Nelson, Jackie A.

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Jackie Nelson Is an Associate Professor of Psychological Sciences. She is the head of the Family Research Lab. Her research interests are focused on emotion-related family processes, including "parents' emotion socialization strategies, children's social-emotional development, and family stress and conflict."

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    Relations Between Characteristics of Collaborative and Oppositional Mother–Child Conflict
    (Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2019-05-17) Nelson, Jackie A.; Boyer, B. P.; Smith, Olivia A.; Villarreal, Deyaun L.; Nelson, Jackie A.; Smith, Olivia A.; Villarreal, Deyaun L.
    SYNOPSIS: Objective. Oppositional parent–child conflict interactions and inconsistent parenting practices have each been associated with more negative socioemotional outcomes for children. The current study aimed to identify groups of mother–child dyads based on average levels and variability in collaborative and oppositional conflict characteristics during a typical week. We also examined relations between conflict groups and child behaviors, maternal behaviors, and family demographic characteristics. Design. In a sample of 142 mothers of 5- to 8-year-old children, we assessed qualities of daily conflict interactions over one week via online parent reports. Results. Based on average levels of conflict collaboration and opposition, and variability in these qualities from one interaction to the next, we identified three mother–child conflict groups using latent profile analysis: temperate stable, negative volatile, and moderate. Temperate stable dyads included children who were older and displayed the least internalizing and externalizing behavior problems and included mothers who reported the least parenting distress. Conclusions. Distinct information was provided by variable-centered and person-centered analyses and inconsistencies in conflict characteristics–whether negative or positive–tended to co-occur in families. ©2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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    Interparental and Parent–Child Conflict Predicting Adolescent Depressive Symptoms
    (Springer New York Llc, 2019-05-02) Smith, Olivia A.; Nelson, Jackie A.; Adelson, Megan J.; 0000-0002-4586-3200 (Smith, OA); Smith, Olivia A.; Nelson, Jackie A.; Adelson, Megan J.
    Objective: The current study explored longitudinal family conflict predictors of adolescent depressive symptoms occurring during middle childhood. Methods: We tested the mediating effects of mother–child and father–child conflict when children were in 6th grade on the relation between interparental conflict when children were in 5th grade and adolescent depressive symptoms when children were in 9th grade in a sample of 601 families enrolled in the NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development. Results: Fathers’ reports of interparental conflict at 5th grade were related to greater mother–child and father–child conflict at 6th grade, and mothers’ reports of interparental conflict at 5th grade were related to greater mother–child conflict at 6th grade. Further, greater mother–child conflict at 6th grade was related to greater adolescent depressive symptoms at 9th grade. Conclusion: Results highlight the importance of understanding family system processes that unfold over time in predicting adolescent depressive symptoms. © 2019, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
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    Longitudinal Associations between Family Members' Internalizing Symptoms across Middle Childhood
    Villarreal, Deyaun L.; Nelson, Jackie A.; Villarreal, Deyaun L.; Nelson, Jackie A.
    An individual's internalizing symptoms have been shown to relate to greater symptoms in family members. However, an examination of how family members' symptoms are associated with one another is needed with a model including mothers, fathers, and children. Using 633 families from the National Institutes of Child Health and Human Development Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development, the current study examines relations between different family members' internalizing symptoms over time. In the archival data set, mothers', fathers', and children's internalizing symptoms at first, third, and fifth grades were assessed during home and laboratory visits. We tested a cross-lagged path model to assess transactional associations with family income-to-needs ratio and child gender as covariates. In the model, more maternal internalizing symptoms at first and third grades were associated with greater child symptoms at third and fifth grades. More child symptoms at first and third grades were associated with greater maternal symptoms at third and fifth grades. Additionally, more child symptoms at third grade were associated with greater paternal symptoms at fifth grade. These results highlight the importance of examining how family members' internalizing symptoms are associated longitudinally in understanding family systems processes.

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