Adapting the Cups Task (ACT) Study
This 2-year study involved collecting behavioral and ERP data with 150 children and adolescents during a decision-making task.
Learn More Child Exposure to Family Violence (CEV)
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a complex and significant public health problem with adverse physical and mental health consequences not only for the adults involved but also for the children who are exposed to IPV. However, the impact of IPV exposure on children’s adjustment has shown substantial variability. Child Exposure to Family Violence (CEV) draws […]
Learn More Cognitive Training Study (CTrain)
A study examining the effects of cognitive training in at-risk children.
Learn More Competing Models of Socialization Study
Identifying and detailing the processes that contribute to social development during childhood.
Learn More Couples
A life-span perspective of young men’s romantic partner selection.
Learn More Early Experience, Stress Neurobiology, and Prevention Science
A grant that funded a network of scientists studying the effects of stressful early environments on the developing brain and interventions that can remediate these effects.
Learn More Early Growth and Development Study: Health
A nationwide study of important developments in understanding the relationship between heredity and family environment in child physical growth and health.
Learn More Early Growth and Development Study: NIMH
This study examined the interplay between genetic, prenatal, and postnatal environmental influences on early pathways to conduct, anxiety, and depressive behaviors by interviewing parents about child behavior and symptoms between ages 6 and 8 years.
Learn More Early Growth and Development Study: Phase I
A nationwide study of the relationship between heredity and family environment on child development.
Learn More Early Growth and Development Study: Phase II
A nationwide study on understanding the relationship between heredity, the prenatal environment, and family environment in child development.
Learn More fMRI Study of Inhibitory Control
fMRI Study of Inhibitory Control is designed to examine children’s behavioral performance and brain activation during an inhibitory control task.
Learn More Oregon Divorced Fathers Study
A study utilizing reliable data on fathers’ parenting behaviors giving expression to fathers’ views, investigating their behavior, support, and adjustment processes.
Learn More Oregon Youth Study
A longitudinal study of the etiology of antisocial behaviors in boys.
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Study examining the persistence and desistance of use of alcohol and other substances in early midadulthood for men from at-risk backgrounds.
Learn More Origins
An examination of the ways parents deal with the normal ups and downs of childhood.
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Practical Significance of Effects from Growth Modeling of Alcohol Use Data
The major goals for this project were to (1) formulate equations for new effect sizes for GMA and GMM hypothesis tests, (2) conduct a secondary analysis study of alcohol use data from both the current and previous National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth, (3) illustrate the use of new statistics in meta-analysis and (4) publish tutorial […]
Learn More Process of Fathering: Effects on His Child’s Competence
A study that examined the differences in family-types on the parenting of young children.
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Studying Adolescent Regulation (StAR) Project
This study is designed to investigate the effects of early adverse experiences and the cognitive processes underlying behavioral regulation on early-onset alcohol use in maltreated adolescents.
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Three Generational Study (3GS)
A study focused on the intergenerational transmission of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use, including marijuana use, across three generations, and effects of state recreational marijuana legalization on adolescents’ use.
Learn More Women’s Substance Use and Intimate Partner Violence
Study that examined the association of substance use and IPV for a sample of 160 women.
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