Anthony King and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) recently published "Do Gamers Play for Money? A Moderated Mediation of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility" in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. This article examines how financial incentives and motives related to modern…

Jennifer Rennels and Rachael Robnett (both Psychology) co-chaired a symposium and panel discussion about Recruiting, Retaining, and Supporting Underrepresented students in STEM at the American Chemical Society's Western Regional Meeting in Las Vegas during October 2022. Seval Yildirim (Diversity Initiatives) and Eliza Wiggins (Community Programs)…

As part of the knowledge mobilization efforts of his community-engaged and stakeholder-involved research work, Renato “Rainier” M. Liboro (Psychology) recently presented at the research sessions of three Southern Nevada summits. On Oct. 7, 2022, he conducted the workshop, “Expanding the Understanding of Stakeholders in Higher Education on…

Samantha O’Connell, Jessica Nave-Blodgett, Grace Wilson, Erin Hannon, and Joel Snyder (all Psychology) published a paper titled, "Elements of musical and dance sophistication predict musical groove perception," in Frontiers in Psychology. O’Connell and Nave-Blodgett are experimental psychology Ph.D. recipients from UNLV and Wilson is a current…

Aldo M. Barrita (Psychology) was recently elected as the next Chair-Elect representative (2023-2025) for the American Psychological Association of Graduate Students (APAGS). The chair-elect becomes chair in year two, and past-chair in year three. As chair, Aldo will represent all student members of the American Psychological Association, and…

Jennifer Rennels (Psychology) published "Recommendations for Investigating the Cross-Category Effect Among Hispanic and Latino Populations" in Perspectives on Psychological Science. Individuals who are Hispanic or Latino make up a substantial portion of the U.S. and world population, yet are vastly underrepresented as both…

Anthony King and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) recently published a chapter on youth gambling in the Encyclopedia of Child and Adolescent Health. This chapter highlights new research regarding recreational and problem gambling, as well as some trends of the modern gambling and (video) gaming industries.

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 UNLV'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…