Academic History
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph.D., 2000, psychology
Brandeis University, B.A., 1995, psychology
Research Interests
The influence of parent-child discourse on the development of social, emotional, and self understanding; the role of attachment security in shaping mother-child discourse and socioemotional development; relational influences on the development of socially competent behavior (e.g., prosocial and moral development)
Teaching Interests
Child Development
Emotional Development
Research Methods
Attachment Theory & Research
Social and Personality Development (graduate)
Selected Publications
Laible, D., Carlo, G., Eye, J. (in press). Conscience. In J. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of
Adolescence. Bloomington, ID: Springer Publishing.
Laible, D., & Panfile, T. (2009). Mother-child reminiscing in the context of secure attachment
relationships: Lessons in understanding and coping with negative emotion. In J. Quas & R. Fivush
(Eds.) Emotion and Memory in Development: Biological, Cognitive, and Social Considerations.
Oxford Series in Affective Scienc (p.166-195). Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Laible, D., Panfile, T., & Makariev, D. (2008). The quality and frequency of mother-toddler conflict: Links
with attachment and temperament. Child Development, 79, 426-443.
Laible, D., Carlo, G., Eye, J. (2008). Dimensions of conscience development in mid-adolescence: Links
with temperament and parenting. Journal of Youth & Adolescence, 37, 875-887.
Laible, D.(2007). Attachment with parents and peers in late adolescence: Links with emotional
competence and social behavior. Personality and Individual Differences, 43, 1185-1197.
Laible, D. (2006). Maternal emotional expressiveness and attachment security: Links to representations
of relationships and social behavior. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 52, 645-670.
Laible, D., & Song, J. (2006). Constructing the emotional and relational understanding: The role of affect
and mother-child discourse. Merrill Palmer Quarterly, 52, 44-69.
Laible, D., Carlo, G., & Roesch, S. (2004). Pathways to self esteem in late adolescence: The role of
parent and peer attachment, empathy, and social behaviors. Journal of Adolescence, 27, 703-716.
Laible, D. (2004). Mother-child discourse in two contexts:Factors that predict differences in the quality
and emotional content of the discourse and the consequences of those differences for socioemotional
development. Development Psychology, 40, 979-992.
