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Family Development Lab researchers were featured in the UC Merced Magazine (Volume XVIII, Issue IV).

PhD candidate Abigail Bolter, along with Drs. Alexandra Main and Deborah Wiebe, had a paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Behavioral Medicine entitled, "Division of Type 1 Diabetes Responsibility in Latinx and Non-Latinx White Mother-Adolescent Dyads." Congratulations, Abby!

A recent article was published in the UC Merced Newsroom based on the Valley Teens as Parents study on sleep and Latina teen mothers' mental health. English-language version: https://ucm.edu/1CEic5 Spanish-language version: https://ucm.edu/RsgeB7

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 Carmen Kho was awarded the Donald and Effie Godbold Fellowship, a fellowship designed to recognize the unique challenges that face international graduate students and the promise that they can contribute a unique perspective to our community. Left to right: Dr...

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 avoid reciprocating negative emotion and take turns validating each other’s views.

Ph.D. candidate Tammy Yung published a lead-authored paper in Frontiers in Psychology on sleep and soical support among Latina adolescent mothers based on data from the Valley Teens as Parents Project.

Family Development Lab members Carmen Kho, Tammy Yung, and Simerpreet Kaur presented their research at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in April in Minneapolis. Professor Main hosted the 5th Annual Moral Development Pre-Conference at the Society for Research on...