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The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

The Child Study Center is dedicated to promoting children’s development and well-being through the dynamic integration of research, undergraduate and graduate training, and engaged community outreach.

We are housed in the Department of Psychology in the College of the Liberal Arts.

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May 2025
Join us at SRCD
for the Penn State reception
Details TBA

 

 

 

 

 

News

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Tong Chen, Ph.D., former graduate student with Dr. Jenae Neiderhiser, spoke with the Papers Podcast series for the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health about her recent work
New publication: “Eating in the Absence of Hunger is a Stable Predictor of Adiposity Gains in Middle Childhood”
Congratulations to Tiyobista Maereg, developmental area graduate student in Dr. Dawn Witherspoon’s lab, on being an invited speaker at the upcoming SRCD 2025 Biennial Meeting
Dr. Koraly Pérez-Edgar recently spoke about temperament, personality, and parenting with the Securely Attached podcast and Dr. Sarah Bren
Recent publication by Professor Rina D. Eiden and collaborators: “Prenatal Tobacco, Tobacco-Cannabis Coexposure, and Child Emotion Regulation: The Role of Child Autonomic Functioning and Sensitive Parenting”

Student Spotlight

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Miglena Ivanova

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I want to research the development of psychopathology through different pathways, with the long-term goal of translating this knowledge into individualized preventive strategies for co-occurring psychological disorders and substance use.