Education
Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2008
M.S. University of North Carolina, Greensboro, Human Development and Family Studies, 2005
B.S. Clemson University, Psychology, 2002
Research Interest
• Child and adolescent development
• Decision making and risk-taking behavior
• Developmental methodology
Courses Taught
HDFS 2050: Research Methods in Developmental and Family Sciences
HDFS 8060: Multilevel Modeling
HDFS 8070: Mediation and Moderation Analysis
Research Projects
Developmental studies of decision making and risky behavior
Child sleep as a mechanism and moderator in the development of health disparities.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Co-Investigator
A longitudinal examination of a dual-process model of attentional bias in PTSD.
National Institute of Mental Health
Co-Investigator
Context effects on adolescent decision making: Neuroimaging pilot studies.
Alabama Agricultural Experimental Station SEED Program
Primary Investigator
Selected Publications
Hinnant, J.B., Philbrook, L.E., Erath, S.A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2018). Approaches to modeling the development of physiological stress responsivity. Psychophysiology, 55, e13027. doi:10.1111/psyp.13027
Hinnant, J.B., Forman-Alberti, A.B., Aquino, A.K., Szollos, S., & Degnan, K.A. (2017). Approach behavior, stress, and substance use in young adults. Stress and Health, 33, 164-168. doi:10.1002/smi.2684
Hinnant, J.B., Erath, S.A., Tu, K.M., & El-Sheikh, M. (2016). Permissive parenting, deviant peer affiliations, and delinquent behavior in adolescence: The moderating role of sympathetic nervous system reactivity. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 44, 1071-1081. doi:10.1007/s10802-015-0114-8
Hinnant, J.B., Erath, S.A., & El-Sheikh, M. (2015). Harsh parenting, parasympathetic activity, and development of delinquency and substance use. Journal of Abnormal Psychology, 124, 137-151. dx.doi.org/10.1037/abn0000026
El-Sheikh, M., Hinnant, J. B., & Erath, S. A. (2015). Marital conflict, vagal regulation, and children’s sleep: A longitudinal investigation. Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, 80, 89-106. doi:10.1111/mono.12146
