Category: Faculty Partner Research

October 12, 2022

Female Opioid Court Participants’ Narratives of Siloed Medical, Legal, and Social Service Sector Interactions to Inform Future Integrated Interventions

A gap exists regarding how to design gender-specific interventions for women charged with opioid use disorder (OUD)-related crimes. National recent efforts include opioid courts. Treatment courts present opportunities for earlier intervention for women under judicial supervision.
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October 7, 2022

Implementation of a Global Health Equity fellowship established in partnership between an academic institution and governmental agency

Health disparities exist globally in high-income and low- and middle-income countries. They are driven by social determinants of health (SDOH). While a role for pharmacists in addressing SDOH exists, a lack of structured postgraduate training limits pharmacists from being equipped...
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October 7, 2022

Bi-directional relations between behavioral problems and executive function: Assessing the longitudinal development of self-regulation

During childhood, the ability to limit problem behaviors (i.e., externalizing) and the capacity for cognitive regulation (i.e., executive function) are often understood to develop in tandem, and together constitute two major components of self-regulation research. The current study examines bi-directional...
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September 28, 2022

Gig Work and the Pandemic: Looking for Good Pay from Bad Jobs During the COVID-19 Crisis

COVID-19 led to work hour reductions and layoffs for many Americans with wage/salary jobs. Some gig work, however, which is usually considered precarious, remained available. We examine whether people doing gig microtasks right before the pandemic increased their microtask hours...
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September 21, 2022

Not coping well with stress? It could be affecting your partner’s health

Headaches, insomnia, nausea, restlessness — high levels of stress can take a toll on the body. But what if the consequences of stress affect more than just your own health? A new study in the Purdue University College of Health...
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September 13, 2022

Intergenerational transmission of psychopathology: An examination of symptom severity and directionality

The present study examined the intergenerational transmission of internalizing and externalizing symptom severity, which indexes comorbidity, and symptom directionality, which indicates differentiation toward externalizing versus internalizing problems.
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August 23, 2022

Predictors of preschool language environments and their relations to children’s vocabulary

Despite support for the importance of early language environments, little is known about the naturally occurring experiences children have in preschool settings.
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August 16, 2022

Examining longitudinal associations between internalizing problems, body mass index, and language during childhood

The current study examines the extent to which associations between internalizing problems, body mass index (BMI), and language skills from early to late childhood are due to relatively stable between-child differences, time-specific correlations, or cross-lagged paths. Data from the NICHD...
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August 15, 2022

A Qualitative Investigation of Individual, Interpersonal, and Institutional Contributions to Postpartum Work-Family Balance

Managing personal and professional responsibilities may be challenging during the postpartum period, as employees navigate new roles, responsibilities, and family dynamics. The purpose of this paper was to understand the work/life balance experiences of diverse stakeholders and identify opportunities to...
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August 6, 2022

Flexible fast-mapping: Deaf children dynamically allocate visual attention to learn novel words in American Sign Language

his study provides first evidence for fast-mapping in sign language, and contributes to theoretical accounts of how word learning develops when all input occurs in the visual modality.
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