UCR Youth Health and Development Lab

Psychology Today cited our research on positive social media use!

Could Social Media Positively Affect Black Youth? Specific social media usage could boost positive identity and self-esteem.

We've started a new research project with parents of teens! Interested parents can reach us by phone, email, or link in the QR code. Thanks for sharing!

We received an award for Community Engaged Teaching this year! This was certainly a team effort. We hope to connect with more folks this summer and fall!

Community Engaged Teaching Award: Aerika Loyd, Psychology Community Engaged Teaching Award: Aerika Loyd, Psychology

We're delighted to share the 2023 Youth Health and Development Lab annual newsletter! Hope you enjoy learning about the team and our research projects! Link here: https://tinyurl.com/5af4pf6z

Name that scientist! Out of 383 Black and Latine participants in our study, only 2 identified a scientist of color ...what can we do about that?

Congrats to our research assistant Marilyn, Laura, and other students who presented at the UCR Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference yesterday! Learn more about the conference! https://ucrpsichi.wixsite.com/mysite/r-psyc2023

Youth are actively using social media throughout the day. There has been a focus on risk and negative outcomes of using social media; however, what about the positive developmental outcomes? Link to full paper on our publications page! https://youthdevlab.ucr.edu/publications/

Wow, it’s been a whole week already since WPA! Our lab presented two posters. SWIPE left to learn about what we presented on…

Ready for Spring Quarter! We will be focused on continuing to recruit participants for our current projects, attending community events, disseminating our research findings and much more….

From infancy to adolescence and beyond, SRCD is dedicated to understanding every stage of child development. Taking place March 23rd - March 25th…

We are recruiting three (3) RAs to join our lab! You can find our RA application on our website (link in bio) under the Contact Us page.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

Dr. Loyd recently talked with KCRW about a new report highlighting a mental health crisis among U.S. teen girls. She also discussed recommendations for parents and adults who work with teens. Interview here!

Mental health crisis among teen girls? What to do about it | Press Play Nearly 60% of teen girls report feeling persistent sadness or hopelessness – the highest rate seen in the last decade, according to the CDC.

Wishing our community members a safe and restful summer! We look forward to coming back online when Fall Quarter begins this September.