Research
Pediatrics Pscyhology Lab
Lynnda M. Dahlquist, Ph.D.
The Pediatric Psychology Lab is currently working on projects that involve: child distress during parent administered injections, virtual reality technology as a distraction treatment for pain management, and the psychosocial factors of families with children who have food allergies.
Research opportunities for undergraduate students include (but are not limited to): behavioral observation coding of video tapes, transcribing videotapes, data entry, and participant recruitment.
The Habits Lab
Carlo C. DiClemente, Ph.D.
Culture, Child and Adolescent Development Lab (CCAD)
Charissa S. L. Cheah, Ph.D.
Members in CCADLab are interested in: (1) the study of the interactions between individual, peer, and family factors in the social emotional development and health of children; and (2) the exploration of multiple pathways in which cultural factors contribute to social and emotional development.
Laughter Lab
Robert Provine, Ph.D.
Social Development Lab
David Schultz, Ph.D., M.Div
The Social Development Lab conducts both basic and applied research focused on young children’s development. Many American children at the beginning of the twenty-first century are faced with a more unstable environment than previous generations. Stress placed on neighborhoods and families by economic hardship, drugs, the threat of violence, and divorce leave many children in tenuous situations in which to receive and/or feel nurture. The Social Development Lab focuses on how these situations influence the way young children feel and think about their social worlds. We are particularly interested in young children who experience frequent social conflicts and the identification of social information processing patterns that place them at risk for this conflict.
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