{"id":126,"date":"2017-03-30T15:39:47","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T19:39:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/readylab\/?page_id=126"},"modified":"2020-09-01T08:38:42","modified_gmt":"2020-09-01T12:38:42","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/readylab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-150\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/readylab\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screen-Shot-2014-04-02-at-2.19.48-PM-400x207-e1490973259450.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Research topics include mental health (e.g., depression, antisocial behavior) and health-related behaviors (e.g., sleep, substance use) in adolescence and the transition to adulthood. We are interested in learning about processes of development in these domains, for example:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>How do problems such as depression and antisocial behavior create risk for substance use in adolescence and the transition to adulthood, particularly among college and university students?<\/li>\n<li>How are mental health experiences related to role transitions (e.g., marriage, parenthood) and successful functioning in adulthood?<\/li>\n<li>How do peer and family relationships mediate and moderate the developmental progression of depression and antisocial behavior?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>From a quantitative perspective, we also study methods for modeling patterns of development in mental health and health-related behaviors across the lifespan. Some examples of current methodological issues are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Effective strategies for combining longitudinal data from multiple independent studies, drawing on item response theory and factor analysis traditions (integrative data analysis)<\/li>\n<li>Methods for combining multiple reports of a target child from mothers, fathers, teachers, and other reporters into a single integrated measure<\/li>\n<li>Approaches in structural equation modeling to examine the distinct time-specific and person-specific contributions of a time-varying covariate to change over time in mental health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Current Research<\/h3>\n<p>Members of the READY Lab are currently involved in several ongoing projects that concern mental health, health-related behaviors, and transitions across the lifespan:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Carleton Transitions Study<\/strong>: A two-cohort longitudinal study of first-year university students focusing on parent involvement during the transition to university and implications for mental health and well-being.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Multimodal Treatment Study of Children with ADHD<\/strong>\u00a0(MTA): A long-term follow-up study of children who participated in an intensive, randomized controlled trial of multimodal treatment of ADHD<\/li>\n<li><strong>Student Mood Project<\/strong>: A multi-cohort study of university student goal regulation and well-being, headed by collaborator Erin Barker at Concordia University.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Making the Transition<\/strong>: A four-year longitudinal study of health-related behaviors in a sample of incoming university students.<\/li>\n<li><strong>University Life Study<\/strong>: A seven-semester longitudinal measurement burst study of college student drinking, substance use, and associated health behaviors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research topics include mental health (e.g., depression, antisocial behavior) and health-related behaviors (e.g., sleep, substance use) in adolescence and the transition to adulthood. 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