Healthy Children Lab

  

Group photo of our lab members. Welcome . . .

. . . to the Healthy Children Laboratory of the University of South Florida! Located at the main campus in Tampa, Florida, we're a part of the Psychology Department of the College of Arts and Sciences. Our lab is headed by Ellis Gesten, Ph.D.

Lab History & Philosophy

Our research is characterized by two themes: (1) the development of ongoing collaborative relationships with community colleagues and agencies, most prominently school systems, and (2) a focus on understanding, assessing, and promoting healthy functioning in children, youth, and families. ¶ One overarching goal has been overcome natural barriers that traditionally separate . . . Read more »

Bullying

For the past decade, the Healthy Children Lab has been working collaboratively with local school districts to investigate the phenomenon of bullying. With a great deal of public, media, and political attention focused on this public health concern, we have been dedicated to . . . Read more »

 

 

Social Information Processing

Broadly, the Healthy Children Lab is interested in adolescents and their social development, relationships, adjustment, and mostly, cognition. Children’s social cognition reflects and impacts their adjustment and behavior. Social skill and social information processing deficits have been linked to . . . Read more »

Resilience

An introduction to our resilience study is coming soon. Read more »

 
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