The GAME Lab research program focuses on mental health issues among marginalized individuals.
Our primary research program examines the stressful effects of microaggressions, a form of subtle discrimination. We investigate the impact, mechanisms, and individual variations in stress responses to these everyday slights and denigrations. Our research program on microaggressions addresses three major gaps by:
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Experimentally testing if marginalized individuals experience stress from microaggressions.
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Examining threats to self-concepts as possible mediators of microaggression-generated stress.
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Investigating individual differences in personality traits as moderators for the microaggression effect.
THE MARGINALIZED EXPERIENCE
Our secondary research program examines ethnic and gender differences in risk-factors for addictions, mainly gambling addiction. This research program has three specific aims:
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Assess the patterns of gambling behavior and the co-morbidity of gambling problems with other psychological problems among the different marginalized populations.
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Determine whether the psychosocial risk factors associated with gambling are specifically related to gambling or are generically related to any mental health disorder.
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Examine novel and understudied risk factors for gambling.
GAMBLING AND ADDICTIONS