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

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/...

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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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-...

Could routines in early #infancy be linked to later #obesity risk? www.psu.edu/news/researc...

The Role of Child Welfare in Detection and Treatment of Early Childhood Developmental Concerns. #childwelfare #childdevelopment jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Research by Christine Youngwon Kim and Douglas M. Teti explored #infant nighttime distress as a predictor and outcome of #coparenting during the first year of life. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Researchers including Erika Lunkenheimer studied #communication between parents and youth to advance the design and use of tools to assess interpersonal interactions in investigations of #adolescent #depression. psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Research by Samantha Tornello and colleagues indicates parenting stress, not parent gender identity, predicts child outcomes. #PennStateHDFS #transgender #nonbinary #parenting www.psu.edu/news/health-...

Researchers explored the effects of an online #infant #sleep intervention on sleep, weight status, and weight-related behaviors into toddlerhood. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Penn State researchers investigated: The Contextualized Impact of Ethnic-Racial Socialization on Black and Latino Youth’s Self-Esteem and Ethnic-Racial Identity. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...

Penn State’s positive #parenting program, Family Foundations, helps to make #families thrive. @prcpennstate.bsky.social www.psu.edu/our-impact/f...

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Koraly Pérez-Edgar recently spoke with the 10 Seconds to Air podcast about building a healthy relationship with your kids. @drkoraly.bsky.social #anxiety #shyness #temperaments #10SecondstoAir www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1sE...

A pilot study by Penn State researchers utilized an AI bite tracker to study children’s eating behaviors. @katkellerlab.bsky.social www.psu.edu/news/health-...

Faculty affiliate Christian Connell and team found that a child’s involvement with the Pennsylvania child welfare system influenced how likely they were to be diagnosed with a developmental delay before the age of three. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Danielle Downs, professor of kinesiology and obstetrics & gynecology and CSC faculty affiliate, was named a fellow of the National Academy of Kinesiology. www.psu.edu/news/faculty...

Findings from researchers including Orfeu Buxton suggest young adult cardiovascular health may be improved by developing good #adolescent #sleep routines. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Research by postdoctoral scholar Karla Armendariz and colleague provides an overview of two widely used frameworks for assessing the #communication needs of #children who use #AAC and their families. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

A recent study by Janette Watkins et al. suggests important implications for designing school-based interventions that address both physical activity promotion and digital wellness in middle school students. #interventions #middleschool tinyurl.com/ytj28cv7

Findings from Katie L. Burkhouse and colleagues suggest co-occurrence of authoritarian parenting styles and enhanced adolescent daughter error-related negativity, a biomarker, increased risk for daughter depressive symptoms. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please join us tomorrow for the Child Study Center Speaker Series with Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D., M.Ed.

Michael T. Clarke and Gloria Soto investigated the perspectives of AAC professionals on the impact of participating in a professional learning community focused on delivering #AAC services to bilingual children. pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/...

The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center’s 2025 Bennett Lecture takes place November 12, 2025. @prcpennstate.bsky.social www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Research findings suggest satiety responsiveness may serve as a protective factor to help reduce eating in the absence of hunger in children. @AlainaPearce.bsky.social @[email protected] www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Please join us next week for the Child Study Center's Speaker Series with Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D., M.Ed.

I had a fantastic conversation recently with the 10 Seconds to Air podcast. We tried to think about parenting, the philosophy of parenting, and how to know if you are doing a good job at it--or is that even the right question. www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1sE...

Researchers affiliated with the Child Study Center examined developmental trajectories of delta-beta EEG coupling across #infancy and the influence of infant #temperament and maternal #anxiety. @drkoraly.bsky.social @kabuss.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

New work by Bernard & Galán (2025) on understanding the link between racial discrimination and traumatic #stress symptoms among Black youth was recently published in Psychological Trauma. @chardeegalan.bsky.social #racialdiscrimination psycnet.apa.org/doiLanding?d...

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Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys, according to lead researcher Kathleen Keller. @katkellerlab.bsky.social www.psu.edu/news/health-...

Researchers examined the interplay of neural error processing and #rumination in the 12-month prediction of #anxiety and depressive symptoms in a sample of #youth. #depressivesymptoms www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Newly published research by Christian M. Connell and colleagues: “The Intersection of Prenatal Substance Exposure and Child Protection: Evidence from Pennsylvania." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations to faculty affiliate Kathleen Keller on becoming president of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior. @katkellerlab.bsky.social www.ssib.org/web/index.php

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Penn State ranks in top 5% globally in 2026 THE World University Rankings. #WEARE www.psu.edu/news/academi...

Yining Ma, nutritional sciences doctoral student, Jennifer Savage Williams and Amy Moore, CSC faculty affiliates, and colleague investigated whether responsive #parenting could help reduce behaviors linked to #childhoodobesity. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

Don't miss this opportunity! Penn State Libraries to offer workshop series on programming language R and RStudio. www.psu.edu/news/univers...

Several CSC faculty affiliates recently contributed to research examining the influence of food form on children’s subsequent meal intake. @katkellerlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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New work by Anna M. Zhou, Koraly Pérez-Edgar, Vanessa LoBue, and Kristin A. Buss suggests the Infant Behavior Questionnaire factor structure varies with sample characteristics. @annamzhou.bsky.social @drkoraly.bsky.social @kabuss.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Penn State is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor to join the Child Clinical program. psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...

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Dawn P. Witherspoon and others conducted a pilot study examining how Latine adolescents’ ethnic-racial identity was shaped by parents’ gender role socialization beliefs and perceptions of neighborhood connectedness and problems. www.mdpi.com/2076-328X/15...