Category: Student Research

October 16, 2023

Policy Brief: Indiana School Start Times and Adolescent Sleep Health

A.J. Schwichtenberg

July 18, 2023

Conceptual Considerations and Methodological Challenges to Measuring Food Acceptance During Infancy

Kameron Moding

June 8, 2023

Touch to learn: Multisensory input supports word learning and processing

Infants experience language in rich multisensory environments. For example, they may first be exposed to the word applesauce while touching, tasting, smelling, and seeing applesauce. In three experiments using different methods we asked whether the number of distinct senses linked...

May 29, 2023

Bedtime Routine Stability in the Context of Developmental Risk

Consistent bedtime routines are an important promoter of child sleep health. This is particularly true for children developing at elevated risk for sleep and developmental challenges. Consistent and calming bedtime routines are associated with fewer parent-reported night wakings, shorter sleep...

May 18, 2023

Two pathways in vocabulary development: Large-scale differences in noun and verb semantic structure

Do noun and verb semantic knowledge in 16–30-month-old children tend to be semantically isolated from one another or semantically interacting from the onset of vocabulary development? In children, evidence suggests that nouns and verbs also have semantic interrelationships, though the...

May 1, 2023

The Role of Peers’ Executive Function and Classroom Quality in Preschoolers’ School Readiness

The present study examined associations between peers' EF and gains in individual children's EF, language, mathematics, and literacy skills across the preschool year, and whether these associations are moderated by classroom quality. Participants included three cohorts of children, their parents,...

April 28, 2023

Infant at Work programs focus at Public Health poster session

Master of Public Health (MPH) candidate, Sidney Smith, discussed her Culminating Project the poster session at the end of the semester. Sidney partnered with the Center for Families on her project related to Infant at Work programs.

March 22, 2023

Tackling Housing Concerns at the State-Level: Lessons From Family Impact Seminars (NCFR Policy Brief)

Suboptimal housing severely interferes with individual and family well-being, including children and caregivers. This is of concern because housing instability among families with children in the United States has risen since the 2008 recession, and it increased markedly during the...

November 3, 2022

Sleep in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Narrative Review and Systematic Update

Sleep problems are a common comorbidity for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and research in this area has a relatively long history. Within this review, we first outline historic patterns in the field of sleep and ASD. Second, we...

March 20, 2022

Multi-type childhood maltreatment exposure and substance use development from adolescence to early adulthood: A GxE study

Childhood maltreatment types can co-occur and are associated with increased substance use during adolescence and early adulthood. There is also a strong genetic basis for substance use which interacts with environmental factors.