Center for the Study of Adolescent Risk & Resilience
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The Center for the Study of Adolescent Risk & Resilience brings together scholars from across Duke University to advance research on the role of self-regulation in adjustment and behavior during adolescence and early adulthood. ⭐
This paper, supported by C-StARR, presents HOME-21, a revised, validated measure for children's home environments reflecting modern caregiving, discipline, and home contexts—and shows clear associations with parenting quality and child outcomes.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:37 PM
This paper, supported by C-StARR, presents HOME-21, a revised, validated measure for children's home environments reflecting modern caregiving, discipline, and home contexts—and shows clear associations with parenting quality and child outcomes.
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A new article from Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffit, and colleagues in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, funded in part by DUPRI pilot grants, examines "Why Psychopathology Research Should Avoid Studying One Mental Disorder at a Time."
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APA PsycNet
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October 30, 2025 at 12:15 PM
A new article from Avshalom Caspi, Terrie Moffit, and colleagues in the Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, funded in part by DUPRI pilot grants, examines "Why Psychopathology Research Should Avoid Studying One Mental Disorder at a Time."
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
A C-StARR-supported study shows how early SES links to adult behavior. Self-regulation in adolescence—inhibitory control & physiological reactivity—determines whether childhood SES predicts adult externalizing problems.
Adolescence = key intervention window.
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Adolescence = key intervention window.
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Developmental connections between socioeconomic status, self‐regulation, and adult externalizing problems
This study investigated if self-regulation mediated or moderated links between childhood socioeconomic status and adult externalizing issues. We found that childhood socioeconomic status interacted w...
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November 4, 2025 at 6:34 PM
A C-StARR-supported study shows how early SES links to adult behavior. Self-regulation in adolescence—inhibitory control & physiological reactivity—determines whether childhood SES predicts adult externalizing problems.
Adolescence = key intervention window.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Adolescence = key intervention window.
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📆Join us on November 4 @ 3pm to hear from Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, as part of our Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture series, examining the role of research evidence in shaping effective and equitable public policy.
Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/
Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/
October 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
📆Join us on November 4 @ 3pm to hear from Bryan Samuels, Executive Director of Chapin Hall, as part of our Sulzberger Distinguished Lecture series, examining the role of research evidence in shaping effective and equitable public policy.
Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/
Learn more and register: childandfamilypolicy.duke.edu/events/
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Flavored cannabis vaping is now the top method of cannabis use among teens.
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
September 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Flavored cannabis vaping is now the top method of cannabis use among teens.
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
ISR’s Richard Miech says the shift raises serious public health concerns.
Learn more from Monitoring the Future's latest findings: myumi.ch/g3ExG
Schools’ diversity messages matter — but only when they’re backed by action.
Recent work by C-StARR Faculty affiliates shows that symbolic diversity statements without equitable policies may harm rather than help adolescent well-being.
Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Recent work by C-StARR Faculty affiliates shows that symbolic diversity statements without equitable policies may harm rather than help adolescent well-being.
Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
It's not what you say it's what you do: School diversity ideologies and adolescent mental health and academic engagement
This study examined the relation between schools' color-evasive versus multicultural diversity ideologies, school characteristics, and adolescent development. Across two datasets linking individual-l...
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October 14, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Schools’ diversity messages matter — but only when they’re backed by action.
Recent work by C-StARR Faculty affiliates shows that symbolic diversity statements without equitable policies may harm rather than help adolescent well-being.
Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Recent work by C-StARR Faculty affiliates shows that symbolic diversity statements without equitable policies may harm rather than help adolescent well-being.
Read more here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Parenting matters everywhere — but it doesn’t look the same everywhere.
A seven-country study supported, in part, by C-StARR on parenting and adolescent conduct problems shows that positive parenting is broadly protective across cultures.
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A seven-country study supported, in part, by C-StARR on parenting and adolescent conduct problems shows that positive parenting is broadly protective across cultures.
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Parenting Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Conduct Problems in Seven Countries - Prevention Science
This study advances the understanding of risk and protective factors in trajectories of conduct problems in adolescence in seven countries that differ widely on a number of sociodemographic factors as well as norms related to adolescent behavior. Youth- and parent-report data from 988 adolescents in seven countries (Colombia, Italy, Kenya, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, and the USA) who were followed longitudinally from ages 10 to 18 (yielding 6872 total data points) were subject to latent class growth analysis. A 4-class model provided the best fit to the data: Late Starters, Alcohol Experimenters, Mid-Adolescent Starters, and Pervasive Risk Takers. The probability of membership in each class differed by country in ways that were generally consistent with country-specific norms and expectations regarding adolescent behavior. Positive parenting was associated with a lower likelihood of adolescents’ membership in the Pervasive Risk Takers class, whereas psychological control, monitoring/behavioral control, and autonomy granting were associated with a higher likelihood of membership in the Pervasive Risk Takers class. Associations between parenting and membership in the other classes suggest that some risk taking during adolescence is normative even when parenting is positive.
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October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Parenting matters everywhere — but it doesn’t look the same everywhere.
A seven-country study supported, in part, by C-StARR on parenting and adolescent conduct problems shows that positive parenting is broadly protective across cultures.
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A seven-country study supported, in part, by C-StARR on parenting and adolescent conduct problems shows that positive parenting is broadly protective across cultures.
Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
New work from the Parenting Across Cultures study by C-StARR affiliates Dr. Lansford, Dr. Dodge, and Dr. Skinner shows that adolescent depression at 15 predicts lower self-esteem and optimism by 17. Early support matters.
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The Relations Among Depressive Symptoms, Self-Esteem, and Optimism During Adolescence: Longitudinal Evidence From Nine Countries
Previous research has suggested bidirectional relations between depressive symptoms and both internal and external core beliefs (self-esteem and optimism, respectively) in adolescence. However, little...
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September 29, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New work from the Parenting Across Cultures study by C-StARR affiliates Dr. Lansford, Dr. Dodge, and Dr. Skinner shows that adolescent depression at 15 predicts lower self-esteem and optimism by 17. Early support matters.
🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
🔗 pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
Interesting video from #NIDA! Drugs change the brain — but recovery is possible. This video breaks down why quitting can be so tough, and how support and treatment make a difference.
Watch here:
Watch here:
Why are Drugs so Hard to Quit? | National Institute on Drug Abuse
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September 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Interesting video from #NIDA! Drugs change the brain — but recovery is possible. This video breaks down why quitting can be so tough, and how support and treatment make a difference.
Watch here:
Watch here:
A study supported by C-StARR followed two cohorts into their 30s. Researchers found that early externalizing behaviors and substance use predicted later alcohol and cannabis problems. Important insights for prevention.
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Predictors of problematic adult alcohol, cannabis, and other substance use: A longitudinal study of two samples | Development and Psychopathology | Cambridge Core
Predictors of problematic adult alcohol, cannabis, and other substance use: A longitudinal study of two samples - Volume 35 Issue 4
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September 15, 2025 at 2:09 PM
A study supported by C-StARR followed two cohorts into their 30s. Researchers found that early externalizing behaviors and substance use predicted later alcohol and cannabis problems. Important insights for prevention.
Learn more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Learn more: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New research in PSPB puts classic decision-making theories to the test. Researchers replicated three influential studies on escalation of commitment and regret aversion with mixed results. Important work for understanding how we make choices.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
New research in PSPB puts classic decision-making theories to the test. Researchers replicated three influential studies on escalation of commitment and regret aversion with mixed results. Important work for understanding how we make choices.
Learn more: ow.ly/Mtby50WgTbT
Learn more: ow.ly/Mtby50WgTbT
New C-StARR work published in Social and Personality Psychology Compass found that university students exhibit greater resilience when stress increases alongside self-compassion, showing a synergetic effect where stress can lead to positive outcomes: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The synergy between stress and self‐compassion in building resilience: A 4‐year longitudinal study
This 4-year prospective study investigated the dynamic relationship between stress, self-compassion, and resilience among university students, a population with increasing rates of mental health chal...
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June 25, 2025 at 6:51 PM
New C-StARR work published in Social and Personality Psychology Compass found that university students exhibit greater resilience when stress increases alongside self-compassion, showing a synergetic effect where stress can lead to positive outcomes: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A look back at our seminar with Dr. Merideth Addicott on the effects of smoking on stress, cognition, and DNA methylation. The hypothesis is that insula-based connectivity underlies distress tolerance behavior in relation to smoking cessation. Learn more: youtu.be/317xHfQprc0?...
Dr. Merideth Addicott - The effects of smoking on stress, cognition, and DNA methylation
YouTube video by C-StARR at Duke University
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June 16, 2025 at 3:58 PM
A look back at our seminar with Dr. Merideth Addicott on the effects of smoking on stress, cognition, and DNA methylation. The hypothesis is that insula-based connectivity underlies distress tolerance behavior in relation to smoking cessation. Learn more: youtu.be/317xHfQprc0?...
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A new study—authored by Jennifer Lansford and a team of co-authors— finds that parental warmth during childhood and adolescence predicts young adults’ beliefs that the world is good, safe, and enticing.
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Parental Warmth Predicts Positive World Beliefs in Adulthood | DUPRI
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May 27, 2025 at 3:48 PM
A new study—authored by Jennifer Lansford and a team of co-authors— finds that parental warmth during childhood and adolescence predicts young adults’ beliefs that the world is good, safe, and enticing.
dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...
dupri.duke.edu/news-events/...
C-StARR work published in Personality and Individual Differences found mixed evidence that self-regulation buffers against risk in the prediction of academic outcomes. Instead, self-regulation was independently linked with academic performance. Learn more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Additive or multiplicative? Predicting academic outcomes from self-regulation and context
Many studies have documented the role of self-regulation in predicting academic outcomes. However, fewer have comprehensively measured self-regulation…
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June 4, 2025 at 4:54 PM
C-StARR work published in Personality and Individual Differences found mixed evidence that self-regulation buffers against risk in the prediction of academic outcomes. Instead, self-regulation was independently linked with academic performance. Learn more: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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In honor of #WorldNoTobaccoDay, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released a new social media reel & toolkits to support pediatric clinicians & health professionals in addressing the increasing trend of concurrent tobacco & cannabis use among adolescents.
www.aap.org/en/patient-c...
www.aap.org/en/patient-c...
May 31, 2025 at 11:26 PM
In honor of #WorldNoTobaccoDay, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), has released a new social media reel & toolkits to support pediatric clinicians & health professionals in addressing the increasing trend of concurrent tobacco & cannabis use among adolescents.
www.aap.org/en/patient-c...
www.aap.org/en/patient-c...