Penn State Child Study Center

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Gregory M. Fosco, professor of human development and family studies and Edna Bennett Pierce Faculty Fellow in Prevention Research, answered questions regarding how parents can best support their teenage child’s growth and well-being. #parenting https://t.co/CfOjzTKU6B

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Congratulations to CSC faculty affiliates who received academic promotions effective July 1, 2026. https://t.co/vMNuxXvAGJ

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The Research-based, Developmentally Informed-Parent (REDI-P) study with researchers Bierman, Welsh, Heinrichs & Jones, 2026, found #preschool home visits promote adolescent adjustment. https://t.co/4iMTMCxuWY

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Penn State researchers including faculty affiliates Kathleen Keller and Travis Masterson found that food variety affects food selection and variety-seeking behaviors in an immersive virtual reality food buffet. https://t.co/jDyEvAOX1M

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Chardée Galán and colleagues investigated whether online racial discrimination exposure predicts racism-based traumatic stress symptoms in youth, and whether racial-ethnic identity beliefs moderate the association. https://t.co/nlySii2AHC

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Handbook of Research Methods in Developmental Science, edited by Douglas M. Teti, Hobart Harrington Cleveland, and Kelly L. Rulison, now available. #developmentalscience https://t.co/Tv6xtOKJ63

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Maddie Politte-Corn, Katie Burkhouse and Kristin Buss provide a narrative review integrating the literature on sensitivity to social threat and risk for #socialanxiety and #depression across clinical and developmental perspectives. @maddieapolitte https://t.co/snHXjDpTNX

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Research by former grad students Kristine Marceau and Chang Liu and colleagues L. Li & J. Neiderhiser et al., found a relationship between mothers smoking during pregnancy and comorbid symptoms and externalizing behaviors among children and adolescents. https://t.co/d1Px8jcURm

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Researchers, including Orfeu M. Buxton, investigated the unique associations between #sleep patterns of middle childhood and later developmental outcomes. https://t.co/8910fuhh2E

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Please help us congratulate Penn State Psychologist Dr. Chardée Galán for receiving the College of the Liberal Arts Roy Buck Publication Award, which focuses on high-quality publications on diversity issues, for her article at https://t.co/BN53VJFWsT

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Emilia F. Cárdenas and colleagues investigated main effects and interactions of reward processing and birth-related stressors on #postpartum internalizing symptoms. https://t.co/fTigkL52Rb

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Don't miss the Open Scholarship Boot Camp next week! https://t.co/1PF6HIRGgm

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Congratulations to Katherine All, a third-year graduate student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology doctoral program and recipient of a 2026 Strumpf Scholar Award! Read more here: https://t.co/vQIlIIfwW9

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Congratulations to Beck Scheinberg, a doctoral student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology program and recipient of a 2026 Irene E. Harms Graduate Scholarship Award! Read more here: https://t.co/adsnsgApkH

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Congratulations to Metzli Lombera, a graduate student in Penn State's Child Clinical Psychology doctoral program and recipient of a 2026 Strumpf Scholar Award! Read more here: https://t.co/wpYTdZFB7g

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Congrats to three STAR grad students in Penn State Psychology: Kivilcim Degirmencioglu, Adrianna Miller, and Hannah Stockdale. The STAR award is a scholarship for grad students who have demonstrated excellence in teaching, research, and service. See https://t.co/dhw8az3LFM

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Sun, Li, Chow, and Lunkenheimer (2026) examined the development of mothers' and preschoolers' self-regulation and coregulation of regulatory physiology from ages 3 to 4, and how harsh #parenting impacted these processes. @PSUPsychology https://t.co/PiZACjMDD6

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Register now for Open Scholarship Boot Camp! https://t.co/KqLP31rbaB

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Faculty affiliate Janette Watkins and colleagues investigated the mechanisms underlying body dissatisfaction in young adults. #youngadults #negativeemotions #depression https://t.co/DZVJ2tdawO