The DaSC Lab is dedicated to exploring cognitive factors associated with depression and suicidal thoughts and behaviors (STBs), as well as how we can change these factors in order to help people experience meaningful lives.
The types of questions we aim to address include the following:
1) How do cognitive constructs naturally occur and what factors influence these fluctuations?
2) How do cognitive constructs relate to each other and to depression and STBs?
3) How can we intervene or change these constructs to positively impact outcomes?
Primary DaSC Lab Projects:
1.Cognitions Over Time (COT): EMA study of college students with a range of depressive symptoms examining suicidal ideation in relation to cognitive (e.g., rumination, attentional fixation, hopelessness, unbearability, self-hate) and contextual (e.g., stressors, social setting, sleep, mood) factors
2.Pilot study of Primal World Beliefs in relation to suicidal ideation among college students and community members with a history of suicidal ideation