Amy L Byrd, PhD

Areas of Expertise

Expertise & Interests Selected Publications Education & Credentials Related News

Biopsychosocial risk mechanisms for aggression; Emotion and behavior dysregulation; Emotion socialization and dyadic interactions

Emotion and behavioral dysregulation; Dialectical behavior therapy; Youth and families

Medical student & resident education; Research mentorship; Clinical training & mentorship

Byrd AL, Kahhale I, Vize CE, Griffith RL, Viding E & Stepp SD (in press). Expanding learning models of aggression: Examining function within the dyadic context to enhance clinical utility. Aggression and Violent Behavior.
Byrd AL, Vine V, Vanwoerden S, Jennings JR & Stepp SD. (2025). Prolonged RSA recovery following parent-child conflict predicts reactive aggression in daily life. European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 1-9.
Byrd AL, Frigoletto OA, Vine V, Vanwoerden S, Jennings RD, Zalewski M & Stepp SD. (2023) Maternal invalidation and child RSA reactivity to frustration interact to predict teacher-reported aggression among at-risk preschoolers. Psychological Medicine, 53(13), 6366-6375.
Byrd AL, Vine V, Frigoletto OA, Vanwoerden S & Stepp SD. (2022) A Multi-Method Investigation of Parental Response to Youth Emotion: Prospective Effects on Emotion Dysregulation and Reactive Aggression in Daily Life. Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, 50 (2), 117-131.
Byrd AL, Lee AH, Frigoletto OA, Zalewski M & Stepp SD. (2021). Applying new RDoC dimensions to the development of emotion regulation: Examining the influence of maternal emotion regulation on within-individual changes in child emotion regulation. Development and Psychopathology, 33 (5), 1821-1836.

Education

PhD, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Education

MS, Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences

Internship

Clinical Psychology, UPMC Western Psychiatric Hospital

Postdoctoral

Clinical and Developmental Psychology, University of Pittsburgh