Debrielle T. JacquesUniversity of Washington | UW · Department of Psychology
Debrielle T. Jacques
Doctor of Philosophy
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Introduction
My work spans developmental and adult and child clinical psychology. Specifically, I focus on identifying & understanding the mechanisms and pathways through which parent psychopathology impacts parenting, family processes, and child well-being. Relatedly, I'm interested in how other contextual and individual factors moderate links between parent and child mental health. I also study how children cope with adverse developmental contexts and the impact these coping behaviors have on development.
Additional affiliations
January 2015 - May 2015
Position
- Research Assistant
Description
- Teaching Assistant for Statistics in Social Sciences offered by the Department of Psychology.
Education
August 2016 - August 2022
August 2014 - May 2016
August 2009 - May 2013
Publications
Publications (12)
Parental alcohol dependence is a significant risk factor for harsh caregiving behaviors; however, it is unknown whether and how harsh caregiving changes over time and across parenting contexts for alcohol-dependent mothers. Furthermore, to our knowledge, no studies have examined whether and how distinct dimensions of child characteristics, such as...
Prior work suggests that substance-dependent mothers insensitively respond to their child’s emotional needs which can increase children’s risk for psychopathology. However, the mechanisms and processes underlying these associations remain unclarified. Mothers’ insensitivity to children’s distress is an especially unique predictor of child maladjust...
The goal of the present study was to examine associations between maternal use of power assertive parenting across different discipline contexts and children’s adjustment in a sample of low-income, racially diverse families. Drawing from social domain perspectives on parenting, we specifically examined discipline in response to child transgressions...
Maternal insensitivity to children’s emotional distress (e.g., expressions of sadness or fearfulness) is one mechanism through which maternal alcohol dependence may increase children’s risk for psychopathology. Although emotion dysregulation is consistently associated with psychopathology, it remains unclear how or why alcohol dependence’s effects...
Children's temperament is a central individual characteristic that has significant implications, directly and indirectly, for their social, emotional, behavioral, cognitive, and health outcomes, through its evocative and moderating effects on other social and contextual influences. Accounting for these contextual influences is critical to articulat...
Children of parents with substance use disorders often experience many adverse psychological and socioemotional outcomes. Although these outcomes are well-known, it remains unclear why and how parental substance use problems undermines children’s development and well-being. This project comprises three studies collectively aimed at identifying and...
Maternal sensitivity to child distress is fundamental for children’s emotional development because children’s emotion-regulation processes develop and evolve via early parent-child interactions (Leerkes, 2011). Alternatively, insensitivity to child distress, or caregiving inadequately attuned to children’s emotional needs, can undermine children’s...
Maternal alcohol dependence has been broadly linked to deficits in parenting behaviors that have negative implications for child development. However, less is known about how alcohol dependence predicts parenting difficulties across different child-rearing contexts. Further, parenting process models (Belsky, 1984) highlight the influential nature o...
This study examines homelessness and suicidality among high school youth. Homeless youth had higher average suicide severity scores compared to non-homeless peers, and a risk gradient occurred for different typologies of homeless youth where unaccompanied homelessness represented the highest severity, family homelessness an intermediate level, and...
This project tested whether levels of developmental risk factors are higher in households containing both a child or adolescent and an adult with a problematic substance use. Youth living with an adult engaging in problematic substance use are at-risk for a range of maladaptive developmental, biological, physical, and psychosocial outcomes. These o...
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Question (1)
Since we're in the digital age and many journals have shifted toward publishing online as opposed to printing paper copies, should journals stop imposing page/word limits on potential manuscripts? What are the pros and cons of eliminating this practice? Importantly, would this affect your decision to serve as reviewer (i.e. would you be more likely to decline an offer from journals that accept lengthier submissions)?
