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Helping Kids! Lab
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📍Research Lab at @UCDdublin.bsky.social, School of Psychology
|| Children. Empathy. Prosocial. Peacebuilding ||
@aspbelong.bsky.social, funded by Horizon Europe Research Ireland
‪PI @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social‬

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Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · 13d
📢New Publication alert!

💡Youth with higher average intergroup contact levels show stronger social cohesion indicators.

💻Read the whole Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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#Research #Publication✨
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At our #LabMeeting yesterday, we got to listen to @fannylalot.bsky.social from the University of Basel, who presented her interesting research on the influence of future consciousness on political engagement!✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Research #Developmentalpsychology
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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📢New Publication alert!

💡Youth with higher average intergroup contact levels show stronger social cohesion indicators.

💻Read the whole Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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#Research #Publication✨
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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@ucdgearyinst.bsky.social GIRSI launching now, in a packed room!

Delighted to share longitudinal data analysis from the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social network!

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October 16, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Tina Merrilees joins us at @helpingkidslab.bsky.social

We chatted about professional development, learning statistics, career paths, and how to work with community partners.

A great addition to the @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social seminar!
October 14, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A big Thank you to Christine Merrilees for her fantastic seminar on Fostering Empathy and Empowerment in Young People! ✨✨

Sign up now for her GIRSI Masterclass ⬇️⬇️⬇️
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🗓️16.10. 10:00am

💡Longitudinal Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling

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October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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📢 Reminder! Join us for our upcoming Event:

📆 Oct 16, 10:00am

🎙️ Speaker: Prof Christine Merrilees

💡GIRSI Masterclass: Longitudinal Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling

💻Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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#Research #GIRSI #Data
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Thank you to our lovely guest speakers,
Gloria Mittmann and Adam Barnard, partners from our ASP-Belong Project! 🎉🎉

It's fantastic to have you at @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social, sharing your research about Augmented Social Play!✨

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October 7, 2025 at 12:21 PM
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📢 Reminder! Our first October event is coming up!

📆 Oct 7, 1:00pm

🎙️ Speakers: Gloria Mittmann & Adam Barnard

💡Adventures in Augmented Social Play - making the immersive classroom experience Lina

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2025 / 2026 - UCD Geary Institute for Public Policy
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October 3, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities!

Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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We can’t wait to share @aspbelong.bsky.social work with our @ucddublin.bsky.social colleagues at a @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social seminar series on 7 Oct.

Following us here and @helpingkidslab.bsky.social to learn more!
aspbelong.bsky.social ASPbelong @aspbelong.bsky.social · Aug 11
👋 Say hello to Laura Taylor and Méabh Finnegan at the Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin School of Psychology, who are leading Dissemination and Stakeholder Engagement for ASP𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨.

#ASPbelong #aspbelong #SocialPsych #mentalhealth #AcademicSky #dissemination
September 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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📆We are delighted to invite you to three upcoming Helping Kids! Lab events in October!

💻Join us and find out more on the websites:

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September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Yesterday, at our weekly #LabMeeting, we had the pleasure of hearing a guest talk by Dr. Samet Ata on ProAct, a collaborative board game designed to foster prosocial behaviour and socioemotional skills in adolescents and young adults.😊🎉

#HelpingKidsLab #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Had a wonderful time at the @bps-social-psych.bsky.social 2025 conference in the beautiful University of Oxford🤗

Thanks to all who attended my talks, one on my @researchireland.ie PhD & the other on the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social Generation Peace project.

#SocialPsyc #PhDSky #DevPsy #AcademicSky
An image of the Radcliffe Camera and University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford, UK. An image of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, UK. Isabelle is standing beside a podium, smiling and leaning against the podium. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of her, with "Isabelle Nic Craith, PhD candidate, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, isabelle.niccraith@ucdconnect.ie, https://isabelleniccraith.owlstown.net/" beneath it. There is also a picture of Dr Laura K. Taylor, with "Laura K. Taylor, Associate Professor, Helping Kids! Lab, University College Dublin, laura.taylor@ucd.ie, https://lauraktaylor.wordpress.com/" written on it. Beneath this, there is text reading "Thanks also to Dr Christina Seery, Christina Koretsidou, Dr Vivian Liu, the Helping Kids! Lab and Group Processes and Social Inclusion group for feedback on drafts of this manuscript, participants and teachers at the 2025 Social Identity Summer School for their feedback on this project, Maeve Kelehan and Tara Conlon for their support with data collection, Ciara Durand for her support with analysis, and all participants, parents, teachers and schools for being so generous with their time. This research is funded by the Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland Postgraduate Scholarship to Nic Craith, GOIPG/2023/4031." Isabelle is standing behind a podium with her hands clasped. Behind her, there is a Powerpoint slide being projected. This features a photograph of young people holding up their hands, and the text "GENERATION PEACE: Developing & Validating a Youth Peacebuilding Beliefs Scale (YPBS). Liu, V., Corbett, B., Duarte-Valderrama., J. V., Eisner, L., Grütter, J., Halperin, E., Hässler, T., Pineda-Marin, C., Ushomirsky, L., Taylor, L. K."
September 15, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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New newsletter alert!🎉

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet Vivian, who has been working with us for the past 2 years and greatly contributed to the Generation Peace Project!👏

If you want to learn more about Vivian, read the newsletter at:
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#SocialPsyc #DevPsy✨
September 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Helping Kids! is at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social!

Representing the lab is @iniccraith.bsky.social - sharing one talk today about her @researchireland.ie PhD, and one talk tomorrow about our #GenerationPeace study 👏

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy
September 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Zammit on successfully completing her Ph.D. in Developmental & Social Psychology! We're so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you do next!
👏💫@isabellezammit.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social #PhD #SocialPsychology #Psychology
September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Today, we have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Lina, a master's student from Konstanz University interning in the lab this autumn. Learn more about her here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #Internship
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Helping Kids! are at #ECDP2025!

Don't miss @isabellezammit.bsky.social presenting her fantastic research this Thursday, August 28, from 3:30-5:30 in ZETA1 🤩

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#UCDPsychOnTour #SocialPsyc #DevPsy #PhDSky
Isabelle Zammit, PhD Presentation: Assessing Young Children's Knowledge of Religious Outgroups: Cognitive and Social Influences. When: August 28, 2025, 3:30-5:30pm Where: ZETA1 Helping Kids! at EADP 2025 Annual Meeting
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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New newsletter alert!📣

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet @iniccraith.bsky.social & read about her research on children's #Irish and #European identities, and #Inclusion, in Ireland👏

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy #PrejudiceResearch #PhDSky @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

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August 22, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Today is Noah’s last day in the lab! We will miss having him as a summer intern, but we know he is off to do great things. We are so grateful for his contributions to GenPeace, ASPbelong, and other projects. Thank you, Noah! ☺️
Thank you, Noah! Master's Student @ UvA
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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@helpingkidslab.bsky.social check out this paper
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📈New research in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin reveals fascinating differences in how children respond to unfairness. Kids from lower social classes were more likely to step in when they witnessed unfair treatment.

Learn more: ow.ly/U1n150Wy3kF
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August 1, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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Happy Thursday! For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we're looking back to a 2022 systematic review of Autistic children's prosocial behaviour. See the infographic & read the paper to learn more! 🌈 #DevPsy #Autism #Neurodiversity #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

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A Systematic Review of Autistic Children's Prosocial Behaviour. Questions: How do empirical studies measure Autistic children's prosocial behaviour? What knowledge does this evidence provide? Background: Prosocial behaviours (comforting, helping, sharing) lead to positive life outcomes. Methods: 30 studies in 29 articles met eligibility criteria. Data extraction, quality assessment, & narrative synthesis were conducted. Results: Common methodologies consisted of in-person paradigms, games, informant reports, & self-reports. Reliability and validity efforts were inconsistent. More positive outcomes for Autistic children engaging in prosocial behaviour than historically thought. Same frequency of engagement in prosocial behaviours as comparison groups. Conclusins: The findings encourage Autistic strength-based approaches. Future studies should use more consistent measurement tools. Diagnosis should not presume lack of prosociality in Autistic children.
July 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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We have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Sophia, an undergraduate student from Boston University interning in the lab this summer. Learn more here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Sophia Lombardo, Summer Intern. Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts. Projects: Helping Kids! Lab social media and website, systematic review coding, Oxford Handbook editing. Research interests: Socioemotional development, child psychopathology, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and early intervention strategies. Fun fact: loves drawing, painting, and anything art-related.
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Let's meet another amazing member of our team! Nadia is a current master's student and research assistant at the lab- learn more about her below! ⬇️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Nadia Ng, Master's Student & Research Assistant. Hometown: Clonee, Co. Meath; Projects: Work focusing on cross-cultural research of the development of religious belief diversity in children. Research interests: Developmental psychology, social cohesion, outgroup prosocial behaviour, impact of digital interventions for youth. Fun fact: Loves crocheting and baking.
July 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Dearbhaile is a fabulous example of a @ucddublin.bsky.social undergrad, then a masters student in our @helpingkidslab.bsky.social and then full-time RA, worked for the HSE, and now will help so many others through the DClin.

Watch out world, she’s amazing!
helpingkidslab.bsky.social Helping Kids! Lab @helpingkidslab.bsky.social · Jul 28
Today, we're meeting Dearbháile! Learn more about her & her fascinating PhD research here. 💚 #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #Social Psych
Dearbháile Counihan, PhD Researcher. Hometown: Dublin, Ireland. Projects: Clinical psychology PhD research exploring health inequalities experienced by the Traveller population. Research interests: Intergroup relations, health inequities, mental health, psychological therapies and interventions. Fun fact: obsessed with her dog and loves sea swimming.
July 28, 2025 at 11:21 AM