Ongoing Projects
A Laboratory Based Study of Parent and Adolescent Anxiety and Related Problems
A laboratory-based project examining associations between parent and adolescent anxiety, stress, sleep difficulties, substance use, and related problems. Involves multiple lab visits, daily diary completion, and 6 and 12-month follow-ups.
PI: Sarah Bilsky
The Association between Anxiety Sensitivity, Sleep, and Alcohol Use
This project uses actigraphy, daily diary approaches, and self-report measures to examine the associations between sleep, anxiety sensitivity, and alcohol use among undergraduate students.
PI: Kayce Hopper (graduate student)
The Effects of Validating and Invalidating Responses on Self-Reported Levels of Anxiety
This experimental study examines how people’s levels of anxiety change after receiving either validating or invalidating responses to their expressions of emotions.
PI: Leila Sachner (graduate student)
Parental Emotional Validation, Gender, and Adolescent Anxiety
A project examining the associations between parent and adolescent gender, emotional validation, and anxiety symptoms among adolescents.
PIs: Sarah Bilsky and Ashlynn Payne (honors student)
Recently Completed Projects
Maternal Social Anxiety and Maternal Reactions to Adolescent Positive Affect
This project used an online experiment to examine the association between maternal social anxiety and maternal reactions to adolescent displays of positive affect.
PI: Hannah Friedman (graduate student)
Flight, Fight, or Freeze Response and Trauma Reactions
This project used an experimental psychopathology approach in the lab to examine the association between the flight, fight, and freeze response and analog responses to trauma cues.
PI: Jamie Murtaugh (graduate student)
Adolescent Body Dysmorphia, Eating Disorder, Anxiety/Depressive Symptoms, and Motives for Social Media Use
A project examining the associations between adolescent BDD, ED, anxiety and depressive symptoms, and social media use.
PIs: Sarah Bilsky and Kaylan Melvin (honors student)