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EXPLORING THE STRESS-BUFFERING EFFECTS OF RELATIONSHIPS

We explore how close relationships with parents and peers, or even fleeting positive interactions with strangers, might mitigate the negative impact of early stressors on youth. These projects hope to illuminate ways that prevention and intervention efforts can harness social behavior and close relationships to help reduce the negative impact of stressful early environments.

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Raposa, E. B. & Hurd, N. M. (in press). Understanding networks of natural mentoring support among underrepresented college students. Applied Developmental Science. [Link to PDF]

Raposa, E. B., Erickson, L. D., Hagler, M., & Rhodes, J. E. (2018). How economic disadvantage affects the availability and nature of mentoring relationships during the transition to adulthood. American Journal of Community Psychology, 61(1-2), 191-203. [Link to PDF]

Raposa, E. B., Laws, H. B., & Ansell, E. B. (2015). Prosocial behavior mitigates the negative effects of stress in everyday life. Clinical Psychological Science, 4(4), 691-698. [Link to PDF]

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