Topic :: Developmental Science

Leveraging technology to improve health in adolescence: A developmental science perspective
- Giovanelli A, Ozer E., Dahl R. Adolesc Health. 2020;67(2S):S7-S13.
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Technology
- Type(s): Publications
Advancing a research agenda for adolescent and young adult health.
- Irwin CE, Jr. Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3)233-4.
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Mental/Behavioral health, Primary Care/Preventive Care
- Type(s): Publications
Innovative approaches to promoting positive youth development in diverse contexts: Novel applications of participatory research and new technologies.
- Ozer EJ, Piatt A, Holsen I, Larsen T, Lester J, Ozer EM. In: Petersen A, Motti-Stefanidi F, Koller S, Verma S. Positive youth development in global contexts of social and economic change. New York, NY: Routledge/Taylor and Francis Group; 2017:201-221.
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Technology
- Type(s): Publications
Leveraging neuroscience to inform adolescent health: The need for an innovative transdisciplinary developmental science of adolescence.
- Suleiman AB, Dahl RE. J Adolesc Health. 2017;60(3):240-8.
- Topic(s): Developmental Science
- Type(s): Publications
nacting maturity during adolescence: Extending theory, developing a measure, and considering implications for problem behaviors.
- Hoyt LT, Chaku N, Barry K, Anderson G, Ballard PJ. Applied Developmental Science. 2021:1-22.
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Transitions, Young Adults
- Type(s): Publications
Opportunities, challenges, and contextual supports to promote enacting maturing during adolescence.
- Ballard, P. J., Hoyt, L. T., & Johnson, J. (2022). Frontiers in Psychology, 13. 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.954860
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Transitions, Young Adults
- Type(s): Publications
Supporting Adolescent Engagement with AI-Driven Digital Health Behavior Change Interventions
- Giovanelli AG, Rowe J, Taylor M, Berna M, Tebb KP, Penilla C, Pugatch M, Lester J, & Ozer EM – Research (in press)
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Mental/Behavioral health, Technology
- Type(s): Publications
Meaningful Social Roles Among Young Adolescents
- Meaningful social roles among young adolescents (P. Ballard, PhD, Wake Forest U; L.T. Hoyt, PhD, Fordham U) The AYAH Research Network is exploring meaningful social roles among young adolescents. The investigators will pilot an assessment tool for assessing meaningful social roles and examine correlations between meaningful social roles, health risk taking behaviors, and mental health, as well as moderation by…
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Transitions, Young Adults
- Type(s): Project
HealthQuest
- August 4th, 2020 Primarily funded by an NIH, Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA), the HealthQuest program aims to develop the biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research workforce through a multi-faceted program for middle-school students. The program includes interactive videos about different fields and the daily lives of professionals and a narrative-driven health sciences adventure game that allows youths, as well as tools for…
- Topic(s): Active, Developmental Science, Equity, Technology
- Type(s): Project
Linkage between civic engagement in adolescence and physical and mental health status in young adulthood
- Linkage between civic engagement in adolescence and physical and mental health status in young adulthood. The AYAH-RN supported Drs. Ballard, Hoyt and Pachucki et al in a research project that examined the link between civic engagement during late adolescence and early adulthood, and socioeconomic status and mental and physical health in adulthood, using nationally representative data from the National Longitudinal…
- Topic(s): Developmental Science, Transitions, Young Adults
- Type(s): Project