UGUniversity of Georgia · Psychology
Cultural Resilience and Development Lab
Cynthia M Suveg · Athens, Georgia
Research Focus
Dr. Cynthia Suveg's lab at the University of Georgia focuses on understanding how physiological stress regulation in Latin American children affects their academic and behavioral outcomes. The research aims to identify protective factors within families, particularly parenting practices, that help mitigate these challenges. Through a culturally informed lens, the lab seeks to provide insights that can lead to effective interventions to support Latin American families and enhance child development during early childhood.
physiological stress regulationcultural neurobiologybehavioral adjustmentacademic adjustmentpositive parentingLatino/a familiesearly childhood developmentintervention programminglongitudinal studies
Research Aims
3AIM 01Identify associations between physiological stress regulation in Latin American preschoolers and their behavioral and academic adjustment.
AIM 02Examine how positive parenting and parent physiological stress regulation buffer the relationship between children's stress regulation and their adjustment.
AIM 03Identify cultural strengths related to positive Latino/a parenting.
Skills the Lab Values
physiological assessmentsbehavioral observationsself-report surveyslongitudinal study designdata analysiscognitive assessmentsstress regulation techniquesintervention developmentfamily dynamics evaluation
Output against the department
Publications132bottom 45% of dept.163rd of 296
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Citations6.2ktop 48% of dept.143rd of 296
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