A5027011013- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Cardiac Health and Mental Health
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
- Organizational Management and Innovation
- Stress Responses and Cortisol
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Williams Syndrome Research
- Neuroendocrine regulation and behavior
- Early Childhood Education and Development
- Birth, Development, and Health
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Neurofibromatosis and Schwannoma Cases
- Advertising and Communication Studies
- Cognitive Abilities and Testing
- Psychological and Temporal Perspectives Research
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Primary Care and Health Outcomes
- Chronic Disease Management Strategies
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Resilience and Mental Health
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Infant Health and Development
University of Denver
2020-2024
Marquette University
2018
To identify specific eating behavior pathways that mediate associations between financial difficulties, negative life events, and maternal depressive symptoms from 0 to 5 years cardiometabolic risk in adolescence.
Abstract Discrimination reported during pregnancy is associated with poorer offspring emotional outcomes. Links effortful control have yet to be examined. This study investigated whether pregnant individuals’ reports of lifetime racial/ethnic discrimination and everyday (including but not specific race/ethnicity) were emerging at 6 months age. Pregnant individuals ( N = 174) their (93 female infants) participated. During pregnancy, participants completed two measures: (1) experience...
The COVID-19 pandemic presents unique challenges for adolescents due to disruptions in school and social life. We compiled high schoolers’ open-ended responses the following question: “What are your 3 biggest right now?” (N=717). Using open axial coding, we identified N=1902 thematic units (M=2.64, SD=.701) 14 categories, including mental health, physical family, friends, connection community, academics, missing important events, socioeconomic, routine, COVID rules adjustment (e.g.,...
Abstract Greater psychosocial risk in childhood and adolescence predicts poorer cardiometabolic outcomes adulthood. We assessed whether the timing of from infancy through young Young adults their mothers participated a longitudinal study beginning Santiago, Chile ( N = 1040). At infancy, 5 years, 10 adolescence, reported on depressive symptoms, stressful experiences, support for child development home, father absence, parental education, socioeconomic status (SES) to create composite at each...
Children with Williams syndrome often experience anxieties and fears, yet there are no published studies examining the effectiveness of psychological interventions to address these challenges. In current study, we present a case series nine young children ages 4 through 10 who participated in play- humor-infused approach exposure therapy several sessions over 2–3 day period. Functional assessment was conducted identify intervention targets. Symptom severity tracked before intervention....
Despite robust knowledge regarding the socio-economic and cultural factors affecting Latino* access to healthcare, limited research has explored service utilization in context of comorbid conditions like diabetes depression. This qualitative study, embedded a larger mixed-methods project, aimed investigate perceptions held by Latinos their social support systems (i.e., family members) depression identify barriers facilitators help-seeking behaviors treatment engagement. Bilingual bicultural...
Abstract Neighborhood collective efficacy is associated with lower internalizing and externalizing problems. There evidence that neighborhood factors may moderate associations between child adversity behavior problems (e.g., Riina et al., 2014). a limited understanding of whether moderates the (threat/deprivation) Our study tested these in Fragile Families Child Wellbeing Study ( n = 2666). Parental disengagement (deprivation) parental harshness (threat) severity scores from ages 1–9 years...