- Child Development: Children’s school readiness; The transition to adulthood; Early literacy development; Development of self-regulation and links to school success; Social and cognitive development in children; Parent-child interactions.
- Adult Development and Aging: Family caregiving; Retirement, Widowhood; Personality predictors of health, illness, and mortality; Change in stress and coping processes and its impact on health in later life; Characterization, manifestation and assessment of exceptional adult development.
- Families: Divorce and remarriage; Leaving home; Marriage; Parenting.
- Rural Communities: Family economic transitions in rural settings; Rural communities in transition; Geographic transitions among rural families
- Cross-National Comparison: Cross-cultural differences in self-regulation and parenting.

