Announcements

Just out in the Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences — Dr. Perrotte collaborated on a paper led by Dr. Yessenia Castro of the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at UT Austin examining smoking-related norms among Mexican/Mexican American individuals who smoke. Unexpectedly, results indicated that women perceived smoking to be as common (descriptive norms) and…

Dr. Perrotte has been selected to receive a $15,417.17 LRP award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) for Health Disparities Research (Research program title: Expanding the scientific toolkit for research on alcohol use and misuse among U.S. Latinas: Implementing holistic research methods toward culturally relevant measures). This is the third consecutive…

Lin Tran successfully defended her Master’s thesis, examining the connections between intergenerational conflict, helicopter parenting, mental health, and alcohol use among Asian Americans.  The thesis committee (Drs. Perrotte, Clegg, and Mendez) were very impressed  with the presentation and are excited about the continued development of this important line of research. Way to go, Lin!

TXST undergraduates Sarah Wondra and Shaheena Lofthus had a great showing at the Psychology Day and Undergraduate Research Conferences. Shaheena presented her work on acculturation and alcohol/substance use among South Asian American young adults. Sarah (pictured here) presented her outstanding work on the ways that social media addiction is linked to experiences of discrimination and…

Members of the SCCAERAB team (William Murley and Dr. Perrotte) collaborated with Drs. Krista Howard and Crystal Oberle on a paper examining the connections between social media use, anxiety, and a form of disordered eating known as food and alcohol disturbance (FAD). They found that social media use and anxiety contributed to FAD (and disordered…

Dr. Perrotte was happy for the opportunity to collaborate with TXST faculty Dr. Natalie Ceballos and Dr. Reiko Graham, along with several awesome TXST students on this recently published paper, which offers a rare glimpse at how specific risky drinking practices relate to salivary cortisol. The team found that women who pregame (i.e., consume alcohol…

SCCAERAB is delighted to announce that Lin Tran has been awarded a generous travel award to attend the National Hispanic Science Network conference next month in Washington D.C. to present her research on intergenerational conflict, binge drinking, and stress among Hispanic/Latina/o/x college students. Well done, Lin! Your SCCAERAB teammates are very proud!