Sabrina Bothwell, B.S.

Sabrina (she/her/hers) is a third-year doctoral student in the Clinical Psychology program at UC. She received her Bachelor of Science (Honors) degree from Georgia State University. Her research interests center around the relationships between romantic involvement, mental health, and substance use. Her master's thesis is titled, Sexual and Gender Minority Youths' Preferences for IPV Prevention Programs.

Peer Reviewed Publications

Hammett, J. F., Stappenbeck, C. A., Parrott, D. J., Bresin, K., Bothwell, S. J., & Eckhardt, C. I. (in prep). Couples’ Alcohol and Drug Use Patterns and Intimate Partner Aggression.

Bresin, K., Bothwell, S. J., Velia., B, Parrott., D.J. (2023). Effect of Alcohol and Substance Use Discordance on Relationship Functioning. 

Bothwell, S. J., Lawlace, M.R., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2023). Relationship Quality, COVID Stress, and Mental Health among Sexual and Gender Minority Young Adults. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships. 

Whitton, S.W., Bothwell, S.J., Crosby, S., Newcomb, M.E. (2023; in press). Sexual and Gender Minority Individuals’ Perspectives on How the COVID-19 Pandemic Has Affected Their Couple Relationships. Couple and Family Psychology: Research and Practice.


Presentations

Bothwell, S. J., Devlin, E.A., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2024, July). Sexual and Gender Minority Youths’ Content Preferences for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programs. Poster submitted for presentation at the International Association for Relationship Research Conference, Boston, Massachusetts.

Hammett, J. F., Stappenbeck, C. A., Parrott, D. J., Bresin, K., Bothwell, S. J., & Eckhardt, C. I. (2024, July). Heavy drinking and drug use patterns on intimate partner violence perpetration among couples. Poster submitted for presentation at the 25th International Society for Research on Aggression (ISRA) World Meeting, Munich, Germany.

Bothwell, S.J., Devlin, E.A., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2023, November). Sexual and Gender Minority Youths’ Preferences for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention Programs. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Seattle, Washington.

Bothwell, S. J., Lawlace, M.R., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2022, November). Relationship Quality, COVID Stress, and Mental Health among Sexual and Gender Minorities. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, New York City, New York.

Bothwell, S. J., Lawlace, M.R., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2022, November). Sexual and Gender Minorities’ Perceptions of Romantic Relationship Benefits during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, New York City, New York.  

Bothwell, S. J., Lawlace, M.R., Newcomb, M.E., Whitton, S.W. (2022, July). Relationship Quality, COVID Stress, and Mental Health among Sexual and Gender Minorities. Poster presented virtually at International Association for Relationship Research Conference, London, England.

Bothwell, S. J., Lawlace, M.R., Whitton, S.W. (2021, November). Protective Factors of Romantic Relationships in Sexual and Gender Minorities during COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented virtually at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.

Bothwell, S. J., Ok, Y., Sohail, T. J., Patel, Y., Swartout, K. M. (March, 2021). Perception of Peer Justification of Rape Association with Perpetration Likelihood. Poster  presented virtually at the 2021 Southeastern Psychological Association 67th Annual Meeting, Orlando, Florida. 

Bothwell, S. J., Bresin, K., Parrott, D. J. (2020, November). Effects of Substance and Alcohol Use Discordance on Relationship Functioning. Poster presented virtually at Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Conference, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Bothwell, S. J., Bresin, K., Parrott, D. J. (2020, April). Effects of Substance and Alcohol Use Discordance on Relationship Functioning. Poster presented virtually at Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Keeler, C., Bothwell, S. J., Patel, Y., Swartout, K. M. (2020, April). “An Inexcusable Act:” Thematic Gender Differences in Firsthand Accounts of Sexual Assault Perpetration. Poster presented virtually at Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.

Bothwell, S. J., Keeler, C., Watts, S. S., Swartout, K. M. (2019, October). Do Internalizing Symptoms Predict Gender Bias? Poster session presented at Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference, Atlanta, Georgia.