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Name: Fred Rothbaum
Title: Professor of Child Development
Chairperson, Eliot-Pearson Dept. of Child Development (2003-2006)
Departmental Affiliation: Child Development Department
Degrees: Ph.D. Yale University; M.S. Yale University; B.A. University of Michigan
Expertise: Parent-Child Relationships; Child-Clinical Psychology; Family and Culture
Cultural differences in close relationships; dissemination of research-based child development information to parents; children's emotional problems
Major Awards: Phi Beta Kappa , Angell Scholar
E-mail: fred.rothbaum@tufts.edu

Other websites: http://cfw.tufts.edu
Scholarship & Research: Research on US-Japanese differences in parent child relationship; therapy for anxiety research on US-Japanese differences in parent child relationship; therapy for anxiety and depression; development of a website for parents and policymakers seeking research based information (www.cfw.tufts.edu); counseling parents.

Rothbaum, F. & Morelli, G. (2005). Attachment and culture: Bridging relativism and universalism. In W. Friedlmeier, P. Chakkarath & B. Schwarz (Eds.), Culture and human development: The importance of cross-cultural research to the social sciences. Lisse, The Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger, pp. 99-124.

Rothbaum, F. & Trommsdorff, G. (in press). Do roots and wings complement or oppose one another: The socialization of relatedness and autonomy in cultural context. In J. Grusec and P. Hastings (Eds.) Handbook of socialization, 2nd edition. New York: Guilford Press.

Rothbaum, F. & Kakinuma, M. (2004). Amae and attachment: Security in cultural context. Human Development, 47, 34-39.

Rothbaum, F. & Dyer-Tarquinio, E. (2003). Conflicts and routines: A family system approach. In Faculty of Tufts University’s Eliot Pearson Department of Child Development (Ed.). Proactive Parenting: Guiding your Child from Two to Six. New York: Berkley Books.

Rothbaum, F., Rosen, K., Ujiie, T. & Uchida, N. (2002). Family systems theory, attachment theory, and culture. Family Process, 41, 330-352.

Rothbaum, F., Morelli, G., Pott, M. & Liu-Constant, Y. (2000). Immigrant-Chinese and Euro- American parents' physical closeness with young children: Themes of family relatedness. Journal of Family Psychology, 14, 334-348.

Rothbaum, F., Pott, M., Azuma, H., Miyake, K., & Weisz, J. (2000). The development of close relationships in Japan and the US: Pathways of symbiotic harmony and generative tension. Child Development, 71, 1121-1142.

Rothbaum, R., Weisz, J., Pott, M., Miyake, K., & Morelli, G. (2000). Attachment and culture: Security in Japan and the U.S. American Psychologist, 55, 1093-1104.

Martland, N. & Rothbaum, F. (2002). A new frontier for research dissemination: The World Wide Web, Applied Developmental Science, 6, 110-113.

Rothbaum, F., & Tsang, B. (1998) Lovesongs in the United States and China: On the Nature of Romantic Love. Journal of Cross Cultural Psychology, 29, 306-319.

Rothbaum, F., Rosen, K., Pott, M., & Beatty, M. (1995) Early Parent-Child Relationship and Later Problem Behavior: A Longitudinal Study. Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 41, 133-151

Rothbaum, F., & Weisz, J. (1994) Parental Converging and Child Externalizing Behavior in Non-Clinical Samples: A Meta-Analysis. Psychological Bulletin, 116, 55-74.

Rothbaum, F. & Weisz, J. (1989) Child Psychopathology and the Quest for Control. Newbury Park, CA: Sage.

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