Tara M. Chaplin

Tara McConnell Chaplin is an American psychologist.

Tara M. Chaplin
Born
Montville, New Jersey, USA
Spouse(s)
James McConnell
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(m. 2006)​
Academic background
EducationBA, Psychology, 1997, University of Delaware
PhD, child-clinical psychology, 2003, Pennsylvania State University
ThesisEmotional style, attributional style, gender, and depressive symptoms in older adolescents (2003)
Academic work
InstitutionsGeorge Mason University
Yale University School of Medicine

Early life and education

Chaplin was born and raised in Montville, New Jersey by parents Dolcey and James Chaplin and graduated from Ridgewood High School.[1] Following high school, she attended the University of Delaware for her Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and Penn State University for her PhD in child-clinical psychology.[2] With her doctoral degree, Chaplin earned a post-doctoral associate position at Yale University.[1]

Career

Upon completing her post doctoral research, Chaplin was promoted to Associate Research Scientist and assistant professor of psychiatry at Yale University School of Medicine.[3] In her role as an Associate Research Scientist, she led a study examining the differences between men and women's reactions to stress-related psychological disorders. Chaplin concluded that women have greater rates of depression than men, who often experience greater rates of alcohol-use disorders.[4][5] The following year, she received a five-year $774,714 grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund research on Gender, Emotional Arousal, and Risk for Adolescent Substance Abuse.[6] She collaborated with Amelia Aldao of Ohio State University to research how the emotional response of children varied based on who was observing them. They concluded that when children were around their parents, they regulated their emotions less than when they were surrounded by peers.[7]

Chaplin eventually left Yale University in 2013 to accept an assistant professor of psychology position at George Mason University (GMU).[2] At GMU, she runs the Youth Emotion Lab and continues to focus on the role of "gender and emotion regulation in the development of psychopathology and substance abuse in children and adolescence."[8] In 2018, she received a five-year, $2.5 million grant to study predicting factors of substance and alcohol abuse in preteens' brain patterns as they move through puberty.[9]

Personal life

Chaplin and her husband have one son together.[10]

References
  1. "Tara Chaplin weds James McConnell". The Ridgewood News. December 1, 2006. Retrieved September 5, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Tara Chaplin". psychology.gmu.edu. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  3. "Tara Chaplin Yale bio". medicine.yale.edu. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  4. "Men Are More Likely Than Women To Crave Alcohol When They Feel Negative Emotions". sciencedaily.com. Science Daily. May 12, 2008. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  5. "If stressed, men more likely than women to crave alcohol: study". cbc.ca. May 12, 2008. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  6. "Grants and contracts awarded to Yale School of Medicine". medicine.yale.edu. 2009. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  7. Phillips, Grace (March 31, 2013). "For Children, Gender Differences in Emotional Expression Depend on Who's Watching". yalescientific.org. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  8. "Tara Chaplin, PhD". casbbi.gmu.edu. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  9. "Early Intervention Studies with Tara Chaplin". psychology.gmu.edu. 2019. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
  10. "Women Scientist Profiles". womeninscience.nih.gov. Retrieved September 5, 2020.
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