Current Research
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Moms and Dogs Study
Researchers at Colorado State University and Virginia Tech are interested in understanding how living with a pet dog fits into daily life in the first year after having a baby.
If you are interested in participating, please complete this eligibility screener.
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RELAX Intervention Study
RELAX seeks to equip adolescents with coping, communication, and conflict management skills and help parents learn how to support their adolescents in using these skills. 60 families of adolescents with ADHD ages 11-16 years were invited to participate in a clinical trial where they were randomized to either the RELAX group or a psychoeducational waitlist control group.
Additionally, we are conducting a pilot study to see if adding a smartphone app to help practice skills during and following completion of the RELAX intervention can improve and maintain treatment outcomes.
Recruitment for this study is currently complete. If you would like to be added to the RELAX waitlist to be contacted for future RELAX groups or studies, sign up here.
Recent Past Research
RELAX Intervention Clinical Trial
The RELAX intervention targets emotion dysregulation and family conflict in families of adolescents with ADHD. RELAX consists of 8 weekly 90-minute groups for parents and adolescents. With a review session 1 month and 6 months after the groups are completed.We recently finished the telehealth RELAX intervention pilot study for middle schoolers with ADHD (n = 20). We have applied for additional funding to continue to provide this opportunity for families and hope to run more groups in winter and spring 2022.
Social-Emotional Development Study
While we are no longer recruiting, we are still finishing up our longitudinal social-emotional development study which examines the role of parent emotion regulation and parenting behaviors in children's social-emotional development from the preschool years through adolescence. This study involves 120 families of children ages 4-16 years.
ADHD & Eating Study
This study examined the frequency and contributing factors to different forms of disinhibited eating (overeating, loss of control, binge eating) among adolescents with ADHD (ages 13 to 19 years).
Support BRANCH Parenting Program
This study sought to assess the feasibility, acceptability, and benefit of the Support BRANCH program used in combination with clinician-delivered behavioral therapy as part of a stepped-care model for reducing child behavior problems and increasing parents’ feelings of competency in supporting youth behavior.