Adolescent Adjustment Project

Check out the article by Jaymie Silverman and Lauren Tedeschi about their involvement in the AAP in the Quest! The Quest Spring 2013

Congratulations to the following AAP students for their award winning Steele Symposium posters!! 

Undergraduate Division

1^st place poster: Alyssa Barone, Adolescent depressive symptomatology: Which comes first?

2^nd place poster: Jaymie Silverman, The effects of parental problem drinking on adolescent anxiety

Graduate Division

1^st place poster: Laura Finan, Adolescent-parent communication as a mediator of adolescent depression and family cohesion

2^nd place poster: Jessica Schultz, Adolescent technology use and substance use

We just returned from presenting our  most recent AAP research at APS in Chicago.

Congratulations to Jessica Schulz for winning second place in the graduate division at the 2011 Marion Steele Symposium!

Congratulations to Jaymie Silverman and Lauren Tedeschi for being selected to work on the AAP as 2012 Social Science Scholars!

The AAP recently was featured in Inside Delaware. Click on the link to read more (see page 4).

We recently were in Providence, RI presenting our most recent AAP findings.

Check out our latest presentations under the presentations link!

We have returned from DC where we presented new AAP findings. Check out our presentations under the presentations link!

Juliet Bradley has the distinction of being the first graduate student to write her dissertation based on AAP data! Juliet’s dissertation is entitled A Longitudinal Examination of the Moderating Impact of Family and Peer Factors on the Relationship between Anxiety and Alcohol Use During Adolescence. Juliet received her Ph.D. in Human Development & Family Studies from the University of Delaware this summer. Congratulations Juliet!

Sara Bergamo is officially the first graduate student to write her Master’s thesis based on AAP data! Sara’s thesis is entitled Sport Participation: Is it Linked to Adolescent Substance Use? Sara received her M.S. in Human Development & Family Studies from the Universityof Delaware in May of 2010. Congratulations Sara!

Kelly Cheeseman also received her M.S. in Human Development & Family Studies from the University of Delaware in May of 2010. Congratulations Kelly!

Alyson Cavanaugh used AAP data for her honors thesis. Alyson’s thesis is entitled The Relationship between Coping and Anxiety during Adolescence: The Importance of Considering Race/Ethnicity and Gender. In May of 2010, Alyson graduated summa cum laude, with a B.S. in Human Services with Distinction, minor in Psychology, and as a Dean’s Scholar. Alyson now is attending the doctoral program in Human Development & Family Studies at UNC – Greensboro. Congratulations Alyson!

Lizzie Lewis similarly used AAP data for her honors thesis. Lizzie’s thesis is entitled Adolescent Coping Strategies and Onset of Substance Use. Lizzie graduated from the University of Delaware in May of 2010 with a B.S. in Human Services with Distinction. Congratulations Lizzie!

Caitlin Bailey based her honors thesis on AAP data also. Caitlin graduated from the University of Delaware in May of 2010 with a B.S. degree in Human Services with Distinction. Congratulations Caitlin!

The following Adolescent Adjustment Project (AAP) students have received prestigious awards from the University of Delaware:

Jessica Schulz’s research poster was awarded first place in the graduate division at the 2011 Marion Steele Symposium. Congratulations Jessica!!!

Alyson Cavanaugh was awarded the University of Delaware’s Warner award, which recognizes the most outstanding woman from the entire graduating class at UD. At graduation in May 2010, Alyson will represent all graduating women! Alyson (along with the outstanding senior man) will lead the alumni delegates’ procession at Commencement. Congratulations to Alyson!!! Alyson now is featured on UD’s home web page!

Kelly Cheeseman was awarded the Strattner-Gregory Graduate Child Advocacy Award. This award recognizes a graduate student who shows promise of becoming a strong advocate for children. Congratulations Kelly!!!

Sara Bergamo’s research poster was awarded first place in the graduate division at the 2010 Marion Steele Symposium. Congratulations Sara!!!