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Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): an evaluation of a mindfulness intervention to promote mental health among Latina immigrant mothers

With pilot funding from CCFW, Dr. India Ornelas conducted an evaluation of a group-based intervention to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among Latina immigrants.

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Raising Resilient Children

Dr. Liliana Lengua discusses the critical role parents play in raising resilient children, particularly in families facing limited income and poverty.

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Life course pathways from adverse childhood experiences to adult physical health: A structural equation model

In this study, Dr. Paula Nurius, CCFW Academic Partner, and colleagues address the relevance of early life adversity for adult health with several features that extend research to date. 

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Measurement invariance testing of a three-factor model of parental warmth, psychological control, and knowledge across European American and Asian/Pacific Islander American youth

Dr. Kevin King and colleagues used a multiple-group confirmatory factor analysis to examine whether the latent structure of parenting measures are equivalent or different across European and Asian/Pacific Islander American youth. 

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Variable- and person-centered approaches to examining temperament vulnerability and resilience to the effects of contextual risk

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.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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Stress pathways to health disparities: Embedding ACEs within social and behavioral contexts

In this study, CCFW Academic Partner Dr. Paula Nurius and colleagues addresses whether adverse childhood experiences demonstrate disproportional prevalence across demographic- and health-affecting characteristics…

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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. 

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