Associate Professor, Department of Psychology
Director, Child Study Center
Director, CALMER Lab
Director, Child Study Center
Director, CALMER Lab
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Office Hours
Wednesdays 9am-noon
Office Address
Child Study Center - Room 101
460 Turner Street NW
Suite 207
Blacksburg, VA 24060
460 Turner Street NW
Suite 207
Blacksburg, VA 24060
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Accepting Graduate Students?
Not currently accepting students
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Link(s) To Publications
Curriculum Vitae
Short Bio
Dr. Breaux's research focuses on the social, emotional, and academic functioning of children, adolescents, and emerging adults, particularly those with ADHD. She is also interested in understanding the role parents play in shaping youth's social-emotional development, with a focus on emotion regulation and emotion socialization parenting practices. Additionally, Dr. Breaux is working to evaluate and disseminate the RELAX intervention, which targets emotion dysregulation and interpersonal conflict in adolescents. Her work has increasingly utilized stepped-care models to ensure limited resources are being utilized for those who need them most, and the use of mobile health (mHealth) and telehealth to deliver evidence-based interventions.
Interests
Dr. Breaux enjoys spending time with her twin daughters, playing board games, hiking, cooking, watching Broadway musicals, traveling, dancing, and playing with her golden retriever, Eevee.
Recent Courses Taught
- PSYC 3034 (Psychological Disorders of Children)
- PSYC 6254 (Advanced Topics in Clinical Psychology: Child Assessment)
- PSYC 5965 and 6965 (Clinical Practicum)
Select Publications
- Dahiya, A.*~, Breaux, R.~, Pham, S. N.*, Martino, D.*, Fok, M.*, Albright, J.*, Shroff, D. M.*, & Scarpa, A. (2025). Using a mobile app to support parents of children with behavior problems. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology. Advanced Online Publication. doi: 10.1007/s10802-025-01385-z. ~ Denotes Joint First Author
- Breaux, R. (2024). The need to target parent emotion regulation in child mental health treatment: A commentary on Brandão et al. (2023). Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 31, 110-112. doi: 10.1037/cps0000198
- Garcia, K. M.*, Shroff, D. M.*, Patrick, A.*, Ollendick, T. H., & Breaux, R. (2024). A systematic review of parent socialization of negative affect in clinical child populations: Relations to youth emotion regulation abilities. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 27, 1054-1087. doi: 10.1007/s10567-024-00508-0
- Breaux, R., Baweja, R., Eadeh, H. M.*, Shroff, D. M.*, Cash, A. R.*, Swanson, C. S.*, Knejans, A., & Waxmonsky, J. (2023). Systematic review and meta-analysis: Pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions for persistent non-episodic irritability. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 62, 318-334. doi: 10.1016/j.jaac.2022.05.012
- Breaux, R., Shroff, D. M.*, Cash, A. R.*, Swanson, C. S.*, Carlton, C.*, Bertollo, J. R.*, & Dahiya, A. V.* (2023). Telehealth delivery of the RELAX intervention for families of adolescents diagnosed with ADHD: Preliminary treatment outcomes and evidence of acceptability and feasibility. Evidence-Based Practice in Child & Adolescent Mental Health, 8, 24-38. doi: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1970053
- Breaux, R., Lewis, J.*, Cash, A. R.*, Shroff, D. M.*, Burkhouse, K. L. & Kujawa, A. (2022). Parent emotion socialization and positive affect in child and adolescent clinical samples: A systematic review. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 25, 204-221. doi: 10.1007/s10567-022-00388-2
Degrees
- Ph.D. (2017) - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- M.S. (2013) - University of Massachusetts Amherst
- B.S. (2011) - Carnegie Mellon University