BUILD Lab
Biosocial Underpinnings in Learning & Development
Preschool/STAR Study Updates
Our research team extends our immense gratitude to our study participants for their invaluable contributions to the Preschool and STAR Study. The time, effort, and dedication from them and their children made this research possible. To those families — we truly appreciate your participation, as none of the following work would be achievable without your support!
Posters
Yang et al. (2022) used data from the Preschool and STAR Study to show that maternal depression has a bidirectional influence on child behavior. Check out this link for the full-sized image!
Publications
Using information from the Preschool Study, Schechter et al. (2016) found that maternal distress during pregnancy was related to differences in child cognitive ability. Positive parental engagement protected against any detrimental effects! Read more here.
In Swales et al. (2018), data from the Preschool Study was used to link depression and maternal stress hormone levels to child emotional reactivity. Interestingly, these results differed by child biological sex. See this paper here.
Winiarski et al. (2018) leveraged information from the Preschool Study to show that early life stress is connected to child aggression. These findings differed based on stress hormone levels and insensitivity in children. Read more here.
Engel et al. (2018) found that somatic complaints, such as headaches and stomach problems (without medical cause), in preschool-aged children were linked to anxiety and depressive symptoms in school-aged children. Read more from this study, that used the Preschool Study Cohort, here.