Faculty
E. Mark Cummings
Professor and Notre Dame Chair in Psychology
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Profile
Dr. Cummings' research interests focus on family factors, especially socioemotional processes, associated with normal development and the development of psychopathology in children. Of particular interest are the influences of the qualities of emotional relations between parents and children, and between the parents, on children's adjustment. In recent years a series of studies has focused on the effects of forms of marital conflict on children's functioning and adjustment in a variety of family contexts, including parental depression and abuse. Current concerns include emotional security as a general theoretical model from a developmental psychopathology perspective for children's development in families, and research-based prevention and parent-educational programs.
Recent Papers
Schermerhorn, A. C., Cummings, E. M., & Davies, P. T. (in press). Children’s representations of multiple family relationships: Organizational structure and development in early childhood. Journal of Family Psychology.
Shoppe-Sullivan, S., Schermerhorn, A., & Cummings, E. M. (in press). Marital conflict and children’s adjustment over time: Testing parental behavioral control, psychological autonomy, and warmth as mediators. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
Goeke-Morey, M. C., Cummings, E. M., & Papp, L. M. (in press). Children and marital conflict resolution: Implications for emotional security and adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology.
Keller, P. S., Cummings, E. M., Davies, P. T., & Mitchell, P. M. (in press). Longitudinal relations between parental drinking problems, family functioning, and child adjustment. Development and Psychopathology.
Du Rocher Schudlich, T. & Cummings, E. M. (in press). Parental dysphoria and children's adjustment: marital conflict styles, children's emotional security, and parenting as mediators of risk. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Cummings, E. M., Schermerhorn, A. C., Keller, P. S., & Davies, P. T. (in press). Parental depressive symptoms, children’s representations of family relationships, and child adjustment. Social Development.
Davies, P.T., Cicchetti, D., Sturge-Apple, M.L., & Cummings, E.M. (in press). The role of child adrenocortical functioning in pathways between interparental conflict and child maladjustment. Developmental Psychology.
Papp, L. M., Goeke-Morey, M. C., & Cummings, E. M. (in press). Linkages between spouses’ psychological distress and marital conflict in the home. Journal of Family Psychology.
Gomulak-Cavicchio, B. M., Davies, P. T., & Cummings, E. M. (in press). The Role of Maternal Communication Patterns About Interparental Disputes in Associations Between Interparental Conflict and Child Psychological Maladjustment. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
Larrosa, S. L., Escudero, V., & Cummings, E. M. (in press). Preschool children and marital conflict: A constructive view. The European Journal of Developmental Psychology.
Schermerhorn, A.C., Cummings, A.C., DeCarlo, C.A., & Davies, P.T. (2007).Children’s influence in the marital relationship. Journal of Family Psychology, 21(2), 259-269.
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(5), 436-445.
Cummings, E. M., Kouros, C.D., & Papp, L.M. (2007). History of marital aggression, everyday interparental conflict, and children’s responding to everyday conflicts. European Psychologist, 12(1), 17-28.
Cummings, E. M., & Keller, P. S. (2007). How interparental conflict affects children. Directions in Mental Health Counseling, 17(8), 85-96.
El-Sheikh, M., Cummings, E.M., Buckhalt, J., & Keller, P.S. (2007). Sleep disruptions and emotional insecurity are pathways of risk for children. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48(1), 88-96.
El-Sheikh, M., Buckhalt, J. A., Keller, P., Cummings, E. M., & Acebo, C. (2007). Child emotional insecurity and academic achievement: The role of sleep disruptions. Journal of Family Psychology, 21(1), 29-38.
Keller, P.S., Cummings, E.M., Davies, P.T. & Lubke, G. (2007). Children’s behavioral reactions to marital conflict as a function of exposure to parents’ conflict behaviors and alcohol problems. The European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 4(2), 157-177.
Contact Information
Office: 215 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-4947
Email: ecumming@nd.edu