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Aquino, Gabriela
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Gabriela Aquino

Teaching Assistant, Graduate Research Assistant (Dr. Widen)
Department of Human Development and Family Sciences, Population Research Center


Graduate Student

Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, Human Development and Family Sciences (expected 2024)
Concentration in Teaching and Mentoring
Certificate in Inclusive Classrooms Leadership

M.A., The University of Texas at Austin, Human Development and Family Sciences (2021)
Concentration in Communicating Science

B.A., St. Mary's University, Psychology (2019)
Certificate in Community-Based Assessment and Evaluation

Gaby is a fifth-year doctoral student in the Human Development and Family Sciences department at the University of Texas at Austin.

Research Advisor

Dr. Deborah Jacobvitz

Research Interests

Gaby's research focuses on marital and parenting influences on children's socio-emotional development. She is primarily interested in examining how cultural values impact Latinx parents' quality of parenting and their children's attachment security. Gaby has also participated in research on atypical development and has investigated parenting influences on children's emotion regulation and ADHD symptoms.

Aquino, G., Perry, N., Aviles, A., Hazen, N., & Jacobvitz, D. (2023). Developmental antecedents of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder symptoms in middle childhood: The role of father-child interactions and children’s emotional underregulation. Development and Psychopathology, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423000408

Zhang, S., Aquino, G. A., Tian, Z., Hazen, N., & Jacobvitz, D. (2023). Mothers’ resilience and potential for disrupted parenting in COVID-19: The protective effect of cognitive reappraisal. Journal of Family Psychology, 37(5), 603–613. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001103

Pierucci, J. M., Aquino, G. A., Pearson, A., Perez, M., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Sichimba, F., & Mooya, H. (2023). Parent-mediated intervention training for caregivers of children with developmental differences in Zambia. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 132, 104373. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ridd.2022.104373

Jacobvitz, D., Aviles, A. I., Aquino, G. A., Tian, Z., Zhang, S., Hazen, N. L. (2022). Fathers’ sensitivity in infancy and externalizing problems in middle childhood: The role of coparenting. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.805188.
 
Pearson, A., Pierucci, J. M., Aquino, G., Perez, M., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Sichimba, F., Mooya, H. (2021). Stigma of Autism Spectrum Condition (ASC) in Lusaka, Zambia. International Journal of Disability, Community and Rehabilitation. http://www.ijdcr.ca/VOL19_01/articles/pierucci.shtml.
 
Mills, A. L., Aquino, G. A., Hoegler, S., Cummings, E. M. (2020). Interparental Conflict, Emotional Insecurity, and Parent-Adolescent Communication. Journal of Family Issues. https://doi:10.1177/0192513X20980035.

Scholarships and Fellowships

McNair Scholars Graduate School Fellowship (2019-2020) - University of Texas at Austin

Alumni Association Scholarship (2018-2019) - St. Mary's University

Bordeaux Scholarship (2015-2019) - St. Mary's University

Jacobvitz, D., Aquino, G., Tian, Z., Foster, S., Hernandez, L., & Widen, E. (2022, July). Familismo, Triads and Virtual Collection.  In A. Rifkin-Graboi (Chair), “Should we try for consistency? Questions arising when observing attachment across caregivers, settings, and/or collection modes.” International Attachment Conference, Biennial meeting of the Society for Emotion and Attachment Studies, Lisbon, Portugal.

Aquino, G. A., Aviles, A. I., Tian, Z., Jacobvitz, D., Hazen, N. (2021, April). Examining longitudinal influences of  prenatal marital quality on children’s ADHD symptomatology through fathers’ parenting quality. Flash talk symposium presented at the 2021 Virtual Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD).

Aquino, G. A., Aviles, A. I., Jacobvitz, D., Hazen, N. (2021, July-August). Continuity and change in paternal caregiving quality: The role of prenatal marital quality and mothers’ perceptions of fathers’ parenting. Oral symposium presented at the 2021 Biennial Meeting of the International Association for Relationship Research (IARR), London, UK.

Aquino, G. A., Mills, A. L., Cummings, E. M. (canceled). Examining the indirect effect of interparental conflict on parent-adolescent communication via adolescent's emotional insecurity. Poster presentation at the 2020 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.

Aquino, G. A., Pierucci, J. (2019, October). Types of play as influencing factors of social and emotional behaviors in children with developmental atypicalities. Poster presentation at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD), Portland, OR.

Aquino, G. A., Downey, A. L., Cummings, E. M., Davies, P. T., (2019, April). The mediating role of emotional security on interparental conflict and parent-adolescent communication. Oral presentation at the 2019 Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Aquino, G. A., Pierucci, J., Pearson, A., Perez, M., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Sichimba, F., Mooya, H. (2019, March). Assessing the knowledge on developmental delays and disabilities of psychology graduate students in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa. Oral symposium presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Pierucci, J.M., Pearson, A., Aquino, G. A., Perez, M., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Sichimba, F., & Mooya, H. (2019, March). First parent-mediated intervention using Project ImPACT in Zambia: Caregiver satisfaction and children’s developmental changes. Oral symposium presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Pearson, A., Pierucci, J.M., Aquino, G. A., Perez, M., Mwanza-Kabaghe, S., Sichimba, F., & Mooya, H. (2019, March). Stigma of autism spectrum disorder in Lusaka, Zambia, Africa. Oral symposium presented at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Sichimba, F., Mooya, H., Pierucci, J.M., Perez, M., Aquino, G. A., Pearson, A., Mwanza, S. (2019, March). Parenting a child living with autism spectrum disorder: Exploring experiences of caregivers in Lusaka, Zambia. Poster presentation at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Aquino, G. A., Downey, A. L., Cummings, E. M., Davies, P. T., (2019, March). “Use your words:” The role of emotional security on parent-adolescent communication. Poster presentation at the 2019 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD), Baltimore, MD.

Aquino, G. A., Sperling, R. (2018, April). The relative advantage of one-way to repeated measures ANOVA. Roundtable paper presentation at the annual convention of the American Educational Research Association (AERA), New York City, New York.

Aquino, G. A., Pierucci, J. (2018, April). The effects of a childhood parental divorce on young adults’ self-esteem and self-efficacy. Poster presentation at the 2018 Annual Convention of the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA), Houston, Texas.

Pierucci, J., Pearson, A., Aquino, G. A., (2018, April). Early childhood intervention and care for children in Zambia, Africa. Poster presentation at the 20th Annual Research Symposium and Creative Activities Exhibition, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.

Aquino, G. A., (2017, July). The relative advantage of one-way to repeated measures ANOVA with high student turnover. Paper presentation at the 10th Annual McNair Summer Research Symposium, St. Mary’s University, San Antonio, Texas.