GradLIFE Podcast Playing Cyberball with Haley Skymba
If you can, cast your mind back to high school. For some of us, it's been a little longer than others. You might think of the sound of chattering classmates in the hallway, or maybe of studying late for an important test. Adolescence is a particularly challenging time that comes with many difficult emotions, and it's never been easy to be a teenager.
But here at the University of Illinois, researchers have demonstrated that past experiences with bullying, friendlessness, and other forms of social exclusion directly impact teenage girls' perceptions of their self-worth. Beckman Institute researcher and Professor of Psychology Karen Rudolph and her team think this is a crucial first step in crafting intervention programs to improve teen mental health.
On this episode of the GradLIFE Podcast, Graduate College Communications Specialist John Moist chats with Haley Skymba, a doctoral student at UIUC and Beckman Institute researcher, to talk about her work on Dr. Rudolph's research team. Haley was gracious enough to come in and chat about her research, background, and where she plans to take her work from here.
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Show Notes:
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The research discussed in this podcast was supported by the National Institute of Mental Health of the National Institutes of Health under award numbers MH105655 and MH68444. The content is solely the responsibility of the authors and guests and does not necessarily represent the official views of the National Institutes of Health.