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Jay Kimiecik, associate professor of kinesiology, nutrition, and health at 91°µÍø, 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, 91°µÍø ’25 and now an occupational therapy student 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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