Tuning into Teens in Appalachia
We are excited to implement the Tuning into Teens® program in Central Appalachia.
This parent education program focuses on helping parents understand how to tune into
and support their teens' emotions. We are examining how this program affects parent-child
relationship quality and teen socioemotional comptencies. We are also evaluating the
best ways to disseminate and implement this educational program for families in our
region, including virtual sessions and single-session programs.
Risk and protective factors for adolescent well-being
The purpose of this study is to better understand risk and protective factors for
adolescent well-being (anxiety, depression, behavior problems, social competence).
We examine individual and relational factors, including parent emotion socialization,
co-rumination with friends, emotion dysregulation, self-compassion, and psychological flexibility.
Individual and dyadic predictors of emerging adult adjustment
This study examines several individual and relational factors during emerging adulthood,
and how they may transmit risk or resilience for internalizing symptoms.
Selected publications
Miller-Slough, R.L., *West, C., & *Parigger, J. (2024). Parent self-compassion: Direct effects on parent emotion socialization and indirect effects on adolescent emotion dysregulation. Current Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-024-07087-x
Ahuja, M., *Cimilluca, J., *Sathiyaseelan, T., *Fernandopoulle, P., Miller-Slough, R.L., *Bansal, M., *Anazor, S., *Adebayo Abikoye, E., *Al Ksir, K., *Williams, C., *Pons, A., *Magacha, H., *Haubner, A., *Tremblay, J., (2024). Loneliness and alcohol use among college students during the COVID-19 pandemic in Central Appalachia. Chronic Stress.
Miller-Slough, R.L., *Parungao, D., *West, C., & Dunsmore, J.C. (2024). Emotion-related processes between parents and adolescents: Evidence for bidirectional effects over time. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2024.2384383
Zhu, D., Miller-Slough, R.L, Garner, P. & Dunsmore, J.C. (2024). Adolescent peer relationship difficulties, prosociality, and parental emotion socialization: Moderating roles of adolescent gender. Journal of Genetic Psychology, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1080/00221325.2024.2386012
Miller-Slough, R. L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2023). Parents' and friends' socialization of positive emotions: Associations with adolescent emotion regulation. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 88, 101579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2023.101579
Miller-Slough, R.L., *West, C., & *Parungao, D. (2023). Maternal and paternal emotion socialization relates to adolescent self-compassion. Mental Health & Prevention, 31, 200290. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mhp.2023.200290
Miller-Slough, R.L., Zhu, D., Garner, P. & Dunsmore, J.C. (2022). Parents’ and friends’ responses to discrete negative emotions: Associations with adolescent emotional experiences. Social Development, 32(1), 283-298. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12639
Miller-Slough, R. L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2021). Co-rumination as a microsocial process: Gender-specific links with adolescent internalizing symptoms. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 77, 101342. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2021.101342
Miller-Slough, R. L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2020). Emotion socialization by parents and friends: Links with adolescent emotional adjustment. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 71, 101197. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2020.101197
Miller-Slough, R. L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2019). Longitudinal patterns of parent and friend emotion socialization: Associations with adolescent emotion regulation. Journal of Research in Adolescence, 29, 953-966. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12434
Miller-Slough, R. L., Dunsmore, J. C., Zeman, J., Sanders, W., & Poon, J. (2017). Maternal and paternal reactions to child sadness predict child internalizing and externalizing symptoms: An interactive approach. Social Development, 27, 495-509. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12244
Poon, J., Zeman, J., Miller-Slough, R. L., Sanders, W., & Crespo, L. (2017). “Good enough” maternal and paternal support of children's sadness: Links to psychological and social functioning. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 48, 287-305. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2016.11.005
Miller-Slough, R. L., Zeman, J., Poon, J., & Sanders, W. (2016). Children’s maternal support-seeking: Relations to maternal emotion socialization responses and children’s emotion management. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 3009-3021. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-016-0465-y
Miller-Slough, R. L., & Dunsmore, J. C. (2016). Parent and friend emotion socialization in adolescence: Associations with psychological adjustment. Adolescent Research Review, 1, 287-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40894-016-0026-z
Miller-Slough, R. L., Dunsmore, J. C., Ollendick, T. H., & Greene, R. W. (2016). Parent-child synchrony and treatment outcomes in children with Oppositional Defiant Disorder. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 25, 1880-1888. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-015-0356-7
Miller, R. L., Dunsmore, J. C., & Smith, C. L. (2015). Effortful control and parents' emotion socialization patterns predict children's positive social behavior: A person-centered approach. Early Education and Development, 26, 167-188. https://doi.org/10.1080/10409289.2015.975034
Sanders, W., Zeman, J., Poon, J., & Miller, R. L. (2015). Child regulation of negative emotions and depressive symptoms: The moderating role of parental emotion socialization. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 24, 402-415. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-013-9850-y
*Student co-author