This study examined bidirectional relations between television exposure and effortful control accounting for the effects of family contextual risk factors.
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Playgrounds are for children: Investigating developmentally-specific “Green Space” and child mental health
A new research article on how access to “green space” may affect child mental health. This article is a product of collaboration across disciplines, something CCFW aims to encourage and contribute to. Authored by Jessica Acolin, UW School of Public Health in collaboration with Anjum Hajat, UW School of Public Health, Paula Nurius, UW School of Social Work, and CCFW Director, Liliana Lengua, UW Department of Psychology.
Who May Be Competent? Mothering Young Children of Color with Disabilities and the Politics of Care
CCFW staff member, Shayla Collins, co-authored this important research article “Who May Be Competent? Mothering Young Children of Color with Disabilities and the Politics of Care” in Equity and Excellence in Education.
Master of Arts in Applied Child & Adolescent Psychology: Prevention & Treatment
As one of the innovative training programs engendered by CCFW, this master’s program at the University of Washington provides specialized training in skills needed to provide mental health services to children and teens in a variety of settings.
Early Childhood Teachers’ Well-Being: What We Know and Why We Should Care
In this Zero to Three Professional Resource, learn how teachers’ experiences and mental health can serve to escalate or soothe young children’s trauma and stress.
Examining interactions between negative emotionality and effortful control in predicting preadolescent adjustment problems
In concurrent and longitudinal analyses, we examined negative emotionality-by-effortful control interactions in predicting anxiety, depression, and conduct problems in 214 children aged 8–12.