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Research interests
The primary focus of Dr. Razza’s scholarly work is children’s self-regulation, a multifaceted construct that encompasses a variety of skills underlying children’s ability to monitor cognitive strategies and adapt behavior to fit situational demands. Specifically, her work explores associations among different facets of self-regulation, biological and contextual predictors of self-regulation, and implications of various self-regulatory skills for children’s school readiness and later school success. She is particularly interested in specifying these pathways among at-risk children, as these youth at risk for self-regulatory deficits. In addition, her recent work examines mindfulness-based practice as a potential intervention strategy to enhance self-regulation and reduce the negative impact of trauma among children, youth, and adults. She is an Associate Director for the Contemplative Collaborative, a community of over 150 faculty, staff, and students across the University who are invested in contemplative pedagogy, research, and/or practice, and also serves as the Coordinator for the Mindfulness and Contemplative Studies.
Research Interests
- mindfulness
- self-regulation
- yoga
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The Influence of Contextual and Constitutional Emotional Processes on Speech Motor Control and Speech Motor Practice Effects in Early Childhood Stuttering - Falk
National Institutes of Health/DHHS, National Institute on Deafness & Other Communication Disorders/NIH/DHHS
3/1/21 → 2/28/24
Project: Research project
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Trauma Resiliency in Urban Environments (TRUE)
Bergen-Cico, D. K. & Razza, R. A.
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
12/1/17 → 12/31/18
Project: Research project
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Maternal Child Health Hot Spot Booster
Health Foundation for Western and Central New York
12/15/15 → 3/15/17
Project: Research project
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Mental Health Services and Crossover to Justice System Involvement: Evaluation of Procedures to Link Data across Systems
Mulvaney, M., Alford, K. A., Mudrick, N. R., Razza, R. A. & Smith, C. J.
Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration/DHHS, Onondaga County Department of Mental Health
7/1/13 → 8/8/13
Project: Research project
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Young Children's Self-Regulation in an Urban Context:_ARRA
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development/NIH/DHHS, Columbia University
8/1/09 → 7/31/11
Project: Research project
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Cultivating self-regulation and healthy food intake: A novel mindful eating intervention for children and their caregivers
Razza, R. A., Brann, L., Smith, C., Waters, A. & Kearns, K., Nov 17 2022.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › peer-review
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Exploring the Efficacy of a School-based Mindful Yoga Program on Socioemotional Awareness and Response to Stress among Elementary School Students
Reid, S. & Razza, R. A., Jan 2022, In: Journal of Child and Family Studies. 31, 1, p. 128-141 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Father involvement, couple relationship quality, and maternal Postpartum Depression: the role of ethnicity among low-income families
Zhang, Y. & Razza, R., Jul 2022, In: Maternal and Child Health Journal. 26, 7, p. 1424-1433 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mechanisms of Change Underlying Mindfulness-Based Practice among Adolescents
Zhang, Y., Razza, R. A., Wang, Q., Bergen-Cico, D. & Liu, Q., Apr 2022, In: Mindfulness. 13, p. 1445-1457 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Feasibility and Preliminary Effectiveness of a Mindfulness Intervention on Preschooler’s Executive Function and Eating Behaviors
Brann, L. S., Razza, R. A. & Smith, C. S., 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Early Education and Development.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Yoga for Adolescent Wellbeing
Rachel A Razza (Speaker)
Mar 17 2022 → Mar 18 2022Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Mindful Yoga For Children
Rachel A Razza (Speaker)
Mar 17 2022 → Mar 18 2022Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Cultivating Calm, Curiosity, and Care in the Classroom
Rachel A Razza (Speaker) & Amy Edelstein (Speaker)
Nov 3 2019Activity: Talk types › Oral presentation
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Mechanisms of Change Associated with Mindfulness Training for People with Posttraumatic Stress: Triangulating Neural Networks, Biomarkers, Cognition and Behaviors
Rachel A Razza (Participant)
2018 → …Activity: Other activity types › Other
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Trauma Resiliency in Urban Environments workshop
Dessa Bergen-Cico (Chair), Rachel A Razza (Organizer) & Sarah Stanton (Organizer)
Oct 25 2018 → Oct 26 2018Activity: Attendance types › Participation in workshop, seminar, course
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CLASS PEER-TO-PEER LEARNING STRATEGIES PROJECT RECEIVES NSF GRANT TO EXTEND TRAINING, RESEARCH
John W Tillotson, Rachel A Razza, Leonard Michael Lopoo & Margaret L. Usdansky
9/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
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HUMAN DEVELOPMENT AND FAMILY SCIENCE STUDENTS DISCOVER 'HEALING POWER OF OPTIMISM'
7/26/22
1 item of Media coverage
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GRADUATE SCHOOL MARSHAL YING ZHANG CREDITS SUCCESS TO SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SUPPORT
Rachel A Razza & Peter A Vanable
5/3/22
1 item of Media coverage
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Playtime, deep breaths, and movement can help calm kids' COVID fears
1/14/22
1 item of Media coverage
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PLAYTIME, DEEP BREATHS, AND MOVEMENT CAN HELP CALM KIDS' COVID FEARS
1/12/22
1 item of Media coverage
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