My current interests are primarily related to parenting,
adoption, attachment and special needs kids.
I am presently engaged in two
projects: (1) collecting data from a National sample for a parenting project
related to stress and social support; (2) analyzing data collected by Dr.Ron Federici and colleagues
from a sample of institutionalized children in
I am typically looking for research assistants, and welcome
your inquiries if you are interested in doing a project together.
Publications:
Asbury, E.T., Cross, D., Waggenspack, B. (2003). Biological, Adopted and Mixed Families: The Impact of the special needs child. Adoption Quarterly, 7, (1). Pgs. 53-72.
Asbury, E.T., Fritss, M., Horton, J., & Isaac, W. (1998). Progesterone facilitates the acquisition of avoidance learning and protects against subcortical neuronal death following prefrontal cortex ablation in the rat. Behavioral Brain Research, 97, 99-106.
Fritts, M., Asbury, E.T., Isaac, W., & Horton, J. (1998). Pretest CS cueing facilitates the recovery of avoidance behavior following visual cortex lesions in the rat. Physiology & Behavior, 63(4), 659-666.
Fritts, M., Asbury, E.T., Horton, J., & Isaac, W. (1998). Medial prefrontal lesions deficits involving or sparing the prelimbic area in the rat lead to differential deficits on an avoidance task. Physiology and Behavior, 64(3), 373-380.
In Review:
Marozzi, P., Asbury, E.T., Huff, E.,Lewis, O. & Eloshway,
L. (2004). A Comparison of Stress and Social Support between
Military and Traditional College Students. Stress, Anxiety & Coping. Poster presented at
Southeastern Psychological Association Conference,
Selected Presentations:
Asbury, E.T., Purvis, K., Tran, L.,
& Comrie, S. (April, 1999). Issues of social
support: Homeschooled versus non-homeschooled
children. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern
Psychological Association,
Asbury, E.T., Purvis, K., McAvoy, M., & Imig, M.
(April, 1999). Evidence for two familial subtypes based on degree of
religiosity. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Southwestern
Psychological Association,
Asbury, E.T., Purvis, K., &
Cross, D. (April, 2000). Decreases in child behavior problems suggest
effectiveness of therapeutic camp for post-institutionalized children. Poster
session presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in
Developmental Psychology,
Purvis, K., Asbury, E.T., &
Cross, D. (April, 2000). Sensory integration dysfunction and attachment
disorder in a sample of post-institutionalized adopted children. Poster session
presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Research in Developmental
Psychology,
Purvis, K., Asbury, E.T., &
Cross, D. (April, 2000). Evidence for the reduction of
attachment disorder behaviors as a result of a therapeutic camp for
post-institutionalized children. Poster session presented at the annual
meeting of the Society for Research in Developmental Psychology,
Asbury, E.T., Cross, D., Solomon,
G., & Dansereau, D. (April, 2000). Relationship between youth soccer performance and adult sideline
behavior. Poster presentation at the annual meeting of
the Southwest Psychological Association,