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Research Interests

Interests: Biological, Cognitive, Family, Health and Mental Health, Social-Emotional
Life Phases: Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, Adolescence, Adulthood

Dr. Choe's research focuses on the development of children’s self-regulation and externalizing behavior (e.g., aggression), their associations with parents’ mental health and caregiving, and their contributions to psychopathology. He follows a biopsychosocial approach to studying psychopathology and its intergenerational transmission with observational, questionnaire, neuropsychological, behavioral, and biological data. Dr. Choe's lab is currently examining parents’ and young children’s executive functions, psychophysiological markers of stress and regulation, as well as the effects of a guaranteed basic income program in Yolo County for families with young children facing housing insecurity.

Awards

Daniel Choe:  Mentor, Horowitz Early Career Scholar Program (https://www.srcd.org/news/announcing-inaugural-scholars-and-mentors-towards-2044-horowitz-early-career-scholar-program)

Select Publications

*student authors

Choe, D. E., *Golden, A. B., & *Olwert, M. R. (2024). Advancing research on mobile screen media and young children’s cognitive skills. Academic Pediatrics, 102531. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2024.06.018

Choe, D. E., Barreda, S., Galán, C. A., Gardner, F., Wilson, M. N., Dishion, T. J., & Shaw, D. S. (2024). Early childhood predictors of early school-age academic skills and resilience among children living in poverty. Social Development, 33(1), e12715. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12715 

Choe, D. E., *Olwert, M. R., & *Golden, A. B. (2023). Cognitive and psychophysiological predictors of inductive and physical discipline among parents of preschool-aged children. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(7), 1115–1121. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001140 

Choe, D. E., Deer, L. K., & Hastings, P. D. (2023). Latent class analysis of maternal depression from pregnancy through early childhood Differences in children’s executive functions. Developmental Psychology, 59(8), 1452–1463. https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001540

Choe, D. E., *Lawrence, A. C., & Cingel, D. P. (2022). The role of different screen media devices, child dysregulation, and parent screen media use in children’s self-regulation. Psychology of Popular Media, 12(3), 324–334. https://doi.org/10.1037/ppm0000412

*Usacheva, M., Choe, D. E., Liu, S., Timmer, S., & Belsky, J. (2022). Testing the empirical integration of threat-deprivation and harshness-unpredictability dimensional models of adversity. Development and Psychopathology, 34(2), 513–526. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579422000013 

*Lawrence, A. C., & Choe, D. E. (2021). Mobile media and children’s cognitive skills: A review. Academic Pediatrics. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.acap.2021.01.007

*Usacheva, M., Timmer, S., Choe, D. E., Liu, S., Thurston, H., & Urquiza, A. (2021). Long-term mental health services use in children referred to a clinical intervention. Child Abuse and Neglect, 111, 104763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104763

*Galán, C. A., Choe, D. E., Forbes, E. E., & Shaw, D. S. (2017). Interactions between empathy and resting heart rate in early adolescence predict violent behavior in late adolescence and early adulthood. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 58, 1370–1380. doi:10.1111/jcpp.1277

Choe, D. E., Shaw, D. S., Brennan, L. M., Dishion, T. J., & Wilson, M. N. (2014). Inhibitory control as a mediator of bidirectional effects between early oppositional behavior and maternal depression. Development and Psychopathology, 26, 1129–1147. doi:10.1017/S0954579414000613

Choe, D. E., Olson, S. L., & Sameroff, A. J. (2014). Effortful control moderates bidirectional effects between children's externalizing problems and their mothers' depressive symptoms. Child Development, 85, 643–658. doi:10.1111/cdev.12123

Choe, D. E., Lane, J. D., Grabell, A. S., & Olson, S. L. (2013). Developmental precursors of young school-age children's hostile attribution bias. Developmental Psychology, 49, 2245–2256. doi:10.1037/a0032293|

Choe, D. E., Olson, S. L., & Sameroff, A. J. (2013). The interplay of externalizing problems and inductive and physical discipline during childhood. Developmental Psychology, 49, 2029–2039. doi:10.1037/a0032054

Choe, D. E., Olson, S. L., & Sameroff, A. J. (2013). Effects of early maternal distress and parenting on the development of children's self-regulation and externalizing behavior. Development and Psychopathology, 25, 437–453. doi:10.1017/S0954579412001162

PhD

Ph.D., Psychology (Developmental). University of Michigan.

Masters

M.S., Psychology (Developmental). University of Michigan.

Bachelors

B.A., Psychology. San Diego State University.

Curriculum Vitae