Accomplishments: Department of Psychology
Teresa (Tess) Walker, Rakshitha Mohankumar, Shane Kraus, Brenna Renn (all Psychology) recently published a manuscript "Mental and physical health characteristics of older and younger adults receiving medication for opioid use disorder" in Frontiers in Public Health. Secondary analysis of this multisite survey data found older participants reported…
Richard "Rich" Chang, Aldo M. Barrita, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) published a study "Predictors of the fear of monkeypox in sexual minorities" in Translational Issues in Psychological Science. They examined everyday discrimination, sexual orientation microaggressions, and victimization distress as potential predictors for…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published several scholarly works:
The first paper (Spanish Validation of the Brief Pornography Screen Within a Clinical Sample of Individuals with Gambling Disorder) was published in Archives of Sexual Behavior.
The second was a letter to the editor (A Response to “A Meta-Review to Guide…
Bobbie Barnes (Hospitality), Joanne Ullman (Psychology), Jenna Heath (Liberal Arts) and Melikabella Shenouda (Liberal Arts) have published an article titled "Educating the Educators: Preparing Faculty to Teach Career Readiness; a literature review" in Research Square. The article focuses on the demands for universities to equip students with…
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) and Kelsey Hagan of Virginia Commonwealth University recently published a commentary on future directions for eating disorders assessment in the International Journal of Eating Disorders: "Balancing Objective Markers and Subjective Experience in Eating Disorder Diagnoses: Commentary on Dang et al. (2024…
Aldo Barrita, Shane Kraus, Rachael Robnett, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) and Cassaundra Rodriguez (Sociology) recently published a paper titled, "The Illegal Threat": The Presumed Illigality Microaggressive Experience Scale in the journal of Translational Issues in Psychological Science. This research project aimed…
Kara Christensen Pacella and graduate student Maegan Nation (both Psychology) published a new paper in the International Journal of Eating Disorders, "Negative Affect as a Mediator Between Exposure to Fitspiration and Thinspiration and Disordered Eating Behaviors: An Ecological Momentary Assessment Study." They found that, among young women with…
Brenna Renn and Tess Walker (both Psychology) published the results for their fully remote randomized controlled trial of Sanvello, a commercially-available digital mental health app in an article titled, "Naturalistic use of a digital mental health intervention for depression and anxiety: A randomized clinical trial." The main trial outcome…
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) was awarded the 2023 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution to Research and the 2024 Early Career Award for Distinguished Contribution to Service from the Asian American Psychological Association. The two awards recognize Wong-Padoongpatt's distinguished research and service contributions to the…
Bailey M Way, Todd Jennings, & Shane Kraus Members of the (all Psychology) recently published several works.
The first paper, "Age Verification to Access Online Pornography: An Unproven Strategy With Untested Repercussions" was published in Sex Offender Law Report.
The second paper "Evaluating the factor structure and…
Nicole Short (Psychology) was awarded an Early Career Research Grant from the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention entitled "Suicidal Thoughts and Behaviors among Women Sexual Assault Survivors: A Proof-of Concept and Feasibility Study" ($139,728). This funding will help her to investigate and identify risk factors for suicidal thoughts and…
Associate professor Rochelle Hines (Psychology) was awarded a renewal NIH R15 grant through the National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) for a project titled, "Early GABAergic signaling influences axon morphology and cortical cell polarity." Hines is the graduate coordinator and associate director for the interdisciplinary…