Recent Conference Presentations

In recent years, over nearly 20 papers describing early study findings have been presented at national and international conferences by project staff. Among these presentations have been the following:

1. Alberts. A. & McHale, J. (2002, July). Macro vs. micro: An examination of microevents during family interactions that fuel global clinical impressions. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
2. Atherton, W. & McHale, J. (2002, March). Marital satisfaction at 12 months postpartum: Does the partner's perception of family work matter? Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
3. Chaffe, E., Robertson, L., Lyubchik, A. & McHale, J. (2002, July). Beginning the family dance: Mother-infant and father-infant commerce during diaper changes at three months post-partum. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
4. DiBonaventura, M., DeCourcey, W. & McHale, J. (2002, March). A systemic look at families and marriages across the transition to parenthood: Family-of-origin effects on marital satisfaction. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
5. Shaw, D., Lauretti, A. & McHale, J. (2002, July). Babies and preschool siblings at play together: An analysis of initiating bids. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
6. Waterston, L., Babigian, R. & McHale, J. (2002, July). Parents' stories about their families reflect individual and family functioning at infant age 12 months. Paper submitted for presentation at the meetings of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
7. Alberts. A. & McHale, J. (2001, April). Inter-family differences in triadic communication at months post-partum: A microanalysis of bids and replies during mother-father-infant play. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
8. Chaffe, E., DeCourcey, W. & McHale, J. (2001, April). Parents' personality traits, coparenting, and family dynamics at one year post-partum. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
9. Fish, K. & McHale, J. (2001, April). Parental employment, coparenting, and family interaction at one year. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
10. Carleton, M., Rotman, T., Fish, K. & McHale, J. (2001, April) Linking observational and narrative indices of coparental coordination and collaboration at 3 months post-partum.. In J. McHale & A. Lauretti, (organizers). Charting the early evolution of the coparental alliance. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
11. Berkman, J., Alberts, A., Kavanaugh, K., Carleton, M. & McHale, J. Interparental coordination during 3-month still-face reunions and coparenting interactions at 3 and 12 months. In J. McHale & A. Lauretti, (organizers). Charting the early evolution of the coparental alliance. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
12. Lauretti, A., McConnell, M., Mathew, A., Shaw, D. & McHale, J. Family pairings, coparenting connection, and early sibling interaction quality. In J. McHale & A. Lauretti, (organizers). Charting the early evolution of the coparental alliance. Symposium presented at the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
13. Waterston, L., Babigian, B. & McHale, J. (2001, April). Representations of family among parents with one and two young children. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.
14. Carleton, M., Rotman, T. & McHale, J. (2000, July). Assessing the family's coparenting dynamic at infant age 3 months. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, U.K.
15. Gershenson, I., Fish, K., McConnell, M., Gurland, S., Berkman, J. & McHale, J. (2000, July). Infant temperament and family group interaction at one year. Paper presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Brighton, U.K.
16. DiMario, H., Lauretti, A. & McHale, J. (1999, August). The family context of early sibling relationship patterns. Paper presented at the 107th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
17. Carleton, M., Rotman, T. & McHale, J. (1999, August). Assessing early coparenting dynamics within families via observational, narrative, and self-report methods. Paper presented at the 106th annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Boston, MA.
18. Tibbitt, P., Richer, D. & McHale, J. (1999, April) Parsons and Bales revisited: New parents actual and wished-for family realities. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI.
19. Carleton, M. & McHale, J. (1999, April). A method for evaluating the triadic family processes of families with three-month-olds. Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI.

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