College of Agriculture and Life Sciences

Rebecca G. Reed

Division: 
Family Studies and Human Development
Degrees: 
B.S. Physiology, University of Arizona (2010); M.S. Family Studies and Human Development, University of Arizona (2012)
Hometown: 
Tucson, AZ

Broadly, I am interested in emotion regulation and physical health and well-being in the context of close relationships. More specifically, I am interested in studying how emotion regulatory processes within and between individuals influence partners' autonomic and immune functioning over the adult life course. 

 

Minor: 
Quantitative Methods
Recent Accomplishments 

PUBLICATIONS

Randall, A. K., Post, J. H., Reed, R. G., & Butler, E. A. (in press). Cooperating with your romantic partner: Associations with interpersonal emotion coordination. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships.  

Reed. R. G., Butler, E. A., & Kenny, D. A. (2013). Dyadic models for the study of health. Social and Personality Psychology Compass, 7(4), 228-245.

Reed, R. G., Randall, A. K., Post, J. H., & Butler, E. A. (2013). Partner influence and in-phase versus anti-phase physiological linkage in romantic couples. International Journal of Psychophysiology, 88(3), 309-316.  

SCHOLARLY PRESENTATIONS

Reed, R. G., Barnard, K., & Butler, E. A.  (2013, March). Volatile interpersonal emotion dynamics in mixed-weight couples. Poster presented at the American Psychosomatic Society 71st Annual Scientific Meeting, Miami, FL.

Reed, R. G., & Butler, E. A.  (2012, Oct). Emotion regulation and patterns of physiological linkage in couples. Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations 74th Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.  

 Reed, R. G., Randall, A. K., Corkery, S. A., Young, V. J., Post, J. H., & Butler, E. A. (2012, Jan). Partner effects of relational communication, relationship quality, and emotion regulation on autonomic physiology. Poster presented at the 2012 Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Conference, San Diego, CA.

Butler, E. A., & Reed, R. G. (2011, Nov). Emotion regulation and in-phase versus anti-phase synchrony of sympathetic arousal. Symposia presented at the Society of Psychophysiology Research, Boston, MA.

RELATED LINKS

Health & Interpersonal Systems (HIS) Group 

Dr. Charles Raison Lab, Department of Psychiatry