Dr. Megan Zeringue

Assistant Professor

Dr. Megan Zeringue
(615) 898-5998
(615) 898-5027
Room 334, Academic Classroom Building (ACB)
MTSU Box 87, Murfreesboro, TN 37132
Office Hours

Fall 2024:

Monday & Wednesday 11:30-1:00; Friday 11:30-12:30;

& by appointment

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...

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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 Orthopsychiatry93(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. Sleep45(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 Adolescence51, 58-67. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.05.013

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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...

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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.

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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