***ASPIRING DOCTORAL APPLICANTS: Please consider registering for the University of Washington Department of Psychology's Virtual Recruitment Event. This event, held on September 29th, 3-5pm PT, is designed to demystify the doctoral application process, introduce our department and its PhD programs, and allow you opportunities to ask questions and engage with faculty, staff, and doctoral students. A recording of the first part will be sent to registrants; the event's latter parts (e.g., the program-specific breakout rooms) are NOT recorded. Dr. Jacques is the faculty representative for the Child Clinical program this year, so she will be there and is looking forward to engaging with applicants. If you are interested in applying to work with her, join the Child Clinical breakout room. She will not be in the Developmental breakout room as she is not Developmental faculty and does not advise in the Developmental program.*****

Hello and welcome to the Family Processes and Child Development Lab website! We are an interdisciplinary research team based in the Child Clinical Psychology program at the University of Washington. Dr. Debrielle T. Jacques is the lab's founder and director since 2022 when she joined the University of Washington Department of Psychology faculty.

Our research examines the effects of parental addiction and substance use on parenting, family processes, and child development. Our work also focuses on elucidating nuanced psychological and developmental pathways underlying associations between parental addiction, family functioning, and child functioning. We do this by examining factors, associations, and complex processes from multiple levels of analysis and via integrated theoretical frameworks.

Please browse other pages on this site to learn more about recent publications, lab news, lab members, and opportunities to join or collaborate with us.