WATCH: Parent depression & stress early in the pandemic negatively contributed to young children’s home education & anxiety, a University of Michigan study by Shawna J. Lee, PhD et al. finds. Lee offers some suggestions on how to help: myumi.ch/xmryd Research Center for Group Dynamics Kaitlin Paxton Ward, Ph.D. University of Michigan School of Social Work

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It's #borderlinepersonalitydisorder awareness month! Check out the article I wrote for some tips on supporting your loved ones. heronridgeassocs.com/borderline-per…

My first #openaccess publication is now available! This study looks at the micro and macro predictors of spanking in low- and middle-income countries. Loved working with agrogan Shawna J. Lee, PhD Jorge Cuartas and Garrett Pace 🇺🇦 on this! #AcademicTwitter bit.ly/3jJ3ea2

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Check out this #StoryMap of our new study accepted in Child Abuse & Neglect about parenting behaviors in #LMICs! #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter arcg.is/1S5XPK

Y'all I just had a student accidentally refer to Bonferroni as Beeferoni on an assignment and I can't stop laughing

For #childabusepreventionmonth, I wrote this article on one of my most requested topics in my outpatient therapy practice: What #Parents can do to help prevent child sexual abuse. Hint: ongoing, non-shame-based conversations required! heronridgeassocs.com/what-can-paren…

Check out this #storymap of our BMJ_Open publication that examines the micro- and macro-level factors that reduce #corporalpunishment of children across #LMICs. Thanks to agrogan Shawna J. Lee, PhD Garrett Pace 🇺🇦 Jorge Cuartas for the collaboration! arcg.is/14CPKu

Our new #publication with UNICEF MICS data shows that the elimination of #corporalpunishment would likely reduce the #physicalabuse of children in #LMICs news.umich.edu/physical-abuse…

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My new #publication with Shawna J. Lee, PhD shows that #foodinsecurity can impact parent and child #mentalhealth during #COVID19. Results also show that tangible resources and #socialsupport can help. authors.elsevier.com/a/1fHhfhNfKvcey

New paper out in Dev Psych (⁦APA Journals⁩)! We examined working memory dev from 3 to 19 years of age using ⁦the PSID⁩ & ECLS-K⁦(NCES)⁩ w/Alexa Ellis⁩ ⁦Kaitlin Paxton Ward, Ph.D.⁩ ⁦Natasha Chaku⁩ & ⁦⁦@pdakean⁩ researchgate.net/publication/36…

New paper in BMJ_Open on 11 forms of discipline and child development in 60 #LMICs using UNICEF Data! Very grateful to my colleagues, agrogan, Julie Ma, Garrett Pace 🇺🇦, and Shawna J. Lee, PhD who made this possible! bmjopen.bmj.com/cgi/content/fu…

Honored to be featured by Life at Google to talk about my cancer survivorship experience! I now lead the Cancer Survivors @ Google community, which has grown to >500 employees and provides resources and community to cancer survivors and supporters. Thank you, Google!

Looking at a range of discipline behaviors, Kaitlin Paxton Ward, Ph.D. UM Population Studies Center and team found that only reasoning—or explaining why a behavior is wrong—was tied to lower aggression in children and more positive relations with their peers. bit.ly/3IB8h9o

A large new @UNICEFdata study by Kaitlin Paxton Ward, Ph.D. et al covering 63 LMICs examines interactions between gender inequality and parental discipline that can predict child aggression. Full abstract below ⬇️ Children in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are disproportionately