My research has focused on understanding developmental trajectories for children experiencing multiple adversities linked to parental substance use, as well as preventive interventions designed to ameliorate these risks and promote competence. Much of my research seeks to understand developmental mechanisms that may explain the association between parental/family risk and protective factors and child outcomes (e.g., infant-parent attachment, parent-child self-regulation, children’s autonomic and stress reactivity, and immune/inflammatory mechanisms). I have a particular interest in prenatal and early childhood interventions for substance using parents, with the goal of promoting resilience and positive developmental cascades for children in the context of pre/postnatal risks. Current projects include a randomized clinical trial to promote co-parenting and reduce father/non-pregnant partner hazardous drinking in expectant parents; examining developmental mechanisms linking maternal pre/postnatal substance use and psychological distress for adolescent risk behaviors from early to late adolescence at macro and micro time scales; prevention of postpartum smoking relapse and related health consequences by breastfeeding promotion in collaboration with Dr. Xiaozhong Wen; and a collaboration with Dr. Mary Dozier on a clinical trial for opioid-dependent mothers living in poverty. Finally, in collaboration with Drs. Jenae Neiderhiser and Danielle Downs, we are examining risk and protective processes among rural families with the larger goal of understanding child development in a rural context.

Recent Publications (*includes current or former mentees):

*Godleski S, Dermen K, Feinberg ME, Colder CR, Verdaasdonk E, Eiden RD. (2025). Adaptation of a couples' intervention to promote coparenting and reduce hazardous drinking during transition to parenthood. Family Systems and Health, 43, 133-149. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000936.

Nickerson, A.B., *Seay, D., Manges, M.E., Grossman, H., Delmerico, A.M., *Godleski, S.A., Schuetze, P., & Eiden, R.D. (2025). Caregiving environmental risk and aggression from infancy to adolescence in a high-risk sample: An examination of between-family and within-family effects. Aggressive Behaviors, 51(3), e70033. https://doi.org/10.1002/ab.70033

*Perry, K.J., *Godleski, S.A., Feinberg, M.E., Colder, C.R., & Eiden, R.D. (2025). Prenatal psychological adjustment, relationship satisfaction, and parental reflective functioning: An examination of actor and partner effects in the context of paternal moderate to heavy drinking. Parenting: Science and Practice, 27: 10.1080. PMCID: PMC12404234

Bounoua, N., Tabachnick, A. R., Eiden, R.D., Labella, M. H., & Dozier, M. (2024). Emotion dysregulation and reward responsiveness as predictors of autonomic reactivity to an infant cry task among substance-using pregnant and postpartum women. Developmental psychobiology 66(1), e22449. https://doi.org/10.1002/dev.22449

Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M. L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Bernard, K., Duschinsky, R., Bakermans‐Kranenburg, M., Bureau, J.‐F., Sagi‐Schwartz, A., Eiden, R. D., Wong, M. S., Brown, G. L., Soares, I., Oosterman, M., Fearon, R. M. P., Steele, H., Martins, C., Aviezer, O., & Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis. (2024). Configurations of mother–child and father–child attachment relationships as predictors of child language competence: An individual participant data meta‐analysis. Child Development, 95(1), 50–69. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13998

Dagan, O., Schuengel, C., Verhage, M. L., Madigan, S., Roisman, G. I., Van IJzendoorn, M. H., Bakermans-Kranenburg, M., Duschinsky, R., Sagi-Schwartz, A., Bureau, J.F., Eiden, R. D., Volling, B. L., Wong, M, I., Schoppe-Sullivan, S., Aviezer, O., Brown, G. L., Rieker, J., Mangelsdorf, S., Fearon, R. M. P., Bernard, K., Oosterman, M., & The Collaboration on Attachment to Multiple Parents and Outcomes Synthesis (2024). Temperament and the Attachment Relationships Quality with Mothers and Fathers: An Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis. Developmental Psychology, 60(11), 2144-2156.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001677

Edwards R.C., Planalp E.M., Bosquet Enlow M., Akshoomoff N., Bodison S.C., Brennan M.B., Ciciolla L., Eiden R.D., Fillipi C.A., Gustafsson H.C., McKelvey L.M., Morris A.S., Peralta-Carcelén M., Poehlmann J., Wakschlag L.S., Wilson S.; HBCD Child Behavior and Caregiver-Child Interactions Workgroup. (2024). Capturing the complexity of child behavior and caregiver-child interactions in the HEALthy Brain and Child Development (HBCD) Study using a rigorous and equitable approach. Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, 69, 101422. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dcn.2024.101422.

*Kelm, M.R., Schuetze, P., & Eiden, R.D. (2024). Prenatal tobacco and tobacco-cannabis co-exposure and unpredictability in maternal anger/hostility: Implications for toddler reactivity. Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 106, 107399. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ntt.2024.107399

Kervezee L., Romijn M., van de Weijer K.N.G., Chen B.S.J., Burchell G.L., Tollenaar M.S., Tamayo-Ortiz M., Philbrook L.E., de Weerth C., Cao Y., Rotteveel J., Eiden R.D., Azar R., Bush N.R., Chis A., Kmita G., Clearfield M.W., Beijers R., Gröschl M., Wudy S.A., Kalsbeek A., Mörelius E., Finken M.J.J. (2024). Development of 24-hour rhythms in cortisol secretion across infancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual participant data. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 29, 590. https://doi.org/10.1210/clinem/dgae590

*Perry, K., *Level, R., Schuetze, P., & Eiden, R.D. (2024). Prenatal tobacco, tobacco-cannabis co-exposure, and child emotion regulation: The role of child autonomic functioning and sensitive parenting. Developmental Psychology, 60(9),1544-1561.  https://doi.org/10.1037/dev0001682

Roeder, N. M., Penman, S. L., Richardson, B. J., Wang, J., Freeman-Striegel, L., Khan, A., Pareek, O., Weiss, M., Mohr, P., Eiden, R.D., Chakraborty, S., & Thanos, P. K. (2024). Vaporized Δ-9THC in utero results in reduced birthweight, increased locomotion, and altered wake-cycle activity dependent on dose, sex, and diet in the offspring. Life sciences, 340, 122447. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2024.122447

*Shisler, S., *Lee, J. K., Schlienz, N. J., Hawk Jr, L. W., Thanos, P. K., Kong, K. L., Leising, M.C., & Eiden, R. D. (2024). Prenatal tobacco and tobacco-cannabis co-exposure: Relationship with attention and memory in middle childhood. Neurotoxicology and teratology, 104, 107371. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lfs.2024.12244710.1016/j.ntt.2024.107371.

*Tabachnik, A.R., Eiden, R.D., Labella, M.H., & Dozier, M. (2024). Effects of prenatal opioid exposure on infant sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system activity. Psychophysiology. 61(4):e14470. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.14470.

White, H.I., Kubiniec, E., Savell, M., Eiden, R.D., Epstein, L., Fabiano, G.A., Kong, K.L., & Anzman-Frasca, S. (2024). Play With Me: Effects of a shared activities parenting intervention on positive parenting and the relative reinforcing value of food. Appetite, 203, 107681.