M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy, Auburn University, 2020
M.S. Human Development and Family Science, Auburn University, 2016
B.S. Psychology, University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point, 2014
Troop-Gordon, W.,
Kaeppler, A. K., & Corbitt-Hall, D. J. (2021). Youth’s expectations for their teacher’s handling of peer victimization and their socioemotional development. The Journal of Early Adolescence, 41(1), 13–42.
https://doi.org/10.1177/0272431620931192
Curtis, D. S., Fuller-Rowell, T. E., Hinnant, J. B.,
Kaeppler, A. K., & Doan, S. N. (2017). Resting high-frequency heart rate variability moderates the association between early-life adversity and body adiposity. Journal of Health Psychology, 25(7), 953–963.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1359105317739964
Baker, J. K., Fenning, R. M., Erath, S. A., Baucom, B. R., Messinger, D. S., Moffitt, J.,
Kaeppler, A. K.., & Bailey, A. (2020). Respiratory sinus arrhythmia, parenting, and externalizing behavior in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism, 24(1), 109–120.
https://doi.org/10.1177/1362361319848525
Fenning, R. M., Erath, S. A., Baker, J. K., Messinger, D. S., Moffitt, J., Baucom, B. R., &
Kaeppler, A. K. (2019). Sympathetic-parasympathetic interaction and externalizing problems in children with autism spectrum disorder. Autism Research, 12(12), 1805–1816.
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.2187
Erath, S. A.,
Kaeppler, A. K., & Tu, K. M. (2019). Coping with peer stress predicts peer adjustment across the transition to middle school. Social Development, 28(1), 22–40.
https://doi.org/10.1111/sode.12330
Kaeppler, A. K., & Erath, S. A. (2017) Linking social anxiety with social competence in early adolescence: Physiological and coping moderators. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 45(2), 371-384.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10802-016-0173-5
Manuscripts under review
Kaeppler, A. K., Erath, S. A., El-Sheikh, M., & Hinnant, B. (invited revision submitted). Coping with family stress as a moderator of the longitudinal association between childhood anxiety and adolescent depressive symptoms. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology.
Kaeppler, A. K., & Erath, S. A. (under review). Psychophysiology of social anxiety in early adolescence: Within- and cross-system interactions between measures of autonomic nervous system reactivity to social stress. Developmental Psychobiology.
Altinoz, Z. S., Erath, S. A., Pettit, G. S., Laird, R. D., &
Kaeppler, A. K. (under review). Variability in adolescent reception of parental support: A test of the domain-matching hypothesis. Journal of Family Psychology.
Selected presentations
Kaeppler, A. K., & Erath, S. A. (2023). Sympathetic nervous system hyper-reactivity to peer evaluative stress predicts elevated levels of real-time social anxiety among early adolescents. Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
Kaeppler, A. K., McConnell, L. Z., & Erath, S. A. (2020). The interactive effects of peer stress and involuntary responses to peer stress predict voluntary coping responses. Poster accepted for presentation at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. https://mailchi.mp/98c12135e590/scholars-2479169. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
Kaeppler, A. K., Erath, S. A., Troop-Gordon, W., & McConnell, L. Z. (2020). Children’s expectations for their teacher’s handling of peer victimization and their socioemotional development. Paper accepted as part of the symposium, “Multi-method research on coping with peer victimization in early adolescence” (W. Troop-Gordon, Chair) at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence. https://mailchi.mp/98c12135e590/scholars-2479169. (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).
Kaeppler, A. K.. & Erath, S. (2018). Autonomic physiology of social anxiety in early adolescence: Non-reciprocal parasympathetic and sympathetic reactivity to social stress. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Quebec City, Canada.
Kaeppler, A., Erath, S., Tu, K. (2017) Coping with peer victimization predicts peer adjustment across the transition to middle school. Poster presented at the annual conference for the Society of Research in Child Development, Austin, TX.
Kaeppler, A. K., Hinten, B., McConnell, L., Kimmel, L., & Hinnant, B. (2017) The influence of anxiety and depression on adolescent risky decision-making: An fMRI pilot study. Poster presented at the annual Southeastern Symposium on Child and Human Development, Auburn, AL.
Kaeppler, A. K. & Erath, S. (2016) Linking social anxiety and autonomic responses to social stress in preadolescence. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Society for Psychophysiological Research, Minneapolis, MN.
Graduate Research Assistant - Parent-Adolescent Communication Study, Dr. Stephen Erath (PI), Funded by the Auburn University Research Support Program and Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (2021-2023)
Graduate Research Assistant - Parent Responses to Peer Victimization Study, Dr. Wendy Troop-Gordon (PI), Funded by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station (2019-2020)
Graduate Research Assistant - Family Focus Group Therapy, Dr. Margaret Keiley (PI), Funded by Mt. Miegs Correctional Institute (2018-2020)
Graduate Research Assistant - Increasing Children’s Defending Behaviors: Using Deviance Regulation Theory to Combat Bullying, Dr. Wendy Troop-Gordon (PI), Funded by NICHD R15 HD089044-01A (2018-2019)
Graduate Research Assistant - Context Effects on Adolescent Decision Making: Neuroimaging Pilot Studies, Dr. Ben Hinnant (PI), Funded by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Auburn University Intramural Grants Program (2015-2018)
Graduate Research Assistant - Emotional Experiences of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Communication Situations, Dr. Stephen Erath (PI), Funded by the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and Auburn University Intramural Grants Program (2014-2018)