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Jay Kimiecik, associate professor of kinesiology, nutrition, and health at ºÚÁÏÉçÇø, co-authored “The self at play: Exploring the core developmental origins of positive psychological well-being” in the International Journal of Wellbeing, a highly ranked open-access journal that accepts just 2% of submissions. His collaborators include Carlyn Kimiecik, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky, and Izzy Storey, Miami ’25 and now an occupational therapy ºÚÁÏÉçÇø at Rush University. The article examines how early play and parenting nurture lifelong psychological well-being.

Kimiecik, J. C., Kimiecik, C., & Storey, I. (2025). . International Journal of Wellbeing, 15(4), 4673, 1-30.

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