Isabel Bradburn , Ph.D.
Research Director of Child Development Center for
Learning and Research
E-Mail isbrad@vt.edu
Mailing Address 358 Wallace Hall (0416)
Blacksburg, VA 24061
Phone 540-231-1863
Fax 540-231-7012
Office Hours By appointment
Primary Academic Interests
- Children and families
- Attachment processes in children and adults
- Stress and coping
- Socioemotional development
- Developmental psychopathology
Professional Responsibilities
- Research Director, Child Development Center for Learning and Research
- Developmental Science Initiative group member
- Center for Gerontology Affiliate
- Fostering social and emotional development in preschool
- The arts, human development and social relationships
- Sensory integration in young children
Selected Publications
Cowan, P.A., Bradburn, I.S., & Cowan, C.P. (in press). Parents'’ working models of attachment: The intergenerational context of parenting and children's adaptation to school. In P.A. Cowan, C. P.Cowan, J. C. Ablow, V. Kahen-Johnson, & J.R. Measelle (Eds.), The family context of parenting in children's adaptation to school. Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Bradburn, I.S., & Kaplan, J.A. (1993). Continuity and change in the transition to parenthood: A tale of two families. In P.A. Cowan, D.A. Hanson, A. Skolnick. & G.E. Swanson (Eds.), Family, self and society: Toward a new agenda for family research (pp. 385- 415). Hillsdale, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Bradburn, I.S. (1991). After the earth shook: Children’s stress symptoms 6-8 months after a disaster. Advances in Behaviour Research and Therapy, 13, 173-179.
January, 2001. Life in the Ituri rainforest. Guest lecture, Department of Plant Pathology, Physiology and Weed Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (VT). Blacksburg, VA.
August, 1998. From parent to partner: Discussion of early attachment experiences predicts wives' conflict coping behavior. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
April, 1998. From parent to partner: Clinical implications of attachment theory. Paper presented at the Mental Health Service Grand Rounds, Harvard University Health Services, Harvard University, Cambridge MA.
April, 1997. All in the family: How adult attachment, marital conflict and parenting predict children's adaptation to Kindergarten. Poster session presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Washington, D.C.