Lab Research Publications

*Student author

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Hess, E.,* Thompson, A.,* Lim, A.,* Ha, L.,* Sweet, E.,* & Khanna D.* (2026). Development and testing of the Autism Brief Criticism Coding System for families of autistic youth. Research in Autism. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.reia.2026.202881

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., & McElvain, P.* (2025). Differential relations between parenting and emotion regulation in children with ASD across dyadic and independent contexts.Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-025-06720-3

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Preston, A.,* Chan, N.,* McGregor, H.A.,* & Neece, C.L. (2024). Parental distress and parenting behavior in families of preschool children with and without ASD: Spillover and buffering. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 54, 4661–4673.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-023-06163-8

Schiltz, H. K.,* Fenning, R. M., Erath, S. A. & Baker, J. K. (2022). Parasympathetic functioning and sleep problems in children with ASD. Autism Research, 15(11), 2138-2148. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2816

Baker, J.K, Fenning, R.M., Erath. S.A., & Fabian, S.* (2022). Parasympathetic withdrawal indexes risk for emotion dysregulation in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 15(11), 2064-2068 https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2814

Schiltz, H. K.,* Fenning, R. M., Erath, S. A. & Baker, J. K. (2022). Electrodermal activity moderates sleep-behavior associations in children with autism spectrum disorder. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology, 50, 823-835.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-022-00900-w

Alostaz, J.*, Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Neece, C.L., & Zeedyk, S.M. (2022). Parental coping as a buffer between child factors and emotion-related parenting in families of children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(1), 153-158. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000757

Moffitt, J.M.*, Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Erath, S.A., Messinger, D.S., Zeedyk, S.M., Paez, S.A.,* & Seel, S.* (2021). Parent emotion socialization and psychophysiological arousal patterns in children with autism spectrum disorder. Research on Child & Adolescent Psychopathology: Special Issue on Transdiagnostic Implications of Parent Socialization of Child and Adolescent Emotional Development, 49, 401-412.https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-020-00745-1

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Erath, S.A., Baucom, B., Messinger, D.S., Moffitt, J.M.,* Kaeppler, A.,* & Bailey,A.* (2020). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, parenting, and externalizing behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24, 109-120. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319848525

Fenning, R.M., Erath, S.A., Baker, J.K., Messinger, D.S., Baucom, B., Moffitt, J.,* & Kaeppler, A.* (2019). Sympathetic-parasympathetic interaction and externalizing problems in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12, 1805-1816. https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2187

Baker, J. K., Fenning. R.M., & Moffitt, J. (2019). Internalization of emotion co-regulatory support in children with autism spectrum disorder. In F. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorder. NY: Springer. Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-6435-8; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102445-1

Fenning, R.M., Baker, J.K., & Moffitt, J. (2019). Predictors of emotion regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder. In F. Volkmar (Ed.), Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorder. NY: Springer. Online ISBN: 978-1-4614-6435-8; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-6435-8_102348-1

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., & Moffitt, J.* (2019). Brief report: A cross-sectional examination of the internalization of emotion co-regulatory support in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 49, 4332-4338. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-019-04091-0

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Howland, M.A.,* & Huynh, D.* (2019). Parental criticism and behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 23, 1249-1261. https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361318804190

Fenning, R.M., Baker, J.K., & Moffitt, J.* (2018). Intrinsic and extrinsic predictors of emotion regulation in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 48, 3858-3870. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-018-3647-1

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Erath, S.A., Baucom, B.R., Moffitt, J. M.,* & Howland, M.A.* (2018). Sympathetic under-arousal and externalizing behavior problems in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 46, 895-906. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-017-0332-3

Fenning, R.M., Baker, J.K., Baucom, B.R., Erath, S.A., Howland, M.A.,* & Moffitt, J.M.* (2017). Electrodermal variability and symptom severity in children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 47, 1062-1072. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-016-3021-0

McDonald, N., Baker, J.K , & Messinger, D.S. (2016). Oxytocin and parent-child interaction in the development of empathy among children at risk for autism. Developmental Psychology, 52, 735745. http://doi.org/10.1037/dev0000104

Baker, J.K., Fenning, R.M., Howland, M.A.,* Baucom, B., Moffitt, J.,* & Erath, S.A. (2015). Brief Report: A pilot study of parent-child biobehavioral synchrony in autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 45, 4140-4146. Doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2528-0.

Messinger, D. Duvivier, L.L., Warren, Z., Mahoor, M., Baker, J., Warlamount, A., & Ruvolo, P. (2014). Affective computing, emotional development, and autism. In R. Calvo, S. D’Mello, J. Gratch, and A. Kappas (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Affective Computing. Oxford University Press.