Presentations

Hong, K., Morelli, N., Nguyen, T., Tabibian, D., Villodas, M. T. (2023, June 1-4). Parallel process of parental harsh parenting and youth’s delinquency among families at high risk for child maltreatment. [Open paper]. World Congress Cognitive Behavioral Therapies, Seoul, South Korea. https://wccbt.org/world-congress

Nguyen, T. N., Elzie, X., Tabibian, D., Straub, D., Hong, K., Morelli, N., & Villodas, M. T. (2023, April). Delinquency pathways from polyvictimization to adult risky sexual behavior: The roles of timing and biological sex. Poster blitz presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Hong, K., Morelli, N., Tabibian, D., Straub, D., Villodas, M. T. (2023, March 23-25). Systematic review of parent-youth discrepancies in reports of exposures to community violence. In G. Fosco (Chair), Lost in conceptualization? Seeking new insights by examining the function and context of parenting practices [Symposium]. Society of Research on Child Development 2023 Biennial Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, United States. https://www.srcd.org/event/srcd-2023-biennial-meeting

Morelli, N., Gusman, M., Hong, K., & Villodas, M. (2023, April). Ethnic-Racial Affirmation Buffers the Association Between Harsh Parenting and Externalizing Problems Among Black Adolescents. Oral presentation delivered at the Society for Research on Adolescence 2023 Annual Meeting in San Diego, CA.

Morelli, N., Hong, K., Gusman, M., & Villodas, M. (2022, November). Caregiver depression, harsh parenting, and child externalizing problems: Testing the cross-lagged developmental processes involved in the intergenerational impact of child abuse. Poster session presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Annual Convention – Child Maltreatment and Interpersonal Violence SIG – in New York, NY

Morelli, N., Gusman, M., Hong, K., & Villodas, M. (2022, November). Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment: Understanding the reciprocal influence of caregiver depression and aggressive parenting across 12 years. Oral presentation delivered at the 2022 International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies 38^th Annual Meeting in Atlanta, GA.

Morelli, N., Gusman, M., Villodas, M. (2022, March). Characterizing latent classes of substance use among survivors of childhood adversity: a 20-year prospective investigation. Poster presented at the 2022 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence in New Orleans, LA.

Morelli, N., Alvarez, A., & Villodas, M. T. (2021, April) Transactional associations between family conflict and child behavior problems in families at risk for maltreatment. Poster session presented at the Society for Research on Child Development Biannual Meeting in Minneapolis, MN.

Duong, J., Evans, M., Morelli, N., & Villodas, M. (2019, November). From maternal childhood victimization to child emotional and behavioral problems: Gender moderated pathways. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 53rd Annual Convention in Atlanta, GA

Evans, M.C. Duong, J., Morelli, N., Elson, D., & Villodas, M.T. (2019, November). At-Risk Adolescents and Community Violence Exposure: Future Educational Expectations as a Resilience Factor. Poster presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 35th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA

Morelli, N., Evans, M., Duong, J., Elson, D., & Villodas, M. T. (2019, November). Intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment: Mediating role of maternal distress and family violence. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 53rd Annual Convention in Atlanta, GA

Morelli, N., Elson, D., Duong, J., Evans, M., & Villodas, M. T. (2019, November). Factor Structure of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children: Invariance Across Gender and Race. Poster presented at the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ISTSS) 35th Annual Meeting in Boston, MA

Morelli, N., Liuzzi, M.T., Duong, J., Chad-Friedman, E., Villodas, M. T., Dougherty, L. R., & Wiggins, J. L. (2019, October). Early life stress predicts reward-related brain activation in school-aged children. Poster presented at the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP) 66th Annual Meeting in Chicago, IL

Duong, J., Morelli, N.., & Villodas, M. T. (2019, May). Pathways from maternal childhood victimization to child emotional and behavioral problems: the roles of maternal depressive symptoms and mother-child psychological aggression. Poster session presented at the 31st Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

*Morelli, N., Elson, D., Duong, J., & Villodas, M. T. (2019, May). Factor structure of the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children in a diverse sample of trauma-exposed 16-year-olds. Poster session presented at the 31st Association for Psychological Science (APS) Annual Convention in Washington, D.C.

Evans, M.C., Villodas, M., & Cromer, K. (2018, November). The Relationship between Housing Instability During Specific Developmental Periods and Subsequent Child Maltreatment among High-Risk Families. Poster presented at the 52nd annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Convention in Washington D.C.

Evans, M.C., Villodas, M., & Cromer, K. (2018, September). The Impact of Housing Instability on Subsequent Child Abuse and Neglect among High-Risk Families: Differences by Developmental Timing and Subtype. Poster presented at the ISPCAN XXII International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Prague, Czech Republic.

Magriño, L. M., Evans, M.C., & Villodas, M. (2018, September) Intergenerational Transmission of Parenting Attitudes Mediate Racial/Ethnic Differences in Parenting Attitudes Among Adolescents At-Risk for Maltreatment. Poster presented at the ISPCAN XXII International Congress on Child Abuse and Neglect, Prague, Czech Republic.

Garcia, B. H., Morrow, A. S., Cromer, K. D., & Villodas, M. T. (2016, October). Do Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use Differ Between At-Risk Children With and Without ADHD? Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Conference, New York, NY.

Cromer, K. D., Garcia, K. A., & Villodas, M. T. (2016, July). Differential Pathways to Suicidal Ideation among Male and Female Adolescents at High-Risk for Victimization by Violence. Oral presentation at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Conference (IFVCV) in Portsmouth, NH.

Mendez, L., Cromer, K., & Villodas, M. (2016, July). Pathways to Drug Delinquency Among Adolescents at High-Risk for Cumulative Victimization. An oral presentation at the International Family Violence and Child Victimization Conference (IFVCV) in Portsmouth, NH.

Moses, J. O., & Villodas, M. T. (2016, May). The Potential Protective Role of Peer Relationships on School Engagement Among At-Risk Adolescents. Presented at Annual National Black Graduate Conference in Psychology in Miami, FL.

Cromer, K. D., & Villodas, M. T. (2015, November). The Role of Post-Traumatic Stress as a Pathway to Psychology Among Youth at High-Risk for Victimization by Violence. Poster presented at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.

Cromer, K. D., Mendez, L., & Villodas, M. T. (2015, May). Multifinial Pathways from Violence Victimization to Drug Use and Sales Among At-Risk Adolescents. Presented at South Florida Child Psychology Research Conference in Miami, FL.

*Selected for an award