Lauren Reyes and Nicole Short (both Psychology) have published the article "Anxiety Sensitivity and Coping-Oriented Cannabis Use: The Moderating Effect of Positive Cannabis Expectancies" in Substance Use & Misuse. Reyes is a second-year clinical psychology doctoral student. Short is an assistant professor in the department. The study…

Nicole Short and doctoral students Lauren Reyes and Mattea Pezza (all Psychology) have published a manuscript in Journal of Psychopathology and Clinical Science, which is the American Psychological Associations' flagship journal for basic science in psychopathology. The manuscript, "The role of posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in…

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Childhood and Adolescent/Adult Sexual Abuse in Relation to Sexual Function and Distress: Findings from a Cross-Cultural Study of 42 Countries," in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence.  Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues published a paper, "Sexual Assertiveness and Sexual…

Nirmala Lekhak (Nursing) presented her research, "Mental Health Benefits of Maitri Sambodh Dhyaan (MSD) Meditation for Dementia Caregivers" at Religion, Spirituality, and Aging Interest Group Symposium at the Gerontological Society of America's Annual Scientific Meeting, Boston, on Nov. 14, 2025. The presentation was co-authored by Tirth Bhatta (…

Richard Chang (Psychology) presented a paper presentation, "Between Two Palms: Podcasting to empower emerging scholars," at the 2025 Biennial Diversity Challenge Graduate Student Conference, hosted by Boston College's Institute for the Study of Race and Culture on Nov. 15.

Graduate student Grace Goodwin (Psychology), undergraduate Sebastian Mehrzad (Princeton University), and faculty Jorge Fonseca (Computer Science), Jeffrey Cummings (Brain Health), and Samantha John (Brain Health) recently published their research article, "Classification of AD and bvFTD using neuropsychological and neuropsychiatric variables: a…

Sherry Bell, Renato (Rainier) M. Liboro (both Psychology), and members of the Community Health Advocacy for Minority Populations, Immigrants, and Newcomers, and their Mental Health (CHAMPION Mental Health) research lab, recently published an article, "Fostering school engagement and social support in post-secondary school: The roles of ethnic…

Bailey Way, Todd Jennings and Shane Kraus (all Psychology) recently published a paper, "Double trouble - Examining the co-occurrence of compulsive sexual behavior disorder and gambling disorder among two American samples," in the American Journal on Addictions. 

Regine Deguzman-Lucero, Jennifer Le, and Nicole Short (all Psychology) recently published a new article titled "Associations between posttraumatic cognitions and cannabis cravings among trauma‐exposed individuals using cannabis" in the British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 

Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published two papers.  The first paper (An exploration of generational status and enculturation as putative protective factors for disordered eating behaviors and cognitions among college students) was published in Eating Behaviors.  The second paper (Problematic Pornography Use,…

Sidath Kapukotuwa, Ana Gonzalez-Alvarez (Social and Behavioral Health), Shane Kraus (Psychology), and Manoj Sharma (Public Health; Internal Medicine) published an article titled, “Betting on the future: A systematic review of modern gambling interventions for college students” in the Journal of Gambling Studies (Impact factor 2.2).  The…

Hoor Ul Ain, Jaelin Isquith, and Kara Christensen Pacella (all Psychology) published "Sensitivity and specificity of self-diagnosis of eating disorders in university students with and without food insecurity" in Eating Behaviors. Graduate student Hoor Ul Ain led this analysis, which found that students with food insecurity were similar to students…