Research/Teaching Interests: |
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Research interests include infant socioemotional development in the context of the developing family, parent-child interaction, development of representational models in children, consequences of infant-mother attachment quality for development during childhood; adolescent pregnancy and parenting. Teaching interests range from introductory to advanced undergraduate and graduate courses in human development across the lifespan, infant and child development, theories of human development, family interaction, and research methods. |
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Representative Publications: |
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Isabella, R.A. (Submitted). Attachment representation and its relation to peer-status in 4- and 5-year-olds.
Isabella, R.A. (1999). Confidence in protection: Comment. Journal of Family Psychology, 13 (4), 501-503.
Isabella, R.A. (1998). Origins of attachment: The role of context, duration, frequency of observation, and infant age in measuring maternal behavior. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 15 (4), 538-554.
Isabella, R.A. (1996). Attachment, organization, and the coherence of individual development. In M. Levine, L. Smolak. & R. Striegel-Moore (Eds.). The developmental psychopathology of eating disorders: Implications for research, prevention, and treatment (pp. 157-181). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Isabella, R.A. (1994). Origins of maternal role satisfaction and its influence upon maternal interactive behavior and infant-mother attachment. Infant Behavior and Development, 17, 381-387. |
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Courses Taught: |
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FCS 1500 - Human Development and Family Studies
FCS 3220 - Psychology of Infancy and Childhood
FCS 5250 - Theories of Human Development
FCS 6100 - Research Design |
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see my website at http://www.fcs.utah.edu/~isabella |
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