Liberal Arts and Sciences
Adolescent Social Development Lab
Led by Julia Graber · Psychology
What we study
Dr. Graber's research looks at how mental health problems and health-risk and health-promoting behaviors develop during adolescence, especially around puberty, as pathways to depression and aggression. She has also studied why youth prevention programs work and evaluated health promotion programs in rural Florida counties.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Papers
- 3
Recent papers, explained
- “The University Always Screams Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and to Me, They Don’t Put Effort to Show That”: Navigating Mental Health as a Black, Indigenous, and Student of Color at a Predominately White Institution
2026 · Journal of Prevention and Health Promotion
Explores mental health challenges and barriers for Black, Indigenous, and students of color at predominantly white universities.
- Investigating College Student Mental Health Needs and Barriers Using Natural Language Processing
2024 · UF Journal of Undergraduate Research
Uses NLP to analyze focus group responses from marginalized college students about their mental health needs and barriers.
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- “Binaries do not exist!” measuring gender identity among diverse rural middle-school youth.
2021 · Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
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How to reach out
Julia Graber hasn't set up this page yet. Their UF Scholars profile lists their publications.