Dr. Heather Littleton’s Lab

Research Interests
Dr. Littleton’s research lab interests include the following:

  • Examining the role of social cognitive factors, including coping behaviors, social support, disclosure responses, and attributions, in adjustment following trauma
  • The experiences of survivors of sexual assault, mass shootings, natural disasters, and intimate partner violence
  • Leveraging technology to deliver efficacious intervention and prevention programming, as well as to assess victimization risk behavior and adjustment among trauma survivors
  • How experiences with discrimination at the individual and institutional levels affects sexual, gender, and racial/ethnic minority individuals’ vulnerability to, and recovery from, violence

 

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Ongoing Research on Completed Studies

Healthy Families Bright Futures

Purpose: The HFBF program aims to empower LGBTQ+ teens to make healthy decisions and to help parents/caregivers in providing the necessary support and structure for their teens to become healthy adults.

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Student Health Adjustment & Relationship Experiences (SHARE) Study

Purpose: researchers are seeking to better understand the role of stigma in partner violence among sexual minority (LGBQ+) individuals

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PRYSHM: Promoting Resilient Youth with Strong Hearts and Minds

Purpose: To foster positive identity development & sense of community among LGBTQIA2S+ teens.

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