ERRICO<\/strong> – <\/b>Ethnicity and response to racism : the influence of context of origin<\/p>\n How does internalized racism and perceived discriminations\u00a0impact the health of Black individuals born in the US or recently migrated from an African or Caribbean country?\u00a0<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n Ongoing recruitment until 2022<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This study examines how the racial context in which someone was raised impact how discrimination and racism impact their health. This study is important because it highlights the need to examine diversity within Black individuals when studying health disparities and factors that influence their health. Black Americans and immigrants who recently moved to the US are highly encouraged to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n ESRA <\/b>– Emotions and stress: the influence of response and actions<\/p>\n How do people manage their emotions and its potential effects on health?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n Ongoing recruitment until 2022<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n This study examines the different ways that people manage their emotions and how these methods impact their health. This study is important because it is becoming increasingly evident that coping mechanisms can protect against some of the harmful effects of stress. College students are especially encouraged to participate.<\/span><\/p>\n Interested in participating?\u00a0 Go to the Active studies page<\/a>.<\/p>\n Stress and stressful events are a part of everyday life, however not much is known about how emotional stressors affect health. This study\u00a0seeks to understand how incidence of emotional stressors\u00a0(e.g.,\u00a0romantic breakups) and variability in individual differences influence\u00a0psychological and physiological health.<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> To provide a\u00a0greater understanding of the relationships among emotional stress, emotion regulation, and psychological and physiological health, as well as how individual differences in innate human characteristics, like emotional reactivity, affect these relationships.<\/p>\n Collaborators: Caffeine is the world’s most widely used psychoactive drugs.\u00a0 This study was designed to examine how caffeine influences emotional responses and what past experiences or innate individual characteristics might affect this relationship.\u00a0 This study involves 2 visits where participants are treated with caffeine or placebo.<\/p>\n Goal:<\/strong> To examine what current and past individual differences might explain how people respond to caffeine use and their combined effect on emotional responses.<\/p>\n Collaborators: Cognitive abilities such as executive function and fluid intelligence are required for many daily tasks.\u00a0 Reduced cognitive functioning can minimize one\u2019s ability to function in society and to their expected capacity.\u00a0 Finding ways to bolster executive functioning may help reduce the severity of dementia, Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and many other neurocognitive illnesses.\u00a0 Bilingualism may provide protection; however these benefits on executive functioning cognitive processes have not been reliably documented. 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Phase: Data analysis and manuscript\/grant writing<\/b><\/h3>\n
How do\u00a0perceptions and ways of handling emotions\u00a0impact health after an emotionally stressful event? <\/strong>– Recruitment completed in Summer 2018<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/em>Amy Canevello<\/a>, PhD<\/p>\nIndividual differences in responses to emotional stimuli and caffeine administration <\/b>– Recruitment completed in Spring 2018<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/em>Sara Levens<\/a>, PhD<\/p>\nIs being fluent in more than one language protective? – Recruitment completed in Fall 2016<\/b><\/h4>\n
\n<\/em>Sara Levens<\/a>, PhD<\/p>\nExamining Differences in Glucocorticoid Resistance Between Smokers and Nonsmokers – Recruitment completed in Fall 2015
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\n<\/span><\/em>Maren J. Coffman<\/a>, PhD, RN
\nJoseph Marino<\/a>, PhD<\/p>\n