Biological and Environmental Risk for Affective Disorders
BE-RAD Laboratory
NEWS & ANNOUNCEMENTS
Society for Research in Psychopathology Conference
The BE-RAD Lab traveled to LA for the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) conference this September. Kaetlyn, Ellie, and Addie presented data from the KAT study, while Hannah presented preliminary data from the PANDA study.
Publication Alert!
The BE-RAD Lab’s first parent-child synchrony project has been accepted for publication in the journal Developmental Psychobiology! The paper, “Parent and child influences on adrenocortical synchrony during middle childhood,” is based on the KAT pilot study data collected at the University of New Orleans. The results suggest that high parental firmness, marked by rigid behavioral control and structure, is associated with fewer child help-seeking behaviors during a frustrating task, which may ultimately impede adrenocortical synchrony in challenging moments.
Congratulations, Kaetlyn!
Graduate student Kaetlyn Conner Gottschalk successfully defended her Master's thesis, Associations between behavioral inhibition and anxiety development in childhood: The role of parent sex, autonomy granting, and overprotection.Congratulations, Kaetlyn!
Congratulations, Hannah!
Graduate student Hannah Duttweiler successfully defended her Master's thesis, Early Childhood Irritability and Later Psychopathology: The Mediating Role of Parenting. Congratulations, Hannah!
Applied Psychology Center's Collaborative Research Award
Dr. Black and fellow KSU faculty member Dr. Trevor Williams were awarded the KSU Applied Psychology Center's Collaborative Research Award to collect pilot data for a study using eye-tracking data to measure parent-child synchrony. Congratulations Drs. Black and Williams!
BE-RAD Lab bowling night!
Congratulations
Ellie, Joan, and Paige!
Congratulations to BE-RAD Lab undergraduates Elliana Draper (undergraduate coordinator), Joan Perkins, and Paige Jochims on their graduations! Joan and Paige will remain at KSU as graduate students in the School Psychology MEd and Clinical Mental Health Counseling programs, respectively, and Ellie will remain in the BE-RAD Lab as a full-time project coordinator. Congratulations Ellie, Joan, and Paige!
Dr. Black and graduate students Kaetlyn Conner Gottschalk and Hannah Duttweiler attended the Society for Research in Psychopathology (SRP) annual meeting in Montreal, Canada. Hannah and Kaetlyn presented data on two new coding schemes they developed for use with the KAT 2.0 sample.
Congrats Nina de Silva Mercer!
Congratulations to BE-RAD Lab undergraduate Nina de Silva Mercer on her graduation! Nina will remain at Kent State as a graduate student in the School Psychology MEd program. Congratulations, Nina!
Addie Collins joined the lab as a new graduate student - welcome, Addie!
BE-RAD Graduates
This past May, two of our research assistants graduated from Kent State with a B.A. in Psychology! Congratulations, Liz and Jordan we are so proud of your hard work and accomplishments! We are excited to see your future successes.
Graduate Student Conference
BE-RAD graduate students Kaetlyn Connor Gottschalk and Hannah Duttweiler presented their work at the annual conference of the Midwestern Psychological Association on April 20, 2024. Their research was based off findings from ACE of SPADES study, led by recent PhD grad Lauren Aaron. Nice work, Kaetlyn and Hannah!
BE RADs First PhD!
BE RAD alum, Lauren Aaron successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, “Family Conflict and Children’s Problem Behaviors: A Bidirectional Analysis Across Emerging Adolescence” on April 5th! Lauren is now the BE-RAD Lab’s first PhD graduate - congratulations, Dr. Aaron!
Dr. Black's R15 Grant
Dr. Black was recently awarded an R15 grant from the National Institutes of Mental Health to expand our parent-child synchrony project! Recruitment for this project will begin in January 2024.
SOCIETY FOR RESEARCH IN PSYCHOPATHOLOGY (2023)
Dr. Black presented the results of our parent-child synchrony pilot study as a poster, “Parental influences on parent-child synchrony during middle childhood,” at the Society for Research in Psychopathology conference on September 24, 2023.