathology. Family processes can play a key malleable role in fostering resilience and mitigating internalizing symptoms. This study examined family protec…
Indirect Effect of Maltreatment on Child Cooperation and Exploration Through Maternal Sensitive Guidance
Child maltreatment is a pathogenic relational experience that has deleterious effects on child functioning. Mothers who have engaged in child maltreatment have difficulties with emotion socialization (i.e., maternal sensitive guidance) while reminiscing with their children about past emotional experiences. Difficulties in maternal sensitive guidance are associated with child emotional maladjustment and decreased emotion regulation; however, the q…
Improved responsive caregiving and home learning environment through a relational home visitation program
Early child development (ECD) is one of the best long-term investments for sustainable community development. Yet, more research is needed on the impact and implementation of ECD interventions, especially in marginalized communities that need them most. This study investigates the effectiveness of a home visitation program in a Zulu community in South Africa in improving the home learning environment, responsive caregiving, social support, and vi…
Intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences among Mexican‐origin families
The effects of the intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on youth outcomes have been documented, particularly among mother–child dyads. Most literature has focused on the continuity of family‐level ACEs (Traditional ACEs [T‐ACEs]) and not community‐level ACEs (Expanded ACEs [E‐ACEs]) that disproportionately impact minoritized individuals. We aimed to (a) examine the effect of mothers' and fathers' T‐ACEs and E‐ACEs …
Stability and change in mother–child reminiscing following intervention
This longitudinal study aimed to examine the long-term effects of Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET), child maltreatment, and the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal elaboration and sensitive guidance during reminiscing. RET was developed to improve maternal elaborative and emotionally sensitive reminiscing among maltreating mothers of preschool-aged children. Of the original 248 mothers and their preschool-aged children who participated in the tri…
Family-level profiles of parental reactions to emotions
Longitudinal study of associations between family-level emotion socialization and adolescent adjustment is limited. When American children (53.5% girls) were in second grade (N = 213; M age = 7.98; data collected 2002–2003), mothers and fathers (79.8% of mothers and 74.2% of fathers were White) reported on their reactions to children's emotions; in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade (M age = 13.03, 14.17, 15.29, respectively; data collected 2007–20…
The Impact of Omitting Confounders in Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Mediation Models
Parallel process latent growth curve mediation models (PP-LGCMMs) are frequently used to longitudinally investigate the mediation effects of treatment on the level and change of outcome through the level and change of mediator. An important but often violated assumption in empirical PP-LGCMM analysis is the absence of omitted confounders of the relationships among treatment, mediator, and outcome. In this study, we analytically examined how omitt…
A daily diary study of discrimination and distress in Mexican-origin adolescents
The present 21-day daily diary study (conducted 2021–2022) tested anger and racism-related vigilance as potential transdiagnostic mediators linking exposure to racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) to distress (negative affect and stress, respectively). The data analytic sample included N = 317 Mexican-origin adolescents (Mage = 13.5 years; 50.8% male, 46.7% female; 2.5% non-binary) from the Midwestern United States. Results from longitudinal me…
Parental self-regulation and engagement in emotion socialization
Parental emotion-related socialization behaviors (ERSBs)-including reactions to emotions, emotional expressiveness, and emotion-related discussion-can foster or hinder children and adolescents' self-regulation development. Toward a goal of identifying specific mechanisms by which children and adolescents develop skillful, adaptive self-regulation or, conversely, self-regulation difficulties and psychopathology, it is crucial to identify processes…
Mexican-origin parent and child reported neighborhood factors and youth substance use
The discrepant findings between parent and youth reports of perceived neighborhood characteristics and substance use have important implications for researchers and community stakeholders, and for developing targeted interventions and prevention strategies. Our study highlights the need to address youth experience of community violence and to prioritize creating safe and inclusive neighborhood environments. Potential strategies include improving …
The Impact of Omitting Confounders in Latent Growth Curve Mediation Modeling
Longitudinal data have been increasingly used to examine mediation mechanisms (MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009). A popular method is the latent growth curve mediation model (LGCMM). For valid mediation
Developmental and Intervention-Related Change in Autobiographical Memory Specificity in Maltreated Children
This study examined the development of autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) in a longitudinal randomized controlled trial of 242 maltreated and nonmaltreated children (aged 36–86 months; 50.4% male; 39.7% Black, 25.9% White, 34.5% Latinx/other) and their mothers. Half of the maltreated families were randomized to receive an intervention to improve maternal reminiscing. The effects of maltreatment and the intervention on children’s AMS via tw…
Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity Among Maltreated Preschoolers
Maternal reminiscing and preschoolers’ (M = 5.00 years, SD = 1.11) autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) were examined among abusive (n = 24), neglecting (n = 78), emotionally maltreating (n = 32), and demographically similar nonmaltreating families (n = 74). Neglect was negatively associated with child AMS and the quantity of maternal elaborations. In a moderated mediation model, neglect was negatively associated with the quantity of materna…
Buffering the effects of childhood trauma within the school setting
Longitudinal pathways of family influence on child self-regulation
Maltreated children are susceptible to dysregulation, but developmental mechanisms at the family level that influence this process are understudied. In the current investigation, 4 mediators (positive parenting, positive and negative family expressiveness, and maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing) were examined as process variables through which maltreatment relates to 2 dimensions of child emotional self-regulation (adaptive emotion re…
Maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing in the context of child maltreatment
The manner in which mothers engage in emotional discussion, or reminisce, with their young children about past emotional experiences poses important ramifications for child socioemotional and cognitive development. Maltreating mothers may have difficulty engaging in emotionally supportive reminiscing. The current study examined the role of maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing as a process variable that may explain associations between c…
Efficacy of a reminiscing and emotion training intervention on maltreating families with preschool-aged children
The current investigation reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a brief, relational intervention for maltreated preschool-aged children and their mothers, called Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET). RET facilitates elaborative and emotionally supportive parent-child communication, which is an essential component of the parent-child relationship and is especially relevant for the preschool age period. Participants were 248 chi…
Intergenerational Risk of Parentification and Infantilization to Externalizing Moderated by Child Temperament
Objective: The present study examined the intergenerational risk of instrumental filial responsibility in the first generation on children's externalizing behaviors in the next generation and examined difficult child temperament as a potential moderator of this association.Background: Filial responsibility refers to children's instrumental or emotional caregiving roles. Moderate levels of instrumental responsibility, such as age-appropriate respo…
A developmental psychopathology perspective on autobiographical memory in autism spectrum disorder
An Ecological-Transactional Model of Generational Boundary Dissolution Across Development
The present article proposes an updated model of boundary dissolution. Specifically, the model integrates the ecological-ethical model of parentification with a broader model of boundary dissolution and further incorporates an ecological-transactional perspective to advance boundary dissolution theory. This model argues that transactional processes within and across levels of ecology influence a boundary-dissolved microsystem and maladaptive and …
Autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-aged children
Overgeneral memory refers to difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical memories and is consistently associated with depression and/or trauma. The present study developed a downward extension of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986) given the need to document normative developmental changes in ability to retrieve specific memories among preschoolers. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory demonstra…
Mother–child reminiscing and autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-age children
Overgeneral memory (OGM) refers to difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories. The tendency to be overgeneral in autobiographical memory recall is more commonly observed among individuals with emotional disorders compared with those without. Despite significant advances in theory and identification of mechanisms that underlie the etiology of OGM, there has been little integration between normative research on the development of a…
The Direct and Interactive Effects of Physical Abuse Severity and Negative Affectivity on Length of Psychiatric Hospitalization
The Contribution of Children’s Temperamental Fear and Effortful Control to Restraint and Seclusion During Inpatient Treatment in a Psychiatric Hospital
A developmental psychopathology model of overgeneral autobiographical memory
Longitudinal pathways of family influence on child self-regulation
Maltreated children are susceptible to dysregulation, but developmental mechanisms at the family level that influence this process are understudied. In the current investigation, 4 mediators (positive parenting, positive and negative family expressiveness, and maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing) were examined as process variables through which maltreatment relates to 2 dimensions of child emotional self-regulation (adaptive emotion re…
An Ecological-Transactional Model of Generational Boundary Dissolution Across Development
The present article proposes an updated model of boundary dissolution. Specifically, the model integrates the ecological-ethical model of parentification with a broader model of boundary dissolution and further incorporates an ecological-transactional perspective to advance boundary dissolution theory. This model argues that transactional processes within and across levels of ecology influence a boundary-dissolved microsystem and maladaptive and …
Mother–child reminiscing and autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-age children
Overgeneral memory (OGM) refers to difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories. The tendency to be overgeneral in autobiographical memory recall is more commonly observed among individuals with emotional disorders compared with those without. Despite significant advances in theory and identification of mechanisms that underlie the etiology of OGM, there has been little integration between normative research on the development of a…
Mother-child play and emerging social behaviors among infants from maltreating families
Mother-child play of 12-month-old infants (N=130) from maltreating (N=78) and non-maltreating (N=52) families was analyzed as a context that integrates infants' developing social and cognitive skills. Play was coded from semistructured and unstructured play paradigms. No group differences were found in infants' play maturity. Infants from abusing families demonstrated more imitative play than infants from non-maltreating families, and engaged in …
Efficacy of a reminiscing and emotion training intervention on maltreating families with preschool-aged children
The current investigation reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a brief, relational intervention for maltreated preschool-aged children and their mothers, called Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET). RET facilitates elaborative and emotionally supportive parent-child communication, which is an essential component of the parent-child relationship and is especially relevant for the preschool age period. Participants were 248 chi…
Intergenerational Risk of Parentification and Infantilization to Externalizing Moderated by Child Temperament
Objective: The present study examined the intergenerational risk of instrumental filial responsibility in the first generation on children's externalizing behaviors in the next generation and examined difficult child temperament as a potential moderator of this association.Background: Filial responsibility refers to children's instrumental or emotional caregiving roles. Moderate levels of instrumental responsibility, such as age-appropriate respo…
Autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-aged children
Overgeneral memory refers to difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical memories and is consistently associated with depression and/or trauma. The present study developed a downward extension of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986) given the need to document normative developmental changes in ability to retrieve specific memories among preschoolers. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory demonstra…
Maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing in the context of child maltreatment
The manner in which mothers engage in emotional discussion, or reminisce, with their young children about past emotional experiences poses important ramifications for child socioemotional and cognitive development. Maltreating mothers may have difficulty engaging in emotionally supportive reminiscing. The current study examined the role of maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing as a process variable that may explain associations between c…
Mother–child play and maltreatment
Mother-child play of maltreating and nonmaltreating families was analyzed when infants were 12 months old (Time 1), and 2 years old (Time 2), as a context to examine children's developing cognitive and social skills. At Time 1, infants from abusing families demonstrated less independent and more imitative behavior during play than did infants from neglecting and nonmaltreating families, suggesting a delay in emerging social behaviors. In this lon…
Mother-child play and emerging social behaviors among infants from maltreating families
Mother-child play of 12-month-old infants (N=130) from maltreating (N=78) and non-maltreating (N=52) families was analyzed as a context that integrates infants' developing social and cognitive skills. Play was coded from semistructured and unstructured play paradigms. No group differences were found in infants' play maturity. Infants from abusing families demonstrated more imitative play than infants from non-maltreating families, and engaged in …
A developmental psychopathology model of overgeneral autobiographical memory
Mother–child play and maltreatment
Mother-child play of maltreating and nonmaltreating families was analyzed when infants were 12 months old (Time 1), and 2 years old (Time 2), as a context to examine children's developing cognitive and social skills. At Time 1, infants from abusing families demonstrated less independent and more imitative behavior during play than did infants from neglecting and nonmaltreating families, suggesting a delay in emerging social behaviors. In this lon…
The Contribution of Children’s Temperamental Fear and Effortful Control to Restraint and Seclusion During Inpatient Treatment in a Psychiatric Hospital
The Direct and Interactive Effects of Physical Abuse Severity and Negative Affectivity on Length of Psychiatric Hospitalization
Autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-aged children
Overgeneral memory refers to difficulty retrieving specific autobiographical memories and is consistently associated with depression and/or trauma. The present study developed a downward extension of the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT; Williams & Broadbent, 1986) given the need to document normative developmental changes in ability to retrieve specific memories among preschoolers. Confirmatory factor analysis and item response theory demonstra…
Mother–child reminiscing and autobiographical memory specificity among preschool-age children
Overgeneral memory (OGM) refers to difficulty in retrieving specific autobiographical memories. The tendency to be overgeneral in autobiographical memory recall is more commonly observed among individuals with emotional disorders compared with those without. Despite significant advances in theory and identification of mechanisms that underlie the etiology of OGM, there has been little integration between normative research on the development of a…
A developmental psychopathology perspective on autobiographical memory in autism spectrum disorder
An Ecological-Transactional Model of Generational Boundary Dissolution Across Development
The present article proposes an updated model of boundary dissolution. Specifically, the model integrates the ecological-ethical model of parentification with a broader model of boundary dissolution and further incorporates an ecological-transactional perspective to advance boundary dissolution theory. This model argues that transactional processes within and across levels of ecology influence a boundary-dissolved microsystem and maladaptive and …
Maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing in the context of child maltreatment
The manner in which mothers engage in emotional discussion, or reminisce, with their young children about past emotional experiences poses important ramifications for child socioemotional and cognitive development. Maltreating mothers may have difficulty engaging in emotionally supportive reminiscing. The current study examined the role of maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing as a process variable that may explain associations between c…
Efficacy of a reminiscing and emotion training intervention on maltreating families with preschool-aged children
The current investigation reports the results of a randomized controlled trial of a brief, relational intervention for maltreated preschool-aged children and their mothers, called Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET). RET facilitates elaborative and emotionally supportive parent-child communication, which is an essential component of the parent-child relationship and is especially relevant for the preschool age period. Participants were 248 chi…
Intergenerational Risk of Parentification and Infantilization to Externalizing Moderated by Child Temperament
Objective: The present study examined the intergenerational risk of instrumental filial responsibility in the first generation on children's externalizing behaviors in the next generation and examined difficult child temperament as a potential moderator of this association.Background: Filial responsibility refers to children's instrumental or emotional caregiving roles. Moderate levels of instrumental responsibility, such as age-appropriate respo…
Reduced Autobiographical Memory Specificity Among Maltreated Preschoolers
Maternal reminiscing and preschoolers’ (M = 5.00 years, SD = 1.11) autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) were examined among abusive (n = 24), neglecting (n = 78), emotionally maltreating (n = 32), and demographically similar nonmaltreating families (n = 74). Neglect was negatively associated with child AMS and the quantity of maternal elaborations. In a moderated mediation model, neglect was negatively associated with the quantity of materna…
Buffering the effects of childhood trauma within the school setting
Longitudinal pathways of family influence on child self-regulation
Maltreated children are susceptible to dysregulation, but developmental mechanisms at the family level that influence this process are understudied. In the current investigation, 4 mediators (positive parenting, positive and negative family expressiveness, and maternal sensitive guidance during reminiscing) were examined as process variables through which maltreatment relates to 2 dimensions of child emotional self-regulation (adaptive emotion re…
Developmental and Intervention-Related Change in Autobiographical Memory Specificity in Maltreated Children
This study examined the development of autobiographical memory specificity (AMS) in a longitudinal randomized controlled trial of 242 maltreated and nonmaltreated children (aged 36–86 months; 50.4% male; 39.7% Black, 25.9% White, 34.5% Latinx/other) and their mothers. Half of the maltreated families were randomized to receive an intervention to improve maternal reminiscing. The effects of maltreatment and the intervention on children’s AMS via tw…
The Impact of Omitting Confounders in Latent Growth Curve Mediation Modeling
Longitudinal data have been increasingly used to examine mediation mechanisms (MacKinnon & Fairchild, 2009). A popular method is the latent growth curve mediation model (LGCMM). For valid mediation
Mexican-origin parent and child reported neighborhood factors and youth substance use
The discrepant findings between parent and youth reports of perceived neighborhood characteristics and substance use have important implications for researchers and community stakeholders, and for developing targeted interventions and prevention strategies. Our study highlights the need to address youth experience of community violence and to prioritize creating safe and inclusive neighborhood environments. Potential strategies include improving …
The Impact of Omitting Confounders in Parallel Process Latent Growth Curve Mediation Models
Parallel process latent growth curve mediation models (PP-LGCMMs) are frequently used to longitudinally investigate the mediation effects of treatment on the level and change of outcome through the level and change of mediator. An important but often violated assumption in empirical PP-LGCMM analysis is the absence of omitted confounders of the relationships among treatment, mediator, and outcome. In this study, we analytically examined how omitt…
A daily diary study of discrimination and distress in Mexican-origin adolescents
The present 21-day daily diary study (conducted 2021–2022) tested anger and racism-related vigilance as potential transdiagnostic mediators linking exposure to racial and ethnic discrimination (RED) to distress (negative affect and stress, respectively). The data analytic sample included N = 317 Mexican-origin adolescents (Mage = 13.5 years; 50.8% male, 46.7% female; 2.5% non-binary) from the Midwestern United States. Results from longitudinal me…
Parental self-regulation and engagement in emotion socialization
Parental emotion-related socialization behaviors (ERSBs)-including reactions to emotions, emotional expressiveness, and emotion-related discussion-can foster or hinder children and adolescents' self-regulation development. Toward a goal of identifying specific mechanisms by which children and adolescents develop skillful, adaptive self-regulation or, conversely, self-regulation difficulties and psychopathology, it is crucial to identify processes…
Improved responsive caregiving and home learning environment through a relational home visitation program
Early child development (ECD) is one of the best long-term investments for sustainable community development. Yet, more research is needed on the impact and implementation of ECD interventions, especially in marginalized communities that need them most. This study investigates the effectiveness of a home visitation program in a Zulu community in South Africa in improving the home learning environment, responsive caregiving, social support, and vi…
Intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences among Mexican‐origin families
The effects of the intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on youth outcomes have been documented, particularly among mother–child dyads. Most literature has focused on the continuity of family‐level ACEs (Traditional ACEs [T‐ACEs]) and not community‐level ACEs (Expanded ACEs [E‐ACEs]) that disproportionately impact minoritized individuals. We aimed to (a) examine the effect of mothers' and fathers' T‐ACEs and E‐ACEs …
Stability and change in mother–child reminiscing following intervention
This longitudinal study aimed to examine the long-term effects of Reminiscing and Emotion Training (RET), child maltreatment, and the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal elaboration and sensitive guidance during reminiscing. RET was developed to improve maternal elaborative and emotionally sensitive reminiscing among maltreating mothers of preschool-aged children. Of the original 248 mothers and their preschool-aged children who participated in the tri…
Family-level profiles of parental reactions to emotions
Longitudinal study of associations between family-level emotion socialization and adolescent adjustment is limited. When American children (53.5% girls) were in second grade (N = 213; M age = 7.98; data collected 2002–2003), mothers and fathers (79.8% of mothers and 74.2% of fathers were White) reported on their reactions to children's emotions; in seventh, eighth, and ninth grade (M age = 13.03, 14.17, 15.29, respectively; data collected 2007–20…
Psychology (22 works) · Developmental psychology (18 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (12 works) · Identity, Memory, and Therapy (10 works) · Cognition (8 works) · Family Support in Illness (8 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (7 works) · Autobiographical memory (6 works)