Child Well-Being Research Network

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Dr. Alexis Brieant co-authored a new publication illustrating the longitudinal effects of negative parenting, emotion regulation, and externalizing symptomatology on young adult health risk behaviors. Read more in the Journal of Research on Adolescence: …1-4e41-b94d-68c625d3f53f.filesusr.com/ugd/14568d_1dc…

Dr. Kate Stepleton (@KSteeps) has been named Director of the Children and Families domain at @MEF_Associates, where she oversees a portfolio including research and evaluation related to early childhood, parenting, and child and family well-being.

@DrJericaKnox and colleagues present a book chapter that focuses on the prerequisites needed of educators and administrators to make culturally responsive trainings effective (e.g., confidence in talking about racism, ability to engage with peers). igi-global.com/chapter/increa…

Dr. Nathanael Okpych's new article shows how the NYTD survey falls short in tracking postsecondary education outcomes for youth with foster care backgrounds. Offers some practical fixes to NYTD. tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.108… #CWRN #childwellbeing

The evaluation found that for children whose families completed the program, it lowered rates of investigations into maltreatment in the short-term and led to a sustained reduction in removals from the home.

Dr. Max Gross co-authored an evaluation of a widely used parent education program that aims to improve child welfare outcomes by strengthening parenting skills. See "Impact Evaluation of the Nurturing Parenting Program Nurturing Skills for Families" here: mathematica.org/publications/i…

Congratulations to Dr. Jorge Cuartas (@jcuartas2), who was awarded the 2022 Outstanding Paper Award from the American Psychological Association for his study "Corporal Punishment and Elevated Neural Response to Threat in Children" published in Child Development.

@EMcguier You can read more about this work here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.117…

@EMcguier Findings suggest that shared goals may be particularly critical to effective multidisciplinary teams. Understanding teamwork in CACs can inform efforts to improve service quality in CACs and other team-based service settings.

Dr. Elizabeth McGuier (@EMcguier) and Dr. Brooks Keeshin published an article in Child Maltreatment, "Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams", examining team functioning and performance in Child Advocacy Center (CAC) teams.

Congratulations to Dr. Gracelyn Cruden (@GracelynCruden) who was awarded a NIMH K01 Career Development Award that will test decision interventions that support state decision makers as they implement the Family First Prevention Services Act.

The Child Well-Being Research Network is currently accepting applications for new members! Additional information and the application can be found on our website: childwellbeingresearchnetwork.org/applytonetwork

Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Corr, who has received a promotion to associate professor with indefinite tenure at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign @UofIllinois.

Dr. Flora Farago (@florafarago300) co-authored a new publication about the relation among gender identity and stereotyping about weight, weight change, and appearance in 6-9 year-old girls. Read it here: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Network Member @MichelleBezark has accepted a position as Senior Research Specialist at @StartEarlyorg. In this role, Dr. Bezark will conduct qualitative research and analysis that aims to improve and inform local, state, and federal ECE policy and programs.

@BarnhartDr Policy and intervention efforts that tap into these promotive factors may not only bolster new or existing programs aimed to promote child and youth well-being, but they honor and recognize strengths present in communities and families.

@BarnhartDr and colleagues' recent published work shows how supportive neighborhood social environments could promote family resilience and flourishing among youth and adolescents. mdpi.com/1571106

@BarnhartDr Neighborhoods can be important sources of support for families and their children - their promotive factors model demonstrated that child and adolescent flourishing was directly associated with socially cohesive neighborhoods and indirectly by family resilience.

@jcuartas2 You can follow Jorge's important research here @jcuartas2.

@jcuartas2 As part of the fellowship, @jcuartas2 will examine the developmental consequences of corporal punishment in low- and- middle income countries and will design and implement a violence prevention parenting program in Colombia called Apapacho.

Congratulations to network member Jorge Cuartas (@jcuartas2), Ph.D. Candidate at Harvard University who has received the 2022-2023 APF Koppitz fellowship for the project, "Corporal Punishment and Child Development in Low- and Middle- Income Countries".