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IDEA Lab Research

Recent Journal Article Publications

  • Brown, J. G., McField, A. A., Viltz, A. L., & Oberle, C. D. (2026). Vicarious intergroup contact via television shows to enhance empathy and reduce explicit and implicit prejudice toward Black individuals. Race and Social Problems, 18, Article 7. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12552-025-09470-0

  • McField, A. A., Rogers, M. L., Wilson, K. J., & Oberle, C. D. (2025). Campus climate and belonging explain the relationship between DEI initiatives and mental health of LGBTQ college students. Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2025.2577648

  • Arreguin, D. H., Murley, W. D., & Oberle, C. D. (2025). Masculinity and femininity in relation to body satisfaction in sexual minority women: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 29(4), 471–485. https://doi.org/10.1080/19359705.2024.2339856

  • Arreguin, D. H., & Oberle, C. D. (2025). Associations between parental audism/linguisticism and deaf individuals’ well-being: Mediation by interpersonal needs and relationship quality. Journal of the American Deafness and Rehabilitation Association, 56(3), 58–81. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/jadara/vol56/iss3/3

  • Shiva, T. A., Brown, J. G., McField, A. A., Osborne, R. E., & Oberle, C. D. (2025). Cultural associations with prosocial behaviors and attitudes among Asian Americans. Asian American Journal of Psychology, 16(3), 268–278. https://doi.org/10.1037/aap0000368

  • Brown, J. G., Keizer, L. G., & Oberle, C. D. (2024). Altruism born of suffering and the upstander prosocial intentions and behaviors of gender and sexual minorities. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 12(12), 581–594. https://doi.org/10.4236/jss.2024.1212038

  • Umanzor, M. J., Reyna Guerrero, D. J., Osborne, R. E., McField, A. A., & Oberle, C. D. (2024). Attitudes on affirmative action targeted to help Black and Hispanic individuals: The roles of knowledge, race, and perceived discrimination. Analyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, 24(3), 734–756. https://doi.org/10.1111/asap.12428

  • Arreguin, D. H., Shields-Rhodes, K. S., Harel, M. L., & Oberle, C. D. (2024). Racial and ethnic differences in orthorexia nervosa symptomatology. Open Journal of Psychiatry, 14(4), 287–299. https://doi.org/10.4236/ojpsych.2024.144016

  • Noebel, N. A., Vela, R. B., Arreguin, D, H., & Oberle, C. D. (2023). Orthorexia nervosa symptomatology in the LGBTQ community: Gender and sexual orientation differences. Eating Behaviors, 50, Article 101771. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eatbeh.2023.101771

Recent Conference Presentations

  • Hill, T. S., & Oberle, C. D. (2026, March 27-29). Racial differences among college students on help seeking for mental health problems [Paper presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Frisco, TX, United States.

  • Wilson, K. J., & Oberle, C. D. (2026, March 27-29). Neurodivergent college students’ perceptions of discrimination, school climate, belonging, and mental health [Paper presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Frisco, TX, United States.

  • Brown, J. G., McField, A. A., Viltz, A. L., & Oberle, C. D. (2025, June 26-29). Effects of vicarious intergroup contact via television on racial prejudice [Paper presentation]. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Convention, Portland, OR, United States.

  • Brown, J. G., & Oberle, C. D. (2025, June 26-29). Effects on policy supporting marginalized groups through ethnocultural empathy [Poster presentation]. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Convention, Portland, OR, United States.

  • Wilson, K. J., Rogers, M. L., McField, A. A., & Oberle, C. D. (2025, June 26-29). DEI initiatives indirectly influence Black college students’ mental health [Poster presentation]. Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Annual Convention, Portland, OR, United States.

  • Viltz, A. L., & Oberle, C. D. (2025, March 28-30). DEI initiatives and the belonging and mental health of minority college students [Poster presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, Little Rock, AR, United States.

  • Brown, J. G., Shiva, T. A., Umanzor, M. J., Reyna Guerrero, D. J., & Oberle, C. D. (2024, March 28-30). Prosocial behaviors: Associations with mental health, discrimination, race, and gender [Poster presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

  • Reyna Guerrero, D. J., Brown, J. G., Shiva, T. A., Umanzor, M. J., & Oberle, C. D. (2024, March 28-30). Race, gender, and cultural values associated with immigration attitudes [Paper presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

  • Umanzor, M. J., Reyna Guerrero, D. J., Osborne, R. E., McField, A. A., & Oberle, C. D. (2024, March 28-30). Impact of race on perceived discrimination and affirmative action attitudes [Poster presentation]. Southwestern Psychological Association Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, United States.

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