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College of Family, Home, and Social Sciences Psychology
Steffen Stress Resilience Lab

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Stress Metaphor Study

October 29, 2025 11:38 AM
In the stress metaphor study, we are examining whether negative metaphors about stress lead to negative views about coping compared to positive metaphors about stress.
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Motivational Interviewing Feasibility Study

October 29, 2025 11:39 AM
This research is investigating the effect of using Motivational Interviewing (MI) to help participants improve their practice of heart rate variability biofeedback (HRVB) and thereby increase their heart rate variability (HRV) and influence stress, mood, sleep, and other outcomes.
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Teacher Physiological Study

October 29, 2025 11:43 AM
Grad students, with the help of research assistants, are researching the physiological effects of an online HRV biofeedback intervention among public school teachers.
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