Position: Professor

Office:
University of Manitoba
Department of Family Social Sciences
35 Chancellor's Circle
Winnipeg, MB R3T 2N2 Canada

Phone No.: (204) 474-9432

Fax No.: (204) 474-7592

E-mail: rosemary.mills@ad.umanitoba.ca

Education:
1985 Ph.D. University of Toronto, Developmental Psychology

Teaching:

• Foundations of Developmental Health
• Parent-Child Relationships

Selected Publications

Mills, R. S. L., Hastings, P. D., Serbin, L. A., Etezadi, J., Stack, D. M., Schwartzman, A. E., Li, H. H., & Helm, J.(2012). Temperamental, parental and contextual contributors to early-emerging internalizing problems: A new integrative analysis approach. Social Development, 12, 229-253.

Hastings, P. D., Ruttle, P., Serbin, L. A., Mills, R. S. L., Stack, D. M., & Schwartzman, A. E. (2011).  Adrenocortical responses to strangers in preschoolers:  Relations with parenting, temperament, and psychopathology.  Developmental Psychobiology.  doi:10.1002/dev.20545

Mills, R. S. L., Arbeau, K. A., Lall, D. I. K., & De Jaeger, A. E. (2010).  Parenting and child characteristics in the prediction of shame in early and middle childhood.  Merrill-Palmer Quarterly, 56, 500-528.

Mills, R. S. L., & Piotrowski, C. C. (2009).  Haven in a heartless world?  Hurt feelings in the family.  In A. L. Vangelisti (Ed.), Feeling hurt in close relationships (pp. 260-287).  New York:  Cambridge University Press.

Mills, R. S. L., Imm, G. P., Walling, B. R., & Weiler, H. A. (2008). Cortisol reactivity and regulation associated with shame responding in early childhood.  Developmental Psychology, 44, 1369-1380.

Walling, B. R., Mills, R. S. L., & Freeman, W. S. (2007). Parenting cognitions associated with the use of psychological control. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 642-659.

Elgar, F. J., Mills, R. S. L., Waschbusch, D. A., Brownridge, D. A., & McGrath, P. J. (2007). Maternal and paternal depressive symptoms and child maladjustment: The mediating role of parental behavior. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35, 943-955.

Mills, R. S. L., Freeman, W. S., Clara, I. P., Elgar, F. J., Walling, B. R., & Mak, L. (2007).  Parent proneness to shame and the use of psychological control. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 16, 359-374.

Mills, R. S. L. (2005).  Taking stock of the developmental literature on shame.  Developmental Review, 25, 26-63.

Mills, R.S.L. (2003). Possible antecedents and developmental implications of shame in young girls. Infant and Child Development, 12, 329-349.

Mills, R.S.L., Nazar, J., & Farrell, H.M. (2002). Child and parent perceptions of hurtful messages. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 19, 731-754.

Mills, R., & Duck, S. (Eds.) (2000). Developmental psychology of personal relationships. Chichester, UK: Wiley.