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Child maltreatment, parent-child relationship quality, and parental monitoring in relation to adolescent behavior problems: Disaggregating between and within person effects
Mar 14, 2023Parent-child relationship quality (PCRQ) and parental monitoring (PM) are associated with adolescent behavior problems following child maltreatment (CM). Whether these associations are best characterized as between (trait) or within-person (state) differences is unknown
T32 Fellows get appointments as faculty
Mar 13, 2023Lindsey Palmer – Assistant Professor University of Utah Department of Social Work and Claire Selin – Research Scientist at the Center for Child Deafness, Language and Learning at Boys Town National Research Hospital
Trauma causes high levels of intergenerational substance use among Black women
Mar 6, 2023New research suggests that trauma leads to high levels of intergenerational substance use among Black women, and race and gender may play a role.
Mean affect and affect variability may interact to predict inflammation
Mar 6, 2023Individuals with greater affect variability are at risk for greater systemic inflammation, which is associated with cardiovascular disease.
Trying to Fit a Square Peg in a Round Hole? Testing the Robustness of Maltreatment Measurement Models for Youth
Mar 3, 2023This study is a first step in showing how capturing multiple aspects of the child maltreatment experience can be applied across different and large samples of youth exposed to maltreatment.
The association of subcortical brain injury and abusive head trauma
Dec 19, 2022Abusive head trauma (AHT) remains a major pediatric problem with diagnostic challenges. A small pilot study previously associated subcortical brain injury with AHT.
Congratulations Class of 2022
Dec 19, 2022Commencement ceremonies were held at campuses throughout the state of Pennsylvania on Dec. 17. Congratulations to all the graduates in Penn State's Class of 2022! Especially the three CMAS graduates: Victoria Medina, Olive Somah, Emi Tanaka!
Penn Staters celebrate GivingTuesday with more than 13,100 gifts
Dec 14, 2022For the first year the Fostering Lions participated in GivingTuesday and received $3480 in donations!!!
Effects of Community-Based Wraparound Services on Child and Caregiver Outcomes Following Child Protective Service Involvement
Dec 14, 2022This study investigated whether statewide delivery of the wraparound service model (WSM) improved child and caregiver outcomes and reduced subsequent child protective service (CPS) contact among families referred to services following a CPS report.
First-Generation College Students, Emotional Support, and Systemic Inflammation Following the College Transition
Dec 6, 2022To examine whether emotional support moderates the association between college generation status and concurrent and prospective levels of systemic inflammation during the college transition among a sample of older U.S. adolescents.