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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you to our lovely guest speakers,
Gloria Mittmann and Adam Barnard, partners from our ASP-Belong Project! 🎉🎉

It's fantastic to have you at @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social, sharing your research about Augmented Social Play!✨

@gloriamit.bsky.social
@aspbelong.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social

Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · 1d

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Reminder! Our first October event is coming up!

📆 Oct 7, 1:00pm

🎙️ Speakers: Gloria Mittmann & Adam Barnard

💡Adventures in Augmented Social Play - making the immersive classroom experience Lina

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @gloriamit.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

2025 / 2026 - UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy

www.ucd.ie

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 5d

What is Augmented Social Play (ASP)?

• New form of collaborative immersive experience ✨
• Supports young people’s social wellbeing & sense of belonging 🤝🌱
• The first ASP experience, Lina, is currently in classrooms across Europe as part of a large-scale scientific study🏫

@aspbelong.bsky.social 💻

Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 5d

📢 Reminder! Our first October event is coming up!

📆 Oct 7, 1:00pm

🎙️ Speakers: Gloria Mittmann & Adam Barnard

💡Adventures in Augmented Social Play - making the immersive classroom experience Lina

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @gloriamit.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social

2025 / 2026 - UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy

www.ucd.ie

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 7d

At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities!

Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab

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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · 13d

We can’t wait to share @aspbelong.bsky.social work with our @ucddublin.bsky.social colleagues at a @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social seminar series on 7 Oct.

Following us here and @helpingkidslab.bsky.social to learn more!

ASPbelong @aspbelong.bsky.social · Aug 11

👋 Say hello to Laura Taylor and Méabh Finnegan at the Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin School of Psychology, who are leading Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement for ASP𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

#ASPbelong #aspbelong #SocialPsych #mentalhealth #AcademicSky #dissemination

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 14d

Today, we meet another amazing member of our Lab!

Meet Madeline, a current Master’s student and Research Assistant who will write her Thesis with us.

Learn more about her below! ⬇️☘️

#MeettheTeam #HelpingKidsLab #Research #DevelopmentalPsychology #SocialPsychology #ChildDevelopment✨✨

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 14d

Today, we are meeting Tara!

Tara started working as a Research Assistant in our Lab this September and will write her Master's Thesis with us.

See below to learn more about her interests and work in the lab ⬇️

#HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research ✨✨

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 15d

Next up in our Meet the Team series, we have Postdoctoral Researcher Yul Kwon! Learn more about him & his work at our Lab below. 🎉

#PhDSky #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research #MeettheTeam #SocialPsych

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 20d

📆We are delighted to invite you to three upcoming Helping Kids! Lab events in October!

💻Join us and find out more on the websites:

www.ucd.ie/geary/newsev...
www.ucd.ie/geary/newsev...

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social ✨✨

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 21d

Yesterday, at our weekly #LabMeeting, we had the pleasure of hearing a guest talk by Dr. Samet Ata on ProAct, a collaborative board game designed to foster prosocial behaviour and socioemotional skills in adolescents and young adults.😊🎉

#HelpingKidsLab #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

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Isabelle Nic Craith 🌻⭕️ @iniccraith.bsky.social · 22d

Had a wonderful time at the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social 2025 conference in the beautiful University of Oxford🤗

Thanks to all who attended my talks, one on my @researchireland.ie PhD & the other on the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social Generation Peace project.

#SocialPsyc #PhDSky #DevPsy #AcademicSky

An image of the Radcliffe Camera and University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, UK.

An image of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK.

Isabelle is standing beside a podium, smiling and leaning against the podium. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of her, with "Isabelle Nic Craith, PhD candidate, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, isabelle.niccraith@ucdconnect.ie, https://isabelleniccraith.owlstown.net/" beneath it. There is also a picture of Dr Laura K. Taylor, with "Laura K. Taylor, Associate Professor, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, laura.taylor@ucd.ie, https://lauraktaylor.wordpress.com/" written on it. Beneath this, there is text reading "Thanks also to Dr Christina Seery, Christina Koretsidou, Dr Vivian Liu, the Helping Kids! Lab and Group Processes and Social Inclusion group for feedback on drafts of this manuscript, participants and teachers at the 2025 Social Identity Summer School for their feedback on this project, Maeve Kelehan and Tara Conlon for their support with data collection, Ciara Durand for her support with analysis, and all participants, parents, teachers and schools for being so generous with their time. This research is funded by the Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to Nic Craith, GOIPG/2023/4031."

Isabelle is standing behind a podium with her hands clasped. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of young people holding up their hands, and the text "GENERATION PEACE: Developing & Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Beliefs Scale (YPBS). Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K."

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 26d

New newsletter alert!🎉

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet Vivian, who has been working with us for the past 2 years and greatly contributed to the Generation Peace Project!👏

If you want to learn more about Vivian, read the newsletter at:
helpingkidslab.com/wp-content/u...

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy✨

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 29d

@ucddublin.bsky.social #UCDPsychOnTour #LoveIrishResearch

Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 29d

Helping Kids! is at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social!

Representing the lab is @iniccraith.bsky.social - sharing one talk today about her @researchireland.ie PhD, and one talk tomorrow about our #GenerationPeace study 👏

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Huge congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Zammit on successfully completing her Ph.D. in Developmental & Social Psychology! We're so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you do next!
👏💫@isabellezammit.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #PhD #SocialPsychology #Psychology

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today, we have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Lina, a master's student from Konstanz University interning in the lab this autumn. Learn more about her here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #Internship

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Aug 25

Helping Kids! are at #ECDP2025!

Don't miss @isabellezammit.bsky.social presenting her fantastic research this Thursday, August 28, from 3:30-5:30 in ZETA1 🤩

@eadperu.bsky.social @eadp.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

#UCDPsychOnTour #SocialPsyc #DevPsy #PhDSky

Isabelle Zammit, PhD
Presentation: Assessing Young Children's Knowledge of Religious Outgroups: Cognitive and Social Influences.
When: August 28, 2025, 3:30-5:30pm
Where: ZETA1

Helping Kids! at EADP 2025 Annual Meeting

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Aug 22

New newsletter alert!📣

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet @iniccraith.bsky.social & read about her research on children's #Irish and #European identities, and #Inclusion, in Ireland👏

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy #PrejudiceResearch #PhDSky @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Aug 1

Today is Noah’s last day in the lab! We will miss having him as a summer intern, but we know he is off to do great things. We are so grateful for his contributions to GenPeace, ASPbelong, and other projects. Thank you, Noah! ☺️

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Laura K Taylor @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social · Aug 1

@helpingkidslab.bsky.social check out this paper

Society for Personality and Social Psychology @spspnews.bsky.social · Jul 31

📈New research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals fascinating differences in how children respond to unfairness. Kids from lower social classes were more likely to step in when they witnessed unfair treatment.

Learn more: ow.ly/U1n150Wy3kF

Seven children holding hands and jumping together outdoors at sunset with wildflowers in the foreground.

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 31

Happy Thursday! For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we're looking back to a 2022 systematic review of Autistic children's prosocial behaviour. See the infographic & read the paper to learn more! 🌈 #DevPsy #Autism #Neurodiversity #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

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A Systematic Review of Autistic Children's Prosocial Behaviour. Questions: How do empirical studies measure Autistic children's prosocial behaviour? What knowledge does this evidence provide? Background: Prosocial behaviours (comforting, helping, sharing) lead to positive life outcomes. Methods: 30 studies in 29 articles met eligibility criteria. Data extraction, quality assessment, & narrative synthesis were conducted. Results: Common methodologies consisted of in-person paradigms, games, informant reports, & self-reports. Reliability and validity efforts were inconsistent. More positive outcomes for Autistic children engaging in prosocial behaviour than historically thought. Same frequency of engagement in prosocial behaviours as comparison groups. Conclusins: The findings encourage Autistic strength-based approaches. Future studies should use more consistent measurement tools. Diagnosis should not presume lack of prosociality in Autistic children.

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

We have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Sophia, an undergraduate student from Boston University interning in the lab this summer. Learn more here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

Sophia Lombardo, Summer Intern. Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts. Projects: Helping Kids! Lab social media and website, systematic review coding, Oxford Handbook editing. Research interests: Socioemotional development, child psychopathology, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and early intervention strategies. Fun fact: loves drawing, painting, and anything art-related.

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 30

We have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Sophia, an undergraduate student from Boston University interning in the lab this summer. Learn more here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 29

Let's meet another amazing member of our team! Nadia is a current master's student and research assistant at the lab- learn more about her below! ⬇️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

Nadia Ng, Master's Student & Research Assistant. Hometown: Clonee, Co. Meath; Projects: Work focusing on cross-cultural research of the development of religious belief diversity in children. Research interests: Developmental psychology, social cohesion, outgroup prosocial behaviour, impact of digital interventions for youth. Fun fact: Loves crocheting and baking.

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