Research

Publications

Hanno, E.C., Fritz, L.S., Jones, S.M., & Lesaux, N.K. (2022). School learning format and children’s behavioral health during the COVID-19 pandemic. JAMA Pediatrics. Link here.

Sylva, K., Murkett, G. & Fritz, L.S. (2018). Laying the foundation for lifelong skills: universal and integrated early childhood services in England. In S.L. Kagan (Ed.) Leading by example: a comparative analysis of ECEC systems in six high-performing countries. New York, NY: Teachers College Press. Link here.

Presentations

Fritz, L.S. (2025). Emotion socialization in the classroom: Understanding the contributions of teacher-child relationships and setting relational climate. Paper presented for 2025 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting.

Fritz, L.S. (2024). Exploring the relation between teacher- and classroom-level socialization processes and children’s social and emotional development. Poster presented for 2024 National Research Conference on Early Childhood (NRCEC).

Jones, S.M., Fritz, L.S., & Dermody, C.M. (2024). Young children's executive function (EF) in context:  Examining educator-child relationships through multiple measurements of EF across time. Paper presented for 2024 International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development (ISSBD) Biennial Conference.

Fritz, L.S. (2023). Documenting variation in emotion socialization profiles in Head Start classrooms. Paper presented for 2023 Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) Biennial Conference.

Fritz, L.S., Dermody, C.M., Jones, S.M., & Lesaux, N.K. (2023). Exploring developmental trajectories of social and emotional skills in early childhood using a novel person-centered approach. Paper presented for 2023 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Annual Conference.

Fritz, L.S., Jones, S.M., Hanno, E.C., Lesaux, N.K., Mozaffari, A., & Ramos-Draper, J. (2023). Developmental trajectories of children’s behavioral health and family well-being prior to and through the COVID-19 pandemic. Paper presented for 2023 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting.

Fritz, L.S., Hanno, E.C., Li, J., Jones, S.M., & Lesaux, N.K. (2021). Examining the psychometric properties of an observational measure of interactional quality in early education and care settings. Paper presented for 2021 Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness (SREE) Annual Conference.

Fritz, L.S., Hanno, E.C., Li, J., Jones, S.M., & Lesaux, N.K. (2021). Validating the Simple Interactions Tool as a measure of interaction quality in early education and care settings. Paper presented for 2021 Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Virtual Biennial Meeting.

Fritz, L.S. & Albery, E. (2019). Teacher-child interactions and social-emotional learning in Boston Public Schools. Paper presented for 24th Annual Student Research Conference, Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Fritz, L.S. (2017). Children’s use of personal knowledge and adult testimony in fantasy/reality distinctions. Paper presented for Families, Effective Learning and Literacy seminar series, University of Oxford Department of Education.