Dr. Melanie Zimmer-Gembeck and the Zlab
Publications
Parent Stress, Coping, Anxiety, Burnout
see the list below
​​Ryan, K. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Stuart, J., Soenens, B., Zimmermann, G., & Van Petegem, S. (2026). Overprotective parenting: Examining pressures to be perfect, social media comparisons, world instability, and parent anxiety. Family Relations 75(2), 938-959.
https://doi.org/10.1111/fare.70150
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Ryan, K. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Hawes, T., Kovacs, T., & Leahy, N. (2026). Intrusive parenting and adolescent internalizing and externalizing symptoms: Three-level meta-analytic reviews considering parenting concepts and methodology. Child and Family Clinical Psychology Review, 29, 105-127.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-025-00555-1
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Eira Nunes, C., Lamprianidou, E., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J.; Van Petegem, S. (2025). The relations between parents’ gender equality values and (co)parenting: Examining actor-partner effects in an Australian community sample. Journal of Family Issues , 46(1), 3-25. https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X241236552
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Ryan, K. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Speechley, M., Stuart, J., Soenens, B., Zimmermann, G., & Van Petegem, S. (2024). Identifying correlates of demanding and responsive features in helicopter and overprotective parenting. Journal of Child & Family Studies, 33, 2826-2843.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-024-02896-x
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Campbell, S. M., Hawes, T., Swan, K., Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2023). Evidence-based treatment in practice: Parent-Child Interaction Therapy research on addressing individual differences and diversity through the lens of 20 years of service. Psychology Research and Behavior Management, 16, 2599—2617.
https://doi.org/10.2147/PRBM.S360302
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Rudolph, J. I., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Straker, D., Hambour, V., Hawes, T., & Swan, K. (2023). Parental-led sexual abuse education amongst at-risk parents: Associations with parenting practices, and parent and child symptomology. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 32(5), 575-595.
https://doi.org/10.1080/10538712.2023.2222116
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Greenhalgh, K., Mahler, N., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Shanley, D. (2023). Childhood hearing loss: An uncertain context for parenting. Deafness and Education International, 25(2), 121-139.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14643154.2022.2125626
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Rudolph, J. I., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Walsh, K. (2022). Recall of sexual abuse prevention education at school and home: Associations with sexual abuse experience, disclosure, protective parenting, and knowledge. Child Abuse & Neglect, 129, 105680. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105680
Howe, S., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2022). Person-centred parent emotion socialization and child temperament: Relations to children’s emotion regulation and anxiety and depressive symptoms, Journal of Child and Family Studies, 31, 2644-2659. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-022-02289-y
Rudolph, J. I., Walsh, K., Shanley, D. C., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2022). Child sexual abuse prevention: Parental discussion, protective practices and attitudes. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 37(23-24), NP22375-NP22400. https://doi.org/10.1177/08862605211072258
Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Rudolph, J., Kerin, J., & Bohadana-Brown, G. (2022). Parent emotional regulation: A meta-analytic review of its association with parenting and child adjustment. International Journal of Behavioral Development, 46(1), 63-82. https://doi.org/10.1177/01650254211051086
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​McKenzie, M. L., Donovan, C. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Waters, A. M., Mathieu, S. L., & Farrell, L. J. (2020). Examining parental perception of children’s emotion regulation in paediatric OCD: Associations with child symptoms, parental distress, and family accommodation. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders. Article 100508. doi:10.1016/j.jocrd.2020.100508
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., McKay, A., & Webb, H. J. (2019). The food-related parenting context: Associations with parent mindfulness and children’s temperament. Mindfulness, 10, 2415-2428. doi:10.1007/s12671-019-01219-2
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Joyce, J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., & Morrissey, S. (2019). Self-Determination Theory and food-related parenting: The Parent Socioemotional Context of Feeding Questionnaire. Journal of Family Psychology, 33, 476-486. doi:10.1037/fam0000524
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Kerin, J., Webb, H. J., Gardner, A., Mastro, S., & Swan, K. (2019). Improved perceptions of emotion regulation and reflective functioning in parents: Two additional positive outcomes of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Behavior Therapy, 50, 340-352. doi:10.1016/j.beth.2018.07.002
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​Webb, H. J., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Scuffham, P., Rani, B., & Barber, B. (2018). Family stress predicts poorer dietary quality in children: Examining the role of the parent?child relationship. Infant and Child Development, 27, e2088. doi:10.1002/icd.2088.
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Thomas, R., Abell, B., Webb, H. J., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A meta-analysis. Pediatrics, 140(3) e20170352.
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​Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., McGregor, L., Avdagic, E., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2017). An evaluation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy with and without a motivational enhancement to reduce attrition. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 46, 537-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/15374416.2016.1247357.
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Rowe, S., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hood, M. (2016). From the child to the neighbourhood: Longitudinal ecological correlates of young adolescents’ emotional, social, conduct, and academic difficulties. Journal of Adolescence, 49, 218-231. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.adolescence.2016.4.001.
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Rowe, S. L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Hood, M. (2016). Community, family, and individual factors associated with adolescents’ resilience and vulnerability, daily stress, and well-being following family separation. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage, 57, 87-111. https://doi.org/10.1080/10502556.2015.1127875.
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​Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Webb, H. J., Thomas, R., & Klag, S. (2015). A new measure of toddler parenting practices and associations with attachment and mothers’ sensitivity, competence, and enjoyment of parenting, Early Child Development and Care, 185, 1422-1436. doi:10.1080/03004430.2014.1001753.
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Bell, C., Waters, A. M., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2015). The impact of mothers’ trait anxiety on their expectations of approach-avoidance behavior in anxious and non-anxious children. Australian Journal of Psychology, 67, 55-64. doi.org/10.1111/ajpy.12060.
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., Thomas, R., Hendrickson, K., Avdagic, E., Webb, H., & McGregor, L. (2013). Maternal emotional distress and children’s internalizing and externalizing in families at high risk of child abuse: Child gender moderates parenting sensitivity as a mediator, Infant and Child Development, 22, 480-500 doi: 10.1002/icd.1804.
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McGregor, L., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Creed, P. A. (2012) Family structure, interparental conflict and parenting as correlates of children’s relationship expectations. Journal of Relationships Research, 3, 44-56. doi: 10.1017/jrr.2012.6
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Waters, A. M., Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. & Farrell, L. J. (2012).The relationships of child and parent factors with anxiety symptoms in children? Parental anxious rearing as a mediator. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26(7), 737-745. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2012.06.002
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Thomas, R., & Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J. (2011). Accumulating evidence for best practice: The case of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy and child maltreatment. Child Development, 82, 177-192.
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Zimmer-Gembeck, M. J., & Thomas, R. (2010). Parents, parenting and toddler adaptation: Evidence from a national longitudinal study of Australian children. Infant Behavior and Development, 33, 518-529.
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