Accomplishments: Department of Psychology
Anthony King, Danielle Le, Aldo Barrita, Richard Chang, Donna Sim, Ting Tong, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) recently presented a research poster titled, "Do Gamers Play for Money? An Analysis of Gaming Motives, Relative Deprivation, and Upward Mobility," at the American Psychological Association's annual conference in Washington, D.…
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published the following papers:
The first article (Compulsive sexual behavior disorder in 42 countries: Insights from the International Sex Survey and introduction of standardized assessment tools) was published in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
The second article (A Network…
Peter Kaufmann, Sara Rosenkranz (both Integrated Health Sciences), and Nicole Short (Psychology) proudly represented UNLV during the NIH’s Summer Institute on Randomized Behavioral Clinical Trials in Washington, D.C. The Summer Institute, created by Kaufmann in 2001 when he served as NIH’s acting director of the Office of Behavioral and Social…
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) and colleagues at University of Kansas (led by Kelsie Forbush, Ph.D.) published a new paper in JMIR Formative Research detailing the development of their new mobile health program to treat eating disorders among university students, "The Building Healthy Eating and Self-Esteem Together for University…
In the recent American Psychological Association (APA) Division 27 Community Psychology - Society for Community Research and Action (SCRA) 2023 Biennial Conference, "Where Do We Go From Here? Dreaming New Community Futures," which was held June 20-24, 2023, in Atlanta, Georgia, Renato M. Liboro, Sherry Bell, and Brandon Ranuschio (all Psychology)…
Jaimi Garlington (Hospitality), Cass Shum (Hospitality), Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (Psychology), and Laura Book (Hospitality) recently published their paper, “'What it do?' The effects of racial code-switching on industry turnover intention," in the International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management. The paper questions the practice…
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) and colleagues at University of Kentucky (led by Matthew Southward, Ph.D.) and the Ohio State University recently published in Journal of Affective Disorders, "Protective factors in borderline personality disorder: A multi-study analysis of conscientiousness, distress tolerance, and self-compassion."
Kristin Vierra, Aldo Barrita, Gloria Wong-Padoongatt and Rachael Robnett (all Psychology) published a paper, "Critical action to redress systemic oppression: a person-centered approach," in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal. Their study explores what drives people to engage in more versus less impactful forms of action to resist…
Aldo Barrita and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (both Psychology) published a paper, "Ethnic Identity and Resilience: A moderated mediation analysis of protective factors for Self-blame and racial microaggressions," in the Frontiers in Psychology Journal. Their results assess how different levels of resilience and racial identity can…
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) and colleagues at the University of Kansas published an article in Eating Behaviors, "Prospectively predicting naturalistic exposure to fitspiration and thinspiration in young women with disordered eating by leveraging an ecological momentary assessment design." This is the first publication from Christensen…
Kasra Ghaharian (International Gaming Institute), Brett Abarbanel (International Gaming Institute), Shane W. Kraus (Psychology), Ashok Singh (Hospitality), and Bo Bernhard (Office of Economic Development) published an article titled, "Evaluating the generalizability of payment behavioral profiles across gambling brands," in International Gambling…
Aldo Barrita, Michelle Strong, Janelle Ferraris, and Gloria Wong-Padoongpatt (all Psychology) published a paper, "Drugs and racial microaggressions: A mediation analysis of racism, mental health, and coping strategies," in the Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment. Their results highlight how people of color might engage in…