The PERCH Team regularly presents research on mental health, child development, and resilience at local and national conferences. Below are a list of recent and upcoming presentations based on our team's ongoing projects:
2024
October 3, 2024: "Feasibility of using mHealth technology to measure real-world experiences of prenatal stress across racially and socioeconomically diverse communities"
Presenter: Irene Tung
Conference: International Society of Developmental Psychobiology, Chicago, IL.
February 14, 2024: "The impact of perceived minority status on adolescents’ positive life expectancies during the transition to adulthood"
Presenter: Alondra Vanegas
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
February 14, 2024: "Changes in religious identify and self-esteem during the transition to early adulthood"
Presenter: Precious Jones
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
February 14, 2024: "Immigrant generational status and parenting behaviors as predictors for marijuana use among Latinx adolescents"
Presenter: Ramiro Rodriguez Sanchez
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
February 15, 2024: "Examining the validity of a non-invasive biosensor device for heart rate variability during pregnancy"
Presenter: Arianna Peredia
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
February 15, 2024: "Loneliness during pregnancy mediates the association between psychological intimate partner violence and postpartum anxiety among Black women"
Presenter: Belen Guillen, BA & Denise Aguiluz, BA
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
April 25, 2024: "High school racial composition, positive life expectancies, and psychological flourishing across developmental transitions"
Presenter: Alondra Vanegas
Conference: 104th Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, San Francisco, CA
April 25, 2024: "Changes in religious identity and self-esteem during the transition to early adulthood"
Presenter: Precious Jones
Conference: 104th Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, San Francisco, CA
April 27, 2024: "Measuring psychophysiology during pregnancy using innovative mobile health technology"
Presenter: Arianna Peredia
Conference: 104th Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, San Francisco, CA
April 27, 2024: "Exploring the intersection of psychological intimate partner violence, loneliness, and postpartum anxiety among Black women"
Presenter: Belen Guillen, BA, & Denise Aguiluz, BA
Conference: 104th Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, San Francisco, CA
April 28, 2024: "Family predictors of risky alcohol use among first, second, and third generation Latinx adolescents"
Presenter: Ramiro Rodriguez Sanchez
Conference: 104th Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, San Francisco, CA
2023
February 22, 2023: "Supporting positive mother-infant interactions among adolescent and young adult mothers"
Presenter: Jennifer Baker, BA
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
February 24, 2023: "Effects of intimate partner violence and discrimination during pregnancy on Black women’s mental health"
Presenters: Belen Guillen, BA and Denise Aguiluz, BA
Conference: Annual Student Research Conference at California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.
March 23, 2023: "Social connectedness and well-being among Black women following adolescent sexual trauma"
Presenter: Uma Balaji, BS
Conference: Society for Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT
March 25, 2023: "Prenatal stress and offspring externalizing behaviors in childhood and adolescence: A meta-analysis"
Presenter: Irene Tung, PhD
Conference: Society for Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT (In A. Noroña-Zhou (Chair) Intergenerational and developmental origins of health: Maternal prenatal distress and implications for offspring psychopathology risk)
April 30, 2023: "Intergenerational continuity of positive parenting for adolescent and young adult mothers"
Presenter: Jennifer Baker, BA
Conference: 103rd Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, Riverside, CA
April 28, 2023: "Experiences of violence and racial discrimination during pregnancy: Associations with postpartum mental health"
Presenters: Denise Aguiluz, BA and Belen Guillen, BA
Conference: 103rd Western Psychological Association (WPA) Convention, Riverside, CA
May, 2023: "Mother-daughter closeness before and during pregnancy: Implications for prenatal wellbeing and offspring temperament"
Presenter: Irene Tung, PhD.
Conference: 31st Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington DC. (In N. Zhang (Chair) Promoting health equity in diverse families by involving grandparents in prevention science)
August, 2023: "Immigration generational status as a predictor of substance use among Hispanic/Latinx adolescent"
Presenter: Ramiro Rodriguez Sanchez
Conference: UCLA National McNair Scholars Conference, Los Angeles, CA
August, 2023: "Body image, social self worth and flourishing in adolescent girls"
Presenter: Alondra Vanegas
Conference: UCLA National McNair Scholars Conference, Los Angeles, CA
August, 2023: "Supporting positive mother-infant interactions among adolescent and young adult mothers"
Presenter: Jennifer Baker, BA
Conference: Poster presented at the California State University Symposium at UCLA, Westwood, CA.
2022
June, 2022: "Social support modulates prenatal stress reactivity and positively impacts infant temperament "
Presenter: Irene Tung, PhD
Conference: 30th Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Seattle, WA
November 10, 2022: "Neighborhood-level stress and support: Associations with stress regulation and resilience during pregnancy"
Presenter: Irene Tung, PhD
Conference: 55th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Developmental Psychobiology (ISDP), San Diego, CA
