E. Mark Cummings

Contact Information

E. Mark Cummings
Professor and Notre Dame Chair in Psychology
Office: 215 Haggar Hall
Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
Phone: (574) 631-4947
Email: ecummings@nd.edu

Degrees

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
M.A., University of California, Los Angeles
B.A., Johns Hopkins

Honors/Awards

Fellow, Division 7, American Psychological Association
Fellow, Nanovic Institute for European Studies
Fellow, Joan B. Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies
Fellow, International Society for Research on Aggression
Arts and Sciences Distinguished Lecturer, Indiana University Purdue University, Fort Wayne
Outstanding Research, Teaching, and Service Award, Department of Psychology, West Virginia University
Benedum Distinguished Scholar Award, West Virginia University distinction to honor faculty for outstanding research, scholarship or creative activity

Educational research interests

Dr. Cummings’ research interests focus on family factors, especially socioemotional processes, associated with normal development and the development of psychopathology in children. Of particular interest are the influences of the qualities of emotional relations between parents and children, and between the parents, on children’s adjustment. In recent years a series of studies has focused on the effects of forms of marital conflict on children’s functioning and adjustment in a variety of family contexts, including parental depression and abuse. Current concerns include emotional security as a general theoretical model from a developmental psychopathology perspective for children’s development in families, and research-based prevention and parent-educational programs.

Select Publications

Schermerhorn, A. C., Cummings, E. M., & Davies, P. T. (in press). Children’s representations of multiple family relationships: Organizational structure and development in early childhood. Journal of Family Psychology.

Shoppe-Sullivan, S., Schermerhorn, A., & Cummings, E. M. (in press). Marital conflict and children’s adjustment over time: Testing parental behavioral control, psychological autonomy, and warmth as mediators. Journal of Marriage and the Family.

Goeke-Morey, M. C., Cummings, E. M., & Papp, L. M. (in press). Children and marital conflict resolution: Implications for emotional security and adjustment. Journal of Family Psychology.