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At the intersection of psychological science and prevention, Dr. Bai's research examines three questions:
At the intersection of psychological science and prevention, Dr. Bai's research examines three questions:
First, how is risk for internalizing disorders shaped by the ways that youth respond to daily stress?
First, how is risk for internalizing disorders shaped by the ways that youth respond to daily stress?
Second, what are the daily mechanisms by which families help to build resilience against internalizing disorders in adolescence?
Second, what are the daily mechanisms by which families help to build resilience against internalizing disorders in adolescence?
Third, how can we improve existing interventions for the prevention of adolescent suicide?
Third, how can we improve existing interventions for the prevention of adolescent suicide?
Families Being Supportive Together Study (FAM Best Study)
Families Being Supportive Together Study (FAM Best Study)
This project aims to characterize parent-youth supportive communication in the daily lives of youth with high and low depression risk and examine its short-term impacts on daily youth emotions, using novel intensive longitudinal methods that capture conversations in real-time and in real-world settings. Findings from this innovative study will help to pinpoint strategies for improving supportive communication in daily life and inform family-focused interventions that can prevent adolescent depression.
Collaborator: Tim Brick, Ph.D.
Study Enrollment for this study has closed.
Example Publication: Families Being Supportive Together: A Multi-Method and Multi-Informant Intensive Longitudinal Study of Family Protective Mechanisms for Adolescent Depression - PMC
Assessing Mental Health in Adolescents (ALMA) Project
Assessing Mental Health in Adolescents (ALMA) Project
This project examines suicide risk in Latine youth and families, a group that has experienced the greatest increase in suicide deaths in the past 20 years, yet remains underrepresented in suicide research. Study findings will help elucidate risk pathways for suicidal ideation in Latine preteens, identify specific developmentally informed and culturally responsive targets for future suicide interventions, and contribute to reducing ethnic disparities in suicide.
Collaborator: Jocelyn Meza, Ph.D.
Study will enroll families in Los Angeles, CA
Prevention Science Institute (PSI) Access Center Pilot
Prevention Science Institute (PSI) Access Center Pilot
The PSI Access Center Pilot leverages existing data to evaluate Oregon’s preparedness for addressing adolescent suicide risk, specifically through School-Based Health Centers. The data includes federal and state-level administrative and epidemiological data to examine how organizational and professional capacities are associated with youth suicide-related outcomes. This pilot study will guide the proposal of a comprehensive mixed-methods investigation of factors that shape the implementation of evidence-based suicide interventions and related youth outcomes.
Collaborator: Mark Hammond, Ph.D.
The Family Activities and Well Being Study
The Family Activities and Well Being Study
The Family Activities and Well Being Study examines parent and adolescent recreation and psychosocial health during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Adolescents and their parents were recruited via youth serving organizations to complete online questionnaires about recreation, family functioning and psychosocial health in the summers of 2020, 2021 and 2022.
Collaborator: Jen P. Agans, Ph.D., Penn State University
Study Enrollment for this study has closed.
Example Publication: Development amidst Psychological Difficulties: Parents as Developmental Assets, Journal of Youth Development, 2024
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