Using both variable- and person-centered approaches, this study examined the role of temperament in relation to children’s vulnerable or resilient responses to cumulative risk.
Focus Area: Child & Youth Well-Being & Resilience
Bioecological Model of the Effects of Economic Disadvantage and Adversity on Children’s Developmental Outcomes
In this guest presentation at the University of Wisconsin, Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses how adversity impacts child development.
Examining daily variability in willingness to drink in relation to young adult alcohol use
In this study, Dr. Kevin King and colleagues empirically tested the utility of the social reaction pathway of the Prototype Willingness Model in the prediction of drinking behavior at the daily level.
Cultural orientation trajectories and substance use: Findings from a longitudinal study of Mexican-origin youth
Dr. Kevin King collaborated with Dr. Rick A. Cruz, Utah State University, and other colleagues to use longitudinal data to examine whether cultural adaptation patterns were associated with differential substance use risk.
Premeditation and sensation seeking moderate the reasoned action and social reaction pathways in the Prototype/Willingness Model of alcohol use
Dr. Kevin King and Matthew Vaughn tested whether differences in three impulsivity traits moderated associations of reasoned and reactive (prototype) pathway variables on expectation/willingness to drink and recent alcohol use.
Parenting styles – what do the UW experts say?
In this panel discussion, presenters, including Dr. Liliana Lengua, discuss popular parenting styles such as free range, attachment, and helicopter parenting.