The Youth Rising Lab at Texas A&M University

Youth Rising Lab @ Texas A&M University @tamupsycbrain| Director: @drgaylordharden| Stress, Coping, & Psychosocial Functioning in African American Adolescents

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Meet our director! @drgaylordharden's work seeks to address disparities in community violence exposure and traumatic loss and enhance the strengths and assets of Black youth, families, and their communities. Stay tuned for more on her work and the rest of our team!

[Jasmine Alli @JasAlli_]

Loved making this paper come to fruition. Thank you to @IjeomaOparaPHD for this model and your wonderful contributions to the field! As always, thank you to @RobynDD_ for your amazing conceptual mind! 🤍

[Dr. Lauren Mims 👩🏾‍🚀 @DrLaurenMims]

.@DrRDMayes, @paulharris917 & I have loved creating spaces for folx to join to learn more about/take action to support Black youth mental health. I’ve created a poster with all the links to the past sessions! 💜 Sessions = 🆓 & everyone is welcome! We hope to see you on the 19th!

[US Dream Academy - TEXAS @DreamAcademy_TX]

Learn how we are transforming lives and empowering youth in Houston through innovative mentoring and holistic development, in this spotlight by @txpartners4OST.

Read our story: https://t.co/ix9fF8hdKX

#TXPOST

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Earlier this week .@drgaylordharden and members of @YouthRisingLab had the opportunity to present at #youngmindsmatter23 on cultural protective factors for youth of color exposed to community violence. We are thankful to @HoggFoundation & @preventioninst for the opportunity!

[Dyamon @Dyamon_dashayla]

Finished my first week of grad school! 🥹 any tips/advice for navigating my PhD journey? @PhDVoice @OpenAcademics #AcademicChatter #phdlife #clinicalpsychology #BlackinMH

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The aim was to uncover potential revelations in aspects of behavior, bridge measurement gaps, and identify areas for advancement.
We are so proud of her!
#youthrisinglab

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Congratulations to our undergraduate research assistant Sanaa! Over the summer Sanaa participated in The Irvine Summer Institute in Neuroscience, a National Science Foundation REU.

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Sanaa worked with Dr. Aaron Bornstein, looking at how neuropsychological batteries and computational cognitive behavioral tasks map onto each other in order to reconcile the different approaches of measurement.

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Robyn Douglas, a 3rd year Ph.D. student in Youth Rising lab, was awarded a Ford Foundation Pre-Doctoral Fellowship to support her research and goal of becoming a community oriented researcher, educator, and clinician. Read more here! https://t.co/VnqgQcwkcW

[Jocelyn R. Smith Lee, PhD @DrJocelynSmith]

One year ago @drgaylordharden @Dr_AT758 and I set a @IRP_UW registration record with this impactful webinar about trauma and resilience in contexts of poverty. You can rewatch via the links provided!

[Noni Gaylord-Harden @drgaylordharden]

👇🏾👇🏾 New article with @ABurnsidePhD @DrMikeLindsey @pimaa_mintah & Tamika Gilreath. We used LPA to identify profiles of suicidal ideation among Black male adolescents & compared profiles on socioecological determinants of suicidal ideation.

[UConn’s ARMS Center @UConn_ARMS]

We are thrilled to announce “Preventing Gun Violence in America: What Works and What is Possible” is out. A special issue of The ANNALS of @TheAAPSS edited by @kerri_raissian @JNecciDineen & @DrCrifasi. IT IS OPEN ACCESS:https://t.co/rkUaNTlZgd This🧵highlights each paper.

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Join us in celebrating @JasAlli_ our amazing doctoral student in a successful thesis proposal! Congrats!

Title: Examining Patterns of Depressive Symptoms Among Black Adolescents: A Latent Transition Analysis

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Join us in celebrating our amazing doctoral student @RobynDD_ in a successful thesis proposal!

Title: The Impact of Community Violence, The Three Domains of Critical Consciousness, and Caregiver Civic Socialization on Peer Aggression and Substance Use Among Black Adolescents

[Dr. Erlanger "Earl" Turner, Ph.D. @DrEarlTurner]

🚨New publication alert! Thanks to @drishametzger for leading this amazing team of scholars. https://t.co/VUXw3sM1ke

#MentalHealthMonth #AcademicTwitter

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For our last lab meeting of the semester we reflected on all of our moments of celebration, joy, and hopes for the future of our work. We are forever grateful for our growing community of activists, healers, and scholars.

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Additionally, feelings of self-blame should be an area of focus for understanding how Black youth reflect and internalize fault with past traumatic losses caused by community violence. #YouthViolencePreventionWeek

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For our final research spotlight, we have "Exploring the Moderating Effect of Social Support & Self-blame on
Traumatic Loss and Grief in Black Adolescents" by research assistant Hadeel Hamdan, B.A, Robyn Douglas, M.A, Alirma Davis Leslie Eguizabal, & Noni Gaylord-Harden!

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This year for #NationalYouthViolencePreventionWeek Youth Rising Lab is spotlighting recent research projects from our amazing undergraduate and graduate lab members. We are grateful for their continued efforts to uplift generations of violence-exposed youth.

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As such, research should study the influence of one’s social support/network and experiences with processing and/or coping with trauma related to community violence.