The primary purpose of our lab is to conduct and disseminate innovative social psychological research that has the potential to make practical and meaningful contributions to individuals and society as a whole.

A central theme is the focus on social psychological principles related to etiology, prevention, and treatment of addictive and health related behaviors. Specific outcomes and processes of interest include:

• Brief interventions for heavy drinking, other substance use, and problem gambling, and intimate partner violence.
  • Norms based interventions
  • Web based personalized feedback
  • MI delivered personalized feedback
  • Expressive writing
  • Event and context specific interventions
• Protective effects of religion and spirituality and incorporation in brief interventions
• Egocentric and sociocentric social networks and implications for interventions
• Effects of alcohol on relationships
• Effects of global and social anxiety and anxiety sensitivity
• Expectancies, motives, protective behaviors, family history, culture, shame and guilt
• Novel statistical methodologies
• Populations of interest:
  • College students
  • General population
  • Military/Veterans
  • HIV/AIDS

Clayton Neighbors, Ph.D. Professor and Director