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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!

The SCCAERAB crew teamed up with a couple of amazing I/O collaborators (Drs. Krista Howard and Mike Baumann) on this recently published paper to examine the impact that historically ascribed masculine norms had on women’s drinking in the face of an adverse employment change (e.g., job loss, furlough, cut in pay) during the early stages…

Three cheers to William Murley for winning first place among graduate students at Texas State’s Psychology Day for his research poster presentation Factors of Food and Alcohol Disturbance! In his research at SCCAERAB, he’s exploring the connections between social media use, mental health, and Food and Alcohol Disturbance (FAD; in which individuals restrict caloric intake…

Members of the SCCAERAB team recently trekked to Albuquerque, New Mexico, to share recent work from the lab at the Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (CPA) annual conference. Daniela presented a poster highlighting some up-and-coming acculturation research, and Sarah presented a poster sharing our planned methodology for a scoping literature review on alcohol use among U.S.…

We had a great time volunteering Bobcat Build 2023. We took a break from research to practice working hard together on a beautiful San Marcos property, clearing land and getting some gardening in. The residents, Dean, Sandra, and Bill, were wonderful folks and we enjoyed meeting/working with them very much. Already looking forward to next…

Welcome to Lin Tran and William Murley, both first-year students in the TXST MAPR program. Check out more information about these awesome new recruits on the “People” page!