Publications

Toward understanding children's conceptualization of category ambiguity in foods 

Integrating gratitude into environmental messages: Effects on food waste reduction among parents and children 

The contributory role of future orientation in optimism among children, adolescents, and young adults

Ultra-processed foods, obesity, and the double burden of malnutrition: Environmental, socioeconomic, and family-level influences on global health 

To be or not to be: The effects of transformations on category membership of foods versus non-foods

Exploring the effects of health status labels on children's and emerging adults' perceptions of the future possible selves of others

The seeds of gratitude: exploring the origins of food gratitude in children

Seip, I. J., Longinetti, A. L., & Nguyen, S. P. (2025, May). Global Gratitude Summit.

How health status labels affect perceptions of others' possible selves.

Perry, B.,  Hoggatt, M., Nguyen, S. P., Seip, I., Ponder, A., & Williams, T. (2025, April). Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Examining intra- and interpersonal concepts of gratitude within children's book read alouds. 

Kiser, B., Diaz, D. C., Seip, I. J., & Nguyen, S. P. (2024, December). State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium.

The association between consumption of media and the self-esteem in children.

Lucchese, F., Wagner, K., Ponder, A., Parks, E., Seip, I. J., & Nguyen, S. P. (2024, December). State of North Carolina Undergraduate Research and Creativity Symposium.

Children's exposure to gratitude through read-aloud books

Diaz, D. C., Kiser, B., Seip, I. J., & Nguyen, S. P. (2024, September). North Carolina Honors Association Conference.

Rigidity and flexibility in gratitude: An examination of gratitude for human needs fulfilment over time

Nguyen, S. P., & Gordon, C. L. (2024, April). International Conference on Positive Psychology.

Parents role in the development of children's gratitude for food

Seip, I. J., Longinetti, A. L., & Nguyen, S. P. (2024, March). Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association, Orlando, FL.

Examining socio-cultural influences on children's developing knowledge of the origins of food and non-foods

Girgis, H., Heslin, K., Mays, E., Corless, V., Hoffman, S., Nguyen, S. P. (2024, March). Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Pasedena, CA.

To be or not to be? The effects of transformation on category membership of foods and non-foods

Girgis, H., Nguyen, S. P., Lafraire, J., Thibaut, J. P., & Rioux, C. (2023, March). Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Salt Lake City, UT.

The influence of health status labels on the perceptions of the future possible selves of others

Perry, B., Hoggatt, M, Williams, T., & Nguyen, S. P. (2023, February). North Carolina Cognition Conference, Winston Salem, NC.

The role of language in cross-classification of self and others

Seip, I. J., Williams, T., Askew, L., & Nguyen, S. P. (2023, February). North Carolina Cognition Conference, Winston Salem, NC.

Foods versus non-foods categorization in children and adults

Rioux, C., Nguyen, S. P., Gafanha, T., Campbell, V., Lafraire, J., Thibaut, J. P., & Girgis, H. (2023, January). Annual meeting of the Budapest CEU Conference on Cognitive Development, Budapest, Turkey.

The associations between children’s gratitude and their motivational needs: what and who children are grateful for

Longinetti, A., Hoggatt, M., Perry, B., & Nguyen, S. P. (2022, October). North Carolina Honors Association Conference, Greensboro, NC.

The associations between children’s gratitude and their motivational needs

Longinetti, A., Hoggatt, M., Perry, B., & Nguyen, S. P. (2022, April). Carolinas Psychology Conference 2022, Buies Creek, NC.

Beliefs on category membership for foods and non-foods based on their origins

Girgis, H., Nguyen, S. P., Gafanha, T., Campbell, V., Lafraire, J., Thibaut, J. P., & Rioux, C. (2022, March). Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Madison, WI.

The role of theory of mind, cognitive flexibility, and age in children’s developing cross-classification abilities

McDermott, C., & Nguyen. S. P. (2021, April). Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development.

Changes in category membership judgments following a transformation

Coulman, S., Gafanha, T., Thibaut, J. P., Nguyen, S. P., & Girgis, H. (2021, March). Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association.

The same or different? The effect of physical transformations on category membership of foods and non-foods

Fitzsimmons, A., Rioux, C., Nguyen, S. P., Wyble, Lafraire, J, Thibaut, J. P., & Girgis, H. (2019, October). Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.

Healthy or junky? The development of classifying foods by its health status in Egypt

Girgis, H., Elmeligy, S., Soliman, S., & Nguyen, S. P. (2019, October). Biennial Meeting of the Cognitive Development Society, Louisville, KY.

Judgments across age and culture about whether natural foods are owned

Girgis, H., Friedman, O., & Nguyen, S. P. (2019, March). Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

The development of induction strategies in 4-7 years old children across three domains of knowledge

Lafraire, J., Rioux, C., Girgis, H., Nguyen, S. P., & Thibaut, J. P. (2019, March). Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.

How children make inferences about cross-classified individuals

McDermott, C., Noles, N., & Nguyen, S. P. (2019, March). Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.