Dr. Megan Zeringue
Assistant Professor
Fall 2024:
Monday & Wednesday 11:30-1:00; Friday 11:30-12:30;
& by appointment
Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, University of New Orleans (2019)
- MS, University of New Orleans (2016)
- BS, Spring Hill College (2012)
Areas of Expertise
- Child/adolescent sleep
- Parent-child relationships
- Socioeconomic disadvantage
Publications
Zeringue, M. M., Saini, E. K., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2023). Neighborhood environment and adolescent sleep: The role of family socioeconomic status. Sleep Medicine, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.06.014
Rubens, S. L., Miller, M. A., Zeringue, M. M., Hambrick, E. P., Chakawa, A., & Perez, T. (2023). Trauma exposure and associated sleep problems in Black adolescent and young adult students atten...
Read More »Zeringue, M. M., Saini, E. K., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2023). Neighborhood environment and adolescent sleep: The role of family socioeconomic status. Sleep Medicine, 109. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2023.06.014
Rubens, S. L., Miller, M. A., Zeringue, M. M., Hambrick, E. P., Chakawa, A., & Perez, T. (2023). Trauma exposure and associated sleep problems in Black adolescent and young adult students attending an alternative high school. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy. https://doi.org/10.1037/tra0001534
Sung, A., Rubens, S. L., Soliemannjad, R. R., & Zeringue, M. M. (2023). Socioemotional health, trauma exposure, and internalizing symptoms in students attending an alternative high school. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(3), 269–278. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000678
Kelly, R. J., Zeringue, M. M., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022). Adolescents’ sleep and adjustment: Reciprocal effects. Child Development, 93(2), 540-555. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13703
McWood, L. M., Zeringue, M. M., Martín‐Piñón, O., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022). Linear and nonlinear associations between the sleep environment, presleep conditions, and sleep in adolescence: Moderation by race and socioeconomic status. Sleep Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sleep.2021.11.004
El-Sheikh, M., Zeringue, M. M., Saini, E. K., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., & Yip, T. (2022). Discrimination and adjustment in adolescence: The moderating role of sleep. Sleep, 45(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsab215
Zeringue, M. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2021). Exposure to peer aggression and adolescent sleep problems: Moderation by parental acceptance. Journal of Family Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0000713
Shimizu, M., Zeringue, M. M., Erath, S. A., Hinnant, J. B., & El-Sheikh, M. (2021). Trajectories of sleep problems in childhood: Associations with mental health in adolescence. Sleep, 44, 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1093/sleep/zsaa190
Laird, R. D. & Zeringue, M. M. (2019). Parental knowledge and child disclosure as they relate to prosocial and antisocial behaviors. In D. J. Laible, G. Carlo, & L. M. Padilla-Walker (Eds.), Oxford Handbook of Parenting and Moral Development. New York: Oxford University Press, https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190638696.013.1
Rubens, S. L., Miller, M. A., & Zeringue, M. M. (2019). The sleep environment and its association with externalizing behaviors in a sample of low-income adolescents. Journal of Community Psychology, 47, 628-640. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22142.
Laird, R. D. & Zeringue, M. M. (2019). Between- and within-person predictors of children’s information management following rule violations. Social Development, 28, 234-251. https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12324
Rubens, S. L., Miller, M. A., Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2019). Associations of bullying, victimization, and daytime sleepiness with academic problems in adolescents attending an alternative high school. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 89, 508-517. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000305
Zeringue, M. M. & Laird, R. D. (2018). Does parental support enhance the link between restrictions and adolescents’ risky driving? Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology, 56, 89-98. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appdev.2018.03.003
Laird, R. D., Zeringue, M. M., & Lambert, E. S. (2018). Negative reactions to monitoring: Do they undermine the ability of monitoring to protect adolescents? Journal of Adolescence, 63, 75-84. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.007
LaFleur, L. K., Zhao, Y., Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2016). Warmth and legitimacy beliefs contextualize adolescents' negative reactions to parental monitoring. Journal of Adolescence, 51, 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.013
Presentations
Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2024, April). The parent-adolescent relationship as a moderator of associations between secrecy and disclosure to parents and adolescents’ adjustment. Accepted for presentation at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2023, April). Associations between community violence exposure and adjustment: Moderation by interpersonal proxim...
Read More »Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2024, April). The parent-adolescent relationship as a moderator of associations between secrecy and disclosure to parents and adolescents’ adjustment. Accepted for presentation at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2023, April). Associations between community violence exposure and adjustment: Moderation by interpersonal proximity to the victims of violence. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA.
Saini, E., K., Zeringue, M. M., Martin-Piñon, O., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022, May). Social class discrimination and adolescent sleep. Presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Special Topic Meeting: Construction of the ‘Other’: Development, Consequences, and Applied Implications of Prejudice and Discrimination, Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, USA.
Zeringue, M. M., Rubens, S. L., & Miller, M. A. (2022, March). Daily associations between substance use and sleep among homeless adolescents in a transitional housing program. Paper presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Kelly, R. J., Zeringue, M. M., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022, March). Adolescents’ sleep and adjustment: Reciprocal effects. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Saini, E. K., Zeringue, M. M., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022, March). Neighborhood environment influences on adolescent sleep: The role of family socioeconomic status. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Martín‐Piñón, O., McWood, L. M., Zeringue, M. M., Buckhalt, J. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2022, March). Linear and nonlinear associations between presleep environment, worry, and arousal and adolescents’ sleep: Moderation by race. Presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
Zeringue, M. M., Erath, S. A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2021, April). Exposure to peer aggression and adolescent sleep problems: Moderation by parental acceptance. Paper presented as part of the symposium “Sleep in adolescence: The importance of family and school contexts” (J. Sasser, Chair) at the Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting.
Saini, E. K., Zeringue, M. M., El-Sheikh, M. M. (2021, April). Racial discrimination and adjustment in adolescence: Sex differences and the moderating role of sleep. Flash talk paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Virtual Biennial Meeting.
Zeringue, M. M., & Laird, R. D. (2020, March). Associations between community violence exposure and aggression: The role of interpersonal proximity to the victims of violence. Accepted for presentation at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA. [Conference canceled due to COVID-19]
Rubens, S. L., Zeringue, M. M., & Miller, M. A. (2018, August). Trauma exposure, social support, and internalizing symptoms in at-risk adolescents. Presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, CA.
Zeringue, M. M. & Laird, R. D. (2017, April). Can parents’ restrictions help make their children safer drivers? Presented at the Society for Research in Child Development Biennial Meeting, Austin, TX.
Courses
PSY 2300 Developmental Psychology
PSY 3020 Basic Statistics for Behavioral Science
PSY 3070 Research Methods
PSY 4210 Adolescent Development
PSY 6120 Developmental Psychology: Childhood & Adolescence