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Peggy Keller

Research Interests:
Developmental psychopathology
Family stress
Education

Ph.D. University of Notre Dame, 2006

 

Keller Lab News!

If you are interested in becoming an undergraduate research assistant in my lab, please contact one of my graduate students Courtlyn Fields (courtlyn.fields@uky.edu) or Karallyn Fitisone (karallynfitisone@uky.edu).

The education abroad program Violence Against Women in Southeast Asia, which I direct, is currently suspended due to COVID-19.

Recently Submitted Papers:

Bi, S., Zhou, H., Wang, J., Zhou, H., & Keller, P. S. (2022). Parental mindfulness and externalizing problems in Chinese adolescents: Parenting anxiety and negative parenting as mechanisms. Manuscript submitted for publication. Conditional Acceptance.

 

Keller, P. S., & Rawn, K. P. (2022) Development of the Parent Religious Socialization Scale. Manuscript submitted for publication.

 

Keller, P. S., Rawn, K. P., Dunsmore, J., Zvolensky, M. & El-Sheikh, M. (2021). Parent Drinking to Regulate Emotions is Associated with Observed Parenting Difficulties. Manuscript submitted for publication.

 

Keller, P. S., Stumbo, T., & Rawn, K. P. (2022). Changes in grandparent-grandchild relationships during the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown: Associations with mental health in college students. Manuscript submitted for publication.

 

Rawn, K., & Keller, P. S. (2022). Parent narcissism and child socio-emotional well-being: The role of parenting. Manuscript submitted for publication.

 

Scott B. F. & Keller, P. S. (2020). Parental problem drinking and child social behavior: Pathways of risk through family dysfunction. Manuscript submitted for publication. Revise & Resubmit.

 

Worick, C. E., Usher, E. L., Osterhage, J., Love, A. M. A., & Keller, P. S. (2022). Self-efficacy and implicit theories of willpower: Predictors of self-regulation in college biology. Manuscript submitted for publication. Revise & Resubmit.

 

Research Interests

I am a developmental psychologist with special interests in the area of Developmental Psychopathology.
 

I am affiliated with the Children at Risk Research Group. More information about this group is available here http://www.uky.edu/CAR/
I am also a Faculty Associate of the Center for Research on Violence Against Women. More information about the Center can be found here: www.research.uky.edu/crvaw/

At the most general level, my research concerns how family stress contributes to children’s risk for physical and mental health problems via coping processes. Some of my research also focuses on health and conflict in romantic relationships.

I focus on the following family stressors: Parental problem drinking, marital conflict, parental aggression and abuse, and parental depression. My research on parental problem drinking has been a major focus of my career.

In terms of coping processes, I often examine: emotion regulation, attachment and emotional security, psychophysiology (autonomic nervous system), neuroendocrine functioning (cortisol), and inflammatory processes.

In terms of physical and mental health outcomes, I have evaluated emotional problems, behavioral problems, disordered eating, sleep difficulties, and academic outcomes. My sleep research is another important focus of my work.

 

 

This page was last updated April 22, 2021

Selected Publications:

 

Malone, S. G., Keller, P. S., Hammerslag, L. H., & Bardo, M. T. (in press).  Escalation and reinstatement of fentanyl self-administration in male and female rats. Psychopharmacology.

Rawn, K. P., Keller, P. S., Bi, S., & Schoenberg, N. (in press). Salivary markers of stress in grandparents rearing grandchildren in rural Appalachia: The role of mental Health, religiosity, and social support. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships.

Hansen, A., Brown, R., Schoenberg, N., & Keller, P. S. (2020). Sources of stress and strength: Contextualizing the experience of grandparents rearing grandchildren in Appalachia. Journal of Intergenerational Relationships, 1-21.

Bi, S., & Keller, P. S. (2019). Parental empathy, aggressive parenting, and child adjustment in a non-custodial high risk sample. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 0886260519870165.

Elsey, T., Keller, P. S., & El-Sheikh, M. (2019). The role of couple sleep concordance in subjective sleep quality: attachment as a moderator of associations. Journal of Sleep Research, 28, e12825-e12836.

Keller, P. S., Bi, S., & Schoenberg, N. (2019). Children being reared by their grandparents in rural Appalachia: Relations between psychosocial stress and changes in salivary markers of inflammation over time. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma, 12, 269-277.

Prassel, Cole, H., Carlson, C., & Keller, P. S. (2018) Religious Beliefs and Behaviors as Predictors of Substance Use Among College Students. Psychology of Religion and Spirituality, 12, 101-115.

Bi, S., Haak, E. A., Gilbert, L. R., El-Sheikh, M., & Keller, P. S. (2018). Father attachment, father emotion expression, and children’s attachment to fathers: The role of marital conflict. Journal of Family Psychology, 32(4), 456.

Bi, S., Haak, E. A., Gilbert, L. R., & Keller, P. S. (2017). Children Exposed to Marital Conflict Exhibit More Disordered Eating Behaviors: Child Emotional Insecurity and Anxiety as Mechanisms of Risk. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 26(11), 3112-3122.

Borca, G., Rabaglietti, E., Roggero, A., Keller, P., Haak, E., & Begotti, T. (2017). Personal Values as a Mediator of Relations Between Perceived Parental Support and Control and Youth Substance Use. Substance Use & Misuse, 52(12), 1589-1601.

Haak, E. A., Keller, P. S., & DeWall, C. N. (2017). Daily variations in attachment anxiety and avoidance: A density distributions approach. Journal of Research in Personality, 69, 218-224.

Keller, P. S., Gilbert, L. R., Haak, E., Bi, S., & Smith, O. (2017). Earlier school start times are associated with behavioral problems in elementary schools. Sleep Health, 3, 113-118.

Keller, P. S., Gilbert, L. R., Haak, E. A., Bi, S., & Smith, O. A. (2017). Response to Troxel commentary: further evidence that school start times are associated with behavioral problems in elementary schools. Sleep Health, 3(4), 228-230.

Keller, P. S., Haak, E. A., DeWall, C. N., & Renzetti, C. (2017). Poor sleep is associated with greater marital aggression: the role of self-control. Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 1-8.

PubMed Publications*: 
  • S Elhusseini; K Rawn; M El-Sheikh; PS Keller"Attachment and prosocial behavior in middle childhood: The role of emotion regulation."Journal of experimental child psychology225.(2022):105534.Details. Full text
  • CD Kouros; PS Keller; O Martín-Piñón; M El-Sheikh"Bidirectional associations between nightly sleep and daily happiness and negative mood in adolescents."Child development93.5(2022):e547-e562.Details. Full text
  • Paranaíba JR; R Aben; N Barros; G Quadra; A Linkhorst; AM Amado; S Brothers; N Catalán; J Condon; CM Finlayson; HP Grossart; J Howitt; ES Junior; PS Keller; M Koschorreck; A Laas; C Leigh; R Marcé; R Mendonca; CC Muniz; B Obrador; G Onandia; D Raymundo; F Reverey; F Roland; EI Rõõm; S Sobek; D von Schiller; H Wang; S Kosten"Cross-continental importance of CH<sub>4</sub> emissions from dry inland-waters."The Science of the total environment814.(2022):151925.Details. Full text
  • KP Rawn; PS Keller"Habitual use of psychological coping strategies is associated with physiological stress responding during negative memory recollection in humans."Stress (Amsterdam, Netherlands)25.1(2022):30-39.Details. Full text
  • KP Rawn; PS Keller"Exposure to intimate partner aggression during childhood is associated with blunted skin conductance recovery following stress in early adulthood."Psychophysiology59.2(2022):e13968.Details. Full text
  • S Bi; PS Keller"Parental Empathy, Aggressive Parenting, and Child Adjustment in a Noncustodial High-Risk Sample."Journal of interpersonal violence36.19-20(2021):NP10371-NP10392.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; N Catalán; D von Schiller; HP Grossart; M Koschorreck; B Obrador; MA Frassl; N Karakaya; N Barros; JA Howitt; C Mendoza-Lera; A Pastor; G Flaim; R Aben; T Riis; MI Arce; G Onandia; Paranaíba JR; A Linkhorst; R Del Campo; AM Amado; S Cauvy-Fraunié; S Brothers; J Condon; RF Mendonça; F Reverey; EI Rõõm; T Datry; F Roland; A Laas; U Obertegger; JH Park; H Wang; S Kosten; R Gomez; C Feijoó; A Elosegi; MM Sánchez-Montoya; CM Finlayson; M Melita; ES Junior; CC Muniz; L Gómez-Gener; C Leigh; Q Zhang; R Marcé"Global CO<sub>2</sub> emissions from dry inland waters share common drivers across ecosystems."Nature communications11.1(2020):2126.Details. Full text
  • M Koschorreck; AS Downing; J Hejzlar; R Marcé; A Laas; WG Arndt; PS Keller; AJP Smolders; G van Dijk; S Kosten"Hidden treasures: Human-made aquatic ecosystems harbour unexplored opportunities."Ambio49.2(2020):531-540.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; S Bi; N Schoenberg"Children being Reared by their Grandparents in Rural Appalachia: A Pilot Study of Relations Between Psychosocial Stress and Changes in Salivary Markers of Inflammation Over Time."Journal of child & adolescent trauma12.2(2019):269-277.Details.
  • MA Frassl; DP Hamilton; BA Denfeld; E de Eyto; SE Hampton; PS Keller; S Sharma; ASL Lewis; GA Weyhenmeyer; CM O'Reilly; ME Lofton; N Catalán"Ten simple rules for collaboratively writing a multi-authored paper."PLoS computational biology14.11(2018):e1006508.Details. Full text
  • S Bi; EA Haak; LR Gilbert; M El-Sheikh; PS Keller"Father attachment, father emotion expression, and children's attachment to fathers: The role of marital conflict."Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)32.4(2018):456-465.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; LR Gilbert; EA Haak; S Bi; OA Smith"Response to Troxel commentary: further evidence that school start times are associated with behavioral problems in elementary schools."Sleep health3.4(2017):228-230.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; LR Gilbert; EA Haak; S Bi; OA Smith"Earlier school start times are associated with higher rates of behavioral problems in elementary schools."Sleep health3.2(2017):113-118.Details. Full text
  • I Böhm; K Nairz; JN Morelli; PS Keller; JT Heverhagen"Iodinated Contrast Media and the Alleged "Iodine Allergy": An Inexact Diagnosis Leading to Inferior Radiologic Management and Adverse Drug Reactions."RoFo : Fortschritte auf dem Gebiete der Rontgenstrahlen und der Nuklearmedizin189.4(2017):326-332.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh; DA Granger; JA Buckhalt"Interactions between salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase as predictors of children's cognitive functioning and academic performance."Physiology & behavior105.4(2012):987-95.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; LR Gilbert; KJ Koss; EM Cummings; PT Davies"Parental problem drinking, marital aggression, and child emotional insecurity: a longitudinal investigation."Journal of studies on alcohol and drugs72.5(2011):711-22.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh"Latent change score modeling of psychophysiological data: an empirical instantiation using electrodermal responding."Psychophysiology48.11(2011):1578-1587.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh; B Vaughn; DA Granger"Relations between mucosal immunity and children's mental health: the role of child sex."Physiology & behavior101.5(2010):705-12.Details. Full text
  • LC Ng; D Ramduny; JA Airey; CA Singer; PS Keller; XM Shen; H Tian; M Valencik; Hume JR"Orai1 interacts with STIM1 and mediates capacitative Ca2+ entry in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells."American journal of physiology. Cell physiology299.5(2010):C1079-90.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; EM Cummings; KM Peterson; PT Davies"Marital Conflict in the Context of Parental Depressive Symptoms: Implications for the Development of Children's Adjustment Problems."Social development (Oxford, England)18.3(2009):536-555.Details.
  • LC Ng; MD McCormack; JA Airey; CA Singer; PS Keller; XM Shen; Hume JR"TRPC1 and STIM1 mediate capacitative Ca2+ entry in mouse pulmonary arterial smooth muscle cells."The Journal of physiology587.Pt 11(2009):2429-42.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh; M Keiley; PJ Liao"Longitudinal relations between marital aggression and alcohol problems."Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors23.1(2009):2-13.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh"Salivary alpha-amylase as a longitudinal predictor of children's externalizing symptoms: respiratory sinus arrhythmia as a moderator of effects."Psychoneuroendocrinology34.5(2009):633-43.Details. Full text
  • D Xiong; GX Wang; DJ Burkin; IA Yamboliev; CA Singer; S Rawat; P Scowen; R Evans; L Ye; WJ Hatton; H Tian; PS Keller; DT McCloskey; D Duan; Hume JR"Cardiac-specific overexpression of the human short CLC-3 chloride channel isoform in mice."Clinical and experimental pharmacology & physiology36.4(2009):386-93.Details. Full text
  • M El-Sheikh; JA Buckhalt; PS Keller; DA Granger"Children's objective and subjective sleep disruptions: links with afternoon cortisol levels."Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association27.1(2008):26-33.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh; JA Buckhalt"Children's attachment to parents and their academic functioning: sleep disruptions as moderators of effects."Journal of developmental and behavioral pediatrics : JDBP29.6(2008):441-9.Details. Full text
  • M El-Sheikh; JA Buckhalt; PS Keller; EM Cummings; C Acebo"Child emotional insecurity and academic achievement: the role of sleep disruptions."Journal of family psychology : JFP : journal of the Division of Family Psychology of the American Psychological Association (Division 43)21.1(2007):29-38.Details. Full text
  • EM Cummings; M El-Sheikh; CD Kouros; PS Keller"Children's skin conductance reactivity as a mechanism of risk in the context of parental depressive symptoms."Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines48.5(2007):436-45.Details. Full text
  • M El-Sheikh; PS Keller; SA Erath"Marital conflict and risk for child maladjustment over time: skin conductance level reactivity as a vulnerability factor."Journal of abnormal child psychology35.5(2007):715-27.Details. Full text
  • M El-Sheikh; SA Erath; PS Keller"Children's sleep and adjustment: the moderating role of vagal regulation."Journal of sleep research16.4(2007):396-405.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; EM Cummings; PT Davies"The role of marital discord and parenting in relations between parental problem drinking and child adjustment."Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines46.9(2005):943-51.Details. Full text
  • EM Cummings; PS Keller; PT Davies"Towards a family process model of maternal and paternal depressive symptoms: exploring multiple relations with child and family functioning."Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines46.5(2005):479-89.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; EM Cummings; PT Davies; PM Mitchell"Longitudinal relations between parental drinking problems, family functioning, and child adjustment."Development and psychopathology20.1(1969):195-212.Details. Full text
  • MK Keiley; PS Keller; M El-Sheikh"Effects of physical and verbal aggression, depression, and anxiety on drinking behavior of married partners: a prospective and retrospective longitudinal examination."Aggressive behavior35.4(1969):296-312.Details. Full text
  • JA Buckhalt; M El-Sheikh; PS Keller; RJ Kelly"Concurrent and longitudinal relations between children's sleep and cognitive functioning: the moderating role of parent education."Child development80.3(1969):875-92.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; M El-Sheikh; DA Granger; JA Buckhalt"Interactions between salivary cortisol and alpha-amylase as predictors of children's cognitive functioning and academic performance."Physiology & behavior105.4(1969):987-95.Details. Full text
  • PS Keller; CD Kouros; SA Erath; RE Dahl; M El-Sheikh"Longitudinal relations between maternal depressive symptoms and child sleep problems: the role of parasympathetic nervous system reactivity."Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines55.2(0):172-9.Details. Full text
  • JM Golding; EC Hodell; EE Dunlap; NE Wasarhaley; PS Keller"When a son steals money from his mother: courtroom perceptions of elder financial exploitation."Journal of elder abuse & neglect25.2(0):126-48.Details.
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