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Family Development Lab visiting undergraduate student from CSU San Bernardino Silvana Johnston presented her research on family relationships in Hispanic emerging adults at the Society for Research in...

Members of the Family Development Lab attended the Annual Valley Teen Parent Conference in February to share information about the Valley Teens as Parents (VTAP) study being conducted at UC Merced.

Graduate student Carmen Kho successfully advanced to candidacy in the Psychological Sciences PhD program. Congratulations, Carmen!

The Family Development Lab presented on effective parent-teen communication at the 2017 Tri-District Medical Academies Conference at Cesar E. Chavez Middle School in Planada.

Family Development Lab graduate student Janice Disla presented her research on adolescent disclosure at the Society for Research in Child Development biennial meeting in April in Austin, TX.

Professor Main presented on family systems perspectives at the 4th Annual Symposium on the Child and Family at UC Merced

The Family Development Lab in collaboration with the Center for Early Cognition and Language (CECL – PI Dr. Rose Scott) and the Interpersonal Development (ID) Lab (PI Dr. Eric Walle) at UC Merced were...

UC Merced University Communications article on Professor Main’s research on parent-adolescent conflict. This study found that to best resolve conflicts, mothers and their adolescent children should...

Family Development Lab graduate student Carmen Kho presented her research on psychological control in Chinese American immigrant families at the Society for Research on Adolescence biennial meeting in...

Family Development Lab graduate student Carmen Kho was awarded the Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship, a fellowship designed to recognize the unique challenges that face international graduate...