UMBC Psychology Department

Using search engine data to gauge public interest in mental health, politics and violence in the context of mass shootings

Vargas, T.; Schiffman, J.; Lam, P. H.; Kim, A.; Mittal, V. A. (PLOS, 2020-08-07)

Despite significant potential for providing insight to private perceptions and behaviors, search engine data has yet to be utilized as a means of gauging the U.S. public’s interest and understanding of mental health in the ...

Effects of partial- or whole-body exposures to 56Fe particles on brain function and cognitive performance in rats

Cahoon, Danielle S.; Shukitt-Hale, Barbara; Bielinski, Donna F.; Hawkins, Elizabeth M.; Cacioppo, Alicia M.; Rabin, Bernard M. (Elsevier, 2020-07-24)

On exploratory class missions, such as a mission to Mars, astronauts will be exposed to particles of high energy and charge (HZE particles). Exposure to HZE particles produces changes in neuronal function and can disrupt ...

Marijuana use and health behaviors in a US clinic sample of patients with sickle cell disease

Wilson, J. Deanna; Pecker, Lydia H.; Lanzkron, Sophie; Bediako, Shawn M.; Han, Dingfen; Beach, Mary Catherine (PLOS, 2020-07-14)

Abstract Introduction As marijuana use becomes more common, it is essential clinicians understand the relationship between marijuana use and health behaviors. Methods Using a retrospective cohort of adolescents and ...

Telepsychotherapy With Youth at Clinical High Risk for Psychosis: Clinical Issues and Best Practices During the COVID-19 Pandemic

DeLuca, Joseph S.; Andorko, Nicole D.; Chibani, Doha; Jay, Samantha Y.; Rouhakhtar, Pamela J. Rakhshan; Petti, Emily; Klaunig, Mallory J.; Thompson, Elizabeth C.; Millman, Zachary B.; Connors, Kathleen M.; Akouri-Shan, LeeAnn; Fitzgerald, John; Redman, Samantha L.; Roemer, Caroline; Bridgwater, Miranda A.; DeVylder, Jordan E.; King, Cheryl A.; Pitts, Steven C.; Reinblatt, Shauna P.; Wehring, Heidi J.; Bussell, Kristin L.; Solomon, Natalee; Edwards, Sarah M.; Reeves, Gloria M.; Buchanan, Robert W.; Schiffman, Jason (American Psychological Association, 2020-04-22)

Change Institutional Culture, and You Change Who Goes into Science

Hrabowski III, Freeman A.; Maton, Kenneth I. (American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 2009-06)

Enhancing the Number of African Americans Who Pursue STEM PhDs: Meyerhoff Scholarship Program Outcomes, Processes, and Individual Predictors

Maton, Kenneth I; Domingo, Mariano R Sto; Stolle-McAllister, Kathleen E; Zimmerman, J Lynn; Hrabowski III, Freeman A (Begell House, 2009)

The current study examines the outcomes, processes, and individual predictors of the pursuit of a STEM PhD among African-American students in the Meyerhoff Scholarship Program. Meyerhoff students were nearly five times ...

Outcomes and Processes in the Meyerhoff Scholars Program: STEM PhD Completion, Sense of Community, Perceived Program Benefit, Science Identity, and Research Self-Efficacy

Maton, Kenneth I.; Beason, Tiffany S.; Godsay, Surbhi; Domingo, Mariano R. Sto.; Bailey, TaShara C.; Sun, Shuyan; Hrabowski III, Freeman A. (The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB), 2017-10-13)

Previous research has shown that the Meyerhoff Scholars Program at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, is an effective intervention for high-achieving underrepresented minority (URM) students; African-American ...