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SEPA 2025 Conference

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The PaCK lab recently attended the Southeastern Psychological Association 2025 conference!

Undergraduate research assistant Kassandra De Jesus presented her senior honors thesis as a oral paper presentation, titled “Parents’ ADHD and Parenting Style: Relation to Child ADHD Symptoms”

Undergraduate research assistant Vanessa Achamfuor presented her senior honors thesis as a oral paper presentation, titled “Moderators of Intergenerational Patterns in African American Parenting Styles”

Undergraduate research assistant Juli Spencer presented a poster titled “Prenatal Factors and Parental Reports of Child Behavior Problems”

First year graduate student researcher Jewelian Fairchild presented a poster titled “Perceived Child Behavior: Role of Abuse Risk and Abuse History” and an oral paper titled “Parenting Stress and Abuse Risk: Mediating Role of Negative Attributions”

Second year graduate student researcher Paige Munshell presented work from her Master’s Thesis as an oral paper titled “Parenting and Partner Violence as Predictive of Family Dysfunction” as well as a poster titled “Relations Between Intimate Partner Violence and Parent-Child Interactions Across Infancy”

ISPCAN 2024

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Dr. Rodriguez and graduate student researcher Paige Munshell recently attended the International Society for the Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect Conference in Uppsala, Sweden!

Dr. Rodriguez presented on Not Hit Zone implementation with her colleagues Dr. Viola Vaughn-Eden and Stacie LeBlanc, “Creating safe spaces: The role of No Hit Zones in preventing child abuse and fostering violence-free environments for children“

Paige presented two posters titled “From Approval to Action: Analyzing Parent-Child Aggression Across Cultures” and “Exploring Parent-Child Interactions: Implications for Child Abuse Risk Assessment.”

APA Conference 2024

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Dr. Rodriguez, graduate student researcher Edoardo Modanesi, and undergraduate student researcher Kassandra De Jesus recently attended the 2024 APA Conference in Seattle, WA.

Edoardo Modanesi presented a poster titled “Moderators of Substance Use on Child Abuse Risk: Differences between Mothers and Fathers.”

Kassandra De Jesus presented a poster titled “All in the Family: Parenting Style and Parents’ ADHD in relation to Child ADHD Symptoms.”

Violence Prevention Conference 2024

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The PaCK lab recently attended the 2024 Violence Prevention Conference in Portsmouth, New Hampshire! Dr. Christina Rodriguez led a symposium with her colleagues Dr. Viola Vaughn-Eden and Stacie LeBlanc, titled “Implementing No Hit Zones: Guidelines and Preliminary Evidence from a Pilot Study in Preschools.”

PaCK lab graduate student researcher Edoardo Modanesi presented his research in a poster titled “Association between IPV and Parent-Child Aggression among Parents: The role of Parent and Child Gender” as well as an oral paper presentation titled “Predicting psychological versus physical victimization: Exploring risk factors among expectant parents.”

APA Conference 2023

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Dr. Christina Rodriguez lead a symposium at the 2023 American Psychological Association in Washington, DC: “Racial Disparities in Physical Child Abuse in Context: Implications for Practice and Policy”, presenting “Black mothers’ anxiety, justification, and aggressive discipline approval.” 

APA Conference 2022

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Dr. Christina Rodriguez leading a symposium at the 2022 American Psychological Association in Minneapolis, Minnesota: “Family Reactions to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Diverse Populations: Risk and Resilience Opportunities”, presenting “Black and White Mothers’ Parenting during the Pandemic: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Findings.”