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Mt. Hope Family Center awarded $8.5M to continue child maltreatment studies
Fri, 15 Sep 2023
Funding from the National Institutes of Health builds on the grant given five years ago to establish the TRANSFORM multidisciplinary national research and resource center.
Continue ReadingThriving while living with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD)
Mon, 21 Aug 2023
Fetal alcohol spectrum disorders are a pressing public health problem—and the University is home to one of only two specialty diagnostic clinics in New York state.
Continue ReadingLooking for a match made in heaven—or online? Science says stay grounded
Mon, 13 Feb 2023
Rochester’s Harry Reis, a leading social psychologist, discusses how to find and foster love—including ways to get the most out of online dating.
Continue ReadingReducing the temptation to cheat in relationships
Thu, 26 Jan 2023
Adopting your partner’s perspective may reduce your temptation to cheat, according to research by Gurit Birnbaum at Reichman University in Israel and Rochester’s Harry Reis.
Continue ReadingMt. Hope Family Center expands evidence-based trauma services
Mon, 22 Aug 2022
New federal funding will support the center’s programs addressing child and family trauma at individual and systemic levels.
Continue ReadingHelping teens channel stress, grow in resilience
Wed, 06 Jul 2022
Psychologists have developed a tool to help teens turn everyday stressors that could lead to anxiety and depression into a positive force instead.
Continue ReadingDoes urban living put kids at greater risk of experiencing psychosis?
Wed, 27 Apr 2022
Using a large, nationwide sample, Rochester researchers looked at the impact that environmental and social risk factors can have during childhood.
Continue ReadingWho fared better during Covid: those living with or without family?
Tue, 18 Jan 2022
A study led by researchers at the University of Toronto and coauthored by Rochester's Bonne Le, showed that people who lived with family during COVID-19 had better mental health outcomes than people living alone.
Continue ReadingStress response doesn’t have to be bad. Here’s how to reframe it.
Tue, 14 Sep 2021
Rochester psychologists find that college students who reinterpret their stress response as performance-enhancing are less anxious and generally healthier.
Continue ReadingHow does the pandemic affect families who were already struggling?
Fri, 06 Aug 2021
River Campus psychologists and the Mt. Hope Family Center are awarded a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development grant to study the pandemic’s long-term effects on family cohesion and child well-being.
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