Researchers Dr. Meghan A. Deshais and Dr. Margaret Swarbrick explored how to design a smartphone app to support people recovering from stimulant addiction.
Research Summaries
At GSAPP, our faculty are leading the way in innovation through impactful research—and we invite you to explore it at a glance. We’ve created concise summaries of published studies to provide quick, accessible insights into the groundbreaking work shaping mental and behavioral health. These snapshots highlight key findings and showcase how GSAPP faculty are advancing knowledge and improving lives.
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Researchers Robert J. Emmerling and Cary Cherniss reviewed more than 30 years of research to clarify what emotional intelligence is, how it should be measured, and whether it truly improves workplace performance, introducing a special issue of Consulting Psychology Journal focused on EI at work.
Researchers led by Dr. Vanessa Bal at Rutgers tested BeatIt-Aut, a newly adapted depression therapy designed specifically for autistic adults, including those with intellectual disabilities. The study aimed to determine whether the program was feasible to deliver, acceptable to participants, and showed early signs of benefit.
Researchers led by Dr. Germán Cadenas created ALIVE comentoring, a liberation-focused mentoring model that uses shared power and student testimonios to counter exclusion in psychology programs and help students of the global majority feel safer and more empowered.
Researchers led by Dr. Timothy Cleary at Rutgers developed a clearer, more practical framework to help schools identify why students fall behind by assessing their self-regulated learning skills—how they plan, focus, study, monitor progress, and adjust when needed.
A Rutgers study led by Dr. Adam Lekwa and Dr. Linda Reddy found that fall academic screening scores don’t always predict year-end performance—teaching quality plays a key role.