Although adolescence is a time of increasing autonomy, parent-adolescent relationships can have important implications for youths’ transition into adolescence and into emerging adulthood. Current lab interests include: 1) parenting in the context of adolescence; 2) fathers’ parenting experiences and involvement; and 3) dyadic relationships.
Race- and culturally-specific experiences have been associated with the development of African American adolescents and other racialized youth. Using risk and resilience models, we examine how these experiences (e.g., racial discrimination) can influence parent and adolescent well-being. Cultural protective factors (e.g., ethnic-racial socialization) are of particular interest.
There are multiple factors that can contribute to the successful development of youth. The lab has a specific interest in understanding how school and community contexts are associated with adolescents’ adjustment (academic, social, psychological). We are particularly interested in understanding how youths’ community engagement and connection can promote positive adjustment.
Gender has been suggested as an important context for understanding adolescent experiences and subsequent outcomes. Current research directions of the StAR lab include: 1) highlighting gender variation in risk, promotive, and protective factors, and 2) illuminating within-group variation in African American girls’ social experiences and well-being.
Project REAL (Relationships, Experiences, and Adaptation in daily Life) employs an ecological momentary assessment …
The MOSAIC (Mothers Socializing to Affirm Identity & Culture) examines the complex dynamics …
This collaborative, multidisciplinary project (Economics, Psychology and Neuroscience, and Education) examines how the …
The Youth-LEAD (Learning and Empowering through Agriculture to Promote Development) Ambassadors program is …
This investigation explores community-level factors associated with parenting practices among Black American parents. …
Margarett McBride, StAR Lab graduate student, successfully defended her dissertation! Congratulations, Dr. McBride!!
The application deadline for UNC’s Doctoral Program in Developmental Psychology is December 2, 2025. Visit the Developmental Psychology Program page to learn more about the …
Star Lab Undergrads, Mariana Chavez Guerrero (Doctoral Program in Education and Psychology, University of Michigan), Yakob Lemma (Doctoral Program, Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, University …
UNC’s Multidisciplinary and Engaged Approaches to Development and Adaptation across the Lifespan (MEDAL) REU provides promising undergraduate students the opportunity to work closely with UNC faculty mentors, graduate students, and postdoctoral fellows …
Using culturally-relevant conceptual and theoretical frameworks, the Strengths, Assets, and Resilience (StAR) Research Lab explores the ways in which families, schools, and communities influence positive development among African American adolescents and youth.
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