Clinical Research in Identity and Belief Lab

Welcome! I'm Dr. Chris Dabbs, thanks for visiting the site for the Clinical Research in Identity and Belief Lab. Here you'll find a collection of lab research and information about our members. The CRIB Lab is currently recruiting new volunteer research contributors -- if you're a current University of Lethbridge student interested in neurodiversity or the psychological student of religion/spirituality, CRIB could be a good fit for you. Please email me for more information. Read on a for a small history of the Lab:

CRIB Lab was first developed in the Fall of 2022 at Knox College in Galesburg, IL. Since then, the Lab has moved with Dr. Chris and supported the education and development of dozens of student researchers. The Lab's current home is at the University of Lethbridge in Lethbridge, Alberta. 

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In CRIB, we are primarily interested in the ways minoritization, marginalization, and social bias impact health, education, and employment outcomes in people with minoritized social identities. Most specifically, the social identities that CRIB has historically invested in are minoritized religious identities (e.g., atheists, agnostics) and autistic identity. This is a very broad umbrella, but some common theories from which CRIB has operated include:

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Social identity theory

Minority stress theory

Attribution theory

Double empathy problem

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