Check out Dr. Cavanagh's latest article, How Does Juvenile Offending Relate to Mothers’ Aspirations and Expectations for Their Sons? in the Journal of Research on Adolescence. We found that mothers of juvenile justice system involved youth expectations for their child's success were lower than their aspirations, reflecting a discrepancy between what mothers felt was important for their child’s future and what they considered likely to happen. As their children continued to engage in delinquent acts, mothers’ expectations for their sons’ future success diminished, particularly for younger youths.
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See AllDr. Cavanagh was awarded funding from the MSU College of Social Science entitled, Identifying the Critical Trustees for Increasing COVID-19 Vaccine Acceptance in Disenfranchised Communities. Along wit
Doctoral student MK Kitzmiller earned the Hiram E. Fitzgerald Engaged Scholar Fellowship. This award supports recipients’ professional development and is conferred upon graduate students whose communi
Doctoral student MK Kitzmiller's Masters Thesis was recently published in Psychology, Public Policy, and Law, titled Parental incarceration and the mental health of youth in the justice system: The mo