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Research by former grad students Kristine Marceau and Chang Liu and colleagues L. Li & J. Neiderhiser et al., found a relationship between mothers smoking during pregnancy and comorbid symptoms and externalizing behaviors among children and adolescents. tinyurl.com/yvbah95d

Researchers, including Orfeu M. Buxton, investigated the unique associations between #sleep patterns of middle childhood and later developmental outcomes. tinyurl.com/mujkucuh

Please help us congratulate Penn State Psychologist Dr. Chardée Galán for receiving the College of the Liberal Arts Roy Buck Publication Award, which focuses on high-quality publications on diversity issues, for her article at pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12…

Emilia F. Cárdenas and colleagues investigated main effects and interactions of reward processing and birth-related stressors on #postpartum internalizing symptoms. tinyurl.com/mpmrcxuk

Don't miss the Open Scholarship Boot Camp next week! tinyurl.com/36msbhj5

Congratulations to Katherine All, a third-year graduate student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology doctoral program and recipient of a 2026 Strumpf Scholar Award! Read more here: tinyurl.com/35j34zx2

Congratulations to Beck Scheinberg, a doctoral student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology program and recipient of a 2026 Irene E. Harms Graduate Scholarship Award! Read more here: tinyurl.com/26yna9me

Congratulations to Metzli Lombera, a graduate student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology doctoral program and recipient of a 2026 Strumpf Scholar Award! Read more here: tinyurl.com/367sec9k

Congrats to three STAR grad students in Penn State Psychology: Kivilcim Degirmencioglu, Adrianna Miller, and Hannah Stockdale. The STAR award is a scholarship for grad students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service. See la.psu.edu/graduate-stude…

Sun, Li, Chow, and Lunkenheimer (2026) examined the development of mothers' and preschoolers' self-regulation and coregulation of regulatory physiology from ages 3 to 4, and how harsh #parenting impacted these processes. @PSUPsychology tinyurl.com/5cjrhyjf

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Faculty affiliate Janette Watkins and colleagues investigated the mechanisms underlying body dissatisfaction in young adults. #youngadults #negativeemotions #depression tinyurl.com/yrbcedf7

Please help is congratulate Penn State Psychology graduate students Hunter Mattern and Elise Yan for receiving RGSO dissertation awards. To learn more about this award, go to la.psu.edu/graduate-stude…

Working in Erika Lunkenheimer’s Parent-Child Dynamics Lab helped shape Jui Baliga’s academic path. tinyurl.com/28kwuexb

We are two days away from our Speaker Series event with Vanessa LoBue, Ph.D. Visit our Speaker Series page to learn more: tinyurl.com/yk2629xp @PennStatePsych @PSULiberalArts

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Faculty affiliate Christian M. Connell and colleagues examined the use of research evidence in U.S. state child abuse and neglect policies from 2019-2024. tinyurl.com/4mje536s

Penn State researchers investigated how routines and harsh parenting may affect children’s transition to school. #routines #developmentalpsychology tinyurl.com/ycxtudd9

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