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Few students鈥攐r parents鈥攚ould say that homework is their favorite time of day. And parenting approaches vary from completely hands-off to 眉ber-involved when it comes to providing assistance with assignments. What鈥檚 really best for kids when it comes to homework help?

Examining the connection between empathy and anxiety

Demystifying the cognitive processes involved in hypnosis.

蜜芽TV's Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology has been selected as a collaborative partner in a $5.2 million grant.

According to a 2025 survey by AARP, approximately 95.4 million people make themselves vulnerable to theft by responding to calls, texts or friend requests from people they don鈥檛 know. Deciding who we can trust versus who is out to scam us is growing increasingly difficult in a world where scams are becoming more convincing and…

The variety and sophistication of paid research projects undertaken by Adelphi students this summer reflects the University's emphasis on undergraduate research.

Dominic Fareri, PhD, to lead collaborative study on how understanding personality traits impacts the navigation of social situations.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology, has received a $388,026 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Tracing the long-term impact of daily arguments between spouses.

New research illuminates the patterns that drive excessive digital usage.

New research explores how COVID-19 shaped our memory processes.

Longitudinal study shows a link between students' mental wellness and risk perception.

Levels of substance use reflect the COVID-19 pandemic's impact on our daily lives.

Using predictive measures to assess familial tension during lockdown.

Laura E. Brumariu, PhD, professor and associate dean for professional programs and student advancement in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, knows that the transition from tween to teen is often fraught with apprehension and anxiety. Seldom are these worries more evident than in the transition from primary to middle school.聽

At Adelphi, research is highly valued for undergrads as well as graduate students. This summer, six undergraduates are making new discoveries鈥攊nside and out of the lab.

One might say that with more than 15 years of research experience鈥攁nd her inquiries while studying at the University of Michigan Ann Arbor before that鈥擪atherine Fiori, PhD, professor and associate dean in the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, is something of an expert at turning an idea into scholarship.

A new theoretical framework outlines best practices school psychologists can use to help LGBTQ+ youth prepare for college

Examining factors precipitating substance abuse, from America's rural to urban communities.

Good things come to those who wait, the saying goes, but our perception of how quickly time passes varies from person to person. Are people who perceive time as passing quickly more willing to delay gratification?

There are, according to the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), as many as 3 million Americans who suffer from chronic stuttering.

Recent works by faculty members Robert Mendelsohn, Joel Weinberger, Jairo N. Fuertes, Jacques Barber and J. Christopher Muran burnish the Derner School鈥檚 reputation as a world leader in psychoanalytic research.

A collaboration between a Derner professor and a doctoral student of psychology examines the connection between attachment anxiety and loneliness.

In addition to teaching, Derner faculty members engage in scholarship and research. Here are recent highlights of their work.

Mary Beth Cresci, PhD, adjunct professor, who served from 2005 to 2018 as director of the postgraduate programs at the Gordon F. Derner School of Psychology, received the Founders Award from the Society for Psychoanalysis and Psychoanalytic Psychology (SPPP), Division 39 of the American Psychological Association (APA), at its April meeting.

Overseas deployments are a fact of life for many American military families. These life-altering experiences鈥攄uring which service members must leave home for an average of six to 12 months as part of their service in the armed forces鈥攃an bring about wide-ranging emotions and reactions, not only for those being deployed, but also for their families on the home front.

Jacques Barber, PhD, professor and dean, and J. Christopher Muran, PhD, professor and interim dean while Dr. Barber is on sabbatical, have collaborated on a revised psychodynamic therapy chapter in Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change 7th Edition (Wiley 2021), considered 鈥渢he bible of psychotherapy." It builds on the original chapter published in 2013, for which they also collaborated.

An article by Kirkland Vaughans, PhD 鈥�85, clinical director of the Derner Hempstead Child Clinic, explains how traditional psychotherapy misses the impact of structural racism on Black boys鈥� psyches鈥攁nd suggests what to do about it.

Damian Stanley, PhD, assistant professor of psychology at Adelphi, believes his large-scale, longitudinal study of the COVID-19 pandemic鈥檚 unseen psychological effects can help us learn to mitigate its psychological impact, on both an individual and societal level.