IDDLab and lab friends (Abby!) had a strong presence at this year’s virtual Occasional Temperament Conference 2020, hosted at Virginia Tech and organized by IDDLab collaborators Martha Ann Bell and Cindy Smith. Here’s a summary of the presentations!

Posters:

Mamatha Chary – The Moderating Role of Household Chaos on Child Surgency and Harsh Fathering

Yelim Hong – Differential Harsh Parenting and Sibling Differences in Conduct Problems: The Role of Child Temperament

Sarah McCormick – Links between Father-Child EEG Asymmetry, Temperament, and Behavior

Papers (presented in symposia):

Sarah McCormick – Moderating Role of Shy Temperament on Links between Parent Behavior and Theory of Mind

Yelim Hong – Similarity of Parent-Child Temperament: Links with Parenting and Child Behavior Problems

Abigail Helm – Temperament and the Short-Term Effects of Tablet Use in Young Children

IDDLab manager Jillian Manalang has just received the Naval Health Professions Scholarship (HPSP), which will fund medical school for Jill in exchange for becoming a commissioned officer and practicing medicine in the Navy. Jill is currently deciding on medical school location. Congratulations, Jill!