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WELCOME
Bio-Behavioral Family Studies is a collection of NIH-funded studies,
led by Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD, evaluating the contributions of early
relational risk, trauma, and genetic factors to social adaptation
in young adulthood. Family Pathways Project, the primary study of
Bio-Behavioral Family Studies, was started more than 20 years ago
with 75 pairs of new mothers and their babies from the Somerville/Cambridge
area, the focus of the study being the parent-child relationship.
Other research includes examination of stress-hormone responsiveness
to interpersonal conflict among patients with borderline personality
disorder with McLean Hospital, and evaluation of anhedonia among
young adults with and without histories of early trauma with the
Department of Psychology, Harvard University. Bio-Behavioral Family
Studies has developed, as well as trains researchers internationally,
in attachment-related assessments such as the AMBIANCE scales for
atypical forms of parent-infant interaction and the Hostile-Helpless
coding system for the Adult Attachment Interview.
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