Bailey Way and Shane Kraus (both Psychology) recently published a scoping review, "Conceptualizations of Craving and the Pornography Craving Questionnaire: A Scoping Review," in Current Addiction Reports. 

On February 7, 2024, Shane Kraus (Psychology) was part of an expert panel, Sports Betting and Gambling Addiction, hosted by SciLine and American Association for the Advancement of Science.  

Graduate students Richard Chang and Aldo M. Barrita, along with their faculty advisor Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt, (all Psychology) published an encyclopedia entry titled, "Race (Racism)," in Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Sociology, 2nd Edition. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: The importance of research on women," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues from the International Sex Survey recently published a paper, "Cross-cultural validation and measurement invariance of anxiety and depression symptoms: A study of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI) in 42 countries," in the Journal of Affective Disorders. 

Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) published a new article, "Weight bias internalization is positively associated with insomnia symptom severity in young women with disordered eating," in Sleep Health. Christensen Pacella and colleagues (lead author Kelsie Forbush, Ph.D., University of Kansas) published "Integrating 'Lumpers' Versus 'Splitters…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and international colleagues recently published a paper, "Mental health professionals' use of the ICD-11 classification of impulse control disorders and behavioral addictions: An international field study," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions. 

Shannon Richard (Nursing PhD graduate and lead author), Brenna Renn (Psychology), and Dieu-My Tran, Jinyoung Kim, and Du Feng (all Nursing) published, "Metabolic Syndrome, Modifiable Lifestyle Factors, and Sleep-Disordered Breathing: The Hispanic Community Health Study," in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. This study found associations between the…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and members of the International Sex Survey Consortium published a recent paper, "Cross-Cultural Adult ADHD Assessment in 42 Countries Using the Adult ADHD Self-Report Scale Screener," in Journal of Attention Disorders. 

Aldo Barrita (Psychology), and colleagues recently published in the top journal American Psychologist a methodological paper titled "A decolonial and liberation lens to social justice research: Upholding promises for diverse, inclusive, and equitable psychological science," proposing a lens rooted in decolonial and liberatory principles…

Tiange Xu (Hospitality) received a $5,000 research stipend award from the Nevada Council on Problem Gambling for his research exploring the intersection of gambling behaviors and cryptocurrency trading among a large census-based sample of US adults. His mentor for the project is Shane Kraus (Psychology).

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a systematic review, "No Magic Pill: A Systematic Review of the Pharmacological Treatments for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder," in the Journal of Sex Research.