JK Lifespan Development Lab

We have another exciting paper to share, recently published in Development and Psychopathology. This one reports on associations between chronic adversity, psychopathology, and substance use via functional connectivity between the dACC and insula.

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Excited to share a new publication, out in Development and Psychopathology!

This paper reports on associations between child maltreatment and executive function development throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. Check it out!

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Apply by Dec 1, 2025.

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Emotion regulation, not executive functioning, mediates longitudinal links between unpredictability in adolescence and social connectedness in young adulthood - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Emotion regulation, not executive functioning, mediates longitudinal links between unpredictability in adolescence and social connectedness in young adulthood

New open access publication published in Scientific Reports identifies emotion regulation as a underlying mechanism through which household chaos negatively affects adult social connectedness. Read it here!
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A new paper coming out of our lab uses six years of longitudinal data to examine links between the chronicity and timing of maltreatment and risk-related functional connectivity across adolescence. Read it here! (Open-access in DCN)
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Come and see Claudia Clinchard's talks about our research at SSEA 2025!

Our article is now fully published and a commentary has been submitted about our article as well!
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The JK Lifespan Lab is coming to Minneapolis! Come and chat with us at #SRCD2025

Our new article in Biological Psychiatry: Cognitive Neuroscience and Neuroimaging is making waves for identifying neural signatures of future substance use in adolescents! This is an important step for early prevention of substance use.
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This new paper published in Emotion examines the reciprocal associations between peer victimization and emotion dysregulation across adolescence.

Read it here! doi.org/10.1037/emo0...

Check out this published in the Journal of Family Psychology. It looks at the roles of parent-adolescent brain similarity, parental monitoring, and family socioeconomic status on adolescent substance use!

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Negative Affect, Sensation Seeking, and Adolescent Substance Use Development: The Moderating Role of Executive Function - Journal of Youth and Adolescence It is unknown how the Addictions Neuroclinical Assessment markers—negative affect, sensation seeking, and executive function—contribute to substance use development. This study examined whether associ...

This recently published paper looks at the role executive functions play in the links between negative affect, sensation seeking, and adolescent substance use.
Go check out this very interesting paper in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence!
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A new publication co-authored by
@mlindenmuth.bsky.social uses a combination of gPPI functional connectivity analysis and leave-one-out cross-validation to identify neural signatures of cognitive control that predict substance use onset and frequency! Check it out!
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Novel research reveals how adversity shapes the developing brain and its connection to future health risks Findings from a longitudinal study led by two Virginia Tech researchers found that negative childhood experiences can lead to delayed brain development in teens and increase the likelihood of future h...

Check out this article in VT News highlighting our lab's research and the extensive contributions that Dr. Jungmeen Kim-Spoon and Dr. Brooks Casas have made to science!

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This article was recently selected as one of the Editors' Best of 2024 by the JAACP Open. Read the Editors' Best of 2024 article here!
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Check out our article to see why it was named one of the best of 2024!
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Our publication in Development and Psychopathology is now fully published! Click this link to read about how early maltreatment relates to neurodevelopmental differences and later psychopathology!
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New open access publication in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence headed by Dr. Kristin Peviani! In this paper, we examined longitudinal associations between SES, delay discounting, and substance use in adolescence. Read it here!
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Our lab has a fascinating new publication in Development and Psychopathology, focusing on the longitudinal development of executive functioning throughout adolescence and into young adulthood. It is also open-access! Read about it here! bit.ly/4e9wS2c

This open-access publication has officially been made public with this DOI in the Journal of American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry-Open!
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Longitudinal links from attachment with mothers and fathers to adolescent substance use: Internalizing and externalizing pathways The present study examined whether internalizing and externalizing symptoms may mediate the association between adolescent–mother and adolescent–father attachment and substance use. The sample inclu...

We have a new article that was recently featured in "The Nature of Love Revisited: How Social Bonds Shape Development" special issue in Developmental Science as an Open Access publication! Read it here!
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We have another new publication from the JK Lifespan Lab, this time published in the Journal of Family Psychology! Findings suggest that parent-adolescent neural similarity may reduce adolescent substance use by bolstering parental monitoring practices.

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Published earlier this year, this paper used a longitudinal approach to look at the impact of socioeconomic status on developmental trajectories of delay discounting and substance use across adolescence. Check it out below!

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The JK Lifespan Development Lab is accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025!

Applications are due December 1st! Find application resources/links on our lab website below.

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Longitudinal Pathways From Maltreatment to Substance Use Through Delay Discounting During Adolescence and Into Young Adulthood Children and adolescents exposed to maltreatment are at a greater risk for substance use disorders in adulthood. However, developmental processes that…

Earlier this year's JK Lifespan lab publication in JAACAP! Using a developmental cascade approach, this paper examined longitudinal pathways from maltreatment to substance use through delay discounting during adolescence and into young adulthood. Check it out! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper in the Development and Psychopathology special issue honoring Dr. Dante Cicchetti. Led by Dr. Jungmeen Kim-Spoon, we examined psychopathology as long-term sequelae of maltreatment and socioeconomic disadvantage. Check it out!

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The JK Lifespan Development Lab is accepting new graduate students for Fall 2025!
If you are interested in pursuing a Ph.D. in Psychology, check out our website below to see if our lab and VT are the right fit for your graduate journey!

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