Research

My research interests stem from personal, academic, and clinical experiences related to the effects of minority stress on individual psychology functioning and well-being. I specifically examine these implications in the context of suicide risk and trauma. My dissertation, based on research related to these studies, focused on cultural differences between suicidal and non-suicidal African Americans.

Presentations

Prado Abril, J., Harrison, L.N., Sanchez Reales, S., Cabellero Palaez, C., Ben-Bouchta, S., & GarciaCampayo, J. (July, 2013). Relationship between clinical severity and dysfunctional beliefs in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Presented at the 7th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Lima, Peru.

Prado Abril, J., Garcia Campayo, J., & Harrison, L.N. (July, 2013) Effectiveness of cognitive-interpersonal therapy in personality disorders: two single cases analyzed. Presented at the 7th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, Lima, Peru.

Delorefice, A.R., Pan, I.C., Gruen, J., Harrison, L.N., Fett, A., & Waelde, L.C. (February, 2013). Gender moderates ethnic differences in exposure to race-related events. Presented at the 3rd Cross Cultural Health Care Conference, Honolulu, HI.

Pan, I.C., Delorefice, A.R., Harrison, L.N., Gruen J., & Waelde, L.C. (November, 2011). Ethnic differences in exposure to race-related stressors. Poster presented at the 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.

Waelde, L.C., Pan, I.C., Delorefice, A.R., Gruen, J., & Harrison, L.N. (November, 2011). Perceptions of racist environment and race-related PTSD. In B. Ghafoori (Chair) Racism, psychological distress, and treatment seeking in racially and ethnically diverse trauma survivors. Symposium conducted at the 27th Annual Meeting of the International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Baltimore, MD.

Harrison, L.N., Chu. J., Bongar, B., & Goldblum, P. (October, 2011). Minority stress and ethnic group differences in assessing risk for suicide. Poster presented at the Canadian Association for Suicide Prevention 2011 Conference: New Conversations on Suicidality, Vancouver, Canada.

Harrison, L.N., Chu. J., Bongar, B., & Goldblum, P. (August, 2011). A culturally relevant assessment of risk factors for suicide in an African American adult population. Poster presented at the 119th Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, D.C.

Borgueta, A.M., Hall, M., & Harrison, L.N. (April, 2011). Pathways to identity in multiracial individuals. Panel presented at Deconstructing Diversity in the Bay Area, Santa Clara, CA.

Harrison, L.N. (December, 2006). Here inside: the life of a Brazilian domestic worker. Documentary film presented at Culture in Motion, The New School, New York, NY.

Harrison, L.N. (November, 2006). Here inside: the life of a Brazilian domestic worker. Documentary film presented at the Pacific Coast Conference on Latin American Studies, CSU-Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA.