Fielding Graduate University

Creating nurturing environments: Addressing domestic violence to improve early childhood development outcomes

Optimal early childhood development (ECD) is critical for long-term health and economic well-being. Over a quarter of young children across low- and middle-income countries face developmental delays. Domestic violence (DV) is harmful to children's healthy development. Using a dif...

Sleep Duration and Metabolic Biomarkers During Pregnancy: A Longitudinal Study in a Multiracial Cohort

Abstract Objective: To examine associations between sleep duration and metabolic biomarkers in pregnant women. Methods: This nested case-control study involved 321 pregnant women from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Fetal Growth...

Perceptions of Non-Sexual Workplace Harassment

Non-sexual workplace harassment (NSWH) is a prevalent issue, yet there is limited experimental research investigating how this harassment is perceived. In the present study, male and female participants (N = 242) read eight vignettes in which a supervisor insulted an employee. Pa...

“I Wasn’t Alone in How I Am”: Psychological Inquiry Into Players’ Experiences With Queer Representation in Gone Home

While there has been an explosion of research around the psychological dynamics of video game play, comparatively little work has been to explore the many divergent approaches video games take to create identification and connection within it’s players, especially around LGBTQ+ r...

Pharmaceutical Pricing and R&D as a Global Public Good.

This paper examines the international variation in the prices of branded pharmaceuticals. We consider short-run profits, or quasi-rents, as representing each country's contribution toward the global public good of therapeutic information embodied in new pharmaceuticals. We charac...