UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND
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RESEARCHERS

LAURA J. SHERMAN, M.S.

Since arriving at Maryland, Laura has led coding teams examining infant reactivity, infant emotion regulation, and maternal mind-mindedness.

Recently, Laura completed a graduate certificate in Statistics, Measurement, and Evaluation. In addition, Laura was awared an Ann G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship from the University of Maryland. Her dissertation is titled, "Infants' representation and memory for social-emotional interactions."

PAPERS

Cassidy, J., Sherman, L. J., & Jones, J. D. (in press). What’s in a word: Linguistic characteristics of Adult Attachment Interviews. Attachment and Human Development.

Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2011). Newborn irritability moderates the association between infant attachment security and toddler exploration and sociability. Child Development, 82, 1381-1389.

Cassidy, J., & Woodhouse, S. S., Sherman, L.J., Stupica, B., & Lejuez, C. W. (2011). Enhancing infant attachment security: An examination of treatment efficacy and differential susceptibility. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 131-148.

Cassidy, J., Ziv, Y., Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., Butler, H., Karfgin, A., Cooper, G., Hoffman, K. T., & Powell, B. (2010). Enhancing maternal sensitivity and attachment security in the infants of women in a jail-diversion program. In J. Cassidy, J. Poehlmann, & P. R. Shaver (Eds.), Incarcerated individuals and their children viewed from the perspective of attachment theory. Special issue of Attachment and Human Development, 12, 333-353.

PRESENTATIONS

Symposia                                                                                                                                           

Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2010, October). Infant irritability and attachment as predictors of later exploration and sociability. In M. Pluess (Chair), Differential effects of early experience: Individual differences in developmental plasticity. Symposium conducted at the 57th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York, NY.

Cassidy, J., Woodhouse, S. S., Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B. S., Ziv, Y., & Lejuez, C. (2009, April). Maternal attachment and infant irritability as moderators of a home visiting intervention in a randomized controlled study. In S. S. Woodhouse & L. J. Berlin (Co-chairs), Adult attachment and reflective functioning as moderators of early intervention efficacy. Symposium conducted at the meetings of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Poster Presentations                                                                                                                        

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B., Brett, B. E., Ramos-Marcuse, F., & Cassidy, J. (2011, March). The development of fear and approach in infancy as a function of infant attachment. Poster accepted for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Sherman, L. J., Jones, J. D., & Cassidy, J. (2011, March). What’s in a word? Classifying Adult Attachment Interviews using linguistic markers. Poster accepted for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Ehrlich, K. B., Dykas, M. J., Sherman, L. J., Brett, B. E., & Cassidy, J. (2011, March). When the world is against you: Adolescent social acceptance as a function of parent-adolescent conflict and conflict with friends. Poster accepted for presentation at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B., Ramos-Marcuse, F., & Cassidy, J. (2010, July). Infant-mother attachment status in relation to infant emotion regulation. Poster accepted for presentation at the 12th World Congress of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, Leipzig, Germany.

Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2010, March). Contributions of maternal mind-mindedness, depressive symptoms, & infant attachment disorganization to toddler behavior problems. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B., Ramos-Marcuse, F., & Cassidy, J. (2010, March). Changes in infants' response to frustration as a function of infant-mother attachment. Poster presented at the International Conference on Infant Studies, Baltimore, MD.

Sherman, L. J., Stupica, B., Hicks, E., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Examining maternal mind-mindedness in a diverse, economically-stressed sample. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.

Stupica, B., Sherman, L. J., & Cassidy, J. (2009, April). Infant temperament and 12-month attachment security as predictors of 18-month behavioral inhibition. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
                 
            **Name changed in 2008

Ramos-Marcuse, F., Woodhouse, S. S., Stupica, B., Jernigan, L. F., & Cassidy, J. (2007, March). Maternal depressive symptoms and infant reactivity: Connections with toddler adjustment. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Halcrow, S. R., Butler, H. M., Woodhouse, S. S., Jernigan, L. F., & Cassidy, J. (2007, March). Shyness, attachment, and friendship quality: Links with adolescent depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.

Jernigan, L. F., & Gunthert, K. (2006, May). The effect of salience on in-group/out-group bias. Poster presented at the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference, Washington, DC.

Jernigan, L. F., & Cralley, E. (2006, May). Using reality television to teach concepts in developmental psychology. Poster presented at the Robyn Rafferty Mathias Student Research Conference, Washington, DC.

   

 

           
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