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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 1d

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....

The Infant Behavior Questionnaire Factor Structure Varies With Sample Characteristics

The Infant Behavior Questionnaire (IBQ) has been widely used to assess infant temperament traits, though there is limited empirical support for the recommended three-factor structure. The present stu...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 2d

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

Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 8d

Please join us this week! #developmentalscience #adolescents #ethnicracialidentity

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 9d

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...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 14d

CSC faculty affiliates part of team awarded $3.6M NIH grant to study brain patterns in children with #ADHD. www.psu.edu/news/researc...

$3.6M NIH grant to study brain patterns in children with ADHD, behavior problems | Penn State University

A team, led by researchers at Penn State, received a $3.6 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study brain patterns in children with ADHD and serious behavior problems in orde...

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ACAMH - Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health @acamh.bsky.social · Sep 6

How can early-emerging temperament, particularly behavioral inhibition, influence children’s long-term social & emotional development?

Dr Koraly on 25 Sept to explore how early traits shape the path to #Anxiety and what can we do about it. https://t.co/XfMbNUdT2G https://t.co/bNm7PNxMFz

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 16d

Research suggests high rates of exposure to digital food and beverage marketing on social media can impact #adolescent and young adult behavior. @katkellerlab.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Adolescent and Young Adult Social Media Food Marketing Exposure: Influence of Eating Behavior Traits on Brand Recall, Craving, and Purchase

The pervasive marketing of energy-dense food and beverages across many social media platforms continually targets and appeals to young consumers. This…

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 20d

Please join us two weeks from today!

Advertising flyer for the Child Study Center's 2025 Lois Bloom Lecture with Adriana Umana-Taylor, Ph.D.

Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 20d

The Dept of Psychology at Penn State, University Park, invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position, at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor of Child Clinical Psychology. The position will start Fall 2026. For details, please see: tinyurl.com/2vdpkfps

Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 23d

New manuscript by Joscelin Rocha-Hildalgo, Brendan Ostlund, Vanessa LoBue, Kristin Buss, and Koraly Pérez-Edgar: When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the #COVID-19 Pandemic. @joscelinrocha.com @drkoraly.bsky.social tinyurl.com/568s8uje

When the World Pivots: Changes in Infant Negative Affect Trajectories Following the Onset of the COVID‐19 Pandemic

Research on the COVID-19 pandemic's effect on infant emotional development has produced mixed results, often limited by methodological constraints, such as not having access to data prior to and afte...

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Katie Burkhouse, PhD. @katieburkhouse.bsky.social · 26d

Penn State is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor to join the Child Clinical program. It's a fantastic department to work in! More info below. Please share!
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Assistant or Associate Professor, Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 27d

Graduate student Katherine All and Cynthia Huang-Pollock, Ph.D., examined the joint structure of #psychopathology and #personality in #children. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evaluating joint models of psychopathology and personality items in children

Taxonomic models of psychopathology and personality share striking similarities, but lines of research are often conducted independently. Integrating …

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · 28d

Penn State graduate Joonyoung Park, Dawn Witherspoon, Ph.D., and colleague explored links between neighborhood characteristics, parental monitoring, and deviance among Black and Latinx #adolescents in new destination neighborhoods. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Exploring the Links Between Neighborhood Characteristics, Parental Monitoring, and Deviance Among Black and Latinx Adolescents in a New Destination Context

This study examined the moderating role of parental monitoring in the relation between neighborhood structural characteristics, social processes, and Black and Latinx youth's deviant behavior in new d...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Sep 8

Faculty affiliate Gregory Fosco and colleagues recently examined adolescent risk for impulsivity. @familypowerlab.bsky.social
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Intraindividual Variability in Adolescent Impulsivity: The Predictive Role of Family and Peer Relationships - Research on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology

Adolescent impulsivity is a robust risk factor for adolescent problem behaviors. Historically, impulsivity has been conceptualized as a trait characteristic; however, recent work conducted with adult ...

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Koraly @drkoraly.bsky.social · Sep 8

I had a fantastic time sitting down again with Dr. Aliza Pressman, and her Raising Good Humans Podcast. This time we focused on the role temperament can play in shaping the parent-child relationship.

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What Temperament Really Is—and Why It Matters for Parenting w/ Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar | Dr. Aliza Pressman

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Sep 4

Mindfulness-based birthing classes help manage the #stress of #parenthood, according to lead author Heidemarie Laurent. #mindfulness #birthingclass www.psu.edu/news/health-...

Mindfulness techniques help birthing parents manage stress of parenthood | Penn State University

Mindfulness-based birthing classes helped both child-bearers and their partners manage the stress of parenthood better than traditional community-based birthing classes, according to a research team a...

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Dr. Joscelin Rocha-Hidalgo 🇧🇴🏳️‍🌈 @joscelinrocha.com · Sep 2

Open post-doc position!

Join our lab at Penn State in the Department of Psychology and the Child Study Center.
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Postdoctoral Research Scholar, The Cognition, Affect, and Temperament Lab, College of the Liberal Arts, Department of Psychology-2

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 29

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp, professor of human development and family studies and faculty affiliate of the Child Study Center, has been named head of the Department of Human Development and Family Studies. www.psu.edu/news/health-...

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp named head of human development and family studies | Penn State University

Lisa Gatzke-Kopp has been named head of the Penn State Department of Human Development and Family Studies. She joined the College of Health and Human Development in 2007 as an assistant professor and ...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 28

Research conducted in Turkey by Zülal İşcanoğlu and others emphasizes the need for targeted interventions to address the unique challenges of incarcerated mothers co-residing with their toddlers. @iscanogluz.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 27

Recent work by Michelle Ramos, Anna Zhou, and Kristin Buss examined how multiple dimensions of #dysregulation throughout #toddlerhood may predict trajectories of #externalizingbehavior in early childhood. @annamzhou.bsky.social @kabuss.bsky.social tinyurl.com/bdzkmyww

Parent‐Reported Toddler Dysregulation and Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia Predict Trajectories of Childhood Externalizing Behaviors

Externalizing behaviors (e.g., aggression, oppositionality, conduct problems) typically peak then decrease across early childhood (ages 2–5). However, some children continue to exhibit elevated level...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 26

Research by former graduate student Kristine Marceau, Jenae Neiderhiser, and colleagues examined #adolescent resistance to #peerinfluence. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A Moderated Mediation Model to Predict Adolescent Resistance to Peer Influence: Evidence From an Adoption Study

Introduction Adolescents are particularly susceptible to peer influence and at higher risk of engaging in problematic behaviors through peer interactions, but also vary in the extent to which they a...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 21

Research from Longfeng Li, Sara Such, and Erika Lunkenheimer looked at how parent-child RSA synchrony can shape developmental psychopathology over time. #developmentalpsychopathology tinyurl.com/uymnk3jr

<em>Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry</em> | ACAMH Pediatric Journal | Wiley Online Library

Background We examined whether mother-preschooler respiratory sinus arrhythmia (RSA) synchrony and self-regulation, as potential biological antecedents of developmental psychopathology, interacted t...

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 19

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Penn State Child Study Center @pennstatecsc.bsky.social · Aug 18

Research by Maddie Politte-Corn, Kristin Buss, and colleagues examined the associations between autonomic and behavioral indices of emotional reactivity and internalizing symptoms in middle childhood. @kabuss.bsky.social tinyurl.com/46bf3yu9