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
Students
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.
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
PRYSHM: Promoting Resilient Youth with Strong Hearts and Minds
Purpose: To foster positive identity development & sense of community among LGBTQIA2S+ teens.