This poster examines how stigma encourages maladaptive coping strategies, which may discourage people living with HIV from seeking medical treatment.

This poster examines how religious coping, self-esteem, and locus of control can affect mindfulness in people living with HIV.

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing the quality of life of people with mental illnesses.

This poster examines how patients with an internal health locus of control (HLOC) may result in reduced stigma and better management of HIV.

This poster examines the relationships between forgiveness, spirituality, and perceptions of stigma in the mental and physiological health of women living with HIV/AIDS.

This poster explores the potential for women living with HIV/AIDS, who have been stigmatized by disease, to benefit from forgiveness training.

This poster investigates the association of medical adherence to perceived stress, maladaptive coping behaviors, and medical variables in a sample of HIV+ adults.

Poster presentation for the 2009 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas. This poster discusses research on child witnesses of domestic violence and differences in children's pain and anguish and how parents perceive those emotions.

Poster for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing self-motivation among college students who have experienced the death of a parent.

This poster examines how the relationships between trauma, perceived stress, and self-esteem affect emotional well-being in college students.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on gangs and preventive measures.

Poster presentation for the 2010 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT).

Poster presentation for the 2011 University Scholars Day at the University of North Texas discussing research on identifying faculty attitudes towards lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) issues.

This poster examines how anger is significantly associated with the mental health of people living with HIV, as conceptualized through state and trait anger.

This poster illustrates how understanding the complex relationship between stigma and high risk behaviors in the lives of HIV+ individuals is important for developing community interventions to reduce risky sexual behavior.

This poster examines gender differences in various coping methods used by people living with HIV.

This poster examines the association between positive states of mind, loneliness, anger, and resilience in LGBT individuals.

This poster examines the psychological construct of meaning-in-life for the HIV+ community.

Poster discussing the role of ethnicity in the relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and suicidality. Research indicates an increased risk of suicide and suicidal behavior among individuals with PTSD. Latinx groups, in particular, have lower rates of suicide injury death in comparison to non-Latinx groups. These findings do not explain increased suicidality in non-Latinx clients, but is congruent with the Latinx health paradox, the contradictory finding of better health outcomes for Latinx despite known additional disadvantages.

This poster tests a model wherein resilience acts as a mediator between forgiveness and one's perception of stigma.

This poster examines the relevance of mindfulness training as a method to reduce anxiety in gay men.

This poster illustrates a study to determine if concerns and depression change over time for each gender after receiving an HIV diagnosis and throughout the disease course.

This poster examines the specific relationship three types of guilt have with markers of psychological and sexual health to provide an empirical basis to help understand the complex role guilt plays in college student's lives.

This poster suggests that positive and negative personality characteristics plus social functioning relate to psychological quality of life in college students.