Published: August 22, 2022 Publication: The Journal of Neuropsychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences CLI Author: Linda Ewing-Cobbs, PhD Abstract: Objective: To investigate the factors predictive of novel psychiatric disorders in the interval 0–6 months following traumatic brain injury (TBI). Methods: Children ages 5–14 years consecutively hospitalized for mild to severe TBI at five hospitals were recruited. Participants were… Read more »
Category: Publications
An Opportunity to Increase Collaborative Science in Fetal, Infant, and Toddler Neuroimaging
Published: July 21, 2022 Publication: Biological Psychiatry CLI Author: Kelly A. Vaughn, PhD Abstract: The field of fetal, infant, and toddler (FIT) neuroimaging research—including magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetoencephalography, and functional near-infrared spectroscopy, among others—offers pioneering insights into early brain development and has grown in popularity over the past 2 decades. In broader… Read more »
Replication of Combined School Readiness Interventions for Teachers and Parents of Head Start Pre-Kindergarteners Using Remote Delivery
Published: April 28, 2021 Publication: Early Childhood Research Quarterly CLI Authors: Susan H. Landry, PhD, Tricia A. Zucker, PhD, Janelle J. Montroy, PhD, Hsien-Yuan Hsu, PhD, Mike A. Assell, PhD, Cheryl Varghese, PhD, and April Crawford, PhD Abstract: This replication study examined remote delivery of 2 evidence-based prekindergarten (pre-k) interventions to evaluate whether the combination… Read more »
Expectancy-Value Theory & Preschool Parental Involvement in Informal STEM Learning
Published: September 2, 2021 Publication: Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology CLI Authors: Tricia Zucker, PhD, Janelle Montroy, PhD, Michael Assel, PhD, and Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, PhD Abstract: Using expectancy-value theory, we explored whether parents’ perceived expectancies, value, and costs relate to parent involvement in science and math activities. We also explored whether informal learning varied based… Read more »
Low-Income Elementary Students Access to Books & Reading Motivation
Published: July 9, 2022 Publication: Reading Psychology CLI Authors: Tricia Zucker,PhD and Yoonkyung Oh, PhD Abstract: This study examines the feasibility of adding a proximal outcome survey to a book distribution program. We also examine access to books at home for Grade 3 to 5 students experiencing poverty and relations with reading motivation and reading… Read more »
Effective Connectivity Between Resting-State Networks in Depression
Published: June 15, 2022 Publication: Journal of Affective Disorders CLI Author: Dana DeMaster, PhD Abstract: Rationale: Although depression has been widely researched, findings characterizing how brain regions influence each other remains scarce, yet this is critical for research on antidepressant treatments and individual responses to particular treatments. Objectives: To identify pre-treatment resting state effective connectivity… Read more »
When Seeing is Believing: A Framework for Reflective Conversations in Remote and Face-to-Face Coaching Approaches
Published: April 29, 2022 Publication: Early Childhood Education Journal CLI Authors: Maram Ahmed, Dr. April Crawford, Linda Morgan-Dorsey, Tracy Osborn, Laura Prendergast, and Dr. Cheryl Varghese Abstract: Reflective conversations between teachers and coaches are critical to helping teachers improve their classroom instruction. Coaches who encourage teachers to “see, think, and do” are better able to… Read more »
Should I allow my confirmatory factors to correlate during factor score extraction? Implications for the applied researcher
Published: July 23, 2021 publish date. Issue date August 2022. Publication: Quality & Quantity CLI Author: Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, PhD Abstract: With complex models becoming increasingly popular in the social sciences, many researchers have begun using latent variable modeling in multiple-steps, saving, estimating, or otherwise extracting factor scores from one confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) for use… Read more »
Normalizing Perinatal Neurological Development via Intervention
Publication: Diagnosis, Management and Modeling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Neuroscience of Development Chapter 43 CLI Authors: Dana DeMaster, PhD and Kelly Vaughn, PhD Abstract: This chapter integrates the available research investigating environmental factors that influence perinatal brain development. Attention is placed on reviewing factors in the NICU environment that increase biologic adversity in the months… Read more »
Nurturing the Developing Brain to Reduce Neurological Delay
Published: June 4, 2021 Publication: Diagnosis, Management and Modeling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Neuroscience of Development Chapter 42 CLI Authors: Kelly Vaughn, PhD and Dana DeMaster, PhD Abstract: Findings consistently link atypical neurological development with developmental delay and lasting mental health problems in large clinical populations. Cascading effects of early neurological disorders result in disrupted… Read more »
