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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
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November 17, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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...
Maternal histories of depression and childhood maltreatment, authoritarian parenting, and daughter error-related negativity: Developmental model of adolescent daughter depression risk
Maternal depression, maltreatment history, and authoritarian parenting styles are associated with adolescent depression, especially among girls. Indiv…
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November 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Please join us tomorrow for the Child Study Center Speaker Series with Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D., M.Ed.
November 12, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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/...
Building Capacity for Bilingual Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Insights From Professional Learning Community Participants
Purpose: This study examines the perspectives of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) professionals on the impact of participation in...
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November 11, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center’s 2025 Bennett Lecture takes place November 12, 2025. @prcpennstate.bsky.social
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School-based prevention of mental health problems the focus of Bennett Lecture | Penn State University
The Edna Bennett Pierce Prevention Research Center will welcome its 2025 Bennett Lecturer, Catherine Bradshaw, senior associate dean for research and professor at the University of Virginia., on Nov. ...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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 @KatKellerLab@bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Children’s satiety responsiveness moderates the association between food reinforcement and eating in the absence of hunger
The reinforcing value of food, a measure of motivation to obtain food, is associated with obesity in children. However, the extent to which food reinf…
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November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Please join us next week for the Child Study Center's Speaker Series with Catherine Bradshaw, Ph.D., M.Ed.
November 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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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.

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How to Build a Healthy Relationship With Your Kids with Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar
YouTube video by 10 Seconds To Air
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November 6, 2025 at 1:49 PM
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/...
Developmental Trajectories of Delta–Beta EEG Coupling Across Infancy: The Influence of Infant Temperament and Maternal Anxiety Over Time
Coupling, or the correlation, between delta and beta EEG power may underly regulatory processes. Stronger, positive delta–beta coupling is associated with anxiety and fearful temperament, potentially...
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November 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
November 3, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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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November 3, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys, according to lead researcher Kathleen Keller. @katkellerlab.bsky.social
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Young girls may be less responsive to food fullness cues than young boys | Penn State University
Young boys and girls eat different amounts if provided with fruit before a meal, with girls consuming more, according to a new study led by researchers in the Penn State Department of Nutritional Scie...
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October 29, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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
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The interplay of rumination and error-related brain activity in the prospective prediction of depressive symptoms among youth
Rumination is a risk factor for the development of depression among adolescents. However, not all at-risk youth develop depression, suggesting the presence of factors that moderate risk patterns. E...
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October 28, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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....
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October 22, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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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October 21, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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October 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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...
Responsive parenting may help reduce behaviors linked to childhood obesity | Penn State University
Research from Yining Ma and Jennifer Savage-Williams of the Penn State Department of Nutritional Sciences and Lisa Bailey-Davis of Geisinger College of Health Sciences found that when new moms receive...
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October 15, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Don't miss this opportunity! Penn State Libraries to offer workshop series on programming language R and RStudio. www.psu.edu/news/univers...
Libraries to offer workshop series on programming language R and RStudio | Penn State University
Beginning Oct. 15, the Research Informatics and Publishing department at Penn State University Libraries will offer a series of four workshops on research reproducibility and data management in the pr...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
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...
Effects of apple form on satiety in 4–6 year-old children: possible evidence of sex differences
Research in adults has shown that food form (e.g., liquid, semi-solid, solid) influences satiety, even when energy and energy density are matched. How…
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October 10, 2025 at 2:36 PM
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October 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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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October 7, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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