Eco-Developmental Prevention, Intervention, and Consultation Lab

SER Familia: A Family-Based Intervention Addressing Syndemic Conditions among Latino Immigrant Families.
Randomized trial with 380 Latino immigrants to the US to test whether SER Familia (Salud, Estrés y Resilencia en Familias/ Health, Stress, and Resilience in Families), a family-based, six-session intervention co-developed and delivered by community health workers, can prevent syndemic health conditions by decreasing acculturative stress and promoting resilience of 385 Hispanic/Latinx young adult immigrants to the U.S. to investigate the effects of acculturation stress and resilience on co-occurring substance abuse, intimate partner violence, HIV risk, and depression (i.e., syndemic conditions) and biological stress over a two-year period.

NIH/NIMHD R01MD018920, Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda (PI; Duke University), 2014-2029.

Tiger Talk: First Year College Student’s Experiences Talking with Parents about Alcohol and Drugs. A qualitative study using thematic analysis to understand undergraduate college students’ experiences talking with their parents about alcohol and drugs. Parents are believed to have continuing influence on young adult’s alcohol and during use through involvement, communication, and disapproval of use, particularly during the transition to college, but there are few effective parent-based interventions.

22-487 EP 2212, Brian McCabe (PI), 2022-2024.

Familia y Cultura Es Todo A Latine First-Generation College Students’ Voicing Their Campus Integration Experience: A Phenomenological Perspective. A qualitative study to explore Latine (Hispanic, Latino, Latina, Latinx) First-Generation College Students' college integration experiences using phenomenological analysis based on Relational Cultural Theory and Community Cultural Wealth.

22-531 EX 2302, Stephanie Gonzalez-Galvan, 2022-2024.

Caring for Black Mothers: Clinician Perceptions and Experiences in Maternal Health. A study using a phenomenological qualitative approach to gain insight and understanding of perinatal maternal health clinicians' perceptions and experiences providing care for African American/Black women.

22-544 EP 2212, Courtney Williams (PI), 2022-2024

Tridimensional Acculturation in Black Caribbean Immigrants. An online survey dissertation study to examine acculturation patterns and the relationship between acculturation and psychological health of Black Caribbean/West Indian immigrants. Tridimensional acculturation is based on the idea that Black immigrants migrate to the US and may adjust to Black American culture, and/or White majority culture, as well as maintaining their heritage culture.

Shirnelle Wilks (PI), 2024.

Transition Stressors, Coping Orientation, and Alcohol Use in Emerging Adult College Students. A quantitative dissertation study to test the relationships between transition stress, coping, and alcohol use of young adult college students. Transition stress is a particular type of stress associated with transitions such as getting new jobs, moving, starting and ending relationships, which emerging adults experience in higher volumes than other age groups.

Candace McConaha (PI), 2024.

Narratives of Bisexual College Students. A qualitative dissertation study of bisexual (i.e., Bisexual Umbrella, meaning participants may have any of a range of identifies around having attraction to two or more gender identities including bisexual, omnisexual, pansexual, queer, and those who do not choose to label themselves) college students using narrative inquiry to understand their identity development and experiences about their sexual identity during college.

Harley Stenzel (PI), 2024.

What’s Your BAC (Bystander Alcohol Competence)? A Pilot Intervention to Prevent Violence by Reducing Alcohol Consumption of Potential Bystanders. A novel, pilot intervention dissertation study which had undergraduates attend a group session that combined bystander intervention training (to prevent violence) and brief alcohol intervention (to reduce alcohol use). The group was acceptable to students, feasible to deliver; students had students had increased knowledge of sexual violence, alcohol knowledge, and bystander intentions, as well as reduced alcohol consumption, and perceived drinking norms.

21-530 MR 2201, Bridget Nelson (PI), 2022-2023.

Minority Stress, Relationship Satisfaction, and Psychological Distress in Same-Gender Relationships. An online dissertation study of 248 LGBTQ+ adults in the US that tested relationships that were predicted by sexual minority stress theory, the stress-divorce-model, and social support/stress buffering theory. 21-557 EX 2111, Edward Ballester (PI), 2022-2023.

SER-Hispano: Salud/Health, Estres/Stress, and Resiliencia/Resilience Among Young Adult Hispanic Immigrants in the U.S. A longitudinal two-year study of 385 Hispanic/Latinx young adult immigrants to the US to investigate the effects of acculturation stress and resilience on co-occurring substance abuse, intimate partner violence, HIV risk, and depression (i.e., syndemic conditions) and biological stress over a two-year period.

NIH/NINR R01MD012249, Rosa Gonzalez-Guarda (PI; Duke University), 2017-2022.

Drug and Alcohol Norms of ‘Canes at Electronic music events (DANCE) Project. A mixed-methods study of 200 young adult undergraduates test whether existing event-specific models of college student substance use developed for events like Spring Break or 21st birthday may be applied to electronic music events (e.g., Ultra Music Festival, Winter Music Conference) and to understand students’ perceptions and beliefs about electronic music events.

UM PRA 2019-402, Brian E. McCabe (PI), 2018-2019.