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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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Save the date!
October 23, 2026
2026 Child Maltreatment Solutions Network Conference
Co-Sponsored by the CSC
8:30 a.m., Nittany Lion Inn

Save the date!
November 11, 2026
Community Talk on Suicide Prevention
Holly C. Wilcox, Ph.D., M.A.
Professor, Johns Hopkins, Bloomberg School of Public Health
4:30 – 5:30 p.m., The Press: Cider & Craft Beverage Taphouse, State College, PA
Registration required! 

 

News

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Research led by Karen Bierman, Evan Pugh University Professor and former director of the Child Study Center, indicates participation during preschool in the Research Based, Developmentally Informed (REDI) program improved students’ lives almost two decades later
Gloria Soto and colleagues reviewed research on the use of augmentative and alternative communication to support the development of communication and language
Faculty affiliates Sarah Myruski, Kristin Buss, and Koraly Pérez-Edgar, and others, recently investigated early self-regulation as a key correlate of later socioemotional outcomes
Heidimarie Laurent and others investigated whether there is a link between a pregnant woman’s history of child abuse or neglect and increased inflammation during pregnancy, and how that may relate to pregnancy complications
Researchers including Katie L. Burkhouse examined whether heightened error-related negativity predicts increased internalizing symptoms among female adolescents, and whether these associations are mediated by increased negative perceptions of family and peer events

Student Spotlight

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Briah Glover

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My goal is to expand the equitable inclusion of Black families in research, as well as identify and reduce the harmful, structural impacts of racism on Black communities and Black youth’s developmental processes.