RESEARCH AT STONEHILL COLLEGE
The underlying framework for the lab lies within the scholarship of resilience, developmental psychopathology, and Bronfenbrenner’s (1979) ecological systems theory. Broadly, we examine how a youth’s development can be impacted by multiple factors, from individual (ex: coping efficacy, skills), interpersonal (family resources and skills) and contextual (ex: experiences in school, service availability), creating diverse patterns of psychosocial outcomes. This area of research has significant implications for the understanding and promotion of resilience in children and adults.
Right now, the CARD Lab’s research is in two areas:
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Active shooter trainings are provided from elementary through college students, and our lab investigates how individual factors like age, race, and trauma history might impact the experience of these trainings. We continue to partner with teachers, students, and schools in the area and around the country to complete this work. Most recently, we have developed papers on the legal status of Active Shooter Response Training, a quantitative analysis on biopsychological responses to the trainings, and a qualitative examination on teacher perspectives of the trainings.
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Our lab is passionate about helping to advance Psychological pedagogy. Teaching is a way to create competent providers who can deliver best-practice care to their patient populations. We are working with colleagues at other institutions to develop undergraduate clinical competencies and hopefully support their implementation. Teaching and service as an iterative process that includes dissemination to the literature; thus, we also publish on the teaching and service at Stonehill College.