Ph.D. - Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 2011
Jackie Nelson
Professor - Department of Psychology
Program Head, Psychology PhD
Research Interests: Studies emotions in family relationships, particularly parent-child interaction, family stress and conflict, and child social-emotional development
972-883-4478
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Family Research Lab
Curriculum Vitae
Currently accepting graduate students
Not currently accepting undergraduate students
Professional Preparation
M.S. - Human Development and Family Studies
University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 2008
University of North Carolina at Greensboro - 2008
B.A. - Psychology
Elon University - 2006
Elon University - 2006
Research Areas
Research Interests
Family members live in a system where they are constantly influenced by one another and by the environment. Emotion is a large part of family life and is especially likely to be transferred between parents and children. I am interested in many family processes including how mothers and fathers influence their spouse's parenting behavior, how stress occurring in parents' multiple roles affects family interaction, and how parents interact with their children and socialize their children's emotional development.
Publications
Nelson, J. A., Carona, C., Moreira, H., & Fonseca, A. (2026). The unique effect of the number of children on mothers’ acceptance of children’s negative emotions. Cognition and Emotion, 1-6. https://doi.org/10.1080/02699931.2026.2683894 2026 - publications
Nelson, J. A. & Marom, E. (2026). How mothers’ and children’s negativity predicts conflict resolution. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 266, 106485. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jecp.2026.106485 2026 - publications
Heinrich, M. D., Holub, S. C., & Nelson, J. A. (2026). Dinner Observations of Parent Sensitivity and Pressuring Feeding Practices with Preschool-Age Children. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsag008 2026 - publications
Nelson, J. A., Hafiz, M., Nuth, E., Heinrich, M. D., & Holub, S. C. (2026). “Sit down and eat”: Daily associations between preschoolers’ physical activity at dinner and parents’ feeding coparenting and control. Developmental Psychology, 62, 903-914. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001953 2026 - publications
Kuo, P. X., & Nelson, J. A. (2025). Parents engage in more positive relationship behaviors with partners after experiencing greater coparenting support. Family Process, 64, e70083. https://doi.org/10.1111/famp.70083 2025 - publications
Delfosse, C. M. & Nelson, J. A. (2025). Unique and interactive effects of mothers’ conventional conflict justifications and sensitivity predicting changes in children’s externalizing behaviors. Social Development, 34, e70029. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.70029 2025 - publications
Nuth, E. & Nelson, J. A. (2025). Day-to-Day Lagged Associations Between Destructive Parent-Child Conflict and Negative Marital Interactions. International Journal of Behavioral Development. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254251381922 2025 - publications
Messenger, L. M., Pickrell, W. A., Holub, S. C., & Nelson, J. A. (2025). Reported and Observed Daily Feeding Coparenting: Links to Marital Quality Among Mothers and Fathers of Preschoolers. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 00, 1-8. https://doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy/jsaf058 2025 - publications
