Groups: Current Honor's, MA, and PHD Students
Caroline (Caro) is an Applied Developmental Psychology Doctoral student under the mentorship of Dr. Olga Kornienko. She completed her Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Data Sciences at The College of William and Mary in 2021. Following graduation, Caroline worked as a data management and entry specialist in the dermatopathology field. Caroline is interested in understanding reciprocal associations between adolescent peer networks, peer norms, social media behaviors, and wellbeing. Caroline’s current projects focus on contributions of the peer network to digital stress and mental health. Caroline hopes to grow her longitudinal research design and data modeling skills and produce research about beneficial effects of peer social relationships for adolescent development.
Peer-Reviewed Papers and Posters
Hernández, M. M., Kornienko, O., *Figueroa, J. M., *Coker, M., *Paredes, K. A., *Carrillo, J. P., *Toth, C., Rogers, A. A., & Ha, T. (2024). Identifying culturally relevant school support profiles and links to academic functioning in adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence. * Equally contributing authors. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-024-02098-0
Toth, C., Kornienko, O., Quiroz, S., Maras, O., Hernández, M., & Ha, T. (revised and resubmitted). Associations between social media use and friendship network structure in adolescence. The Journal of Early Adolescence.
Toth, C., Kornienko, O., Ha, T. (2025, May). Social spillover: How friends’ digital stress shapes adolescents’ mental health. Poster presented to the Society for Research on Child Development Biennial Meeting, Minneapolis, MN
Toth, C., Kornienko, O., Ha, T., Hernández M. M., Rogers, A., Quiroz, S., & Maras, O. (2024, April). Friendship network homophily of adolescent digital distress. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL.
Toth, C., Kornienko, O., Quiroz, S., Maras, O., Hernández M. M., & Ha, T. (2023, April). Friend homophily regarding social media addiction and digital status seeking in adolescence. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA.