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Masha A. Gartstein

Associate Professor

Ph.D. University of Cincinnati, 1997

 

Contact Information:
Email: gartstma@wsu.edu
Office: Johnson Tower 348
Phone: (509) 335-4651

 

Websites:

Personal Web Page

Infant Temperament Lab

Classes Taught:

Psychology 230: Human Sexuality
Psychology 440: Introduction to Clinical Psychology
Psychology 464: Behavior Disorders of Children and Adolescents
Psychology 530: Ethics & Professional Issues
Psychology 538:Clinical Supervision
Psychology 543: Clinical Child Psychology: Empirical Approaches to
Assessment and Therapy

Research Interests:

Developmental Psychopathology
Temperament
Parenting
Cross-Cultural Differences

Selected Publications :

Gartstein, M.A., Gonzalez, C., Carranza, J.A., Ahadi, S.A., Ye, R., Rothbart, M.K., & Yang, S.W. (2006). Studying the Development of Infant Temperament through Parent Report: Commonalities and Differences for the People’s Republic of China, the United States of America, and Spain. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 37, 145-161.

Gartstein, M.A., & Bateman, A.E. (2008). Early Manifestations of Childhood Depression: Influences of Infant Temperament

     and Parental Depressive Symptoms. Infant and Child Development, 17, 223-248.

Gartstein, M.A., Crawford, J., Robertson, C.D. (2008). Early Development of Language and Attention: Mutual Contributions and the Impact of Parent-Infant Interaction Attributes. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 39, 9-26.

Gartstein, M.A., & Marmion, J. (2008). Fear and Positive Affectivity in Infancy: Convergence/discrepancy between parent-report and laboratory-based indicators. Infant Behavior and Development, 31, 227-238.

Kolmagorova, A.B., Slobodskaya, E. R., Gartstein, M.A. (2008). Adaptation of the Russian version of a questionnaire designed to measure temperament in early childhood. Psychology Journal, 29, 121-136.

Putnam, S.P., Rothbart, M.K., & Gartstein, M.A. (2008). Homotypic and Heterotypic Continuity of Fine-Grained Temperament during Infancy, Toddlerhood, and Early Childhood. Infant and Child Development, 17, 387-405.

Rothbart, M.K., & Gartstein, M.A. (2008). Temperament. In M. Haith & J. Benson (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Infant and Early Childhood Development. Oxford, England: Elsevier.

Bridgett, D.J., Gartstein, M.A., & Putnam, S.P., McKay, T., Iddins, E., Robertson, C., Ramsay, K., & Rittmueller, A. (2009). Maternal and Contextual Influences and the Effect of Temperament Development during Infancy on Parenting in Toddlerhood. Infant Behavior and Development, 32, 103-116.

Gartstein, M.A. & Bridgett, D.J. (2009). Development of Fear During Infancy: Pre- and Post-natal Factors and Methodological Considerations. US Pediatrics: Neurology and Psychiatry, 83-86.

Gartstein, M.A., Bridgett, D.J., Dishion, T.J., & Kaufman, N.K. (2009). Depressed mood and parental report of child behavior problems: Another look at the Depression-Distortion Hypothesis. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 30, 149-160.

Gartstein, M.A., Peleg, Y., Young, B.N., & Slobodskaya, H.R. (2009). Infant temperament in Russia, United States of America, and Israel: Differences and similarities between Russian-speaking families. Child Psychiatry and Human Development, 40, 241-256.

Gartstein, M.A., Slobodskaya, H.R., Putnam, S.P., Kinsht, I.A. (2009). A Cross-Cultural Study of Infant Temperament: Predicting Preschool Effortful Control in the United States of America (U.S.) and Russia. European Journal of Developmental Psychology, 6, 337-364.

Vannatta, K., Gartstein, M.A., Zeller, M., & Noll, R.B. (2009). Peer acceptance during childhood and adolescence: How important are appearance, athleticism, and academic competence? International Journal of Behavioral Development, 33, 303-311.

Gartstein, M.A., Bridgett, D.J., Rothbart, M.K., Robertson, C., Iddins, E., Ramsay, K., & Schlect, S. (2010). A Latent Growth Examination of Fear Development in Infancy: Contributions of Maternal Depression and the Risk for Toddler Anxiety. Developmental Psychology, 46, 651-668.

Gartstein, M.A., Slobodskaya, H.R., Żylicz, P.O., Gosztyla, D. & Nakagawa, N. (2010). A Cross-cultural Evaluation of Temperament Development: Japan, United States of America, Poland and Russia. International Journal of Psychology and Psychological Therapy, 10, 55-75.

Lang, A.J., Gartstein, M.A., Rodgers, C.S., & Lebeck, M.M. (2010). The Impact of Maternal Childhood Abuse on Parenting and Infant Temperament. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 23, 100-110.

Montirosso, R., Cozzi, P., Putnam, S.P., Gartstein, M.A. (2010). Studying cross-cultural differences in temperament in the first year of life: United States of America (US) and Italy. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 35, 27-37.

Sterry, T.W., Reiter-Purtill, J., Gartstein, M.A., Gerhardt, C.A., Vannatta, K., & Noll, R.B. (2010). Temperament as a Predictor of Children’s Social Behavior and Peer Acceptance. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 56, 189-219.