Angela J Narayan

Biographic Data

ID	767200
NAME	Angela J Narayan
GIVEN NAMES	Angela J
FAMILY NAME	Narayan
SIGNATURE	NARAYAN A J
AFFILIATIONS	University of Denver
ORCID	0000-0002-9019-8377
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	19
TOTAL CITATIONS	13
AUTHOR COUNT	19
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Contingency enables the formation of social expectations about an artificial agent
Open AccessJulia A Venditti, Rachel Elkin et al.ARTICLEInfancy2025
What environmental regularities support infant communicative learning from social interactions? We propose that infants allocate their attention toward and learn from external events that are contingent on their own behaviors. We tested the robustness of the influence of contingency on communicative learning by using a non‐biological stimulus, a remote‐controlled car, as the social partner. The car approached infants and produced a speech sound e…
Neighborhood Safety and Perinatal Mental Health
Open AccessCassandra L Svelnys, Angela J NarayanARTICLEEnvironment and Behavior2023
Neighborhood safety (NS) has important implications for mental health, yet research is needed to clarify how different constructs that measure NS associate with mental health problems. Research is particularly underdeveloped on NS among low-income, postpartum individuals, who may experience greater vulnerability. This study examined two measures of NS, self-reported and coder-rated, and their associations with prenatal and postnatal depression an…
Parent–Child Relationship Quality in the Family of Origin and Later Romantic Relationship Functioning: A Systematic Review
Open AccessLaura M River, Maggie O’Reilly Treter et al.ARTICLEFamily Process2022
A large and diverse literature has shown that parent–child relationship quality shapes development to affect later romantic relationship functioning. Guided by the developmental psychopathology framework, the current systematic review aimed to characterize the links between two major subtypes of parent–child relationship quality (parent–child attachment security and interaction quality) and several romantic relationship outcomes (i.e., adjustment…
Narrative Coherence About Romantic Partners During Pregnancy: Associations with Childhood Maltreatment and PTSD Symptoms
Open AccessLaura M River, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Violence2022References: 7
Childhood adversity subtypes and young adulthood mental health problems: Unpacking effects of maltreatment, family dysfunction, and peer victimization
Open AccessMadison D Sayyah, Jillian S Merrick et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022Cited by: 2References: 86
Intergenerational transmission and prevention of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs)
Open AccessAngela J Narayan, Alicia F Lieberman et al.ARTICLEClinical Psychology Review2021
Social Support and Parenting among Mothers Experiencing Homelessness
Cara M Lucke, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLEParenting2021References: 5
SYNOPSISObjective. Effective parenting is among the strongest predictors of child resilience, but the stress and adversity associated with homelessness may undermine the capacity of caregivers to parent. To identify malleable factors that could foster resilience in parenting, this study investigated social support in relation to observed parenting in the context of homelessness. Design. Participants included 95 mothers (M age = 29.75, 64.2% Afric…
The Child Life Challenges Scale (CLCS): Associations of a Single-Item Rating of Global Child Adversity with Children’s Total Life Stressors and Parents’ Childhood Adversity
Open AccessJillian S Merrick, Madelyn H Labella et al.ARTICLEChildren2020
The CLCS shows promise as an efficient measure for estimating children's lifetime adversity with minimal parent or administrator burden
Maternal Pregnancy Wantedness and Perceptions of Paternal Pregnancy Wantedness: Associations with Perinatal Mental Health and Relationship Dynamics
Open AccessVictoria M Atzl, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2020
Type versus timing of adverse and benevolent childhood experiences for pregnant women’s psychological and reproductive health
Open AccessJillian S Merrick, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2020Cited by: 1References: 45
Romantic partner support during pregnancy: The discrepancy between self-reported and coder-rated support as a risk factor for prenatal psychopathology and stress
Open AccessLaura M River, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social and Personal…2020Cited by: 4References: 30
Romantic partner support from the father-to-be is associated with women's mental health during pregnancy. However, most studies of partner support rely upon women's responses to self-report questionnaires, which may be biased and should be corroborated by efficient, coder-rated measures of partner support. This study tested whether the Five-Minute Speech Sample (FMSS), adapted to assess expressed emotion about romantic partners, can provide infor…
Positive childhood experiences predict less psychopathology and stress in pregnant women with childhood adversity: A pilot study of the benevolent childhood experiences (BCEs) scale
Open AccessAngela J Narayan, Luisa M Rivera et al.ARTICLEChild Abuse & Neglect2018
Assessing Angels in the Nursery: A Pilot Study of Childhood Memories of Benevolent Caregiving as Protective Influences
Open AccessAngela J Narayan, Chandra Ghosh Ippen et al.ARTICLEInfant Mental Health Journal2017Cited by: 6References: 22
This pilot study provides the first empirical test of the concept of “Angels in the Nursery” by examining whether childhood memories of benevolent caregiving experiences protect against heightened levels of psychopathology in high‐risk mothers. The study hypothesized that (a) elaborated childhood memories of feeling loved by a caregiver (“angel memories”) would moderate adulthood posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in mothers with child…
Intergenerational continuity of adverse childhood experiences in homeless families: Unpacking exposure to maltreatment versus family dysfunction
Open AccessAngela J Narayan, Amanda W Kalstabakken et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2017
Despite the expanding research on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and corpus of studies on intergenerational maltreatment in high-risk families, studies have not examined intergenerational ACEs more broadly, much less in severely disadvantaged families. This study investigated the intergenerational continuity of ACEs in mothers and young children aged 4 to 6 years living in emergency homeless shelters. It also examined whether unpacking ACEs…
Emotional Climate in Families Experiencing Homelessness: Associations with Child Affect and Socioemotional Adjustment in School
Open AccessMadelyn H Labella, Angela J Narayan et al.ARTICLESocial Development2015References: 12
This study examined associations among family‐level risks, emotional climate, and child adjustment in families experiencing homelessness. Emotional climate, an indirect aspect of emotion socialization, was indexed by parents’ expressed emotion while describing their children. Sociodemographic risk and parent internalizing distress were hypothesized to predict more negativity and less warmth in the emotional climate. Emotional climate was expected…
Interparental violence and maternal mood disorders as predictors of adolescent physical aggression within the family
Open AccessAngela J Narayan, Muzi Chen et al.ARTICLEAggressive Behavior2015References: 64
Although a wealth of research has examined the effects of parental mood disorders on offspring maladjustment, studies have not identified whether elevated interparental violence (IPV) may be an exacerbating influence in this pathway. This study examined levels of physical IPV perpetration and victimization in mothers with unipolar depression or Bipolar Disorder (BD) and the processes by which maternal physical IPV moderated adolescents' physical …
Parenting and coregulation: Adaptive systems for competence in children experiencing homelessness
Janette E Herbers, J J Cutuli et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2014
The role of effective parenting in promoting child executive functioning and school success was examined among 138 children (age 4 to 6 years) staying in family emergency shelters the summer before kindergarten or 1st grade. Parent-child coregulation, which refers to relationship processes wherein parents guide and respond to the behavior of their children, was observed during structured interaction tasks and quantified as a dyadic construct usin…
Resilience Processes in Development: Four Waves of Research on Positive Adaptation in the Context of Adversity
Open AccessMargaret O’dougherty Wright, Ann S Masten et al.CHAPTERHandbook of Resilience in Children2013
Child Development in the Context of Disaster, War, and Terrorism: Pathways of Risk and Resilience
Ann S Masten, Angela J NarayanARTICLEAnnual Review of Psychology2012
This review highlights progress over the past decade in research on the effects of mass trauma experiences on children and youth, focusing on natural disasters, war, and terrorism. Conceptual advances are reviewed in terms of prevailing risk and resilience frameworks that guide basic and translational research. Recent evidence on common components of these models is evaluated, including dose effects, mediators and moderators, and the individual o…