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ANN ARBOR – One in seven of the households that purchased a gun also had a teen with depression, study finds. Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, more parents of teenagers in the United States started buying firearms, according to a recent study. In a national survey of primary caretakers of teenagers conducted by… Continue reading More American parents of teens are purchasing firearms during the pandemic

ANN ARBOR––Female Olympian handballers fined for playing in shorts instead of bikini bottoms. A female Paralympian told by a championship official that her shorts were “too short and inappropriate.” Olympic women gymnasts, tired of feeling sexualized, opted for full-length unitards instead of bikini-cut leotards. “Women athletes’ attire is constantly scrutinized,” said Philip Veliz of the… Continue reading Many parents still believe boys are better, more competitive at sports than girls

ANN ARBOR—Black parents’ experiences of racial discrimination can negatively affect their children’s psychological outcomes—but talking about these experiences and improving racial socialization competency could help prevent these negative outcomes, according to a new study by a University of Michigan researcher. “Racial discrimination is designed to negatively chip away at our psychological wherewithal and well-being. What… Continue reading How conversations about race can help Black parents improve adolescents’ psychological outcomes

Findings to help shape next steps in DPSCD, U-M TRAILS partnership ANN ARBOR—Even before the COVID-19 pandemic, serious mental health concerns impacted a significant portion of students in Detroit public schools, a new report shows. More than half of student respondents in the Detroit Public Schools Community District had experienced symptoms of anxiety or depression,… Continue reading Pre-COVID, more than half of Detroit students felt anxious or depressed, 1 in 4 considered suicide

ANN ARBOR—What is the impact of a liberal arts education on students’ lives? University of Michigan researchers were recently awarded a $1.1 million grant extension to answer this question with greater richness than previously possible. For more than two years, the College and Beyond II project at U-M has been asking this question, and others,… Continue reading U-M team examines liberal arts impact on students’ lives a decade after graduation

ANN ARBOR – The University of Michigan will launch a new Institute for Firearm Injury Prevention to generate knowledge and advance innovative solutions that reduce firearm injury, a public health crisis that leads to more than 100 deaths per day across the United States. “Firearm violence led to nearly 40,000 deaths nationwide last year, and… Continue reading Michigan Minds Special Series: Firearm Injury Prevention

ANN ARBOR – In the nearly 20 years that University of Michigan social work professor Trina Shanks has lived in Detroit and researched issues related to the impact of poverty, she’s gotten much closer to solutions. Shanks, director of the Center for Equitable Family and Community Well-Being, faculty associate at the Survey Research Center at… Continue reading How to improve family well-being in Detroit

ANN ARBOR—Now that many schools nationwide have announced plans to hold in-person sessions this fall, questions have been raised about what’s next for students who spent much of the last year learning virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pamela Davis-Kean, a University of Michigan professor of psychology and research professor at the Institute for Social Research,… Continue reading Schools, parents should use summer to prepare their K-12 students for fall in-person classes

ANN ARBOR—Career and technical education programs could offer one way of bolstering educational attainment among and providing valuable job skills to students with disabilities, according to a new University of Michigan study. The research from the Youth Policy Lab looks at career and technical education participation among students with disabilities in Michigan, and shows numerous tangible… Continue reading Career, technical education provides pathway for students with disabilities, U-M study shows

ANN ARBOR—Educating athletes, parents and coaches about concussion treatment and prevention has been a priority during the last decade, but are the intended audiences hearing the message? New research from the University of Michigan found that 1 in 4 adolescents self-reported at least one concussion in 2020, up from about 20% in 2016. During that… Continue reading More youth report concussions since 2016, U-M study shows