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A review of the literature: How does prenatal opioid exposure impact placental health and fetal brain development?
(Wiley, 2023-04)In recent years, there has been a sixfold increase in the number of pregnant people with opioid use disorder (OUD). Rates of neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome (NOWS), previously known as neonatal abstinence syndrome ... -
From terrible twos to sassy sixes: The development of vocabulary and executive functioning across early childhood
(Wiley, 2023-04)Across the early childhood period of development, young children exhibit considerable growth in their executive functioning (EF) and vocabulary abilities. Understanding the developmental trajectory of these seemingly ... -
The theory of integrated empowerment in the transition to adulthood: concepts and measures
(Frontiers, 2023-04)IntroductionDevelopmental challenges in the transition to adulthood require a process of empowerment that enables young people to guide themselves and build capacities for adult commitments and roles. To examine this ... -
Studying stepfamilies, surfacing secrets: A reflection on the private motivations behind efforts to humanize family complexity
(Wiley, 2023-05)Feminist family scholars have long called for greater transparency of the partial perspectives embedded within family science. In this paper, I employ feminist reflexive autoethnography to unpack the private motivations ... -
Dating and friendships in adolescence: Variation across same-sex and other-sex romantic partners
(Wiley, 2023-05)This research examined associations between dating and number of friends for rural adolescents with same-sex and other-sex dating partners using longitudinal sociometric data (N = 2826; 55% female, 87% White, mean age = ... -
I can still hear my baby crying: The ambiguous loss of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers
(Wiley, 2022-09)This study captures the experiences of American Indian/Alaska Native birthmothers who lost a child to adoption and the impact of said loss on their health and wellbeing. Few studies examine the loss experiences of American ... -
The paradox of family support for young mothers: An interpretive phenomenology analysis
(Wiley, 2022-11)Objective: We sought to illuminant the lived experiences of becoming a mother during adolescence within the context of multigenerational family caregiving. Background: Adolescence is a developmental time frame during which ... -
Longitudinal bidirectional relations between children’s negative affectivity and maternal emotion expressivity
(Frontiers, 2022-10-20)Although children’s negative affectivity is a temperamental characteristic that is biologically based, it is framed within and shaped by their emotional environments which are partly created by maternal emotion expressivity ... -
Preschoolers’ attention to and learning from on-screen characters that vary by effort and efficiency: An eye-tracking study
(Frontiers, 2022-12-15)Prior findings are mixed regarding the extent to which children understand others’ effort in early childhood. Especially, little is known about how character effort impacts children’s selective attention and learning. This ... -
SAT patterns and engineering and computer science college majors: an intersectional, state-level study
(2022-11-05)Background Numerous efforts worldwide have been made to increase diversity in engineering and computer science (ECS), fields that pay well and promote upward mobility. However, in the United States (U.S.), females and ... -
Extended Family Caregivers for Persons Living With Dementia
(SAGE, 2022-11-01)Despite changes in the structure of contemporary families, little is known about extended family members—siblings, grandchildren, nieces/nephews, stepkin—who are primary caregivers for a relative living with dementia. ... -
Joint analyses of human milk fatty acids, phospholipids, and choline in association with cognition and temperament traits during the first 6 months of life
(Frontiers, 2022-08-24)Early dietary exposure via human milk nutrients offers a window of opportunity to support cognitive and temperament development. While several studies have focused on associations of few pre-selected human milk nutrients ... -
Dual Caregivers of Persons Living with Dementia: The Added Stress of COVID-19 Pandemic
(SAGE, 2022-02-17)Serving in dual caregiving roles presents challenges and has consequences for caregivers’ physical and mental health. Forty-six dual caregivers in rural southwest Virginia participated in one semi-structured telephone ... -
Contraceptive Needs Among Women Recently Incarcerated at a Rural Appalachian Jail
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Publishers, 2021)Background: Incarceration is associated with negative sexual and reproductive health outcomes. We examined contraceptive needs among women incarcerated at a rural Appalachian jail with emphasis on pregnancy history, recent ... -
Parental Influences on Children’s Ethnic Identity Development
(Institute for Promoting Research & Policy Development, 2021-10)Parental influences on children’s ethnic identity among middle-income Korean-American families (N = 52), including fathers, mothers, and their children were examined. The sample was comprised of 23 boys and 29 girls (M = ... -
Effective parenting in stepfamilies: Empirical evidence of what works
(Wiley, 2022-05-16)Objective The purpose of this study was to examine research evidence about effective childrearing in stepfamilies (i.e., parenting practices that contribute to children's physical, cognitive, and emotional well-being). ... -
Injury prevention for older adults: A dataset of safety concern narratives from online reviews of mobility-related products
(Elsevier, 2022-06)Older adults are among the fastest-growing demographic groups in the United States, increasing by over a third this past decade. Consequently, the older adult consumer prod-uct market has quickly become a multi-billion-dollar ... -
Perceptual and Number Effects on Students’ Initial Solution Strategies in an Interactive Online Mathematics Game
(PsychOpen, 2022-03-31)This study investigated the effects of 1) proximal grouping of numbers, 2) problem-solving goals to make 100, and 3) prior knowledge on students’ initial solution strategies in an interactive online mathematics game. In ... -
Internet Addiction, Cognitive, and Dispositional Factors among US Adults
(Elsevier, 2022-05)While a growing body of literature has examined internet addiction in the context of psychological factors, most of this work has focused on younger populations outside of the United States. A sample of 898 US adults ranging ... -
Human Breast Milk 3’-Sialyllactose Positively Associates with Language Development During Infancy
(2021)Background: Genetic polymorphisms leading to variations in human milk oligosaccharide (HMO) composition have been reported. Alpha-Tetrasaccharide (A-tetra), an HMO, has been shown to only be present (>limit of detection; ...
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