Penn State Child Study Center

Congratulations to Srushti Untawale for receiving an American Psychological Foundation grant! Learn more here: tinyurl.com/56rck6c6

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Newly published research by Janet A. Welsh, Karen L. Bierman, and colleagues suggests the Research-based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) program can be adapted for use in child-care centers and boost growth in multiple areas of child #schoolreadiness. tinyurl.com/mvcty4uu

New publication by Hlutkowsky, Yan, Shapiro, Feldman, and Huang-Pollock (2026): A Diffusion Model Analysis of Task Set Inertia and Task Set Reconfiguration in #ADHD. tinyurl.com/5n8dn4zw

Please help us welcome Robert Nix, Ph.D., one week from today at the Child Study Center Speaker Series.

Faculty affiliate Janette M. Watkins and colleagues examined associations between meeting physical activity guidelines and #sleep duration among #youth with #disabilities. #physicalactivity tinyurl.com/3crk3ec9

Kathleen Keller and colleagues investigated the potential for food properties to moderate the influence of variety on intake with #children. #foodintake tinyurl.com/2vsh87sx

Please join us two weeks from today! @PSUPsychology @pennstateHDFS

Researchers including Rina D. Eiden explored how early environmental patterns shape stress regulation in #adolescents with a history of prenatal cocaine exposure. #harshparenting #stressregulation @PSUPsychology tinyurl.com/f9ue75v6

Katie Burkhouse and team are the first to examine how a variety of self-reported emotion regulation styles may interact with maternal major depressive disorder history to predict an EEG marker of emotional reactivity among youth. #emotionregulation tinyurl.com/3yt38zsn

Congratulations to faculty affiliate David Lee on being named a Penn State distinguished professor. 👏 tinyurl.com/bducpc75

Findings from researchers including Karen Bierman suggest the Fast Track #intervention for #children may help break the intergenerational transmission of violence. #childpsychology tinyurl.com/4tn6vhkb

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Ulziimaa Chimed-Ochir, Christian Connell, and others investigated young children’s posttraumatic stress symptom improvement during Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) treatment. #posttraumaticstress tinyurl.com/5fhf9hh2

Researchers including Orfeu Buxton characterized 24-hour movement behaviors among an ethnoracially and socioeconomically diverse sample of US adolescents to identify potential gaps and opportunities for intervention. tinyurl.com/ysdyjuum

Karla Armendariz and Krista Wilkinson studied the perspectives of Hispanic mothers to learn how cultural values and linguistic diversity shape family engagement with AAC services and system design. #AAC @AAC_Penn_State tinyurl.com/2vf3kwst

Research by Chardée Galán and colleagues is among the first to demonstrate that racism-related vigilance is a key factor in linking racial #discrimination to increased #depression and #anxiety among minoritized youth at the daily level. #racism tinyurl.com/3xpzy8au

Please join us March 19th for the Child Study Center's Speaker Series with Robert Nix, Ph.D. @pennstateHDFS @PSUPsychology

New research by Brown, Lunkenheimer, Girod, et al. (2025), published in Developmental Psychobiology, may inform the promotion of adaptive #caregiving behaviors and #infant development in interventions with high-risk families. #developmentalpsychology tinyurl.com/u4zatdke

Katie Burkhouse and colleagues examined the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of a chat-based version of Crisis Response Planning (CRP) for #adolescents with suicidal ideation. tinyurl.com/2t2rx9mf