Cathryn Booth-LaForce, PhD, FAPS, RYT

Professor & Vice Chair of Family and Child Nursing Research Affiliate, Center on Human Development and Disability ibcb@u.washington.edu 206-543-8074 University of Washington Box 357920 Seattle, WA 98195-7920

• Social-emotional development of children, including attachment, peer relationships, and friendships
  
• Parenting and child-care effects on development, including effects on children with disabilities
  
• Menopause transition and midlife women's health issues
  
• Integrative health care, complementary and alternative modalities, and wellness
  
• Therapeutic effects of yoga and Ayurvedic treatments

Grants:

• NICHD Study of Early Child Care and Youth Development (NICHD; PI)
  
• Friendship and Psychosocial Adjustment in Adolescence (NIMH; Co-PI)
  
• Ayurvedic Center for Collaborative Research (NCCAM; PI)
  
• Yoga Treatment for Midlife Women: Effects on Hot Flashes, Well-Being, and Stress Reactivity (NINR Center grant; PI of subproject)
  
• Effects of Meditation on Hot Flashes and Well-Being in Midlife Women (UW School of Nursing; PI)
  

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Security, Self-Worth, and Social Functioning in Early Adolescence.ppt