Accomplishments: Department of Psychology
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Sexual Assertiveness Across Cultures, Genders, and Sexual Orientations: Validation of the Short Sexual Assertiveness Questionnaire (SAQ-9)," in Assessment.
Faculty member Nicole Short, graduate student Mattea Pezza, and research coordinator Rachel Weese (all Psychology), along with an external collaborator, Michele Bedard-Gilligan (University of Washington Department of Psychiatry), recently published a systematical review in Behaviour Research and Therapy entitled, "Anxiety sensitivity and…
Daniel Allen (Psychology) was awarded $672,779 from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services for the Nevada Rural Communities Mental Health Outreach Program (RHOP) and $186,909 for the RHOP Expansion program. RHOP provides telebehavioral health counseling services to adolescents living in Elko and Humboldt counties. RHOP Expansion provides…
Kaelyn Griffin and Shane Kraus (both Psychology) and colleagues recently published three works as part of ongoing research collaborations through the 51ԹϺ Behavioral Addictions Lab.
The first paper, "An examination and validation of a short form of the Spiritual Abuse Questionnaire," was published in Spirituality in Clinical…
Joel Snyder (Psychology) and colleagues from around the world have published a Comment article in Nature Neuroscience titled, "What makes a theory of consciousness unscientific?" It is accompanied by replies from two other groups of authors and relates to an ongoing debate about the scientific merits of the integrated information theory of…
Daniel Allen (Psychology) was awarded $399,662 from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and SAMHSA for the CHARGE UP program which provides coordinated specialty care treatment services to adolescents and young adults who are at high risk for developing a schizophrenia spectrum or other psychotic disorder.
Daniel Allen (Psychology) was awarded $1,297,604 from Nevada Department of Health and Human Services for the POWER program which provides coordinated specialty care services for adolescents and adults who have recently begun to experience symptoms of bipolar and related disorders.
Rakshitha Mohankumar, Katie T. Singsank, Brenna N. Renn (all Psychology) and Samantha E. John (Brain Health) recently published a chapter entitled "Mental Status Examination" in the text "Diagnostic Interviewing (6th Edition)." This guide for emerging and seasoned clinicians centers on clinical description and the pragmatics of “how to” conduct…
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology) was named a 2025 Association for Psychological Science Rising Star. According to APS, “this designation recognizes researchers whose innovative work has already advanced the field and signals great potential for their continued contributions.”
Kara Christensen Pacella (Psychology), Graham McGinnis (Kinesiology and Nutrition), and colleagues recently published a new paper, "Associations between intraindividual variability in weekday-weekend sleep timing and duration and eating disorder pathology," in Eating Behaviors.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Motives for pornography use and women's sexual wellbeing: Insights from a 42-country study," in the Journal of Behavioral Addictions.
Shane Kraus (Psychology) and colleagues recently published a paper, "Identification and comprehensive characterization of moral…
Madeline Clark (Counselor Education), Michelle Paul (51ԹϺ PRACTICE), and Dan Allen (Psychology) were awarded $120,000 from the Nevada Department of Education for the Rural Health Outreach Program-McKinney Vento, which will help provide counseling services to unhoused children and adolescents in Elko and Humboldt counties.