Dr. April Gile Thomas

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Dr. April Gile Thomas

Dr. April Gile Thomas

@AprilGileThomas

Associate Prof. of Legal Psych - I study adolescent development, juvenile delinquency, risk behavior, sleep, and social influence. Views my own. @addlabutep

El Paso, TX Katılım Ekim 2016
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What does this mean for those working with justice-involved youth? The benefits of social connection are even greater for these youth, suggesting a need for more opportunities to engage in social contact, even if that contact is only possible through phone or video calls.
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Social connection is a critical need - particularly during sensitive periods of development, like adolescence. These findings reveal the potential power for social connection to enhance well-being for particularly vulnerable youth, specifically those who are justice-involved.
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Dr. April Gile Thomas@AprilGileThomas·
I'm excited to share my latest research, a daily-diary study of how virtual social interaction affected mood and mental health of justice-involved and community adolescents across the first year of the pandemic. It is available open-access at journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…
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UTEP Psychology
UTEP Psychology@UTEPPsychology·
Congratulations to doctoral candidate, Miguel (Mickey) Garcia, on receiving the Frances Fowler Wallace Dissertation Award from @HoggFoundation! This $3000 award will help fund his dissertation research on social media use and addiction among Hispanic emerging adults.
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UTEP Psychology@UTEPPsychology·
Undergraduate student researchers - save the date for the @UTEP COURI Spring Symposium! This is your chance to showcase your research project. Interested in submitting? Apply online at utep.edu/couri/dept/for…
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Dr. April Gile Thomas@AprilGileThomas·
📢Attn: Youth Delinquency Researchers - Consider submitting to this upcoming special issue in the Intl. Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. Feel free to chat with me about your submission ideas at the upcoming @APLS41 conference!
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Simon Fraser University
Does imprisonment help to reduce future offending in Canadian criminals? An SFU study has found that it does – the question now is, “How?”
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Dr. April Gile Thomas@AprilGileThomas·
It’s been such a joy to get to know Sofia in my class and then in my lab as an RA. I know she will do great things in her career! Congratulations, Sofia!
Adolescent Development & Delinquency Lab@addlabutep

Congratulations to AD&D Lab RA, Sofia Carrillo, on your graduation! Sofia is a #firstgen college student, majoring in Psychology and minoring in Chicano studies. Upon graduating, Sofia plans to work as an RBT to gain experience before applying to grad school in School Psychology!

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