Publications and Presentations

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

The MOSAIC Lab is presenting at the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) 2025 Biennial Meeting in Minneapolis, MN!

      • Coulter, K., Benner, A. D., Delgado, M. Y., & Nair, R. L. (2025). Trajectories of STEM identity and
        commitment among Latinx adolescents: Investigating predictors and outcomes. Paper presentation
        at the Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
      • Coulter, K., López, B. A., Velsaco, J., Bakhtiari, F., & Benner, A. D. (2025). Neighborhood risks
        and adolescents’ alcohol and marijuana use: Gender variations. Poster presentation at the Society
        for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
      • López, B. A. & Benner, A. D. (2025, May). Concordance Between School and Parents’ Reports of Language Support, Parental Involvement, and Children’s Reading Skills. Poster presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN.
      • Leon, A. J. &  Benner, A. D. (2025). Developmental trajectories of internal assets: Exploring
        demographic variations in friend support and friend disclosure. Poster presentation at the Society
        for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN
        Leon, A. J. & Benner, A. D. (2025). Math and science trajectories during COVID-19: The role of
        general and academic-related pandemic stressors and internal assets in adolescence. Paper
        presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis,
        MN.
      • Li, C. B. & Benner, A. D. (2025, May). Ethnic and Racial Discrimination and Academic Outcomes: The
        Role of School Interracial Climate. Poster presentation at the Society for Research on Child Development biennial meeting, Minneapolis, MN.

Recent PUBLICATIONS

López, B. A., & Benner, A. D. (2025). Challenges in the transition to kindergarten and children’s well-being through elementary school: Do school transition supports matter? Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 71, 193–204. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecresq.2025.01.001
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Coulter, K. M., Benner, A. D., Rojas, F. A., & Harrington, M. (2025). The co-development of ethnic identity and future orientation among ethnically/racially minoritized adolescents: A parallel process model. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(1), e70001-. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.70001
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Benner, A. D., Harrington, M. K., Kealy, C., & Nwafor, C. E. (2025). The COVID-19 pandemic and adolescents’ and young adults’ experiences at school: A systematic narrative review. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 35(1), e12935-. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12935
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Benner, A. D., Shen, Y., & Kloska, D. D. (2024). I need new friends! Changes in perceived peer drinking norms and developmental outcomes across the transition to college. Journal of Research on Adolescence, 34(4), 1127–1139. https://doi.org/10.1111/jora.12996
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Chen, S., Kertes, D., Benner, A., & Kim, S. Y. (2024). Short-term cortisol adaption to discrimination and Mexican-origin adolescents’ mental and sleep health. Development and Psychopathology, 36(4), 1–1875. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0954579423001219
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Benner, A. D., Alers‐Rojas, F., López, B. A., & Chen, S. (2024). “Some people will tell jokes to you; some people be racist:” A mixed‐method examination of racist jokes and adolescents’ well‐being. Child Development, 95(5), 1572–1585. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.14095
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Benner, A.D., Rojas, F.A., Kim, S.Y. et al. COVID-19 Anti-Chinese Discrimination, Current Pandemic Stress, And Adolescents’ Mental Health. J. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities 11, 1946–1955 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-023-01663-w
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Chan, M. ki, & Benner, A. D. (2024). A consideration of racial/ethnic diversity conceptualization and measurement: Clarifying ambiguities and advancing scholarship. Educational Psychologist, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/00461520.2024.2376020
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Ward, J. S., Felix, E. D., Nylund-Gibson, K., Afifi, T., & Benner, A. D. (2024). The Mutual Influence of Parent-Child Maladaptive Emotion Regulation on Posttraumatic Stress Following Flood Exposure. Journal of Family Psychology, 38(6), 945–955. https://doi.org/10.1037/fam0001249
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Benner, A. D., Chen, S., Fernandez, C. C., & Hayward, M. D. (2022). The Potential for Using a Shortened Version of the Everyday Discrimination Scale in Population Research with Young Adults: A Construct Validation Investigation. Sociological Methods & Research, 53(2), 804-838. https://doi.org/10.1177/00491241211067512 
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Martz, C. D., Benner, A. D., Goosby, B. J., Mitchell, C., & Gaydosh, L. (2024). Structural racism in primary schools and changes in epigenetic age acceleration among Black and White youth. Social Science & Medicine (1982), 347, 116724-. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116724