Overview
Jennifer Godwin is a research scientist at the Center for Child and Family Policy. She joined the Center in 2003 to provide statistical expertise for various projects. Currently, she works on the Fast Track and Childhood Risk Factors and Young Adult Competence projects, providing statistical analyses. She has extensive programming experience in SAS, Stata and MPlus, including survival analysis, mediation models, and multilevel models for continuous and categorical dependent variables.
Current Appointments & Affiliations
Research Scientist
Center for Child and Family Policy,
Sanford School of Public Policy
Recent Publications
Pathways of intergenerational transmission of depression: The role of the Fast Track intervention.
Journal Article Dev Psychopathol · September 10, 2025 Although depression can be transmitted across generations, less is known about how this cycle can be interrupted. This study examines whether the multilevel Fast Track intervention (clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01653535) disrupts intergenerational transmission o ... Full text Link to item CiteThe Role of Despair in Predicting Self-Destructive Behaviors
Journal Article Population Research and Policy Review · June 1, 2025 Working age (25–64) mortality in the US has been increasing for decades, driven in part by rising deaths due to drug overdose, as well as increases in suicide and alcohol-related mortality. These deaths have been hypothesized by some to be due to despair, ... Full text CiteImpact of young adult life transitions on adult mental health problems: a propensity score analysis.
Journal Article Psychol Med · May 19, 2025 BACKGROUND: Mental health problems commonly persist from childhood to adulthood. This study tested whether young adult life transitions can improve adult mental health symptoms after adjusting for childhood mental health symptoms. METHODS: The analysis use ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Intervention Impacts on Child Wellbeing and Parenting across Generations
ResearchStatistician · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2017 - 2029Mid-Life Health Inequalities in the Rural South: Risk and Resilience
ResearchData Manager · Awarded by University of Vermont · 2023 - 2028Childhood, Adolescence, and Covid-Related Risk and Protective Factors in the Development of Adjustment in Early Adulthood Across Cultures
ResearchResearch Scientist · Awarded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development · 2022 - 2027View All Grants