✨This week, the Helping Kids! Lab is at #SRA2026 !

See more information below on when and where you can see these amazing presentations of our team by @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social, @iniccraith.bsky.social, Dr. Ellen Kneeskern & Dr. Vivian Liu.

🎉"The Longitudinal Relationship Between Youth Intergroup Contact and Social Cohesion Outcomes in Two Divided Societies" by @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social, @shelleymckeown.bsky.social, and others, is one of the top 10 most-cited papers in 2024!

🔗Read it here! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

✨ The brand new @aspbelong.bsky.social website is live!!

Find all the info and resources on the ASPbelong project, the immersive story "Lina", and how this is boosting social belonging for young people! 🫂

🔗Have a look! aspbelong.com

At last weeks #LabMeeting, we had the pleasure of listening to Michele Maia's guest talk on physical therapist behaviours that might hinder children's object exploration.

Thank you so much for the interesting talk!
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At last weeks #LabMeeting, Melike presented her research on supporting adolescents in reducing substance use and digital addiction.

Thank you Melike!
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#SocialPsy #DevPsy #DualAddiction #Intervention #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Schemas

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Today, we're introducing Donagh!

A PhD researcher at UCD and our new administrative lab support.

Learn more about Donagh here! ⤵️ #DevPsy #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #HelpingKidsLab #PhDSky

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Meet Melike!

A PhD Researcher from Türkiye doing research on prevention and intervention strategies for adolescent addiction right now.

Learn a bit more about her here below! ☘️⬇️

#DevPsy #PhDSky #SocialPsych #HelpingKidsLab

🗣️Tuesday at the @ucdsocscilaw.bsky.social research and engagement day postdoc Ellen Kneeskern presented about the scientific communication for @aspbelong.bsky.social

💬Exciting to learn about the other projects and to be getting our work out!

#ResearchandEngagement #DevelopmentalPsych

Ethno‐Religious Socialization Among Majority and Minority Group Children in a Post‐Conflict Society Families vary in the extent to which they socialize their children about their racial or ethnic identities (i.e., family ethnic socialization). Research on family ethnic socialization has primarily b...

📢Publication alert!

💡Ethno-Religious Socialization Among Majority and Minority Group Children in a Post-Conflict Society

💻Read the whole Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🔍 Or take a look at the infographic below!

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social
@blaylockd1.bsky.social

☘️ Today we're meeting our Spring Intern! Zaina is a master's student from the University of Amsterdam doing her internship in the lab right now.

Learn more about her here! 🫙
#DevPsy #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #Internship #HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam

We are now recruiting!

We welcome a global and diverse set of applicants for a new ERC Consolidator project funded by @erc.europa.eu
www.ucd.ie/research/new...

📣 Postdoc: search job ref 019423 here: my.corehr.com/pls/ucdrecru...

📣 4-year fully funded PhD, details: www.ucd.ie/graduatestud...

At our first #LabMeeting after winter break, Maddie and Tara practiced conducting the school survey for feedback. ✨ Thanks both!

📣 Still recruiting #Teachers and #Parents (4th–6th class).

#SocialPsych #Research #Education #DevelopmentalPsychology #HelpingKidsLab #IrelandEd #Teacher #Teaching

📣Calling all #Teachers and/or #Parents of children in 4th, 5th and 6th class!

👫We are conducting an in-school study with children around the country, all about what it means to be Irish and European, and the implications for inclusion in #Ireland.

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#IrelandEd #Teacher #Education #Teaching

Yesterday, we had our last #LabMeeting before the winter break. 🎄
We had the chance to listen to the wonderful @iniccraith.bsky.social presenting her PhD research and future studies on social identity and culture!

#SocialPsych #Research #PhD #DevelopmentalPsychology #HelpingKidsLab

📢New Publication alert!

💡Prosocial behaviour and trait risk-taking predict willingness to help others.

💻Read the whole Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌍Find out more about our Generation Peace Project: gnrtnpeace.com

@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social
@leilaeisner.bsky.social ✨

#GENERATION_EU is a reality!

So grateful to receive #ERCCoG from @erc.europa.eu 🤩

With new PhDs and Post-docs, the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social will address:

What is European identity?
How does it develop?
Does it promote peace?

Across childhood, adolescence and young adulthood.

At yesterday’s #LabMeeting, we had the opportunity to listen to Perah Midbar Alter from @campsydept.bsky.social, who presented his research on children’s perceptions and agency in times of crisis and war. ✨✨Thank you Perah!

#Developmentalpsych #research #HelpingsKidsLab #Socialpsych #Psychology

At todays #LabMeeting, we had the opportunity to listen to @ncaluori.bsky.social from the University of Illinois Chicago, who presented her research on cultural differences in a globalizing world!✨✨Thank you Nava!

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Research #Developmentalpsychology

✨Today, we have another new member of the lab to introduce!

Meet Ellen, a post-doctoral researcher who will work on the
@aspbelong.bsky.social project! ☘️

Learn more about her here and on our website: helpingkidslab.com/who-we-are/%...

#MeettheTeam #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

At our #LabMeeting yesterday, we got to listen to @fannylalot.bsky.social from the University of Basel, who presented her interesting research on the influence of future consciousness on political engagement!✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab #Research #Developmentalpsychology

📢New Publication alert!

💡Youth with higher average intergroup contact levels show stronger social cohesion indicators.

💻Read the whole Article here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

@shelleymckeown.bsky.social
@lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social
@sumedhrao.bsky.social

#Research #Publication✨

@ucdgearyinst.bsky.social GIRSI launching now, in a packed room!

Delighted to share longitudinal data analysis from the @helpingkidslab.bsky.social network!

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