Prevention Research Center at Penn State
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Global leader 🌎 in #prevention research, technical assistance, training, policy, & outreach. Our work ⬆️ #publichealth, #wellbeing & #flourishing. 🌳
University Park, PA
Joined November 2011
A recent study suggests that targeting conflict in close personal relationships -- family and peers -- could reduce adolescent risk for impulsivity. Learn more in this paper: .
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🌟 Exciting research alert! A study involving 356 kids from PA Head Start centers revealed that a social-emotional learning intervention led to better behavioral adjustment and higher GPAs in high school. Learn more:
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RT @MigIvanova: @vaibhaviven @LeoKalotihos and I presented our meta-analysis on #internalizing and #externalizing trajectories and their re….
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Research on our PROSPER program has connected school belonging with reduced suicide risk among adolescents. Tune into the Adolescence Deep Dive podcast to learn more about the research published by Sunhye Bai, Greg Fosco, Mark Feinberg and Dick Spoth.
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“When you can do a little bit at a critical development period, then that pushes a person onto a better path – that’s a pretty powerful thing.” Learn about our work in Pennsylvania middle schools to help prevent youth substance use.
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Programs supported by the Prevention Research Center have reached more than 1 million people around the globe! 🌎 This is the power of Penn State research!
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Our mystery markerboard artist strikes again! Investment of resources from early childhood through young adulthood results in better outcomes in midlife and beyond. We need prevention/intervention!
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Curious how researchers are tackling childhood obesity in communities? Join us for a seminar on Wed. 4/16 with Lori Francis of @PennStateBBH, who will walk us through one approach, from formative research to field implementation. For more information:
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Stress: A Bad Thing, Right?.A big thank you to David Almeida for his insightful PRC seminar, “Computational Phenotyping of Daily Stress" One key takeaway for me was that a small amount of stress can actually be beneficial. Checkout what we have coming up:
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A quick take explaining how #prevention works: a graph illustrating an intervention effect of reducing the risk of bad outcomes. PROSPER is a PRC program supporting the delivery of evidence-based programs for middle-school students and their families.
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Is empathy the key to ethical decisions? Or is it more complicated than we think? . Join @DCameron84 for an insightful PRC seminar “Empathic Choices and Interdisciplinary Moral Psychology” April 9, from 12-1pm, held in person or via Zoom. More info:
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“We can learn skills and dispositions to bring about that deep desire in each human heart not to suffer and to be happy.” -- Bennett Pierce Professor of Caring and Compassion Rob Roeser. Learn more:
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Join us April 2 for a seminar, “Computational Phenotyping of Daily Stress: New Directions for an Old Problem. Our presenter, David Almeida of @pennstatehdfs, will dive deep into the dynamics of stress and its impact on health and well-being. Event info:
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Learn how Jerod Stapleton of @universityofky approaches developing interventions for cancer prevention and survivorship in our free webinar TOMORROW, March 26 @ noon ET. Dr. Stapleton received his Ph.D. in 2010 from @pennstatebbh. Event details:
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Learn valuable insights and evidence-based practices for coalition building by using the Evidence2Success® framework, action guide "Finding Unity in Community: How Building Consensus Can Shift The Dynamics of Support". Download the action guide today!.
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Join us on Feb. 26! Sam Tornello of @pennstatehdfs will discuss the importance of researching and collecting data on sex, gender, and sexual orientation, and best practices for measuring and asking questions to gather this data. Details and registration:
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Congratulations to Mark Feinberg and Andrew Conway! The Journal of Family Psychology has selected their paper, "Long-term effects of changes in coparenting quality during the COVID-19 pandemic," as an Editor’s Choice!
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"We have an incredible line-up of science ‘rock stars’ speaking at this semester’s seminar series. Join us via Zoom, or in-person, if you can! . Learn more about our exciting lineup of speakers and event dates and times:
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Stress and the environments where you spend your time affect your gene expression -- which can change your health. Learn more from Patricia Broderick, a psychologist, researcher, and author. An interview with @PSUBellisario student Alora Benitez:
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How can researchers engage more meaningfully in the research design of public impact activities? . @DMaxCrowley will speak on this topic during a Jan. 27 talk offered in person and via Zoom and hosted by @PSUEarth. Interested in joining? Learn more:
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