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Projects

Sex, gender, and CSBD Projects

In the lab, there are several projects that examine the intersection of human sexuality and psychological distress. These include examinations of LGBTQ+ mental health disparities, problematic pornography use (and compulsive sexual behavior more broadly), and sexual assault prevention. Much of this research takes an intersectional approach with gender, religion, and race. â€‹

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List of publications

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Psychotherapy and Psychological Intervention Projects

The lab's second line of research is examining how to treat and prevent common mental health problems, such as anxiety, OCD, PTSD, and depression. Many of these projects are just starting and we have several funded submissions under review. We are particularly interested in what makes counseling work and believe that we could develop more efficient psychological interventions if we better understood the basic nature of mental illness/intervention.

 

Other questions under this line have to do with the intersection of counseling and medication interventions, arguments for and against psychologist prescription rights, and more accurately modeling the therapeutic efficacy of counseling and medication interventions in the general population. Projects under this line of research often intersect with the first line of research. 

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In the past year, we have become very interested in conducting meta analyses on both counseling interventions and pharmaceutical interventions (particularly the rising psychedelic class). We are very interested in applicants who want to do this type of research. 

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Latest Publications

Understanding self-forgiveness in emotion-focused therapy: An interpersonal process recall study with men in recovery from addiction

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Multicultural Considerations for the Psychometrics of the Brief Pornography Screen

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Taking Another Look at the Pornography Problems Due to Moral Incongruence Model: Does Gender Play a Role?

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Neuropsychological Function in Migraine Headaches: An Expanded Comprehensive Multi-Domain Meta-Analysis.

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Neurocognitive and psychiatric outcomes associated with postacute COVID-19 infection without severe medical complication: a meta-analysis

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Uncovering the most robust predictors of problematic pornography use: A large-scale machine learning study across 16 countries.

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So How Special is Special K? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Ketamine for PTSD RCTs

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No Magic Pill: A Systematic Review of the Pharmacological Treatments for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder

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The Absurdity of Latent Disease Model in Mental Health: 10,130,807 Ways to Have a DSM-5-TR Psychological Disorder

 

The development and validation of the experiential avoidance rating scale (EARS): A self-report questionnaire that might actually measure experiential avoidance

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The status of evidence-based treatments for moral injury syndrome: Review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

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Associations Between Online Dating Platform Use and Mental and Sexual Health Among a
Mixed Sexuality College Student Sample

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Further Understanding the Correlations Between Sexting and Mental Health: Considerations for Sex and Sexual Identity

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Stress Testing the Minority Stress Model: It’s Not Just Neuroticism

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Is the Serotonin Hypothesis Dead? If So, How Will Clinical Psychology Respond?

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Another Failure of the Latent Disease Model? The Case of Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder

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Sexual and Gender Minority Victimization: Base Rates of Assault in College Students Across Sexual and Gender Identities

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A Review of Behavioral Interventions for Compulsive Sexual Behavior Disorder

 

Understanding Differences in Problematic Pornography Use: Considerations For Gender and Sexual Orientation​

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She Asked for It: Hardcore Porn, Sexism, and Rape Myth Acceptance

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