Accomplishments: Department of Psychology
Christopher Kearney (Psychology) recently generated eight publications on school attendance and school absenteeism in youth, in addition to a video address to the International Network for School Attendance.
Kearney, C.A. (2022). Functional impairment guidelines for school attendance problems in youth: Recommendations for caseness in the…
Anthony King (Psychology) received his third $3,000 research stipend award from 51³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏ's International Gaming Institute and the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research related to disordered gambling, responsible gambling, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
These funds were provided by the Nevada Department of Public and Behavioral…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) recently published three papers.
The first paper: "Cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between posttraumatic stress symptoms and hypersexual behaviors among individuals who have gambled in their lifetimes" was published in Journal of Sexual Medicine.
The second paper: "Withdrawal and tolerance…
Brenna Renn (Psychology) published two recent manuscripts focused on her line of work developing nonspecialist providers to deliver low-intensity behavioral interventions to expand access to treatment for common mental health disorders. The first, published in Aging & Mental Health, detailed a pilot study to train bachelor-level students to…
Co-PI's Jennifer Pharr and Jason Flatt (Public Health) and Renato Liboro (Psychology) along with co-investigators Courtney Coughenour, Krystal Kittle, and Emylia Terry (Public Health) were awarded a CTR-IN grant for their project, "Building Healthy Outcomes Using a Supportive Environment (H.O.U.S.E.) for Sexual and Gender Minorities in…
Undergraduate alumni, Janelle Salcedo and Chanele Mallari, and assistant professor, Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology) published an encyclopedia entry titled "Filipina/o/x in Nevada" in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Filipina/o/x Studies. This is the first-ever encyclopedia focused on Filipina/x/o Americans.
Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, Aldo Barrita, Anthony King, and Michelle Strong (all Psychology) recently published a two-study publication titled, "The Slow Violence of Racism on Asian Americans During the COVID-19 Pandemic," in the journal Frontiers in Public Health.
Both studies tracked the unique relationships between psychosocial…
Aldo Barrita (Psychology) was awarded the 2022 Dr. Cynthia De Las Fuentes Dissertation Grant at the 20th annual meeting for the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA). This grants aims to support dissertation projects that center Latinx communities and Latinx Psychological. Barrita's dissertation proposal was supported based on his…
Aldo Barrita and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology), recently presented at the 20th annual meeting for the National Latinx Psychological Association (NLPA) two symposium presentations about recent research the GAME Lab has completed in the last two years. Barrita chaired both symposiums focusing on intersectional oppression for racial,…
Anthony King, Ting Tong, Danielle Le, Donna Sim, Aldo Barrita, Richard Chang, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) presented a research poster at the 23rd Annual International Center for Responsible Gambling Conference on gambling and addiction. The title of their poster was, "Cumulative Childhood Adversity Predicts Disordered Gambling and…
Nicole Short (Psychology) recently published a study in Addictive Behaviors that examines prospective associations between insomnia symptoms and later prescription opioid and benzodiazepine use with colleagues Anna Austin and Becky Naumann from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The study found bidirectional associations between…
In the latest edition of The Community Psychologist (p. 26), the official newsletter of the Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA, Division 27 of the American Psychological Association, Community Psychology), an announcement was made that featured the appointment of Renato "Rainier" M. Liboro (Psychology) as one of the six SCRA Research…