Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children's racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for parents and 8-12-year-old children. explored whether parents' (a) pro-White implicit biases changed pre postconversation, (b) socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions prejudiced behavior colorblind ideology [CBRI]) predicted changes in each other's (c) associations varied by...

Abstract Expanding the talent pipeline of students from underrepresented backgrounds in STEM has been a priority United States for decades. However, potential solutions to increase number such academic pathways, measured using longitudinal randomized controlled trials real-world contexts, have limited. Here, we expand on an earlier investigation that reported results field experiment which undergraduate female ( N = 150) interested engineering at college entry were randomly assigned peer...

Objectives: Graduate school can be a highly uncertain and stressful time. Stressors may exacerbated for individuals with historically marginalized social identities within the academy (e.g., female students, students from low-income backgrounds, people of color). We predicted that color would report more negative program experiences, these along financial status, associated decreased intentions to pursue an academic career. Method: In survey 1,798 psychology doctoral 155 U.S. institutions,...

The current laboratory-based study examined individual differences in sadness coherence (i.e., between objectively coded sad facial expressions and heart rate response to a film clip) associations with dispositional affect positive negative affect, extraversion, neuroticism) age sample of younger older adults. Results showed that (a) greater was associated lower ratio; (b) adults had than Findings remained stable when controlling for covariates. were specific characterized by an inverse...

In a sample of 916 doctoral students from 144 universities across the United States, we examined psychology graduate students’ experiences in their programs, as well mental health, well-being, and optimism during onset COVID-19 pandemic. path model, found that psychological programs (i.e., social belonging, threat, challenge) were associated with better health which turn was greater about future These findings also corroborated open-ended responses regarding how has impacted lives. Findings...

Although parent-child conversations about race are recommended to curb White U.S. children’s racial biases, little work has tested their influence. We designed a guided racism discussion task for parents and 8-12-year-old children. explored whether parents’ (1) pro-White implicit biases changed pre-to-post conversation, (2) socialization messages (color conscious, external attributions prejudiced behavior, colorblind ideology) predicted changes in each other’s (3) associations varied by the...

Abstract During the COVID‐19 pandemic, hate crimes against Asians sharply increased in United States. We investigated whether threat of contracting and specific negative emotions (disgust, anxiety, fear, anger) regarding predicted anti‐Asian prejudice a 3‐wave longitudinal study non‐Asian American adults ( N = 486) early days pandemic 2020. In all 3 timepoints, participants who believed that they may have already contracted COVID those expressed greater disgust reported more attitudes,...

Abstract Working-class first-generation (FG) college students are underrepresented in higher education and STEM. Using a longitudinal quasi-experiment, we tested the impacts of living learning community (LLC) biological sciences on FG their first year (Semester 1: N = 243; Semester 2: 199), across three cohorts (2018–2019, 2019–2020 2020–2021). Participation LLC enhanced students’ belonging, confidence, motivation, grades, knowledge social relevance biology, reduced STEM anxiety compared to...

Our review, situated within the context of United States, explores how societal forces shape youths’ racial socialization processes. Specifically, we explore youth learn beliefs about race through interactions with their environment, these processes affect engagement in multiple contexts, and they contribute to perpetuation dismantling inequality. First, discuss key psychological theories that inform our understanding socialization. Second, families, peers, media, environmental cues Finally,...

Racism continues to permeate the United States’ society, today. Though many White parents in U.S. believe that racism exist, it can be difficult for them talk about race honestly with their children. In this review, we identify three myths egalitarian-minded American use as reasons avoid honest parent-child discussions of and racism: 1) talking will make children racist, 2) are too young racism, 3) irrelevant children’s lives. discuss why these false present suggestions how

The trend for large-scale collaboration has the potential to improve researcher, cultural, and participant diversity. Conducting in-person research requires examination of challenges payoffs competing priorities in what constitutes 'good' research. We describe these resolutions advancing big-team science.

Abstract Sadness is often thought of as unpleasant and dysfunctional. Yet, evolutionary-functionalist approaches discrete emotional aging frameworks suggest that sadness an emotion helps us deal with loss thus may become particularly salient adaptive in late life. This talk presents findings from a multi-study, multi-method research program using age-diverse samples experimental longitudinal study designs. Findings show (1) intact or elevated levels responding life (i.e., higher expressions...