Loneliness, Stress, and Depression over the Transition to Adulthood: Interpersonal and Physiological Pathways Leah Darrah Doane During the transition into adulthood, youth experience substantial stressful changes as they navigate shifts in their interpersonal, familial, educational and economic domains of life. This dissertation aims to understand how the unique experiences of...
In three essays, this dissertation examined the associations between child characteristics, interparental discord and various aspects of child development and physiological functioning. In the first essay, using longitudinal, nationally representative data on infants and their families from the early childhood longitudinal study (ECLS-B), results revealed small, but significant associations between...