My research interests revolve around two themes: interpersonal emotional processes and type 1 diabetes management. I aim to understand how empathy, interpersonal emotion regulation, and other emotional processes function within social relationships in varying contexts. As a person living with type 1 diabetes, I aim to apply these frameworks to investigate how emotions operate within type 1 diabetes management. One of my current projects investigates how parental coregulatory responses to adolescent emotional expressions during conflicts about type 1 diabetes management are associated with adolescent diabetes management and mental health outcomes. I hope to extend this research to other relational and emotional contexts related to diabetes management.
