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
Personality and Social Development in Childhood
Attachment Theory and Research
Seminar in Infant Development
Selected Publications
Laible, D., Panfile, T., & Makariev, D. (in press). The quality and frequency of mother-toddler conflict: Links
with attachment and temperament. Child Development.
Laible, D., & Panfile, T. (in press). 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 Science. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
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.
