Student Research Assistants

Many of our undergraduate and graduate students conduct psychological research as Research Assistants. Students work under the supervision of Faculty as they design the study, collect the data, and report the findings at conferences across the country. Please review the Faculty Research Labs to learn more about the topics being researched at SF State. If you are interested in becoming a Research Assistant, please email the Faculty or visit them during their office hours. 

Undergraduate Research Assistants will earn units for PSY 699 Independent Study, which is a Major Elective course. Undergraduates can also lead their own research project by participating in the Honors Program. Graduate Research Assistants will earn units for either PSY799 Supervised Selected Research or PSY 899 Independent Study.

Student research findings are often presented to various conferences across the country. Below is a selection of some of the research that our students are conducting.

Development of the Narcissism Interview Scale for Employment

Student Researchers: Sharon Pidakala & Sean White

Faculty Advisors: Kevin Eschleman & Chris Wright

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The Behavioral Evidence of Mattering Measure (BEMM), Mattering to Fathers, and Adolescents' Adjustment over Time

Student Researchers: Yookyung Lee & Alexandra Morford

Faculty Advisor: Jeff Cookston

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Change Over Time in Coparenting and Interparental Conflict Among Families of Adolescents

Student Researcher: Chase Boyer

Faculty Advisor: Jeff Cookston

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Cognitive- versus Emotion-Based Involunatary Cognitions: An Informative Contrast fro the Reflexive Imagery Task

Student Researchers: Hyein Cho, Pareezad Zarolia, & Anthony Velasquez

Faculty Advisor: Ezequiel Morsella

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Explaining the Experiential Advantage through Positive Memories

Student Researcher: Ngoc-Han Nguyen

Faculty Advisor: Ryan Howell

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External Control of the Stream of Consciousness: Stimulus-Based Effects of Unintentional Thought Sequences

Student Researchers: Sabrina Bhangal, Christinal Merrick, Melika Farina, & Tiffany Jantz

Faculty Advisor: Ezequiel Morsella

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Habituation Effects on Involuntary Cognitions: Evidence from the Reflexive Imagery Task

Student Researchers: Sabrina Bhangal & Allison Allen

Faculty Advisor: Ezequiel Morsella

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The Impact of Child Abuse Trauma on Emotional Dysregulation and Academic Performance

Student Researcher: Haylie Mills

Faculty Advisor: Diane Harris

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The Impact of Complex Trauma on Motivation in Children

Student Researcher: Winnie Chan

Faculty Advisor: Diane Harris

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The Impact of Ethnic Identity and a Caring Culture on Adolescent Development

Student Researcher: Guadalupe Arambula

Faculty Advisor: Diane Harris

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Loneliness and Expressive Suppression; The Role of Pessimism about Expressivity

Student Researcher: Pooya Razavi

Faculty Advisor: Seung Hee Yoo

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The Polymodal Role of Consciousness in Adaptive Action: A Paradigm for Neuroimaging

Student Researcher: Donish Cushing

Faculty Advisor: Ezequiel Morsella

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Posttraumatic stress disorder: Expecting the worst

Student Researcher: Callan Lujan

Faculty Advisors: Ezequiel Morsella, Mark Geisler

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Purchasing Happiness; It's Written All Over Your Face

Student Researcher: Kristine Tom

Faculty Advisors: Ryan Howell, Mark Geisler

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The Role of Attachment in the Development of Ethnic Identity among Second Generation Students

Student Researcher: Connie Chan

Faculty Advisors: Rita Rodriguez, Diane Harris

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Shame Inhibits and Asian-American Adolescent's Development of an Achieved Ethnic Identity

Student Researcher: Stephanie Meier

Faculty Advisor: Diane Harris

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Strong Ethnic Identity Moderates the Effects of Discrimination for Middle Eastern Adolescents

Student Researcher: Shereen Nassar

Faculty Advisor: Diane Harris

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Thought stopping through sustained imagery: Involuntary subvocalizations and the sense of agency

Student Researchers: Hyein Cho & Allison Allen

Faculty Advisors: Carlos Montemayor & Ezequiel Morsella

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Who Should I Talk to About Him? Guided Cognitive Reframing with Non-Parental Sources About the Father-Child Relationship

Student Researcher: Kenn Dela Cruz

Faculty Advisor: Jeff Cookston

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Why are Some People More Creative Than Others? An Electrophysiological Approach

Student Researcher: Kristina Pfeifer

Faculty Advisor: Mark Geisler

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Working Memory-Based Action Control: An Interference Paradigm for Neuroimaging

Student Researchers: Sabrina Bhangal, Anthony G. Velasquez, & Andrew Garcia

Faculty Advisors: Mark Geisler & Ezequiel Morsella

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Do People with Schizophrenai Experience More Negative Emotion and Less Positive Emotion in Their Daily LIves? A Meta-analysis of Experience Sampling Studies

Student Researchers: Hyein Cho, Lindsey Lavaysse, Manpreet Kaur, & Yasmin Campos

Faculty Advisors: Daniel Fulford, David Gard

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