The Journal of Adolescence is searching for two Assistant Editors. JoA is a top developmental journal (5 year citation 4.32), moving to Wiley in 2022. It is unique in that profits from the journal support professionals in adolescent mental health. Share! nancydarling.org/joa-editor-sea…

Going back to school after a year of virtual learning can be challenging. Rudd fellow Dr. Leah Lessard's study found that during the pandemic, adolescents reported academics & work habits to be among their biggest challenges, ahead of mental & physical health. today.uconn.edu/2021/08/pandem…

Teens across diverse sexual & gender identities who feel safer at school engage in fewer unhealthy weight control and disordered eating behaviors. Our latest findings via American School Health Association Ryan J. Watson Ethan Wang onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

🎊 My first pre-grad study UC Davis is finally out in Cognitive Psychology! Led by Hannah Kramer we show across 3 studies that the dichotomizing heuristic takes over social judgments: but it fails if judgments are improbable or groups aren’t initially treated as distinct.

Our new study links school district antibullying policies to educators' weight bias. We find evidence of lower bias when policies specifically reference "weight" as a characteristic that places youth at risk for bullying. American School Health Association UConn Rudd Center onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jo…

Adolescents with greater pre-COVID friend support felt less depressed and anxious during COVID-19, regardless of time spent with friends or COVID-19 related stress. "Friends may thus protect against developing internalizing symptoms in times of crisis." onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

So pleased to have our systematic review on peer victimization, friendship, and adolescent health included in this special issue! A team effort with Dr. Leah Lessard Sarah Kiperman Faizun N. Bakth Alexandra Ehrhardt and Janelle Uganski. Full-text link below 🔗

How have adolescents’ feelings about their bodies and weight-related social influences changed during #COVID19? Dr. Leah Lessard and #RebeccaPuhl explore pandemic-related changes in body dissatisfaction and #WeightStigma from peers, parents & social media. doi.org/10.1093/jpepsy…

"Is #Facebook Promoting Self-Stigma?" conscienhealth.org/2021/09/facebo… by Ted Kyle cc UConn Rudd Center #WeightBias Dr. Leah Lessard & Puhl: "...increased exposure to weight stigmatizing social media content is likely to have implications for adolescents’ health and wellbeing..."

It's National #BullyingPrevention Month. Our NEW podcast episode features Dr. Leah Lessard's research on the role popular peers may play in reducing weight-based bullying in schools. ow.ly/oO3C50GhkR6 UConn Rudd Center UConn HDFS #NPBM2021

In their 2019 Educational Psychologist piece, Jaana Juvonen, Dr. Leah Lessard, Ritika Rastogi, Dr. Hannah Schacter, Danielle Sayre Smith “provide a critical analysis of barriers to social inclusion and integration in schools.” tinyurl.com/4xzzfan6

33% of adolescents in our community sample reported experiencing weight-based cybervictimization, with elevated rates among those with overweight (45%) and obesity (60%).

What does bullying look like during the pandemic? Does peer victimization "hurt" more when teens attend in-person vs online school? Our new paper w/ Adam J. Hoffman, Ph.D. 🏳️‍🌈 Alexandra Ehrhardt Faizun N. Bakth is now available open access in Development & Psychopathology: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

In this Perspective, Earnshaw et al. argue that considering stigma in relation to historical, human development & status course timescales can advance progress in addressing stigma to improve health. go.nature.com/3HQgund @UDStigmaLab Ryan J. Watson Dr. Annie Fox

“To support equitable mental health outcomes for youth with diverse body sizes, empirically informed policy needs to address weight-related teasing and bullying” write Dr. Leah Lessard & @Sam_E_Lawrence Read more ow.ly/qYQN50Ifput #mentalhealth #policy #bullying

Action for Healthy Kids RFP for Development and Testing of a Family-School Partnership Assessment for Child Health and Well-Being apadiv15.org/2022/06/17/act…

#New: CDC has released training modules for the Wellness Policy in Action Tool (WPAT)! The WPAT - which utilizes the Rudd Center's WellSAT program - helps schools meet Dept. of Agriculture triennial assessment requirements. #CDCHealthySchools 🔗: bit.ly/3wgTlaI

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