(she/her)
Associate Professor
Department of Human Development and Family Science
Auburn University
Auburn, AL
Presentations.
Recent (peer-reviewed) presentations
Other selected (peer-reviewed) presentations
* indicates graduate student author
** indicates undergraduate student author
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Samek, D.R., *Crumly, B., *Akua, B.A., Duke-Marks, A., & Hinnant, B. (2024). Negative emotions associated with recent national/ international traumatic events, links to internalizing symptoms, and exacerbation by frequent/intense social media use. Society for Research on Adolescence. Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
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*Akua, B.A., & Samek, D.R. (2024). Cumulative micro-contextual risk as a predictor of impulsivity among preteens: A latent change score analysis. Paper presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
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*Crumly, B., **New, O., & Samek, D.R. (2024). Exploring the role of personality in the association between maladaptive social media use and internalizing symptoms: Indirect associations and moderation. Poster presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.
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Samek, D.R., Duke, A., *Crumly, B., & *Akua, B.A. (2023, October). Assessing racial trauma of first-year students of color attending a predominately white university in the American Southeast. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society of the Study of Human Development, Philadelphia, PA.
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*Akua, B.A. & Samek, D.R. (2023, July). Cumulative micro-contextual risk factors as predictors of impulsivity among preteens: The moderator-mediator role of SES and sleep disturbance. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Association for Research on Personality, Evanston, IL.
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Samek, D.R., *Crumly, B., *Akua, B.A., *Dawson, M., Duke, A. (2023, April). Links between microaggressions, perceptions of campus climate, and mental health symptoms for first-year college students of color. Flash talk presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
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*Crumly, B., Samek, D.R. (2023, April). Contextualizing the development of emotion regulation in early adolescence: Results from the ABCD study. Poster presented at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA.
*Akua, B A., & Samek, D.R. (2021, November). The Developmental unfolding of substance use disorders and academic achievement in the transition into and out of college. Interactive poster presented at the 2021 Annual Meeting of the National Council on Family Relations (virtual).
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*Goodman, R.J., Samek, D.R., Wilson, S., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2017, November). Close relationships and depression: A developmental cascade approach. Paper presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the National Council of Family Relations, Orlando, Florida.
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B.M., McGue, M., & Iacono, W.G. (2017, September). Romantic relationships and alcohol use disorder in young adulthood: Person x environment interplay. Poster presented at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Psychopathology, Denver, Colorado.
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Samek, D.R., *Goodman, R.J., Erath, S.A., McGue, M., Iacono, W.G. (2016, March). Antisocial peer affiliation and externalizing disorders from adolescence to young adulthood: Selection versus socialization. Poster presented at the 2016 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.
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Samek, D.R., Bailey, J., Hill, K.G., Keyes, M.A., Lee, S., Miller, M., Winters, K., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2015, May). A test-replicate approach to candidate gene research on addiction and externalizing disorders: A collaboration across four longitudinal studies.
Paper presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, D.C.
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B.M., Keyes, M.A., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2015, August). A developmental analysis of gene-environment interplay: Peers and externalizing disorders. Poster presented at the 2015 Annual Meeting of the American Psychological Association
(Division 7: Developmental Psychology), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
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Samek, D.R., Hicks, B.M., Keyes, M., Bailey, J., McGue, M. & Iacono, W.G. (2013, June). Gene-environment interplay between parent-child relationship quality and externalizing disorders in adolescence and young adulthood. Paper presented at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Marseilles, France.
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Samek, D.R., Rueter, M.A., Keyes, M.A., Iacono, W.G., & McGue, M. (2012, June). Family involvement and adolescent alcohol use: Potential sources of shared environmental influence. Poster presented at the 2012 Annual Meeting of the Behavior Genetics Association, Edinburgh, UK.