Below you will find a curated selection of reports, journal articles and academic papers written by CCFW staff or affiliates, academic partners, as well as other leaders in the field.
Abstract Parents living in low-income contexts shouldered disproportionate hardships during the COVID-19 pandemic with consequences to maternal mental health and child adjustment. The current study uses a sample of first-time mothers (N=147) of young toddlers, all living in low-income contexts, to examine the roles of pre-pandemic and COVID-19-specific risk and individual resilience factors in the
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.
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.
Dr. Lengua, CCFW staff members Robyn Long and Katie Spink, and academic partners examined the benefits of Be REAL when it was offered in various campus settings. Long, R.B., Kennedy, M., Spink, K., & Lengua, L. J. (in press). Evaluation of the Implementation of a Well-being Promotion Program for College Students, Frontiers in Psychiatry. doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.610931
In this study, CCFW Academic Partner Dr. Cynthia Price examined the effects of the mind-body intervention Mindful Awareness in Body-oriented Therapy as an adjunct to women’s substance use disorder treatment.
In this study, CCFW staff member Becca Calhoun and Academic Partner Dr. India Ornelas analyzed several aspects of participant engagement in a Web-based workplace MBI designed to reduce stress and increase mindfulness in 9-1-1 telecommunicators.
In this study, CCFW Academic Partners examine patterns of adult adversity in parents who were exposed to adverse childhood experiences (ACES).
In this study, Dr. Lengua and collaborators conducted preliminary evaluation of a brief parenting program that aims to promote young children’s self-regulation, social–emotional competence, and academic readiness.
In this study, Dr. Kevin King and colleagues tested whether different dimensions of parenting are differentially associated with substance use outcomes across Caucasians and Asian Americans.
In this paper, CCFW Academic Partner Dr. Cynthia Price presents a framework, based on psychological and neurobiological research, for understanding how interoceptive awareness facilitates regulation and an integrated sense of self, and thus contributes to health and well-being.