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Helping Kids! Lab
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📍Research Lab at @UCDdublin.bsky.social, School of Psychology
|| Children. Empathy. Prosocial. Peacebuilding ||
@aspbelong.bsky.social, funded by Horizon Europe Research Ireland
‪PI @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social‬

https://helpingkidslab.com/ 💻
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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
November 26, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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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
November 18, 2025 at 4:34 PM
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✨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
November 6, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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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
November 5, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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📢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/...

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#Research #Publication✨
November 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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A big Thank you to Christine Merrilees for her fantastic seminar on Fostering Empathy and Empowerment in Young People! ✨✨

Sign up now for her GIRSI Masterclass ⬇️⬇️⬇️
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🗓️16.10. 10:00am

💡Longitudinal Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling

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October 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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📢 Reminder! Join us for our upcoming Event:

📆 Oct 16, 10:00am

🎙️ Speaker: Prof Christine Merrilees

💡GIRSI Masterclass: Longitudinal Data Analysis and Multilevel Modeling

💻Sign up now: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

@ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdgearyinst.bsky.social ✨✨

#Research #GIRSI #Data
October 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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📢 Reminder! Join us for our upcoming Seminar:

📆 Oct 14, 1:00pm

🎙️ Speaker: Prof Christine Merrilees

💡Fostering Empathy and Empowerment in Young People: A Daily Diary Study

💻Learn more: www.ucd.ie/geary/newsev...

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October 9, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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At todays #LabMeeting, we got to listen to an amazing presentation about Izzy’s research on how children and adolescents co-construct their ideas about national and European identities!

Learn more about her work here: @iniccraith.bsky.social ✨✨

#SocialPsy #Socialidentity #HelpingKidsLab #Lab
September 30, 2025 at 4:45 PM
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Today, we meet another amazing member of our Lab!

Meet Madeline, a current Master’s student and Research Assistant who will write her Thesis with us.

Learn more about her below! ⬇️☘️

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September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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Today, we are meeting Tara!

Tara started working as a Research Assistant in our Lab this September and will write her Master's Thesis with us.

See below to learn more about her interests and work in the lab ⬇️

#HelpingKidsLab #MeettheTeam #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research ✨✨
September 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Next up in our Meet the Team series, we have Postdoctoral Researcher Yul Kwon! Learn more about him & his work at our Lab below. 🎉

#PhDSky #ChildDevelopment #DevelopmentalPsychology #Research #MeettheTeam #SocialPsych
September 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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📆We are delighted to invite you to three upcoming Helping Kids! Lab events in October!

💻Join us and find out more on the websites:

www.ucd.ie/geary/newsev...
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September 18, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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Yesterday, at our weekly #LabMeeting, we had the pleasure of hearing a guest talk by Dr. Samet Ata on ProAct, a collaborative board game designed to foster prosocial behaviour and socioemotional skills in adolescents and young adults.😊🎉

#HelpingKidsLab #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
September 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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New newsletter alert!🎉

#HelpingKids #MemberSpotlight: Meet Vivian, who has been working with us for the past 2 years and greatly contributed to the Generation Peace Project!👏

If you want to learn more about Vivian, read the newsletter at:
helpingkidslab.com/wp-content/u...

#SocialPsyc #DevPsy✨
September 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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Helping Kids! is at @bps-social-psych.bsky.social!

Representing the lab is @iniccraith.bsky.social - sharing one talk today about her @researchireland.ie PhD, and one talk tomorrow about our #GenerationPeace study 👏

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September 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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Huge congratulations to Dr. Isabelle Zammit on successfully completing her Ph.D. in Developmental & Social Psychology! We're so proud of you and can’t wait to see what you do next!
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September 5, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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Today, we have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Lina, a master's student from Konstanz University interning in the lab this autumn. Learn more about her here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych #Internship
September 5, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Helping Kids! are at #ECDP2025!

Don't miss @isabellezammit.bsky.social presenting her fantastic research this Thursday, August 28, from 3:30-5:30 in ZETA1 🤩

@eadperu.bsky.social @eadp.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @lauraktaylorphd.bsky.social

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Isabelle Zammit, PhD Presentation: Assessing Young Children's Knowledge of Religious Outgroups: Cognitive and Social Influences. When: August 28, 2025, 3:30-5:30pm Where: ZETA1 Helping Kids! at EADP 2025 Annual Meeting
August 25, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Today is Noah’s last day in the lab! We will miss having him as a summer intern, but we know he is off to do great things. We are so grateful for his contributions to GenPeace, ASPbelong, and other projects. Thank you, Noah! ☺️
Thank you, Noah! Master's Student @ UvA
August 1, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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Happy Thursday! For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we're looking back to a 2022 systematic review of Autistic children's prosocial behaviour. See the infographic & read the paper to learn more! 🌈 #DevPsy #Autism #Neurodiversity #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych

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A Systematic Review of Autistic Children's Prosocial Behaviour. Questions: How do empirical studies measure Autistic children's prosocial behaviour? What knowledge does this evidence provide? Background: Prosocial behaviours (comforting, helping, sharing) lead to positive life outcomes. Methods: 30 studies in 29 articles met eligibility criteria. Data extraction, quality assessment, & narrative synthesis were conducted. Results: Common methodologies consisted of in-person paradigms, games, informant reports, & self-reports. Reliability and validity efforts were inconsistent. More positive outcomes for Autistic children engaging in prosocial behaviour than historically thought. Same frequency of engagement in prosocial behaviours as comparison groups. Conclusins: The findings encourage Autistic strength-based approaches. Future studies should use more consistent measurement tools. Diagnosis should not presume lack of prosociality in Autistic children.
July 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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We have another member of the lab to introduce! Meet Sophia, an undergraduate student from Boston University interning in the lab this summer. Learn more here! ☘️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Sophia Lombardo, Summer Intern. Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts. Projects: Helping Kids! Lab social media and website, systematic review coding, Oxford Handbook editing. Research interests: Socioemotional development, child psychopathology, externalizing and internalizing behaviors, and early intervention strategies. Fun fact: loves drawing, painting, and anything art-related.
July 30, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Let's meet another amazing member of our team! Nadia is a current master's student and research assistant at the lab- learn more about her below! ⬇️ #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #SocialPsych
Nadia Ng, Master's Student & Research Assistant. Hometown: Clonee, Co. Meath; Projects: Work focusing on cross-cultural research of the development of religious belief diversity in children. Research interests: Developmental psychology, social cohesion, outgroup prosocial behaviour, impact of digital interventions for youth. Fun fact: Loves crocheting and baking.
July 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Today, we're meeting Dearbháile! Learn more about her & her fascinating PhD research here. 💚 #DevPsy #PhDSky #AcademicSky #Social Psych
Dearbháile Counihan, PhD Researcher. Hometown: Dublin, Ireland. Projects: Clinical psychology PhD research exploring health inequalities experienced by the Traveller population. Research interests: Intergroup relations, health inequities, mental health, psychological therapies and interventions. Fun fact: obsessed with her dog and loves sea swimming.
July 28, 2025 at 7:59 AM
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What role do symbols play in helping kids make sense of who they are?

For today's #ThrowbackThursday, we're revisiting a 2022 study comparing the symbolic knowledge of students in Irish- and English-speaking schools. Read the paper and check out our infographic to learn more! ☘️ #AcademicSky #TBT
Exploring children's knowledge of Irish and European symbols: a comparison of Irish-medium and English-medium primary school children. Focus: how school type influences children's familiarity with Irish and European symbols, and identity development. Methods: draw-and-tell technique, qualitative analysis using constant comparison. Participants: 30 9-12-yearold children in Ireland; 15 children from 2 Irish-medium primary schools and 15 children from an English-medium primary school. Irish symbols: Irish medium: the past, physical characteristics of Ireland. Shared: emblems, mythology, sports, material culture. EU symbols: Irish-medium: EU via Irish lens, cuisine. Shared: EU signifiers, currency, countries. English-medium: sports. Conclusion: by middle childhood, children from both school types show awareness of national and European symbols.
July 24, 2025 at 8:22 AM