Camille Driscoll O'Keefe
The role of parents’ emotion regulation in shaping parenting behaviour during family interactions
Camille Driscoll O'Keefe
PhD Student
School of Psychological Sciences
Profile
Camille is a full-time PhD student and trainee in the Clinical Psychology programme at Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. She is supervised by Dr Rachel Low and Professor Paul Jose. Through her research and volunteer roles at the university, Camille has developed a strong interest in family dynamics, parenting, and child development. As such, Camille's research examines how parents’ emotion regulation, particularly expressive suppression, affects parents’ behaviour during family interactions. She is also interested in the role that parent depression and anxiety may play in this relationship. Camille’s research aims to contribute to a better understanding of the factors that shape parents’ behaviour during challenging family interactions, given the important role responsive parenting plays in children’s emotional development and broader psychological well-being.
Qualifications
Bachelor of Science in Psychology and French
Bachelor of Science with Honours in Psychology (First Class)
Research Interests
Emotion regulation, parent mental health, child development, parent-child interactions, emotion socialisation, parenting
Thesis Title
The role of parents’ emotion regulation in shaping parenting behaviour during family interactions
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