Publications and Presentations

RECENT PRESENTATIONS

      • The MOSAIC Lab will be presenting at SRCD 2027 in Atlanta, Georgia!

Recent PUBLICATIONS

Leon, A. J., & Benner, A. D. (2026). An asset-based approach to Latinx youth health: Internal assets and the role of social support. Child Development97(3), 897-909.
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Benner, A. D., Li, C., Cheadle, J. E., & Goosby, B. J. (2026). Accumulating disadvantage: Mechanisms linking discrimination histories and adolescent health. Developmental psychology.
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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 Quarterly71, 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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