Selected Presentations from Our Team

See below for recent conference presentations from our research team and, where applicable, view our posters by clicking on their titles.

  • Taffe, R. L., & Way, N. (2023, May). Intra-individual variation in interpersonal curiosity: We may be more curious about people from backgrounds similar to our own. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington D.C.

  • Wang, L.Y., Taffe, R. L., & Way, N. (2023, May). Interpersonal curiosity and masculinity: Men are less curious about others. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science (APS), Washington D.C.

  • Taffe, R. L., Van Hare, H., & Way, N. (2023, April). The intersection of personal identities and gender stereotypes: A study of middle school students. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, California.

  • Sin, E.J., Friedrich, V., Park, W., Jiao, C., Chen, S., Zhu, S., Li, V., & Fu, D., & Way, N. (2023, April). Gender socialization: how mothers resist and accommodate to the “good mother” construct. Poster presented at 2023 Annual Meeting for the Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA), San Diego, CA.

  • Waters, T. E. A., Yang, R., Gu, Y., Cui, L., Li, X., Okazaki, S., Chen, X., Yoshikawa, H., Way, N. (March, 2023). Secure base script development in a non-Western context: A 9-year longitudinal study of urban Chinese families. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Yang, R., Waters, T. E. A., Gu, Y., Way, N., Zhu, V., Yoshikawa, H. (March, 2023). Parental antecedents of children’s adherence to maladaptive masculinity norms: A 9-year longitudinal study of urban Chinese families. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Han, J., Way, N., & H., Yoshikawa. (2023, March). The association between depressive symptoms and listening with curiosity: The mediating role of adherence to norms of masculinity among early adolescents. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Han, J., Way, N., & H., Yoshikawa. (2023, March). Interpersonal curiosity and its association with social and emotional skills and well-being during adolescence. Poster presented at the 2023 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD), Salt Lake City, UT.

  • Way, N. (2022, April) The Crisis of Connection: Its roots, consequences, and solutions. Keynote speaker for the 10th Annual meeting for the Center for Emotional Intelligence at Yale University.

  • Bennet, A., Yang, R., Puzio, A., & Way, N. (2021, April). Adherence to norms of masculinity and its association to academic attitudes and achievement among boys and girls. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (virtual).

  • Das, S., Clarke, C., Way, N. (March, 2021). To be a girl: The Role of Femininity Ideology and Self Esteem in Adolescent Girls’ Friendships. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (virtual).

  • Han, J., Clarke, C., Way, N., & Yoshikawa, H. (2021, April). Changes in interpersonal curiosity and perceived common humanity in the course of an interviewing and listening intervention. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (virtual).

  • Puzio, A., Bennet, A., Way, N., & Das, S. (2021, April). Trajectories of emotionally restrictive language use among adolescent boys: Accommodation and resistance to norms of masculinity. Paper presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (virtual).

  • Yang, R., Gu, Y., Waters, T. E. A., & Way, N. (2021, April). Parenting and children’s adherence to masculinity – A 9-year longitudinal study of Chinese families. Poster presented at the Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting (virtual).

  • Sin, E.J., Bennet, A., Puzio, A.R., Jones, C., & Way, N. (2020, March). The socialization of self and relationships among mothers of adolescents. Individual paper accepted for presentation at Society for Research on Adolescents (SRA) Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.

  • Yang, R., Waters, T. E. A., Gu, Y., Bernard, K., Cui, L., Li, X., Chen, X., Yoshikawa, H., Way, N., & Deng, H. (2019, July). Secure base script development in middle childhood: A 9-year longitudinal study of urban Chinese families. Poster presented at the International Attachment Conference, Vancouver, CAN.

  • Sin, E.J., Bennet, A., Puzio, A.R., Jones, C., & Way, N. (2019, March). Mothering in a mans’ world: Mother socialization of self and relationships. Presented poster at Society for Research on Child Development (SRCD) Biennial Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

  • Sin, E.J., Puzio, A.R., Bennet, A., & Way, N. (2018, April). The socialization of self and relationships among African American, Latino, White, and Asian American mothers of adolescent children. Poster presented at Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA) Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, Minnesota, MN.

  • Sin, E.J., Puzio, A.R., Bennet, A., Jones, C., Carrion, A., Johnson, J., & Way, N. (2018, February). The socialization of self and relationships among African American, Latino, White, and Asian American mothers of adolescent daughters. Poster presented at the 35th Annual Winter Roundtable at Teachers College, New York, NY.