APA Division 7, Developmental Psychology
Dear Division 7 members,
We are currently accepting submissions for next year’s APA Convention, which will be held on August 7-9 in Denver, Colorado. This will be an exciting opportunity to reunite as a field and network with fellow members of Developmental Psychology!
The Division is interested in Symposia, Paper Presentations, and Poster Presentations. All of these sessions will be held for 50 minutes. Dr. Joy D. Osofsky has set the theme for the Division 7 contributions to focus on empirical-based interventions to improve the lives of children and families. Presentations considering the impact of traumatic events on children and families, as well as ways to provide support and build resilience, are especially encouraged. Children and families have been exposed to many negative events in the past year that impact their development and family relationships. Much has been taking place internationally in the past few years, affecting children of all ages and their families, including wars and political violence, and exposing children to much trauma. Given climate change, disasters have been increasingly common. It is imperative that developmental psychologists consider research on ways to develop meaningful interventions to help these children and families.
Members of Division 7 are engaging in groundbreaking research that can directly inform process-oriented models for understanding normal development and the development of psychopathology in children and families, translatable into empirically-based interventions, improving the lives of children and families. Likewise, Division 7 is interested in extending research to international contexts affecting children, including an emphasis on the impact of traumatic experiences such as disasters, war, and political violence and ways to support children and families. We seek submissions that consider research on families and children nationally and internationally, including multiple intergenerational family relationships that also include fathers. We are also interested in ways that can inform prevention and intervention for children, families, and communities.
● We are open to all topics for presentation and particularly welcome research on the following suggested topics:
○ International contexts of child development;
○ The impact of political violence, community violence, and war across cultures;
○ Impact of multiple family relationships, including fathers, on child development;
○ Translational and process-oriented models for prevention and intervention;
○ Risk, resilience, and protective factors for child development and adjustment: the role of family, community, social, and school contexts;
○ Conceptualizing the development of psychopathology and normal development: measuring and analyzing development over time.
Submissions are due on January 8, 2025, by 5 pm ET.
More information about this Convention and submission requirements can be found at the official APA Convention website (https://convention.apa.org/proposals). If you have any questions, please e-mail apadiv7programchair@gmail.com.
We look forward to reviewing your submissions!
Sincerely,
Juan Del Toro, Ph.D. and Santiao Morales, Ph.D.
Division 7 Program Co-Chairs, APA 2025 Convention