Our work integrates human development, family studies and clinical and health research, and relies on multiple methods to research adolescent development in the context of daily family and school life. Below are select examples of our work:
Promoting Resilience in the Context of Daily Family Life
Bai, S., Repetti, R.L., & Sperling, J.B. (2016). Children's positive emotion expression is sustained by smiling, touching, and playing with parents and siblings: A naturalistic observational study of family life. Developmental Psychology, 52(1), 88-101.
Bai, S. & Repetti, R L. (2015). Short‐term resilience processes in the family. Family Relations, 64(1), 108-119.
Daily Stress and Adolescent Mental Health
Bai, S., & Repetti, R.L. (2018). Negative and positive mood regulation on school days: Link to internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 46 (3), 423-435.
Bai, S., Reynolds, B.M., & Robles, T.F., & Repetti, R.L. (2016). School problems impact youth perceptions of interactions with parents: Daily diary study of school-to-home spillover. Social Development, 26, 813-830.
Internalizing Symptoms and Health Behaviors
Bai, S., Zeledon, L.R., D’Amico, E.J., Shoptaw, S., Avina, C., LaBorde, A.P., Anderson, M., Fitzpatrick, O.M., & Asarnow, J.R. (2018).
Reducing health risk behaviors and depression in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial in primary care clinics. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology. 43 (9), 1004-1016.
Fuligni, A.J., Bai, S., Krull, J.L., & Gonzales, N.A. (2017). Individual differences in optimum sleep for daily mood during adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 1-11.
Promoting Resilience in the Context of Daily Family Life
Bai, S., Repetti, R.L., & Sperling, J.B. (2016). Children's positive emotion expression is sustained by smiling, touching, and playing with parents and siblings: A naturalistic observational study of family life. Developmental Psychology, 52(1), 88-101.
Bai, S. & Repetti, R L. (2015). Short‐term resilience processes in the family. Family Relations, 64(1), 108-119.
Daily Stress and Adolescent Mental Health
Bai, S., & Repetti, R.L. (2018). Negative and positive mood regulation on school days: Link to internalizing and externalizing problems. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 46 (3), 423-435.
Bai, S., Reynolds, B.M., & Robles, T.F., & Repetti, R.L. (2016). School problems impact youth perceptions of interactions with parents: Daily diary study of school-to-home spillover. Social Development, 26, 813-830.
Internalizing Symptoms and Health Behaviors
Bai, S., Zeledon, L.R., D’Amico, E.J., Shoptaw, S., Avina, C., LaBorde, A.P., Anderson, M., Fitzpatrick, O.M., & Asarnow, J.R. (2018).
Reducing health risk behaviors and depression in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial in primary care clinics. Journal of
Pediatric Psychology. 43 (9), 1004-1016.
Fuligni, A.J., Bai, S., Krull, J.L., & Gonzales, N.A. (2017). Individual differences in optimum sleep for daily mood during adolescence. Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, 1-11.
