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If you would like to participate in any of the following research studies, please be sure to review the eligibility criteria for each study prior to contacting the researcher.

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Available Research Studies

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Training and Education at Alliant: Professional Issues

Project Title: Threat assessment knowledge and training needs for therapists

Researcher(s) Name(s): Adare Toral

Study Summary: This study seeks to survey mental health providers in California who provider therapy to minors regarding their ability to identify warning behaviors for targeted violence.  

Survey:  https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55x3ZyH6Xuw4DA2

Contact Information:  Adare Toral, atoral@alliant.edu, 7146796194


Project Title: Critical Thinking, Resilience, and Microaggressions: Protecting Against Burnout in Diverse Doctoral Psychology Students

Researcher(s) Name(s): Dr. Emil Rodolfa (Principal Investigator); Leslie Hugg, Mari ES Guerrero, Lacy Sohn, James Fitzgerald, Deanna Young, Anh Pham, Ashley Peluso, Aamina Shabeer

Study Summary: This research seeks to explore factors that influence the effects of microaggressions on doctoral psychology students / interns. Participants must be students enrolled in a doctoral clinical and/or counseling psychology program who are currently completing an APA accredited internship. If you are interested in this issue, we hope you will forward this announcement to other psychology doctoral interns who may be willing to participate in our study. 

Contact Information: Deanna Young (dyoung2@alliant.edu). If you are a clinical/counseling psychology doctoral student currently attending an APA accredited internship and would like to participate in this study, please follow this link to complete the anonymous survey: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_39vnx1Us7MCei4S

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LGBT

Project Title:  Transgender Trauma and Growth Study

Researcher(s) Name(s): Jennifer Staples, PhD (Principal Investigator); Sabah Awar, Emily Beggiato, Hannah Miles

Study Summary:  Brief summary (maximum 100 words), and specific details about the demographic group(s) requested to participate.

We are seeking transgender and gender expansive individuals (anyone whose gender identity is different from their gender assigned at birth, including but not limited to people who identify as transgender women, transgender men, nonbinary, genderqueer, agender, two-spirit and gender nonconforming) age 18 or older, fluent in English, who live in the United States to participate in a two-part online survey on oppression-based traumatic stress and growth. Interested participants will complete two, 45-to-60-minute surveys, 6 months apart, and will be entered into a raffle with a chance of winning a $250 Amazon gift card for completion of each survey.

Contact Information:  If interested in participating, how and who should be contacted. Include any links to surveys in this section.

To learn more or to participate, follow this link to our study website.

If you have any questions, please contact us at trans.trauma.growth@gmail.com.


Project Title: Predictors of Parental Support for Transgender Youth

Researcher(s) Name(s): Tucker Chopp (Principal Investigator), Andrew Bertagnolli, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, PsyD in Clinical Psychology Program, Dissertation Faculty member)

Study Summary: This study aims to show what factors are associated with how much young transgender people feel socially supported and affirmed in their gender by their parents. Participants will include transgender residents of the US ages 18-24 who are fluent in English and have a primary caregiver from childhood who is still living and is currently aware of their transgender identity. Participants will be asked to take a 20-30-minute anonymous online survey asking them to reflect on aspects of their upbringing, current family relationships, and sociocultural identities.

Please use this link to access the survey: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5zKwvVWHcLQuFaC 

Contact Information: Additionally, here is my email address: tchopp@alliant.edu. Here is my advisor's email address: abertagnolli@alliant.edu. Please contact either of us for further questions about this research.


Project Title: Predictors of Parental Support for Transgender Youth

Researcher(s) Name(s): Tucker Chopp (Principal Investigator), Andrew Bertagnolli, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, PsyD in Clinical Psychology Program, Dissertation Faculty member)

Study Summary: This study aims to show what factors are associated with how much young transgender people feel socially supported and affirmed in their gender by their parents. Participants will include transgender residents of the US ages 18-24 who are fluent in English and have a primary caregiver from childhood who is still living and is currently aware of their transgender identity. Participants will be asked to take a 20-30-minute anonymous online survey asking them to reflect on aspects of their upbringing, current family relationships, and sociocultural identities.

Please use this link to access the survey: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5zKwvVWHcLQuFaC 

Contact Information: Additionally, here is my email address: tchopp@alliant.edu. Here is my advisor's email address: abertagnolli@alliant.edu. Please contact either of us for further questions about this research.


Project Title: Predictors of Parental Support for Transgender Youth

Researcher(s) Name(s): Tucker Chopp (Principal Investigator), Andrew Bertagnolli, Ph.D. (Assistant Professor, PsyD in Clinical Psychology Program, Dissertation Faculty member)

Study Summary: This study aims to show what factors are associated with how much young transgender people feel socially supported and affirmed in their gender by their parents. Participants will include transgender residents of the US ages 18-24 who are fluent in English and have a primary caregiver from childhood who is still living and is currently aware of their transgender identity. Participants will be asked to take a 20-30-minute anonymous online survey asking them to reflect on aspects of their upbringing, current family relationships, and sociocultural identities.

Please use this link to access the survey: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_5zKwvVWHcLQuFaC 

Contact Information: Additionally, here is my email address: tchopp@alliant.edu. Here is my advisor's email address: abertagnolli@alliant.edu. Please contact either of us for further questions about this research.


Project Title: Gender, Ovulation, and Female Same-Sex Attraction

Researcher(s) Name(s): Julie Beshears, MA & Ragheed Abdulameer, MA (Co-investigators); Dr. Monica Ulibarri, Ph.D. (Faculty Supervisor)

Study Summary: This study is exploring the relationship between ovulation, gender, and mate preferences among females with same-sex attraction to expand upon previous research on mate preferences. Participants are individuals assigned female at birth, identifying with any gender (i.e., cisgender, transgender, queer, nonbinary, genderfluid), who experience a menstrual cycle, are above the age of 18, and can read and type in English. Participation will take between 10-15 minutes, and those who complete the study will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for 1 of 4 $25 e-gift cards.

Survey Link: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_77BKCqQ9CLCBHG6

Contact Information: Julie Beshears (jbeshears@alliant.edu), Ragheed Abdulameer (rabdulameer@alliant.edu), Dr. Ulibarri (monica.ulibarri@alliant.edu)

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Family and Couple Relationship Studies

Project Title: Life After a Sibling Suicide: The Relationship Between Sibling Survivors of Suicide, Posttraumatic Growth, and Coping

Researcher(s) Name(s): Jessica L. N. Willis, MA (PI) and Tara Shuman, PsyD (Chair)

Study Summary: The aims of this research are to (1) increase the body of literature on sibling survivors of suicide, (2) to explore how a sibling survivor of suicide copes with the death of their sibling, and (3) to understand how the coping mechanisms utilized by sibling survivor of suicide contributes to their experience of posttraumatic growth. The procedures that will be used include an anonymous online survey of a sample of adult American sibling survivors of suicide who self-report English fluency and who have access to the Internet. Participants will complete a screener of inclusion criteria, a demographics measure, a coping measure, and a posttraumatic growth measure. There is no intervention. The length of the study takes approximately 10-15 minutes.

Contact Information: jwillis1@alliant.edu

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Project Title: The Mutual Embracement of Pornography Use Among Intimate Dyads: A Phenomenological Approach in Search for the Meaning of Pornography Within Relationships.

Researcher(s) Name(s): San Juana Melgoza, LMFT

Study Summary: The study will examine the meaning of pornography use among intimate couples who are open regarding its use. Open is not limited to acceptance nor rejection of pornography use, but rather, when couples use pornography alone, their partner is aware of it. Participants must be 18 years old to participate, be in an intimate relationship for at least 6 months, both partners must participate, and both partners must be fluent in English. Participants from all over the U.S. are welcome and will receive a $10 Target e-gift card.

https://www.familylegacytherapy.com/research-participation-opportunity

Contact Information: For more information, email or call smelgoza@alliant.edu 209 645-1994


Project Title: ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SUPERVISEE’S MULTICULTURAL SELF-EFFICACY AND PERCEPTIONS OF’ POWER DYNAMICS, SUPERVISORY WORKING ALLIANCE AND POWER DYNAMICS, SUPERVISOR’S MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE, AND SUPERVISEE'S MINORITY STATUS.

Researcher(s) Name(s): Hubbis Fabian, MA, LMFT (Principal Investigator) and Dr. Tatiana Glebova's (Chair)

Study Summary: We are conducting research to understand the factors associated with trainees' levels of multicultural self-efficacy within the supervisory relationship. The criteria to participate are: 18 years, US resident, enrolled in a CFT program, under supervision of 5+ clinical cases, serve multicultural populations. This study’s findings may help to improve multicultural training and multicultural supervision in CFT programs.

Contact Information: Hubbis Fabian: hfabian@alliant.edu https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_2t249i3uoZqixP8

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Clinical Samples

Project Title: Resiliency, Historical Loss Thinking, and Historical Loss Associated Symptoms Amongst Indigenous Peoples with Residential School Ancestry

Researcher(s) Name(s): Carling Tanno, Clinical Psychology Student, Alliant International University- California School of Professional Psychology.

Study Summary: This study aims to explore historical loss thinking and symptoms and whether resiliency moderates the symptoms associated with historical loss thinking in Indigenous populations. Participants can be anyone who identifies as Indigenous, lives with the United States or Canada, and is over the age of 18.

Contact Information:  Are you an individual over the age of 18, living within the United States of America or Canada, and identify as Indigenous? If so, please consider participating in a research study on the resiliency and historical loss. Participants in this study will: 1) Complete an online survey for 10-15 minutes. 2) Be asked questions about your demographics (age, gender, occupation). 3) Be asked questions related to resiliency, historical loss, and psychological well-being. To participate in this study, please click on the link. https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6PujotHHMkPQmdE

Email ctanno@alliant.edu with any questions.  Thank you for your time and participation.


Project Title: The relationship between PTSD and aphantasia

Researcher(s) Name(s): Jessica Stoltenberg, MA

Study Summary: I'm researching the relationship between Aphantasia (lack of pictures in the “mind’s eye”) and post-traumatic stress disorder. I'm looking for volunteers who are between the ages of 18-65 and are fluent in English. The survey takes 5-10 minutes to complete and is confidential.

Contact Information: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_cVoClpl5MnparNI

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Crime and Justice System

No Studies Available Currently

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Professional Issues

Project Title: Clinician's Attitudes Towards Artificial Intelligence(AI) in Documentation

Researcher(s) Name(s): Nicole Birfer (Principle Investigator); Jasmine Flores

Study Summary: The purpose of this study is to investigate attitudes clinicians have regarding AI augmentation programs, particularly those enhancing clinical documentation experiences. This study seeks to explore the attitudes mental health practitioners have towards using artificial intelligence(AI) as a documentation augmentation tool.

Contact Information:  

If I have any questions about this study, you can contact Nicole Birfer at nbirfer@ubalt.edu and Jasmine Flores at jflores13@alliant.edu. If you have any concerns about this study, please contact Dr. Chelsee Osback, PhD at chelsee.osback@alliant.edu.

You are being asked to participate in this research because you meet eligibility requirements as an individual over the age of 18, are able to read and write in English and are licensed mental health clinician or trainee (i.e., student). If you are interested in this issue and would like to participate, please follow this link to complete the anonymous survey: https://qfreeaccountssjc1.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9ttqFW148LjPSUS

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Personality, Stress, Coping, Decision-Making and Problem-Solving

Project Title: Clinical/Counseling Psychology Student Stress Study

Researcher(s) Name(s): Dr. Quyen Tiet

Study Summary: Graduate school is stressful  and we’re undertaking a study that may help graduate students and young clinical and counseling psychologists to deal with stress more efficiently. The goal of our study is to learn more about the stress and resilience of currently enrolled clinical and counseling psychology doctoral students, and how they cope with their stress. 

Contact Information: Quyen Tiet: qtiet@alliant.edu, Jordan Brooks: jbrooks4@alliant.edu, Barry Brownstein: brownstein.barry@gmail.com, Lee Tran: ltran2@alliant.edu, Tyla Mixon: tmixon@alliant.edu

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Project Title: You Be the Judge

Researcher(s) Name(s): Dr. Benjamin Marx and Luzmarina Garcia

Study Summary:  Participate in a study about legal decision-making for a chance to win one of several $100 gift cards! In this study you will rule on hypothetical court cases. Just click here, and you will be the judge! Your participation is anonymous and will be part of dissertation research. You must be a law student to participate in this study. If you complete the survey, you will be entered in a raffle to win one of several $100 gift cards.

Survey link

Contact Information: Contact the researchers Benjamin Marx and Luzmarina Garcia at benmarx@illinois.edu and lgarcia8@illinois.edu if you have any questions about this study or your part in it, or if you have concerns or complaints about the research.


Project Title: Therapists' Views on Sexual Misconduct, Attraction and Training

Researcher(s) Name(s): Danyelle DeCosta Aldapé

Study Summary:  This study’s goal is to examine how effective training on sexual attraction to clients and sexual ethics have influenced psychologists’ practices and beliefs. Participants must be a psychologist, regardless of job title/position and licensure status, or a doctoral-level psychology practicum student, intern, or postdoctoral resident.

Survey link: https://qualtricsxmr49kgbrch.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9uTf2eJ32kT3idg

Contact Information: Please feel free to reach out with any questions at ddecosta_aldape@alliant.edu

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Other Topics

Project Title:The Impact of Cultural Responsibility on Mental Healthcare Providers, Development of a Scale

Researcher(s) Name(s): Principle Investigator Dr. Johanna Buzolits

Study Summary: This is a cross-sectional study utilizing survey research to explore the concept of Cultural Responsibility. We will be seeking participants who are mental healthcare professionals of various disciplines to fill out a survey related to their experience of a sense of duty, obligation and/or fulfillment in serving people of their cultural community.

Contact Information: Dr. Buzolits jbuzolits@msp.edu or Raghad Hamami rhamami@msp.edu to contact if interested. Link to https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfq5xTlgVztnocplxNLK-L1X1XJPIsEH4r74BCOeYd9ftbg4g/viewform?usp=sf_link


 

Project Title: Mitigating Racial Bias in Clinical Diagnosis: An Analysis of the MMPI-2 as an Objective Measure of Psychopath

Researchers Names: Shianne Gregg, MA

Study Summary: The purpose of this study is to research the diagnostic differences between training clinicians evaluating clinical materials for the same client. Participants will be asked to complete a demographic survey prior to completing the survey. However, you will not be asked to provide specific identifying information. This survey should take approximately 6-12 minutes to complete. Participants should live in the United States; be 18 years or older; proficient in the English language; a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, or 5th-year student in a Clinical Psychology PhD or PsyD program; or a post-doctoral fellow from either program.

Contact Informationsgregg@alliant.edu

Survey Link: https://alliant.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eJWskWumvJKYl7w