Yufei Gu is a Ph.D. candidate in Developmental Psychology at New York University – Abu Dhabi (NYUAD). She pursued her Bachelor’s degrees in Psychology and Interactive Media at NYUAD and her Master’s Degree in Learning, Science & Technology at the University of Pennsylvania. Informed by attachment theory, Yufei’s research focuses on how early experience with caregivers is carried forward across the lifespan and impacts the formation and perception of new attachment relationships. In particular, she is interested in the decision-making around whether or not to become caregivers and have children (i.e., prospective parenthood), and the mechanisms by which attachment representations impact parental adjustment during the transition to parenthood. Currently, her work focuses on the developmental antecedents and psychological factors underlying prospective parenthood, and potential differences by biological sex.