Research Projects
The IRL investigates social relationships and mental health in adolescence and young adulthood. We use technology as a window into these interactions.
Parenting
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Text Message Content as a Window into Youth Alcohol, Substance Use, and Mental Health There is a wealth of information in text-based big data, but our ability to understand the contents is limited by existing tools. This projects seek to leverage the information in private messages to better understand young adult risk contexts. Our LIWC dictionary of "Alcohol Talk" is a newly-developed quantitative tool that gets at alcohol-related language and is predictive of same day drinking behaviors.
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RAISE project This project in collaboration with Duke's C-StARR and the ADAPT LAB leverages 2 weeks' worth of ecological momentary assessments (delivered directly to young adolescents' smart phones) to better understand the role of technology in youth development.
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Coding Culture
We are developing a coding system for Racial/Ethnic Socialization (RES) messages (preparation for bias, cultural socialization, promotion of mistrust, egalitarian messages) in parent-child text communications. Coding system will tap the bi-directional nature of RES messages by coding youth disclosures of culture-related stressors and uplifts.
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