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…

Sherry Bell, Brandon Ranuschio, Lianne Barnes, and Renato M. Liboro (all Psychology), and the CHAMPION Mental Health research lab team, recently published their article, "Pandemic upon Pandemic: Middle-Aged and Older Men Who Have Sex with Men Living with HIV Coping and Thriving during the Peak of COVID-19," in the International Journal of…

Kara Christensen (Psychology) and colleagues from University of California, San Diego (led by Brittany Bohrer, Ph.D.), University of Kansas, and Children's Mercy Hospital-Kansas published a paper on their new mobile phone app for treating eating disorders in International Journal of Eating Disorders: "A multiple-baseline study of a…

Christopher Kearney (Psychology) published the fourth edition of Psychopathology and Life: A Dimensional Approach via Cengage. This textbook presents a contemporary, science-based view of psychopathology that emphasizes the individual first. The textbook features clinical cases and real first-person narratives that help students view abnormal…