Our Projects

Learn more about the projects taking place in the PSD Lab below

Interested in participating in a study with us?

If you and your child are interested in participating in a study with the Positive Social Development Lab or Developmental Science Network at VT, please email us at psdlab@vt.edu!

Data Collection in Progress

Cultivating Kindness:
Mapping the socialization landscape
of prosocial development in early adolescence.

The purpose of this study is to explore factors that influence prosocial behavior among middle schoolers in the New River Valley area. (IRB #24-390)

Data Analysis & Preparation of Manuscripts for Publication in Progress

College Students' Stress, Wellbeing, and Prosociality

The purpose of this study is to understand the relations between college students’ stress, wellbeing, relationships, and prosocial behavior. (IRB# 23-1302)

Latine Youth's Cultural Assets and Positive Social Development

The purpose of this study to examine the effects of Latine youth and parents’ culture related experiences and stress on youth’s social emotional development, moral development, and psychological well-being. (IRB #24-342)

Other Projects

Extending the Study of Enduring and Meaningful Effects of Organized Afterschool Activities
Longitudinal Study of Children’s Cognitive, Emotional, & Prosocial Development in Türkiye
The PACIFIC Project: Parents and Children in Families and in Cultures
Prosociality in Times of COVID-19: A Cross-National Investigation of Prosocial Attitudes and Behaviors During the COVID-19 Crisis
Adolescents’ Prosocial and Moral Development in Nicaragua