In the second paper, earlier age of smartphone ownership was associated with greater discrepancies between parent and child reports of youth's internalizing symptoms.
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In the first paper, adolescents' social media use leads to increased family conflict (but not the reverse). psycnet.apa.org/record/2026-...

Check out recent work from UGA HDFS by lead author Cory Carvalho!

Come join us at UGA! We're hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Biobehavioral Health in HDFS! We're interested in candidates who study stress biology, biomarkers of aging, gene expression, inflammation, etc. across the lifespan. www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/450...

Calling all former #GeSS participants! We are hosting our NIA sponsored Genomics for Social Scientists- Epigenetics workshop January 20-23, 2026 VIRTUALLY🎉 Applications are now open through 10/31, so dust off your CV & please share with your colleagues: myumi.ch/P3QAe

📢New Publication Alert 📢

✅ Bottom line: Puberty isn’t just biological. For Black & Latinx girls, it can open a window of vulnerability to racism—with consequences for health & well-being.

Read the full article in Journal of Adolescent Health: authors.elsevier.com/a/1le2I,Nz%7...

Really like the language here that makes the parallel to issues with convenience samples to drive home these limitations.

This is why the first week of my longitudinal data analysis class starts with methods topics rather than diving into stats. Longitudinal data analysis can't overcome research design choices & measurement lags that don't match your theory of change. Theory, methods, & analysis need to work on tandem.

Congrats Arianna on the well deserved honor!

Congrats Juan!

In honor of women in science day👩‍🔬🧪, I wanted to share my doctoral student Rachel Brown's master's thesis work on context-specific protective factors for telomere length in Black and Hispanic youth that was accepted for PNEC's special issue on intersectionality www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I love the idea of a class photo! Perfectly timed reminder for my last FYO class tomorrow. The snacks and friendship bracelets are ready (it's a Taylor Swift themed FYO).

Taylor Swift reddit community usually has all the same updates but the live feed during the shows moves quickly!

Come join us in HDFS at UGA! We're hiring an Assistant/Associate Professor in Biobehavioral Health with an interest in candidates who focus on biomarkers of stress, aging, inflammation, and/or gene expression.

www.ugajobsearch.com/postings/400...