Current Research Projects
Mindfulness and Transition to College
Mindfulness intervention investigating efficacy of program with first-year undergraduate students and first-year graduate student
Freshmen Daily Well-Being During COVID-19:
1-week Ecological Momentary Assessment (EMA) study of college freshmen’s daily well-being during the school year in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic
Meta-analysis of Peer-Counseling Interventions
Review of scientific studies on the topic of peer support and mental health to find the most efficient way to train and implement a peer counseling program
Peer-counseling Training in China
A longitudinal study that investigates the validity of a peer-counseling training course based on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) among a group of Chinese college students.
Bio-social Model of Emotion Dysregulation
Study looking at the effect of parents’ validation (or invalidation) on the development of difficulties with emotion regulation in their children.
Online Self Compassion and Mental Health
Three studies examine an online training program to promote self compassion and its effects on various mental health outcomes such as perfectionism, burnout, and cross-cultural mental health.
Traumatic Invalidation
Study looking at the effects of invalidation on the development of psychopathology symptoms for survivors of trauma.
Probabilistic Reasoning for Delusions
This study will explore whether participants with a diagnosis of schizophrenia can use probabilistic reasoning to select between two choices, via a phone application intervention.