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July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by j_p797

Dr. Perrotte awarded competitive grant from NIAAA

Dr. Perrotte has been awarded a 5-year career development grant (K01) from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism to study alcohol use, misuse, and problems among U.S. Latinas (Award # 1K01AA029473-01A1). The project will occur over three distinct phases, she will use multiple methods throughout each phase to better understand sociodemographic and sociocultural…

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July 14, 2022July 14, 2022 by j_p797

Spring and summer conferences for the SCCAERAB team!

Members of SCCAERAB shared research at two conferences during the Spring of 2022: The Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) conference (in Portland, Oregon), and the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) conference (in Baton Rouge, Louisiana). Dr. Perrotte also shared research at the annual meeting for the Research Society on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (RSA), which occurred…

Hot off the Press!

A SCCAERAB paper examining traditional feminine gender roles (TFGRs) and alcohol use, misuse, and problems among Latina first-year college students has just been published online in the Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse. In this study, we created a novel measure of TFGRs that captures how women enact gender roles, to complement existing attitudinal or…

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May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 by bds154

Congratulations to Ms. Megan Ximenes!

Megan was recently awarded 2nd place for undergraduate students at the Texas State University Department of Psychology Poster Showcase for her timely research examining how intolerance to uncertainty and coping motives for drinking exacerbate the link between pandemic-related stressors and alcohol-related problems. Outstanding work, Megan!

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May 24, 2021May 24, 2021 by bds154

SCCAERAB at SWPA 2021

Members of the SCCAERAB team were delighted to present their research at the Southwestern Psychological Association (SWPA) 2021 meeting. Ms. Neha Shrestha shared a poster on work stress, alcohol expectancies, and alcohol use among Latinx college students and Ms. Yasmin Ali shared a poster about linking feminine norms to drinking as a function of risk…

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October 28, 2020May 24, 2021 by bds154

SCCAERAB welcomes Neha Shrestha!

Neha is a first-year MAPR student in the psychology department at Texas State, and is working with the SCCAERAB team on some very exciting projects. Dr. Perrotte and the rest of the lab are delighted to have Neha on board!

SCCAERAB Welcomes Two New Team Members!

Yasmin Ali and Alex Contreras are both first-year students in the Master of Arts of Psychological Research in the psychology department at Texas State University (Click for more information about the program) Dr. Perrotte is very excited to welcome both Yasmin and Alex to the team!

Dr. Perrotte receives award from NIAAA

The National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) has just awarded Dr. Perrotte a two-year contract through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) loan repayment program to provide student loan relief while she conducts research examining factors related to alcohol use and misuse among Latina Americans. She is excited and honored to have received…

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