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Sensory-specific satiety and the influence of variety on snack intake in school-aged children Food intake is influenced by the variety of foods available. While studies in adults indicate this effect is driven by sensory-specific satiety (SSS; …

Kathleen Keller and colleagues investigated the potential for food properties to moderate the influence of variety on intake with children. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Change in maternal harshness and home environment across early childhood as predictors of autonomic regulation in adolescence in the context of prenatal substance exposure Abstract. Using the Dimensional Model of Psychopathology as our theoretical framework, we investigated whether developmental patterns of maternal harshness

Researchers including Rina D. Eiden explored how early environmental patterns shape stress regulation in adolescents with a history of prenatal cocaine exposure. academic.oup.com/chidev/artic...

PAMT (Prevention and Methodology Training) NIDA T32 Training fellowships are open | Social Science Research Institute Applications are now open for two-year pre-doctoral fellowships through the Prevention and Methodology Training (PAMT) Program (NIDA T32 Training fellowships). The program will begin on July 1,…

Applications for the two-year pre-doctoral PAMT (Prevention and Methodology Training) NIDA T32 Training fellowships are open. Program begins on July 1 and deadline is March 6 at 5pm. More Information ➡️

Electrocortical Reactivity to Emotional Faces in Youth of Depressed Mothers: The Moderating Role of Emotion Regulation Styles - Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology Children of depressed mothers are at significantly high risk (HR) for developing major depressive disorder (MDD) compared to their low risk (LR) counterparts. Evidence shows that HR youth exhibit a re...

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. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Penn State names 14 new distinguished professors for 2026 | Penn State University Penn State's Office of Faculty Affairs has named 14 new distinguished professors for 2026, recognizing outstanding academic contribution to the University.

Congratulations to faculty affiliate David Lee on being named a Penn State distinguished professor. www.psu.edu/news/academi...

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library Background Domestic violence mechanisms are frequently transmitted across generations, representing a global issue demanding particular attention. This study investigates the intergenerational trans...

Findings from researchers including Karen Bierman suggest the Fast Track intervention for children may help break the intergenerational transmission of violence. acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Young Children’s PTS Symptom Improvement During ARC Treatment: Caregiver Functioning and Conjoint Sessions as Moderators Caregiver involvement in trauma-focused treatments for young children has shown improved outcomes. However, it remains unclear whether child outcomes are influenced by the dosage of conjoint partic...

Ulziimaa Chimed-Ochir, Christian Connell, and others investigated young children’s posttraumatic stress symptom improvement during Attachment, Regulation and Competency (ARC) treatment. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Sex and race/ethnicity differences in the 24-hour movement behaviors among adolescents in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) - Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Purpose To compare components of the 24-hour movement behaviors (physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep) across sex and race/ethnic groups among a diverse sample of adolescents to identity poten...

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. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

“Juntos pudimos, juntos podemos”: learning from hispanic caregiver perspectives on AAC service delivery Families engaging with AAC bring diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds that influence how services and systems are experienced. In the United States, Hispanic families constitute a rapidly gr...

Karla Armendariz and Krista Wilkinson studied the perspectives of Hispanic mothers to learn how cultural values and linguistic diversity shape family engagement with augmentative and alternative communication services and system design. www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

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 psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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Mother–Infant Physiological Coregulation Is Associated With Infant Developmental Status Among Families With Experienced Adversity Mother–infant physiological coregulation may vary by the infants’ developmental needs. We examined whether infant developmental status was associated with dynamic trajectories of mother–infant respir...

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. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Feasibility Trial of a Single Session of Crisis Response Planning for Youth at High Risk for Suicide Suicide is the second leading cause of death among adolescents, yet access to mental health care remains limited. Youth have unique developmental and …

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. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Looking at the big picture: demonstrating benefits of Bayesian latent cluster spatio-temporal analysis for understanding maternal prescription opioids misuse - BMC Public Health BMC Public Health - As the opioid crisis rages, maternal prescription opioid misuse (MPOM) is particularly concerning because it influences both the mother and child’s wellbeing. However,...

Faculty affiliate Christian M. Connell and colleagues tested the usefulness of the Bayesian spatio-temporal clustering approach when investigating maternal prescription opioid misuse trend. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

From Distress To Disruption in Early Childhood: Time-Varying Associations Between Internalizing and Externalizing Problems, Child Sex and Prenatal Cocaine Exposure - Research on Child and Adolescent P... Evidence of internalizing (INT)-to-externalizing (EXT) directional effects (e.g., acting out/masked depression hypotheses) has been commonly found in older youth. However, this relationship may still ...

Research by Ivanova, Eiden, Seay, Perry & Linden-Carmichael examined the codevelopment of #internalizing and #externalizing disorders and variations in their codevelopment due to prenatal cocaine exposure and gender. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Penn State’s Child Study Center to host 2026 Innovation Hub Symposium | Penn State University “Community Engaged Research for Public Impact: Process to Policy” is the theme of the Penn State Child Study Center's biennial symposium taking place on Friday, Feb. 6, at University Park.

Child Study Center’s Innovation Hub Symposium to focus on using community-engaged research for public impact. www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

The Effects of a Child-Focused Coping Intervention on Parental Coping and Parent Depressive Symptoms in a Randomized Control Trial - Journal of Child and Family Studies Journal of Child and Family Studies - Poverty and its related stressors have been shown to lead to poor mental and physical health outcomes for entire family systems including youth and their...

Research by Adithi Rajagopalan and Martha Wadsworth suggests child-focused programming may be an additional point of intervention for families in high-stress contexts. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Measurement bias in adolescent sleep duration: Comparison of self-reported and actigraphy-assessed sleep duration among adolescents in the Future of Families and Child-Wellbeing Study To assess differences and potential measurement bias in adolescent sleep duration, we compared self-report and actigraphy-assessed sleep duration in the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study (a...

Researchers, including faculty affiliate Orfeu Buxton, recently examined measurement bias in adolescent sleep duration. #adolescentsleep www.sleephealthjournal.org/article/S235...

<em>Family Relations</em> | Wiley Online Library Objective The present study examines the link between nonstandard work schedules and parental distress in mothers and fathers during the transition to parenthood, examining coparenting as a moderato...

Ruiqi Feng and Douglas M. Teti examined the link between nonstandard work schedules and parental distress in mothers and fathers during the transition to #parenthood, with coparenting as a moderator. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Hands-on research in CAT Lab guides psychology student’s career path | Penn State University Fourth-year psychology student Miguel Morazan gained technical skills, mentorship and clarity about his future through hands-on research with children and families in the Cognition, Affect, and Temper...

Undergraduate student Miguel Morazan’s lab work provided a meaningful way to connect academic interests with real-world research. @drkoraly.bsky.social www.psu.edu/news/liberal...

Findings by Yeunjoo (Vanessa) Kim, Margaret Fields-Olivieri, and Pamela Cole suggest how children’s use of #language in a frustrating situation where they must wait for a desired gift is related to their #anger expressions. psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

Katie L. Burkhouse and colleagues used resting state fMRI to examine whether altered cognitive network connectivity patterns are a brain-based mechanism of intergenerational risk for #depression. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The Interplay of Genes and Environment Across Multiple Studies (IGEMS) Consortium After Fifteen Years. #genetics www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Shared decision making with child’s physician less common for immigrant parents | Penn State University Immigrant parents were less likely than U.S.-born parents to report shared decision making — working together to assess needs and agree on a plan — with their child’s health care provider, according t...

Doctoral student Sawsan Salah and adviser Lori Francis, Ph.D., investigated how cultural and linguistic barriers may affect the pediatric care received by #immigrants in this country. #pediatriccare www.psu.edu/news/health-...