Laura Brumariu

Diplomas/Degrees

Diplomas/Degrees

Postdoctoral research fellow, Harvard Medical School/CHA/MGA (2013)

Postoctoral research fellow with clinical attributions, Cambridge Health Alliance/Harvard Medical School (2012)

Ph.D, Kent State University (2010)

Licenses and Certifications

Licenses and Certifications

Licensed Psychologist NY

Personal Statement

Personal Statement

Our lab is called The Child and Adolescent Research lab (C.A.R.E. lab). Our email is carelab@adelphi.edu

Recent Courses

Recent Courses

Doctoral Thesis Supervision I

Doctoral Thesis Supervision II

Doctoral Thesis Supervision III

Doctoral Thesis IV: Dissertation Supervision

Family Therapy

Psychological Research I

Psychological Research II

Psychological Research III

Psychological Research IV

Research Interests

Research Interests

Broadly, my research interests reflect a developmental psychopathology perspective.
Specifically, my research explores how and why children’s relationships with attachment figures influence their social and emotional development (e.g., emotion regulation, peer relationships). A specific focus of my work is developing and testing models which can help us understand how parent-child attachment, in combination with other risk and protective factors (such as child temperament, peer relationships and emotion regulation, or parental psychopathology and parenting) may predict the development or maintenance of childhood anxiety. I am also interested in questions regarding the best approaches to assessing attachment, particularly in middle childhood. An additional direction of research is evaluating how emotion socialization processes are related to healthy development and psychopathology. More recently, I become interested in transactional models (family processes, trauma) associated with borderline personality disorder features, self-injuries, and dissociation in late adolescence.

An ongoing topic is the Middle Childhood Attachment Strategies Coding System, an observational measure of middle childhood developed in my lab  (see Brumariu, Giuseppone et al., 2018). Please email me directly with questions regarding training.

Currently, my lab - THE CHILD and ADOLESCENT RESEARCH (CARE) LAB - is conducting a comprehensive study evaluating factors associated with children's positive traits such as forgiveness and being thankful. This study is done in collaboration with Dr. Kathy Kerns, Kent State University.

Past studies  have focused on questions such as

1) effects of Role-confusion (i.e., role-reversal, parentification) on child adjustment and psychopathology
2) links between interpersonal stress, stressful life events, emotion regulation, and adaptation
3) links between emotion regulation, emotion socialization practices, and child anxiety, depression, and dissociation

Former and current doctoral students' projects

* student who graduated/is about to; 

 *Katie Giuseppone: Links between maternal emotion regulation, emotion socialization processes, and child's attachment security

 *Colleen Bucci: Parental competence, parental teaching style, and children's academic competence

 *Joanna Hurley: Interpersonal relationships, trauma, and dissociation

 *Nicholette Lewis: Family factors related to children's empathy

  Ama Kuma: Unsociability: links with  interpersonal relationships and adjustment in young adulthood

  Christina Kiernan: Optimism in middle childhood

  Gabby Rodrigues: Attachmnet security and gratitude in middle childhood

  Stephanie Waslin: Emotion socialization in middle childhood

Summary of research interests:
Interpersonal relationships (e.g., attachment, role-confusion,parenting, or peer relationships) and psychopathology
Etiological models for internalizing disorders (e.g., anxiety)
Emotion regulation and socialization processes

International Experience

International Experience

I study questions related to the parent-child attachment and adjustment in the US and Romania.

Chapters

Chapters

Brumariu, L. E., & Kerns, K. A. (in press). Parent-child attachment in early and middle childhood. In P. K. Smith and C.H. Hart (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell Handbook of Childhood Social Development, 3rd ed. (pp.). Wiley-Blackwell.  

Kerns, K. A., & Brumariu, L. E. (2016). Attachment in Middle Childhood. In J. Cassidy & Philip Shaver (Eds.). Handbook of Attachment. (pp. 349-365). NY: Guilford.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A (2011). Attachment in early and middle childhood. In P. K. Smith & C. Hart (Eds.). Handbook of Childhood Social Development (2nd ed.). (pp. 319-336).

Articles

Articles

Star * - student collaborator

Brumariu, L. E,  Owen, M., Dyer, N., & Lyons-Ruth, K., (2020). Journal of Personality Disorders, 34,, 104-129. doi: 10.1521/pedi_2020_34_480.

Lyons-Ruth, K. & Brumariu, L. E. (2020). Emerging child competencies and personality pathology: toward a Developmental Cascade model of BPD. Current Opinion in Psychology, 3, :32–38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.copsyc.2020.07.004

Diaconu- Gherasim, R. L, Brumariu, L. E., & Hurley, J.G*. (2020). Adolescents’ perceptions of contextual factors: Links with intrinsic motivation and academic achievement. Current Psychology, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01076-6.

Brumariu, L. E. & Diaconu-Gherasim, R. L. , Kerns, A. K., & Lewis, N. * (2019).  Attachment Figures and Attachment Security in a Middle Childhood Romanian Sample: Does Maternal Migration Matter? Attachment and Human Development. 10.1080/14616734.2018.1557716

Diaconu- Gherasim, R. L., Măirean,  C. & Brumariu, L. E. (2019).  Quality of teachers' and peers' behaviors and achievement goals: The mediating role of self-efficacy. Learning and Individual Differences,73, 147-156. doi.org/10.1016/j.lindif.2019.06.00

Brumariu, L.E., Giuseppone, K. R.*, Kerns, K. A. Van de Walle, M., Bureau, J-F., Bosmans, G.& Lyons-Ruth, K. (2018). Middle Childhood Attachment Strategies Coding System: Validation of a behavioral measure. Attachment & Human Development. doi: 10.1080/14616734.2018.1433696. online first http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/Sy8SEehY2u3WjWxQ8RV3/full                                       

Brumariu, L. E., Madigan, S., Giussepone, K. R*., Movahed Abtahi, M., & Kerns, K. A. (2018). The Security Scale as a Measure of Attachment: Meta-analytic Evidence of Validity. Attachment & Human Development. doi:10.1080/14616734.2018.1433217. online first http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/W3rznNi2wdi3Dcrbbb7f/full                                        

Gherasim-Diaconu, L. R., Bucci, C. M.*, Giussepone, K. R.* , & Brumariu, L. E.(2017). Parenting and Adolescents’ Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Future Time Perspective. Journal of Psychology doi.org/10.1080/00223980.2017.1372349

Giussepone, K. R.*, & Brumariu, L. E.(2017). Mother-Child Disagreements on Child Anxiety: Associated Factors. Journal of Children’s Services.

Gherasim, R.G., Brumariu, L. E., & Alim, C.L. (2017) Parenting Style and Children's life satisfaction and depressive symptoms: Preliminary Findings from Romania, France, and Russia. Journal of Happiness Studies

Byun, S., Brumariu, L. E., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2016), Disorganized Attachment in Young Adulthood as Partial Mediator of Relations Between Severity of Childhood Abuse and Dissociation. Journal of Trauma and Dissociation., accepted authors's copy online.

Madigan, S., Brumariu, L. E., Villani, V., Atkinson, L., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2016), Reprezentational and questionnaire measures of attachment beyond infancy: A meta-analysis of relations to child internalzing and externalzing problems. Psychological Bulletin.

Brumariu, L. E., Bureau, J. F., Nemoda, Z., Sasvari-Szekely, M., & Lyons-Ruth, K (2015), Attachment and temperament revisited: infant distress, attachment disorganization and the serotonin transporter polymorphism. Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology.

Macfie, J., Brumariu, L. E., & Lyons-Ruth, K (2015), Parent-Child Role-Confusion: A Critical Review of an Emerging Concept. Developmental Review, 36, 34-57.

Brumariu, L. E. (2015), Attachment and Emotion regulation (in press).In G. Bosmans & K. A Kerns (Eds.) Attachment in Middle Childhood: Theoretical Advances and new Directions in an Emerging Field. New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, 138, 31-45.

Lyons-Ruth, K., Brumariu, L. E., Bureau, J-F., Henninhausen, K., & Holmes, B. (2014), Role Confusion and Disorientation in Young Adult-Parent Interaction Among Individuals with Borderline Symptomatology. Journal of Personality Disorders.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A. (2014), Mother-Child Emotion Communication and Childhood Anxiety Symptoms. Cognition and Emotion, 7, 44-62.

Kerns, K. A. &Brumariu, L. E (2014), Is Insecure Parent-Child Attachment a Risk Factor for the Development of Anxiety in Childhood or Adolescence? Child Development Perspectives, 1, 12-17.

Obsuth, I., Henninghausen, K., Brumariu, L. E., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2014), Disorganized Behavior in Adolescent-Parent Interaction: Relations to Attachment State of Mind, Partner Abuse, and Psychopathology. Child Development, 85, 370-387.

Pechtel, P., Murray, L. M.M., Brumariu, L. E, & Lyons-Ruth (2013), Reactivity, regulation, and reward responses to infant cues among mothers with and without psychopathology: an fMRI review. Translational Developmental Psychiatry, 1, 1-17.

Brumariu, L. E., & Kerns, K.A (2013), Pathways to anxiety: Contributions of attachment, temperament, peer competence, and emotion regulation. Child Psychiatry and Human Development. DOI: 10.1007/s10578-012-0345-7, 4, 504-515.

Brumariu, L. E., Kerns, K.A, & Seibert, A. (2012), Mother-child attachment, emotion regulation, and anxiety symptoms in middle childhood. Personal Relationships, 19, 569–585.

Brumariu, L. E., Obsuth, I., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2012), Quality of attachment relationships and peer relationship dysfunction among late adolescents with and without anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. DOI: 10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.09.002.

Kerns, K. A, Siener, S., & Brumariu, L. E (2011), Mother-child relationships, family context, and child characteristics as predictors of anxiety symptoms in middle childhood. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 593-604.

Kerns, K. A., Brumariu, L. E., & Seibert, A. C (2011), Multi-method assessment of mother-child attachment: Links to parenting and child depressive symptoms in middle childhood. Attachment and Human Development, 13, 315-333.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A (2010), Mother-child attachment patterns and different types of anxiety symptoms in middle childhood: Is There Specificity of Relations? Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 41, 663-674.

Brumariu, L. E., & Kerns, K. A (2010), Parent-child attachment and internalizing symptoms in childhood and adolescence: A review of empirical findings and future directions. Development and Psychopathology, 22, 177-203.

Kerns, K. A., Brumariu, L. E., & Abraham, M. M (2008), Homesickness at summer camp: Associations with mother-child attachment, social self-concept, and peer relationships in middle childhood. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 54, 473-498.

Brumariu, L. E., & Kerns, K. A (2008), Attachment and social anxiety symptoms in middle childhood. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 29, 393-402.

Conference Presentations

Conference Presentations

Selected conference presentations (since 2015) . * denotes student collaborators

Brumariu, L..E. , Birneanu, A., G., ²Muntean, A.,  Diaconu-Gherasim, L.R. , & Kerns, K. A. (2020, June). Children’s multiple attachment figures in a Romanian sample: Links with parental migration history, attachment security and child’s adjustment. Paper accepted as part of a symposium at the. 26^th Biennial meetinh of the International Society for the Study of Behavioral Development (ISSBD), Rhodes, Greece. Cancelled .

Diaconu- Gherasim, R. L, Brumariu, L.E., & Kerns, K.A. (2020,  September). School and Career Future Time Perspective and School Adjustment in Early Adolescence: The role of Mastery Goals. Paper accepted  at the European Association for Research on Adolescence.

Im, J.,** Waslin, S.*, Nair, T*., & Brumariu, L. E. (2020, May). Preadolescent empathy, mother-child attachment security, collaborative decision-making and preadolescent conduct problems, Poster presented at the 32nd APS Annual Convention (Virtual conference).

Lyseight, A.**, Nair, T.,**,  Hurley, J.,*  Brumariu, L.E. (2020, May) Maternal Role-Confusion, Maternal Emotion Regulation, and Preadolescent Behavioral Problems. Poster presented at the 32nd APS Annual Convention (Virtual conference).

Nair, T.**, Graham, K*., & Brumariu, L.E. (2020, May). Empathy in Middle Childhood: Links with Maternal Depression and Role-Confusion, and Children’s Attachment Security and Emotional Regulation. Poster presented at the  32nd APS Annual Convention (Virtual conference).

Kiernan, C.M*., Brumariu, L.E., (2019, November). Optimism in Middle Childhood: Links with Security in P-C Relationships and Parenting Strategies. Poster presented at the 53rd Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Atlanta, Georgia

Brumariu, L. E., Kerns, K. A.,Giuseppone, K.*, & Lyons-Ruth, K. & (July, 2019). Disorganization and Role-Reversal in Later Middle Childhood: Differential Relations to Emotion Communication, Regulation, and Adjustment. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the International Attachment Conference. Vancouver, Canada.

Lewis, N.*, Brumariu, L. E. Hurley, J.*, & Naadjeley, K.* (2019, March).  Intergenerational transmission of role-confusion: Links with maternal internalizing problems and child adjustment Poster presented at the SRCD Biennial Meeting. Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Kuma, N.,* Hurley, J.* Graham, K.*, Brumariu, L. (2019, February). Maternal childhood role confusion: Links with parenting, preadolescence’s emotion regulation, and anxiety. Paper presented at the 90^th annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Conference, New York, NY.

Im, J**., Hurley, J.*, Bucci, C.*, & Brumariu, L. E. (2019). Maternal role-confusion, parenting, and behavioral problems in preadolescence. Poster presented at the 31st APS Annual Convention, Washington, DC.

Hurley, J.G.*, Lewis, N.C.*, Troyanos, J.**, & Brumariu, L.E. (2018, March). Traumatic events, interpersonal relationships, and dissociative symptoms in young adulthood. Paper presented as part of a symposium at the 35^th Annual International Conference, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation (ISSTD), Chicago, IL.

Lewis, N*., Hurley, J. G.*., Graham, K*. & Brumariu, L. E. (February, 2018).  Maternal Emotional Role-Confusion, Depressive Symptoms, and Emotion Socialization Strategies: Links with Preadolescent Empathy. Poster to be presented at the Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) Conference, Miami, Florida

Brumariu, L. E., Bucci, C. *, Giuseppone, K. A. *, Gherasim-Diaconu, R. L. (July, 2017). Parenting and Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms in a Romanian Sample: The Mediating Role of Future Time Perspective. Paper presented at 15th European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam,  Netherlands.

Gherasim-Diaconu, R. L., Hurley, J. * & Brumariu, L. E. (July, 2017). Parenting, Learning Environment, Motivational Beliefs, and Learning Outcomes in Romanian Adolescents. Paper presented at 15th European Congress of Psychology, Amsterdam,  Netherlands.

Brumariu, L. E., Kerns, K. A., & Gherasim, R. L. ( July, 2017). Attachment Figures and Attachment Security in a Middle Childhood Romanian Sample: Does Maternal Migration Matter? Paper presented at the International Attachment Conference, London, UK.

Hurley, J.G. & Brumariu, L.E. (2017, June). Quality of romantic and peer relationships, emotion regulation, and depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Syracuse, NY.

Graham, K. M.**, Owen, M., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E. (May, 2017). The Impact of BPD-like Features on Sleep and Eating Behaviors in Adolescents. Poster to be presented at the 29th APS Annual Convention, Boston, Massachusetts. Also presented at Adelphi Research Conference

Shay, S..,** & Brumariu, L. E. (April, 2017). Parenting, Emotion socialization strategies, and Children’s Conduct Problems.. Poster presented at the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

Hurley, J.*, Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E. (February, 2017). Disorganization in adolescence: Contribution of mother-adolescent role-confusion to adolescent depressive symptoms. Poster presented at the Miami International Child and Adolescent Mental Health (MICAMH) Conference, Miami, Florida. Also presented at Adelphi Research Conference

Morssal, A.A. *, Bashammakh, S., Alshaibani, M., Khan, M.& Brumariu, L. E. (September, 2016). Parent-child attachment and emotion regulation in Saudi Arabian children. Poster presented at the National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, Lawrence, Kansas.

Graham, K. M.**, Bucci, C.*, Owen, M., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E. (July, 2016). BPD-like features and cognitive abilities in adolescence: A mediation model. Poster presented at American Psychological Association Convention. Denver, CO. Also presented to the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.

Bucci, C*., Brumariu, L., & Moore, M. Developmental Precursors of Cognitive Abilities. (July 2016). Paper presented at the American Psychological Association Conference. Denver, CO.  

Aguilera, N.,** & Brumariu, L. E. (April 2016). Parental Well-being in Parents of Children Diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Poster presented at the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research, Asheville, NC.Also presented at Adelphi Research Conference.

Brumariu, L.E., Van de Walle, M., Giuseppone*, K. R., Bosmans, G., Lyons-Ruth, K., & Kerns, K (2015). Middle Chidlhood Attachment Strategies Coding System: Initial validation of a behavioral measure. In Paper presented at the7th International Attachment Conference,. New York, NY.

Bucci, C*. & Brumariu, L. E. (2015). How Does Early Attachment Influence Later Cognitive Ability? In Association for Psychological Science Conference. New York.

Giuseppone, K. R.**, Gherasim, L. R., & Brumariu, L. E (2015). Does Future Time Perspective Explain the Relation between Attachment and Depression in Middle Childhood? Evidence from Romania. In the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development. Philadelphia, PA.

Apavaloaie, L. & Brumariu, L.E (2015). Representations of Parenting, Teacher-Student Relationships, and Social Adjustment in Romanian Preschoolers. In the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development. Philadelphia, PA.

Brumariu, L.E., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2015). Disorganized Attachment in Adolescence: Relations to Severity of Abuse and Mother’s Helplessness and Need for Emotional Support. In the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development. Philadelphia, PA.

Brumariu, L.E., Moore, M., & Lyons-Ruth, K (2015). Maternal Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms Across Development: Impact on Adolescent Anxiety and Depression. In biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development.. Philadelphia, PA.

Velazquez, K.*, Giuseppone, K. R.**, Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E. (2014). Role Confusion in the Mother-Child Relationship Among Adolescents with and without Anxiety Disorders. In the National Conference in Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. Lawrence, Ks.

Gherasim, L. R.,. Brumariu, L. E., & Lamiser,A (2014). Parenting style and children’s psychological well-being: Evidence from Romania, France, and Russia. In Paper presented at the 35th STAR (Stress and Anxiety Research Society) Conference.. Cluj-Napoca, Romania.

Johnson, H.A.*, Giuseppone, K. R.*, Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E (2014). Role Confusion in Mother-Adolescent Dyads and BPD Features Among Older Adolescents. In the American Psychological Association annual meeting. Washington, DC.

Giuseppone, K. R.*, Johnson, H. A.*, Lyons-Ruth, K., & Brumariu, L. E (2014). Mother-child disagreements in reports of anxiety: Do individual and family factors matter? In the American Psychological Association annual meeting. Washington, DC.

Brumariu, L. E, Byun, S, & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2014). Mechanisms Linking Severity of Abuse to Dissociation: Does Attachment Disorganization Matter? In Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A. (2014). Mother-Child Emotion Communication and Anxiety Symptoms in Preadolescence. In Society for Research on Adolescence. Austin, TX.

Lyons-Ruth, K., Owen, M., Brumariu, L. E., Cox, M., & Hasanizadeh, N. (2013). Developmental Precursors of Adolescent Borderline Features at Age 15 in a. In Society for Research in Child Development. Seattle, WA.

Brumariu, L. E., Micco, J.A., Henin, A., & Hirshfeld-Becker, D. R (2012). Parenting behaviors of parents of young children with anxiety disorders: Relations to parental psychopathology and child temperament. In the 32nd Annual Conference of Anxiety Disorders Association of America. Arlington, VA.

Brumariu, L. E., Obsuth, I., Brooks, N. & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2011). Social Functioning in Young Adults With and Without Anxiety Disorders. In the 45th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,. Toronto, Canada.

Brumariu, L. E., Mathews, B., & Kerns, K. A. (2011). Peer Relationships and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescence. In the 45th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies. Toronto, Canada.

Obsuth, I., Hennighausen, K., Brumariu, L. E. & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2011). Attachment disorganization in parent-young adult interactions: Assessment and validation. In the 5th International Attachment Conference. Oslo, Norway.

Brumariu, L. E., Obsuth, I., Finger, B., & Lyons-Ruth, K. (2011). Mother-child relationships and anxiety disorders in a high risk sample of young adults. In at the 31st Annual Conference of Anxiety Disorders Association of America,. New Orleans, LA.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A. (2010). Mother-Child Attachment in Early Childhood and Anxiety Symptoms in Preadolescence: The Role of Peer Competence and Emotion Regulation. In at biennial meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research,. Herzliya, Israel.

Brumariu, L. E. & Kerns, K. A (2010). Behavioral Indicators of Emotion Regulation and Anxiety in Early Adolescence. In the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence,. Philadelphia, PA.

Other Work

Other Work

Brumariu, L. E. (2017). Disorganized Attachment and Risk for Disorders. The SAGE Encyclopedia of Abnormal and Clinical Psychology.

Honors and Accomplishments

Honors and Accomplishments

Clinical Research Training Program, Harvard Medical School, research fellow, 2010-2012
The Jeanette and Louis Reuter Fellowship in Developmental Sciences, Kent State University, 2008-2009