Susan Spieker

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University of Washington
School of Nursing
Family and Child Nursing
ProfessorAppointed: 2001
University of Washington
School of Nursing
Family & Child Nursing
Center on Infant Mental Health and DevelopmentAppointed: 2007
University of Washington
Graduate Faculty
Member
University of Washington
Center on Human Development and Disability
Affiliate
University of Washington
College of Arts and Sciences
Psychology
Adjunct Professor
University of Washington
School of Social Work
Social Work Prevention Research Center
Contributing Faculty
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Mailing Address

Family and Child Nursing
Center on Infant Mental Health and Development
Center on Human Development and Disability\SB106
University of Washington
Seattle, Washington 98195-7920
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (206) 543-8453
Fax: (206) 543-9266
spieker@u.washington.edu

Qualifications

Postdoctoral Fellow, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Network on the Tran, 1986.
Ph.D., Cornell University, Human Development and Family Studies, 1981.
B.A., New College, 1974.

Expertise and Research Interests

My research interests are as follows:
Developmental psychology
Deveopmental psychopathology
Parent-infant attachment
Parent-infant interaction
Early intervention
Child care
Infant mental health

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Child Care, Developmental Psychology, Infants, Nursing, Psychopathology.

Additional Terms:

Developmental Psychology, Infant Mental Health, Infant Security, Mother-infant Interaction.

Memberships

Society for Research in Child Development

Previous Positions

1999-2001, Research Professor, School of Nursing, Family and Child Nursing
1992-1999, Research Associate Professor, University of Washington, School of Nursing, Family and Child Nursing

Funding Received

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH): Promoting Infant Mental Health in Foster Care, $2,300,000, 2006 to 2011.
  • NICHD: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care-Phase IV, $2,559,409, 2005 to 2009.
  • Administration on Children, Youth, and Families: Incorporating an attachment Q-set into parent-child relationship assessment and support in Early Head Start, $599,779, 2004 to 2007.
  • Administration on Children Youth and Families: Attachment in Early Head Start process and outcome: PreK Follow-up, $789,906, 2001 to 2004.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Extension of cooperative agreement: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care-Phase III, $2,559,409, 2000 to 2004.
  • National Institute of Drug Abuse: Teen mothers into adulthood and the next generation., $1,540,967, 1997 to 2002.
  • National Institute of Mental Health: Role of attachment in early onset of conduct problems, $967,551, 1997 to 2002.
  • Funded by Administration on Children Youth and Families: Attachment in Early Head Start process and outcome, $750,000, 1996 to 2001.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: Extension of cooperative agreement: NICHD study of early child care, $1,788,141, 1995 to 2000.
  • Maternal and Child Health: Behavior problems in school-age children of teen mothers, $1,097,426, 1993 to 1996.
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse: Drug use and parenting in adolescence, $1,719,059, 1992 to 1996.
  • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: NICHD study of early child care, $2,253,363, 1990 to 1995.
  • Division of Maternal and Child Health, Bureau of Health Care Delivery and Assistance: Mothering in adolescence: Factors related to infant security, $332,749, 1986 to 1989.

Publications

  • NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Child-care structure – process – outcome: Direct and indirect effects of child-care quality on young children’s development, Psychological Science, 13, 199-206, 2002
  • Munson, J.A., McMahon, R. J., & Spieker, S. J, Structure and variability in the developmental trajectory of children's externalizing problems: Impact of infant attachment, maternal depressive symptomatology, and child sex, Development and Psychopathology,13, 277-296, 2001
  • Dawson, G., Ashman, S.B., Hells, D., Spieker, S., Frey, K., Panagiotides, H., Embry, L. (, Autonomic and brain electrical activity in securely- and insecurely-attached infants of depressed mothers, Infant Behavior and Development, 24, 135-149, 2001
  • Spieker, S.J., Solchany, J., McKenna, M., DeKlyen, M., & Barnard, K. E., The story of mothers who are difficult to engage in prevention programs, J.D. Osofsky & H. E. Fitzgerald (Eds.), WAIMH Handbook of Infant Mental Health, 3(Parenting and Child), 173 - 209, 2000
  • Spieker, S.J., Gillmore, M.R., Lewis, S.M., Morrison, D.M., and Lohr, M.J., Psychological distress and substance use by adolescent mothers: Associations with, Journal of Psychoactive Drugs, 33, 83 - 93, 2000
  • Spieker SJ, Larson NC, Lewis SM, Keller TE, Gilchrist L, Developmental trajectories of disruptive behavior problems in preschool children of adolescent mothers., Child Development, 70(2), 443-458, March 1999 Abstract
  • Marachi, R., McMahon, R. J., Spieker, S. J., & Munson, J., Longitudinal assessment of the low-end specificity of maternal reports of depressive symptoms, Behavior Research and Therapy, 37, 483-501, 1999
  • Bensley, L. S., Van Eenwyk, J., Spieker, S. J., & Schoder, J., Self-reported abuse history and adolescent problem behaviors I: Antisocial and suicidal behaviors, Journal of Adolescent Health, 24, 163 - 172, 1999
  • Bensley, L.S., Van Eenwyk, J., Spieker, S. J., & Schoder, J., Self-reported abuse history and adolescent problem behaviors II: Alcohol and drug use, Journal of Adolescent Health, 24, 173 - 180, 1999
  • Kalil, A., Spencer, M.S., Spieker, S. J., & Gilchrist, L. D., Effects of grandmother coresidence and quality of family relationships on depressive symptoms in adolescent mothers, Family Relations, 47, 433-441, 1998
  • Spieker, S.J., Larson, N.C., Lewis, S.M., White, R.D., & Gilchrist, L. (1997). Children of adolescent mothers: Cognitive and behavioral outcomes at age six. Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 14, 335 - 365
  • Spieker, S.J., Bensley, L., McMahon, R.J., Fung, H., & Ossiander, E. (1996). Sexual abuse as a factor in child maltreatment by adolescent mothers of preschool aged children. Development and Psychopathology, 8, 497-509
  • Bensley, L., Spieker, S.J., & McMahon, R.J. (1994). Parenting behavior of adolescent children of alcoholics. Addiction, 89, 1265-1276
  • Spieker, S.J. & Bensley, L. (1994). The roles of living arrangements and grandmother social support in adolescent mothering and infant attachment. Developmental Psychology, 30, 102-111
  • Spieker, S.J. & Booth, C.L. (1988). Maternal antecedents of attachment quality. In J. Belsky & T. Nezworski (Eds.), Clinical Implications of Attachment (95-135). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
  • Spieker, S.J. (1986). Patterns of very insecure attachment found in samples of high-risk infants and toddlers. Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 6, 37-52
  • NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Child care and family predictors of preschool attachment and stability from infancy. ,, Developmental Psychology, 37, 847-862
  • NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, Child care and children’s peer interaction at 24 and 36 months: The NICHD Study of Early Child Care. ,, Child Development, 72, 1478-1500
  • NICHD Early Child Care Research Network, The effects of infant child care on infant-mother attachment: Results of the NICHD Study of Early Child Care. ,, Child Development, 68, 860-879

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