Development Health
Resume:
El-Sheikh *
Mona El-Sheikh, Ph.D.
August ****
Address:
Department of Human Development and Family Studies
Auburn University
Auburn, AL 36849
Phone: 334-***-****
Lab: 334-***-****
Fax: 334-***-****
E-mail: *******@******.***
Website: http://www.humsci.auburn.edu/~elshemm
Educational History:
1989 Ph.D., Psychology, West Virginia University
Major: Life-Span-Developmental Psychology
1988 M.A., Psychology, West Virginia University
Major: Life-Span-Developmental Psychology
1984 B.A., The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Department of Anthropology/Psychology/Sociology
Major: Psychology; Minor: Anthropology
Professional Positions:
August 2010- Leonard Peterson & Co. Inc. Professor
Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University
June 2005-July 2010 Alumni Professor
Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University
2002-May 2005 Professor
Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University
June 2000-2001 Associate Professor (tenured)
Human Development and Family Studies, Auburn University
1995- June 2000 Associate Professor (tenured)
Department of Psychology, Auburn University
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1990-1995 Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology, Auburn University
1990 Visiting Instructor
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University
1985-1989 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Department of Psychology, West Virginia University
1984-1985 Graduate Research Assistant
Department of Anthropology/Psychology/Sociology,
The American University in Cairo
Recent Awards and Honors:
2008; Recipient of the Faculty Award for Excellence Award; Human Development and Family
Studies, in recognition for outstanding research and service.
2007; Recipient of the Creative Research and Scholarship Award; Auburn University. At the
University level, one award is given to a faculty member in the humanities, behavioral or social
sciences, and another award is given to a faculty member in engineering or natural sciences.
Grants:
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Erath, S. A., & Keiley, M. (pending). Family aggression and
trajectories of adolescent adaptation: Bioregulatory effects. National Institutes of
Health/NICHD. ($3,469,558).
Vaughn, B. & El-Sheikh, M. (pending). Sleep and Adaptation for Preschool Age Children.
National Science Foundation.
El-Sheikh, M. & Buckhalt, J. A. Sleep and Development. Society for Research in Child
Development Small Conference or Study Group Grant; 2011.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. Developmental Trajectories of Children s Sleep and Development.
National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0843185 ($349,791); 2009-2011.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., Erath, S., & Keiley, M., Sleep and Child Developmental
Outcomes: Physiological and Contextual Influences. National Institute of Heart, Lung,
and Blood, National Institutes of Health. Grant No. R01-HL093246 ($2,721,753); 2009-
2013.
El-Sheikh, M., Vaughn, B., Erath, S., & Buckhalt, J. Childhood Stress Exposure: Physiological
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Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station/Lindsey
Foundation Grant ALA080-049 ($120,000); 2007 - 2010.
Keller, P. (PI) & El-Sheikh, M. (PI on subcontract). Parental Problem Drinking and Child Sleep:
Family and Physiological Mechanisms of Risk. National Institutes of Health/NICHD.
1R21HD062833-01; 2010-2012.
Bub, K. & El-Sheikh, M. (Co-I). Predictors and Consequences of Children s Social Competence
across Early and Middle Childhood: A Multiple-Informant, Multiple-Contexts
Perspective. National Institutes of Health/NICHD; Grant No. 1 R03 HD061565-01
($146,000); 2010-2012.
Mize, J., Bub, K., Pettit, G., & El-Sheikh, M. (Co-I). Biopsychosocial Factors in Economically
Disadvantaged Preschool Children s Adjustment. National Institutes of Health. Grant No.
1RC1AA019293-01 ($986,258); 2009-2011.
Erath, S. A., K. Bub, & El-Sheikh, M. (Co-PI). Peer Stress in Adolescence: Psychophysiological
and Coping Responses. National Science Foundation, Grant No. 0921271 ($376,104);
2009-2012.
El-Sheikh, M. Equipment Grant, ($25,000), Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station/Lindsey
Foundation Grant, Auburn University; 2008
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. Children s Sleep and Development: The Role of Family
Functioning, Cultural Context, and Body Mass Index. National Science Foundation,
Grant No. 0623936 ($247,777); 2006-2008.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., & Cummings, E. M. Child Regulation and Exposure to Marital
Violence, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes
of Health, Grant No. R01-HD046795 ($2,224,843); 2004 - 2009.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., & Mize, J. Socialization in the Family and Child Development:
Emotionality, Regulation, and Sleep as Pathways and Moderators of Outcomes. National
Science Foundation, Grant No. 0339115 ($250,000); 2004-2007.
El-Sheikh, M., Mize, J., & Buckhalt, J. Sympathetic, Parasympathetic, and HPA Activity in the
Response to Family Stress: Deleterious and Protective Effects on Children s Health,
Sleep, and Adjustment. Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station/Lindsey Foundation
Grant No. ALA080-001 ($40,000); 2003 - 2005.
El-Sheikh, M., Children's Responses to Interadult Angry Interactions, National Institute on
Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Grant No. R29-
AAMH10591 ($501,429); 1996 - 2002.
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El-Sheikh, M. Parental Conflict, Alcohol Abuse, and Child Outcomes: Sleep Patterns and Vagal
Regulation as Pathways and Moderators of Risk. Competitive Research Grant. Auburn
University ($10,000); 2002 - 2003.
Mize, J., & El-Sheikh, M. Equipment Grant, ($8,992), Auburn University; 2001.
El-Sheikh., M. Children's Responding to Interadult Conflict, Competitive Research Grant
($1,000), Auburn University; 1993 - 1994.
El-Sheikh, M. Children's Responses to Interadult Anger as a Function of History of Exposure to
Conflict, Competitive Research Grant ($3,000), Auburn University; 1991 - 1992.
Description of scholarly program and ongoing research
My ongoing research, which is supported by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the
National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (AAES),
focuses on associations among family risk and child outcomes in psychological adjustment,
physical health, sleep processes, cognitive functioning, and academic performance domains.
Utilizing a developmental psychopathology approach, my research has focused on explicating the
mechanisms and variables that can either exacerbate or attenuate risk and explain differential
outcomes in children exposed to family adversity.
Collectively, my research has emphasized a biopsychosocial approach for the
development of adjustment, social, cognitive, physical health, and sleep problems in the context
of family risk, especially the role of physiological and biological regulation. Specifically, child
functioning is best predicted by examining interactions between the family environment and
child. Investigations of interactions between social and psychophysiological factors in the
prediction of child outcomes are needed to shed light on the complex nature of the interplay
among risk and protective factors that are precursors of both beneficial and detrimental
developmental trajectories for children in various domains. Such knowledge is imperative for
understanding associations between exposure to familial risk and child development, and is
critical for effective and efficient prevention and intervention efforts that are so important due to
the high prevalence of these risk factors in the population. A recognized feature of my research is
its multi- and inter-disciplinary nature, and my research has received attention for building
bridges across several disciplines concerned with child health including child development,
developmental psychopathology, pediatric sleep medicine, and the study of multiple domains of
biological and physiological regulation.
My research program focuses on examinations of children's emotional expression and
physiological reactivity examined through sympathetic arousal, and regulation, with a focus on
the activity of the parasympathetic nervous system, but including several physiological systems
(hypothalamus-pituitary-adrenal (HPA)-axis), affective, behavioral, cognitive, and coping
strategies, as pathways and moderators of associations between family risk and child functioning
cross-sectionally and longitudinally. My studies have addressed multiple familial risk factors for
negative child outcomes including parental alcoholism, parental depression, parent-child conflict,
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marital conflict and violence, insecure child-parent attachments, and disrupted parenting
practices.
My research program has expanded to include sleep regulation in children with an interest
in (a) understanding children s sleep in the context of family functioning and the broader socio-
cultural milieu (e.g., ethnicity, economic adversity), and (b) elucidating the role of sleep
problems in connecting both family functioning and children s physiological reactivity and
regulation with children s well-being and development across multiple domains.
Membership in Professional Organizations:
American Academy of Sleep Medicine
American Psychological Association
American Psychological Society
International Society of Developmental Psychobiology
Society for Psychophysiological Research
Society for Research in Child Development
Sleep Research Society
Editorial and Reviewing Activities:
Associate Editor, Journal of Family Psychology, 2007-2009
Editorial board member, Journal of Family Psychology, 2004 2006; 2009.
Review Panels
Chair, the National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress and Health
study section, June 2010.
Member of the National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion, Stress and
Health study section, July 1, 2006 - June 30, 2010.
Chair, SRCD review panel (Childhood: Emotional and Personality Processes); 2009; 2011
Reviewer; Swiss National Science Foundation; December 2007.
Reviewer; National Science Foundation, Developmental and Learning Sciences CRI, November,
2007.
Member of the National Science Foundation, Developmental and Learning Sciences CRI,
November, 2005; May, 2006.
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Temporary Member of the National Institutes of Health Biobehavioral Mechanisms of Emotion,
Stress and Health study section, October, 2005 (NIH).
Member of the Child Development Special Emphasis Panel (National Institutes of Health;
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development) review panel, April 2003.
Reviewer -- National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Mental Health); November, 2002-
phone reviewer.
Society for Research in Child Development Review Panel (1999; 2001; 2003; 2007); reviewed 10 to
15 papers for each convention.
International Conference on Family Violence (2000; 2001; 2002; 2003). Reviewed 10 submissions
for each convention.
Advisory Committee member for "Twice at Risk: A Forum on Children Affected by Family
Violence and Parental Addiction"; 1994-1995.
Consulting Editor:
Addiction
Biological Psychology
Child Development
Development and Psychopathology
Developmental Psychobiology
Developmental Psychology
Health Psychology
Infancy
International Journal of Behavioral Development
Journal of Abnormal Psychology
Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology
Journal of Adolescence
Journal of Counseling and Counseling Psychology
Journal of Family Issues
Journal of Family Psychology
Journal of Marriage and the Family
Journal of Pediatric Psychology
Journal of Research on Adolescence
Journal of Sleep Research
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships
Merrill-Palmer-Quarterly
Personal Relationships
Psychology and Health: An International Journal
Psychological Assessment
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Psychophysiology
Sex Roles
Sleep Medicine
Social Development
Social Science and Medicine
Publications
Edited Book:
M. El-Sheikh (Ed). (2011). Sleep and development: Familial and Socio-cultural considerations.
New York, NY: Oxford University Press.
Edited Special Issue of a Journal:
El-Sheikh, M., & Dahl, R. E. (2007). Carpe noctem: Sleep and family processes. [Special issue].
Journal of Family Psychology, 21 (1).
Book chapters: Students and post-doctoral fellows are designated by an *.
Keller, P. S., Cummings, E. M., & El-Sheikh, M. (in press). Hostility and aggression in the
marital relationship: Links to children s cardiovascular reactivity and sensitization. In B.
Swati & S. Saini (Eds.), Anger, hostility, and aggression syndrome: Relationship with
cardiac diseases and prevention by life style intervention. New Delhi, India: I. K.
International Publishers.
El-Sheikh, M., & Kelly, R.* (2011). Sleep in children: Links with marital conflict and child
development. In M. El-Sheikh (Ed.), Sleep and development: Familial and socio-cultural
considerations (pp. 3 - 28). New York: Oxford University Press.
Buckhalt, J.A., Wolfson, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2010). Sleep and sleep disorders in children and
adolescents. In A. Canter, L. Z. Paige, & S. Shaw (Eds.), Helping children at home and
school: Handouts for families and educators. National Association of School
Psychologists. Available at
http://www.nasponline.org/publications/booksproducts/hchs3.aspx
ISBN13: 978-0-932955-73-9
Buckhalt, J. A. & El-Sheikh, M. (2010). Assessment and intervention for sleep problems. In P.
McCabe & S. Shaw (Eds.), Pediatric disorders: Current topics and interventions for
educators. Thousand Oaks, CA: National Association of School Psychologists & Corwin
Press.
Keller, P. S., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2008). Links between family functioning and
children s sleep. In A. Ivanenko (Ed.), Sleep and Psychiatric Disorders in Children and
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Adolescents. NY: U.S. Books.
Granger, D., Kivlighan, K. T., El-Sheikh, M., Gordis, E., & Stroud, L. (2007).
Salivary alpha-amylase in biobehavioral research: Measurement, applications, and
implications. In L. J. Luecken & L. Gallo (Eds.), Handbook of Physiological Research
Methods in Health Psychology (pp. 95-113). New York: Sage.
El-Sheikh, M., & Cummings, E. M. (1997). Marital conflict, emotional regulation, and
the adjustment of children of alcoholics. In K. C. Barrett (Ed.), New directions in child
development: The communication of emotion: Current research from diverse perspectives.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
Cummings, E. M., & El-Sheikh, M. (1991). Children's stress and coping with family discord: A
process-oriented approach. In E. M. Cummings, A. Greene, & K. Karraker
(Eds.), Life-span developmental psychology: Perspectives on stress and coping (pp. 131-
150). New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
Monograph:
El-Sheikh, M., Kouros, C. D.*, Erath, S.*, Keller, P.*, Cummings, E. M., & Staton, L.* (2009).
Marital conflict and children s externalizing behavior: Interactions between
parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system activity. Monographs of the Society
for Research in Child Development, 74(1, Serial No. 292).
Articles in peer reviewed journals:
Vaughn, B. E., El-Sheikh, M., Shin, N., Elmore-Staton, L., Krzysik, K., & Monteiro, L. (in press).
Attachment representations, sleep quality, and adaptation in the preschool peer group.
Attachment and Human Development.
Wetter, E.,* & El-Sheikh. (in press). Trajectories of children s internalizing symptoms: The role
of parental internalizing symptoms, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and child sex. Journal of
Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
Keller, P.S. & El-Sheikh, M. (in press). Latent difference score modeling of psychophysiological
data: An empirical instantiation using electrodermal responding. Psychophysiology.
Bub, K. L., Buckhalt, J., & El-Sheikh, M. (in press). Children s sleep and cognitive
performance: A cross-domain analysis of change over time. Developmental Psychology.
El-Sheikh, M., & Hinnant, J. B.* (2011). Marital conflict, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and
allostatic load: Interrelations and associations with the development of externalizing
behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 23, 815-829.
Kelly, R.,* & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). Marital conflict and children s sleep: Reciprocal relations
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and socioeconomic effects. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 412-422.
El-Sheikh, M., & Erath, S. A. (2011). Family conflict, autonomic nervous system functioning,
and child adaptation: State of the science and future directions. Development and
Psychopathology, 23, 703-721.
Erath, S. A., El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B.,* & Cummings, E. M. (2011). Skin conductance
level reactivity moderates the longitudinal association between harsh parenting and child
externalizing behavior. Developmental Psychology, 47, 693-706.
El-Sheikh, M. & Arsiwalla, D. D.* (2011). Children s sleep, skin conductance level
and mental health. Journal of Sleep Research, 20, 326-337.
El-Sheikh, M., Arsiwalla, D. D., Hinnant, J. B. & Erath, S. (2011). Children s internalizing
symptoms: The role of interactions between cortisol and respiratory sinus arrhythmia.
Physiology & Behavior, 103, 225-232. NIHMSID: NIHMS272694
El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B.*, & Erath, S. A. (2011). Developmental trajectories of
delinquency symptoms in childhood. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 120, 16-32.
Keller, P. S., El-Sheikh, M., Vaughn, B., & Granger, D. A. (2010). Relations between mucosal
immunity and children's mental health: The role of child sex. Physiology and Behavior,
101, 705-712. NIHMSID: NIHMS231423
Hinnant, J. B.* Staton, L.* & El-Sheikh, M. (2010). Developmental trajectories of
respiratory sinus arrhythmia and pre-ejection period in middle childhood. Developmental
Psychobiology, 53, 59-68. NIHMSID: NIHMS223116
Keller, P. S. & El-Sheikh, M. (2010). Children s emotional security and sleep: Longitudinal
relations and directions of effects. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 52, 64-71.
Rauer, A. J., Kelly, R. J.*, Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2010). Sleeping with one eye open:
Marital abuse as an antecedent of poor sleep. Journal of Family Psychology, 24, 667-677.
NIHMSID: NIHMS276269
El-Sheikh, M., Keiley, M., & Hinnant, J. B.* (2010). Developmental trajectories of skin
conductance level in middle childhood: Sex, race, and externalizing behavior problems as
predictors of growth. Biological Psychology, 83, 116-124.
El-Sheikh, M., Kelly, R. J.*, Hinnant, J. B.*, & Buckhalt, J. A. (2010). Children s sleep and
adjustment over time: The role of the socio-economic context. Child Development, 81,
870-883.
El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B.,* Kelly, R. J.,* & Erath, S. A. (2010). Maternal psychological
control and child internalizing symptoms: Vulnerability and protective factors across
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bioregulatory and ecological domains. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 51,
188-198.
Hinnant, J. B.*, & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Children s externalizing and internalizing symptoms
over time: The role of individual differences in patterns of RSA responding. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 1049-1061.
Keller, P. S.*, El-Sheikh, M., Keiley, M., Liao, P*. (2009). Longitudinal relations between marital
aggression and alcohol problems. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 23, 2-13.
Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M., Keller, P. S., & Kelly, R. J.* (2009). Concurrent and longitudinal
relationships between children s sleep and cognitive functioning: The moderating role of
parent education. Child Development, 80, 875-892.
Keiley, M. K., Keller, P. S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Effects of physical and verbal aggression,
depression, and anxiety on drinking behavior of married partners: A prospective and
retrospective longitudinal examination. Aggressive Behavior, 35, 296-312.
Cummings, E. M., El-Sheikh, M., Kouros, C. D., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2009). Children and violence:
The role of children s regulation in the marital aggression-child adjustment link. Clinical
Child and Family Psychology Review, 12, 3-15.
Erath, S., A., El-Sheikh, M., & Cummings, E. M. (2009). Harsh parenting and child externalizing
behavior: Skin conductance level reactivity as a moderator. Child Development, 80, 578-
592.
Keller, P. S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Salivary alpha-amylase as a longitudinal predictor of
children s externalizing symptoms: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of effects.
Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 633-643.
Staton, L.*, El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2009). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and
cognitive functioning in children. Developmental Psychobiology, 51, 249-258.
Buckhalt, J. A., Wolfson, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Children s sleep and school psychology
practice. School Psychology Quarterly, 24, 60-69.
El-Sheikh, M., Erath, S. A.*, Buckhalt, J. A., Granger, D. A., & Mize, J. (2008). Cortisol and
children s adjustment: The moderating role of sympathetic nervous system activity. Journal
of Abnormal Child Psychology, 36, 601-611.
El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, E. M., Kouros, C. D.*, Elmore-Staton, L.*, & Buckhalt, J. (2008).
Marital psychological and physical aggression and children s mental and physical health:
Direct, mediated, and moderated effects. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology,
76, 138-148.
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El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Keller, P. S.*, & Granger, D. (2008). Children s objective and
subjective sleep disruptions: Links with afternoon cortisol levels. Health Psychology, 27,
26-33.
Keller, P. S.*, El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2008). Children's attachment to parents and
their academic functioning: Sleep disruptions as moderators of effects. The Journal of
Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics. 29, 441-449.
Buckhalt, J., El-Sheikh, M., & Keller, P.* (2007). Children s sleep and cognitive functioning:
Race and socioeconomic status as moderators of effects. Child Development, 78, 213-231.
Buckhalt, J.A., El-Sheikh, M., Holthaus, C., Baker, S., & Wolfson, A. (2007). Sleep and school
performance: What teachers and parents can do. NASP Communique, 35, (insert), 2-3.
Buckhalt, J.A., Wolfson, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2007). Children's sleep, academic performance,
and school behavior. NASP Communique, 35, 40-43.
Cummings, E. M., El-Sheikh, M., Kouros, C. D.*, & Keller, P. S.* (2007). Children s skin
conductance reactivity as a mechanism of risk in the context of parental depressive
symptoms. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 436-445.
Dahl, R. E., & El-Sheikh, M. (2007). Considering sleep in a family context: Introduction to the
special issue. Journal of Family Psychology, 21, 1-3.
El-Sheikh, M. (2007). Children s skin conductance level and reactivity: Are these measures
stable over time? Developmental Psychobiology, 49, 180-186.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., Cummings, E. M., & Keller, P.* (2007). Sleep disruptions and
emotional insecurity are pathways of risk for children. Journal of Child Psychology and
Psychiatry, 48, 88-96.
El-Sheikh, M, Buckhalt, J., Cummings, E. M., Keller, P., & Acebo, C. (2007). Child emotional
insecurity and academic achievement: The role of sleep disruptions. Journal of Family
Psychology, 21, 29-38.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Granger, D. A., Erath, S., & Acebo, C. (2007). The association
between children s sleep disruption and salivary Interleukin-6. Journal of Sleep Research,
16, 188-197.
El-Sheikh, M. & Elmore-Staton, L.* (2007). The alcohol-aggression link: Children s
aggression expectancies in marital arguments as a function of the sobriety or intoxication
of the arguing couple. Aggressive Behavior, 33, 1-9.
El-Sheikh, M., Erath, S. A.*, & Keller, P. S.* (2007). Children s sleep and adjustment: The
moderating role of vagal regulation. Journal of Sleep Research, 16, 396-405.
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El-Sheikh, M., Keller, P. S.*, & Erath, S. A*. (2007). Marital conflict and risk for child
maladjustment over time: Skin conductance level reactivity as a vulnerability factor. Journal
of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 715-727.
Granger, D. A. Kivlighan, K. T., El-Sheikh, M., Gordis, E., & Stroud, L. R. (2007). Salivary
alpha-amylase in biobehavioral research: Recent developments and applications. Annals of
the New York Academy of Sciences, 1098(1), 122-144.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., Mize, J., & Acebo, C. (2006). Marital conflict and disruption of
children's sleep. Child Development, 77, 31-43.
El-Sheikh, M., & Whitson, S. A.* (2006). Longitudinal relations between marital conflict and
child adjustment: Vagal regulation as a protective factor. Journal of Family Psychology,
20, 30-39.
Granger, D. A., Kivlighan, K. T., Blair, C., El-Sheikh, M., Mize, J., Lisonbee, J., Buckhalt, J. A.,
Stroud, L. R., Handwerger, K., & Schwartz, E. B. (2006). Integrating the measurement of
salivary alpha-amylase into studies of child health, development, and social relationships.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 23, 267-290.
El-Sheikh, M. (2005). Does poor vagal regulation exacerbate child maladjustment in the context
of parental problem drinking? A longitudinal examination. Journal of Abnormal
Psychology, 114, 735-741.
El-Sheikh, M. (2005). The role of emotional responses and physiological reactivity in the
marital conflict-child functioning link. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 46,
1191-1199.
El-Sheikh, M. (2005). Stability of respiratory sinus arrhythmia in children and young
adolescents: A longitudinal examination. Developmental Psychobiology, 46, 66-74.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. (2005). Vagal regulation and emotional intensity predict children s
sleep problems. Developmental Psychobiology, 46, 307-317.
El-Sheikh, M., & Elmore- Staton, L.* (2004). The link between marital conflict and child
adjustment: Parent-child conflict and perceived attachments as mediators, potentiators, and
mitigators of risk. Development and Psychopathology, 16, 631-648.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. (2003). Parental problem drinking and children s adjustment:
Attachment and family functioning as moderators and mediators of risk. Journal of Family
Psychology, 17, 510-520.
Harger, J.*, & El-Sheikh, M. (2003). Are children more distressed by man-child than woman-
child arguments and by interadult versus adult-child disputes? Social Development, 12,
162-181.
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Nicolotti, L.*, El-Sheikh, M., & Whitson, S. *(2003). Children s coping with marital conflict and
their adjustment and physical health: Vulnerability and protective functions. Journal of
Family Psychology, 17, 315-326.
Whitson, S.*, & El-Sheikh, M. (2003). Marital conflict and health: Processes and protective
factors. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 8, 283-312.
Whitson, S.*, & El-Sheikh, M. (2003). Moderators of family conflict and children s adjustment
and health. Journal of Emotional Abuse, 3, 47-73.
El-Sheikh, M. (2001). Parental drinking problems and children's adjustment: Vagal regulation and
emotional reactivity as pathways and moderators of risk. Journal of Abnormal Psychology,
110, 499-515.
El-Sheikh, M., & Flanagan, B.* (2001). Parental problem drinking and children s adjustment:
Family conflict and parental depression as mediators and moderators of risk. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 29, 417- 432.
El-Sheikh, M., & Harger, J.* (2001). Appraisals of marital conflict and children's adjustment,
health, and physiological reactivity. Developmental Psychology, 37, 875-885.
El-Sheikh, M., Harger, J.*, & Whitson, S.* (2001). Exposure to parental conflict and children's
adjustment and physical health: The moderating role of vagal tone. Child Development,
72, 1617-1636.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., & Reiter, S.* (2000). Gender-related effects in emotional
responding to resolved and unresolved interpersonal conflict. Sex Roles, 43, 719-734.
Reiter, S.,* & El-Sheikh, M. (1999). Does resolution of interadult conflict ameliorate children s
anger and distress across covert, verbal, and physical disputes? Journal of Emotional
Abuse, 1, 1-21.
El-Sheikh, M. (1997). Children's responses to adult-adult and mother-child arguments: The role of
parental marital conflict and distress. Journal of Family Psychology, 11,165-175.
El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, M., & Reiter, S.* (1996). Preschoolers' responses to ongoing interadult
conflict: The role of prior exposure to resolved versus unresolved arguments. Journal of
Abnormal Child Psychology, 24, 665-679.
El-Sheikh, M., & Reiter, S.* (1996). Children's responding to live interadult conflict: The role of
form of anger expression. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 24, 401-415.
El-Sheikh, M., & Cummings, M. (1995). Children's responses to angry adult behavior as a
function of experimentally manipulated exposure to resolved and unresolved conflict.
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Social Development, 4, 75-91.
El-Sheikh, M., & Cheskes, J.* (1995). Background verbal and physical anger: A comparison of
children's responses to adult-adult and adult-child arguments. Child Development, 66, 446-
458.
El-Sheikh, M. (1994). Children's emotional and physiological responses to interadult angry
behavior: The role of history of interparental hostility. Journal of Abnormal Child
Psychology, 22, 661-678.
El-Sheikh, M., Ballard, M., & Cummings, E. M. (1994). Individual differences in preschoolers'
physiological and verbal responses to videotaped angry interactions. Journal of Abnormal
Child Psychology, 22, 303-320.
El-Sheikh, M., & Klaczynski, P. A. (1993). Intercultural variability in stress and control: An
investigation of Egyptian middle class, countryside, and inner-city girls. Journal of Cross-
Cultural Psychology, 24, 81-98.
El-Sheikh, M. & E. M. Cummings (1992). Availability of control and preschoolers' responses to
interadult anger. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 15, 207-226.
Cummings, E. M., Ballard, M., & El-Sheikh, M. (1991). Responses of children and adolescents to
interadult anger as a function of how anger is expressed. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 37,
543-560.
Cummings, E. M., Ballard, M., El-Sheikh, M., & Lake, M. (1991). Resolution and children's
responses to interadult anger. Developmental Psychology, 27, 462-470.
Cummings, E. M., Vogel, D., Cummings, J., & El-Sheikh, M. (1989). Children's responses to
different forms of anger between adults. Child Development, 60, 1392-1403.
El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, E. M., & Goetsch, V. (1989). Coping with adults' angry behavior:
Behavioral, physiological, and verbal responses in preschoolers. Developmental
Psychology, 25, 490-498.
El-Sheikh, M., Klaczynski, P. A., & Valaik, M. E. (1989). Stress and coping across the life
course. Human Development, 32, 113-117.
El-Sheikh, M., El-Nagdy, S., Townes, B. D., & Kennedy, M. (1987). The Luria-Nebraska and
Halstead-Reitan neuropsychological test batteries: A cross-cultural study in English and
Arabic. International Journal of Neuroscience, 32, 757-764.
Manuscripts Submitted for Publication/Under Review
El-Sheikh, M., Keiley, M., Erath, S. A., & Dyer, W., J. (2011). Marital
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conflict and growth in children s internalizing behavior: The role of autonomic nervous
system activity. Developmental Psychology.
El-Sheikh, M., Bub, K. L., Kelly, R.,* & Buckhalt, J. A. (2011). Children s sleep and adjustment:
A residualized change analysis. Child Development.
Hinnant, J. B. & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). Codevelopment of boys and girls internalizing and
externalizing symptoms: Respiratory sinus arrhythmia at rest and during stress as
predictors. Development and Psychopathology.
Del Giudice, M., Hinnant, J. B.,* Ellis, B. J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). The adaptive calibration of
stress responsivity: A preliminary investigation. Developmental Psychology.
El-Sheikh, M., Kelly, R. J.,* & Wetter, E. K.* (2011). Parental depression and children s sleep
problems: The role of family conflict. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry.
El-Sheikh, M., Granger, D., & Buckhalt, J. (2011). Interactions between Salivary Cortisol and
Alpha-Amylase as Predictors of Children s Cognitive Functioning and Academic
Performance. Physiology and Behavior.
Rauer, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011). Reciprocal Pathways between Marital Aggression and Sleep in Men
and Women.
El-Sheikh, M., Arsiwalla, D. D.,* Staton, L.,* Dyer, W. J.,* & Vaughn, B. E. (2011).
Associations between preschoolers' daytime and nighttime sleep parameters. Behavioral
Sleep Medicine.
Selected Papers and posters presented at professional meetings:
Arsiwalla, D. D., Wetter, E. K., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Trajectories of internalizing
behavior through childhood and adolescence: The role of sleep disruptions and emotional
insecurity. In C. Gillen-O Neel, & A. J. Fuligni (Chairs), When and why sleep is important
during adolescence: Daily and longitudinal associations between sleep and adolescent
adjustment. Paper Symposium conducted at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Dyer, W. J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). New directions in identifying autonomic nervous
system profiles and their correlates: The utility of latent class growth analysis. Poster
session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Montreal, Canada.
Elmore-Staton, L. D., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Sleep and cognitive functioning: The
moderating role of vagal indices. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
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El-Sheikh, M., & Kelly, R. (2011, March). Children s sleep and adjustment over time: SES and
ethnicity as moderators of effects. In M. El-Sheikh, & J. A. Buckhalt (Chairs), Sleep,
health disparities, and child development. Paper Symposium presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Erath, S., El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B., & Cummings, E. M. (2011, March). Skin conductance
level reactivity moderates the longitudinal association between harsh parenting and child
externalizing behavior. In E. M. Cummings, & M. C. Goeke-Morey (Chairs),
Longitudinal, process-oriented research on children exposed to multiple social contexts of
violence. Paper Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research
in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Erath, S., Tu, K. M., Bub, K. L., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Socially anxious and peer-
victimized preadolescents: Doubly primed for distress? In H. Gazelle (Chair), Social
anxiety and emotional adjustment from middle childhood to preadolescence: From
developmental processes to clinical outcomes. Paper Symposium presented at the Biennial
Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Marital conflict, respiratory sinus arrhythmia, and
allostatic load: The development of children s externalizing behavior. In I. S. Yim, & J. A.
Quas (Chairs), Developmental changes in biobehavioral stress reactivity in high and low
risk environments. Paper Symposium presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). The codevelopment of boys and girls
externalizing and internalizing symptoms: The role of respiratory sinus arrhythmia. Poster
session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Montreal, Canada.
Kelly, R. J., Elmore-Staton, L. D., Wingo, B. N., Finnegan, V., Eshelman, J., Hardy, J. J., & El-
Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Does the apple fall far from the tree? Similarities and
differences in parent and child sleep. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Kelly, R. J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Marital conflict and children s sleep disruptions: An
examination of reciprocal relations. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Wetter, E. K., Arsiwalla, D. D., & El-Sheikh, M. (2011, March). Developmental trajectories of
emotion insecurity from childhood to adolescence: The role of inter-parental conflict and
child sex. Poster session presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in
Child Development, Montreal, Canada.
Hinnant, J.B., Elmore-Staton, L., & El-Sheikh, M. (2010, October). Developmental trajectories of
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respiratory sinus arrhythmia and pre-ejection period in middle childhood. Poster session
presented at the Society for Psychophysiological Research Annual Meeting. Portland, OR.
Buckhalt, J.A., Staton, L., Benjamin, A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2010, January). The role of sleep
intervention in the achievement gap. Presentation at 14th Annual Holmes Partnership
Conference - Closing the Achievement Gap: Continuing the Work. Charleston, SC.
El-Sheikh, M. (2009, October). Sleep and child development: Familial and socio-cultural
considerations. Invited presentation. Pediatric Sleep Medicine Meeting, Denver, CO.
Buckhalt, J.A., El-Sheikh, M, Keller. P., & Kelly, R. (2009, October). Sleep and cognitive
functioning across two years: A moderating role for parent education. Presented at
Pediatric Sleep Medicine Meeting, Denver, CO.
El-Sheikh, M., & Kelly, R. J. (2009, April). Children s sleep and adjustment: SES and ethnicity as
moderators of effects. In M. El-Sheikh & P. S. Keller (Chairs), Children s sleep: Familial
and socio-cultural influences. Paper Symposium presented at the Society for Research in
Child Development, Denver, CO.
Keller, P. S. & El-Sheikh, M. (2009, April). Bidirectional relations between children s sleep and
emotional security about family relationships. In M. El-Sheikh & P. S. Keller (Chairs),
Children s sleep: Familial and socio-cultural influences. Paper Symposium presented at
the Society for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009). Predicting childhood internalizing levels: HPA x PNS
interactions. Paper presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development.
Kelly, R. J., Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M (2009, April). Parenting, children s sleep, and
academic functioning: A mediated relationship. Poster presented at the Society for
Research in Child Development. Denver, CO.
Staton, L., El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2009, April). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia and
cognitive functioning in children. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society
for Research in Child Development, Denver, CO.
Wingo, B., Staton, L., Shin, N., Kryzik, L., Vaughn, B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2009, April).
Associations between nocturnal and daytime sleep patterns in preschool children. Poster
presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Denver, CO.
Kelly, R. J., Keller, P., Staton, L., Reinecke, D., Buckhalt, J., & El-Sheikh, M. (2008, March).
Children's sleep as a predictor of marital conflict: A longitudinal study. Poster selected for
verbal presentation in the Research Blitz. Presented at the Pediatric Sleep Medicine
Meeting, Amelia Island, FL.
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Staton, L., Martin, K., Spragg, C., Baker, S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2008, March). Parent-child
conflict and children s sleep. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Sleep
Medicine, Amelia Island, FL.
Martin, K, Staton, L, Spragg, C., Baker, S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2008, March). Family conflict and
children s sleep: Age and puberty as moderators. Presented at the biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
El-Sheikh, M. (2007, March). Chair, symposium titled Carpe noctem: Family functioning and
the sleep of infants, children, and adolescents, presented at the Society for Research in
Child Development, Boston, MA.
El-Sheikh, M. & Calkins, S. (2007, March). Co-Chairs, symposium titled Family functioning and
the adjustment of infants and children: The role of physiological regulation, presented at
the Society for Research in Child Development, Boston, MA.
El-Sheikh, M., Keller, P. S.*, Buckhalt, J. A., & Cummings, E. M. (2007, March). Marital
conflict, children s sleep, and adjustment problems: The role of vagal regulation.
Presented in the symposium Family functioning and the adjustment of infants and
children: The role of physiological regulation, at the Society for Research in Child
Development, Boston, MA.
Buckhalt, J. A. & El-Sheikh, M. (2007, March). Children s alpha-amylase responses to stress
predict multiple outcomes over a two year period. Presented in the symposium
Salivary a-amylase levels and stress reactivity: Cross-sectional and prospective
associations with children s behavior problems, at the Society for Research in Child
Development, Boston, MA.
Staton, L. D.*, Keller, P. S.*, Wingo, B.*, Dumke, L. M.*, Buder, E. D.*, Minor, A.*, & El-
Sheikh, M. (2007, March). Marital conflict and post-traumatic stress: The mediating role
of emotional insecurity. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in
Child Development, Boston, MA.
Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M., & Keller, P.* (2006, March). Children s sleep and
cognitive functioning: Race and socioeconomic status as moderators of effects. Presented
at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Sleep Medicine, 2006: Next steps in research,
patient care, policy, and education, Amelia Island, FL.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2006, March). Children s sleep disruptions: The role
of cortisol and IL-6. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Sleep Medicine,
2006: Next steps in research, patient care, policy, and education, Amelia Island, FL.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2006, March). Sleep and children s cortisol and
immune system functioning. Presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Sleep
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Medicine, 2006: Next steps in research, patient care, policy, and education, Amelia Island,
FL.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., Granger, D., & Mize, J. (2006, March). Salivary alpha-amylase and
cortisol: Their association with children s adjustment, health, sleep, and cognitive
functioning. Presented in the symposium Physiological reactivity, behavior, cognition,
and health: A new approach involving salivary alpha-amylase and cortisol, at the Society
for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.
El-Sheikh, M. (2006, June). The link between parenting practices and children s sleep
disruptions. Presented in the symposium Parenting and sleep in infants and children, at
the Sleep 2006 20th Anniversary Meeting of the Associated Professional Sleep Societies,
Salt Lake City, Utah.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. A. (2005, April). Mom and dad, I couldn t sleep at all last night:
Marital conflict and disruption of children s sleep. Presented in the symposium Marital
discord and child development: Developmental and transactional perspectives on the role
of basic regulatory processes, at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Atlanta, GA.
El-Sheikh, M., Mize, J., & Granger, D. A. (2005, April). Endocrine and parasympathetic
responses to stress predict child adjustment, physical health, and cognitive functioning.
Presented in the symposium ALinking sympathetic nervous system arousal to stress,
behavior, and health: Salivary alpha-amylase in studies of child development@, at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Atlanta, GA.
Elmore-Staton, L.*, Martin, K. M.*, Farr, A.*, Jumper, R. L.*, & El-Sheikh, M. (2005, April).
Intervening variables in the relationship between interparental conflict and child
outcomes. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Atlanta, GA.
El-Sheikh, M., & Buckhalt, J. (2005, February). Family stress, children s sleep, and physiological
reactivity and regulation. Presented at the Pediatric Sleep Medicine Meeting. Amelia
Island, FL.
Buckhalt, J. A., El-Sheikh, M., & Elmore, L.* (2003, June). Sleep, vagal regulation, and risk
outcomes for children exposed to marital conflict. Presented at the Associated Professional
Sleep Societies Meeting, Chicago, IL.
El-Sheikh, M., & Whitson, S.* (2003, April). Emotional reactivity and regulation: Do they
moderate negative outcomes in children exposed to marital conflict? Presented in the
symposium ANew approaches to understanding the psychophysiology of emotional
development@, at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development,
Tampa, FL.
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El-Sheikh, M, Martin, K.*, & Elmore, L.* (2003, April). Parental problem drinking and
children s health and adjustment: Child-parent attachments as predictors, mediators, and
moderators. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Tampa, FL.
El-Sheikh, M. (2002, June). Marital conflict and child outcomes. National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges, DC. Invited Presentation.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., & Elmore, L.* (2002, April). Parental problem drinking and
child outcomes: Family cohesion and adaptability as moderators and mediators of risk
Presented at the biennial Conference on Human Development, Charlotte, NC.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., & Elmore, L.* (2002, April). Child-parent attachments moderate
associations between parental problem drinking and child outcomes. Presented at the
biennial Conference on Human Development, Charlotte, NC.
El-Sheikh, M. (2002, April). Marital conflict and child outcomes. National Association of State
Universities and Land-Grant Colleges. DC, June 2002. Invited Presentation.
El-Sheikh, M., Whitson, S.*, & Buckhalt, J. (2001, August). Marital conflict and children s
adjustment: Physiological reactivity as a moderator. Presented at the American
Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Francisco, CA.
El-Sheikh, M., & Flanagan, E.* (2001, April). Parental problem drinking and children s
adjustment: The mediating role of family conflict. Presented at the biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
El-Sheikh, M., Whitson, S.*, & Harger, J.* (2001, April). Moderators of child health and
adjustment: Conflict appraisals and physiological regulation. Presented in the symposium
AMarital conflict and child outcomes: Processes, risk variables, and protective factors@, at
the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
El-Sheikh, M. (2001, April). Chair, symposium titled Marital conflict and child outcomes:
Processes, risk variables, and protective factors, at the biennial meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Minneapolis, MN.
El-Sheikh, M., & Flanagan, E.* (2000, November). Children s responses to parental conflict and
drinking. Presented at the American Association for Behavior Therapy Convention, New
Orleans, Louisiana.
El-Sheikh, M., & Flanagan, E.* (2000, June). Children s expectancies of emotions in adults and
children in response to alcohol consumption. Presented at the American Psychological
Society Convention, Miami, FL.
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El-Sheikh, M., & Flanagan, E. (2000, June). Children s expectancies of emotions in adults and
children in response to alcohol consumption. Presented at the American Psychological
Society Convention, Miami, FL.
Whitson, S., Paez, K., & El-Sheikh, M. (2000, June). Physiological buffers to the negative
consequences of exposure to conflict. Presented at the American Psychological Society
Convention, Miami, FL.
El-Sheikh, M., Parker, L. & Sellers, P. (1999, August). Children s expectancies of aggression
between others who are intoxicated. Presented at the 1998 American Psychological
Association s Annual Convention.
Kennedy, V., & El-Sheikh, M. (1999, April). Relations between marital conflict and children s
adjustment: The moderating role of vagal tone. Presentation at the biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J., & Parker, K. (1999, April). Do children expect more interadult and
adult-child aggression when the adults are intoxicated versus sober? Presented in the
symposium ARelationships in the context of conflictual and violent families@ at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Albuquerque, NM.
Nicolotti, L., & El-Sheikh, M. (1998, March). Children's verbal-emotional responses to interadult
conflict: The role of conflict history. Presented at Biennial Conference on Human
Development, Mobile, AL.
Blakeman, R., Kennedy, V., & El-Sheikh, M. (1997, August). Children s responding to angry
interactions: Role of consumption of alcohol. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Association, Chicago.
El-Sheikh, M. (1997, June). Children of alcoholics: Does interparental aggression mediate their
adjustment? Presented in the symposium AChildren exposed to marital conflict and
violence: Conceptual, theoretical, and practice directions@ at the 2nd International
Conference on Children Exposed to Family Violence, London, Ontario, Canada.
El-Sheikh, M. & Blakeman, R. (1997, April). Marital conflict, emotional regulation, and the
adjustment of children of alcoholics. Presented in the symposium "New directions in the
communication of emotion" at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Washington, DC.
El-Sheikh, M. & Harger, J. (1997, April). Man-woman, man-child, and woman-child arguments:
Which type of conflict is most upsetting to child witnesses? Presented in the symposium
ABeyond the dyad: Parents and children as third parties in family conflict@ at the biennial
meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, DC.
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El-Sheikh, M., Reiter, S., Kennedy, V., & Erwin, A. (1996, March). What's more angering and
distressing to children: Witnessing interadult disputes or participating in parent-child
conflict? Presented at the Biennial Conference on Human Development, Birmingham.
Britt, R. J., Tucker, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (1995, August). Social perceptual processes in adult
children of alcoholics. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New York.
El-Sheikh, M., Nicolotti, L., & Harger, J. (1995, August). Children's responding to interadult and
adult-child arguments. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological
Association, New York.
El-Sheikh, M., Swan, D., & Reiter (1995, June). Gender-related effects in emotional responding
to resolved and unresolved interadult conflict. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Society, New York.
Reiter, S., & El-Sheikh, M. (1995, June). Children's responding to resolved and unresolved
interadult covert, verbal, and physical arguments. Presented at the annual meeting of the
American Psychological Society, New York.
Reiter, S., & El-Sheikh, M. (1995, March). Interadult anger: A comparison of mothers' and
children's responses to videotaped interactions. Presented at the biennial meeting of the
Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis.
El-Sheikh, M., & Reiter, S. (1995, March). Children's responding to live angry interactions: The
role of form of anger expression. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Indianapolis.
El-Sheikh, M. (1994). The role of experimentally manipulated exposure to conflict resolution.
Presented at the invited symposium "Children and marital conflict: Processes of effect" at
the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, Chicago.
El-Sheikh, M., & Reiter, S. (1994, March). Children's emotional and physiological responses to
interadult angry behavior: The role of history of interparental hostility. Presented at the
Biennial Conference on Human Development, Pittsburgh.
El-Sheikh, M., & Reiter, S. (1993, March). Preschoolers' responses to live interadult anger as a
function of histories of exposure to resolved and unresolved conflict. Presented at the
biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans.
Cheskes, J., & El-Sheikh, M. (1993, March). Background anger: A comparison of children's
responses to interadult anger and adult-child anger. Presented at the biennial meeting of
the Society for Research in Child Development, New Orleans.
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El-Sheikh, M., & Cummings, E. M. (1992, April). Children's responses to angry adult behavior
as a function of experimentally manipulated histories of resolved and unresolved anger.
Presented at the Biennial Conference on Human Development, Atlanta.
El-Sheikh, M. (1992, February). Children's responses to interadult angry behavior. Presented at
the Atlanta Area Association of Behavior Analysis group meeting, Auburn, AL.
El-Sheikh, M. (1991, April). Children's responses to videotaped angry interactions as a function
of control. Presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child
Development, Seattle.
El-Sheikh, M., Ballard, M., & Cummings, E. M. (1990, May). Attachment and responding to
interadult anger. Presented at the 1990 MacArthur Attachment meeting, Seattle.
El-Sheikh, M., & Cummings, E. M. (1990, March). Perceptions of control and preschoolers'
responses to adults' angry behavior. Presented at the 1990 Conference on Human
Development, Richmond, Virginia.
El-Sheikh, M., & Klaczynski, P. A. (1989, June). Intercultural influences on perceptions of stress
and control in Egyptian Girls. Presented at the 1st convention of the American
Psychological Society, Alexandria, Virginia.
Cummings, E. M., Ballard, M., El-Sheikh, M., Lake, M. (1989, April). Children's coping with
adults' anger as a function of processes of conflict. Presented at the symposium "Life
course perspectives on stress and coping" at the biennial meeting of the Society for
Research in Child Development, Kansas City.
Cummings, E. M., Cummings, J., & El-Sheikh, M. (1989, April). Children's coping with parents'
angry behavior. Presented at the symposium "Emotional expression in the family" at the
biennial meeting of the Society for R
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