College of Education
Sondra Smith-Adcock Research Group
Led by Sondra Smith-Adcock · Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education
What we study
The Smith-Adcock Lab studies child and adolescent mental health, focusing on school counseling, bullying prevention, and family-centered interventions like Theraplay® Groups. Research examines parent-child relationships and systemic prevention strategies.
What working here is like
- Surveys & interviews
- Human participants
- Project
- 1
- Papers
- 5
Current projects
Trauma-focused group Theraplay with adolescents
A project studying Theraplay® Groups for adolescents to address trauma.
Summaries are written by AI in plain language from public symposium abstracts and may be imperfect.
Recent papers, explained
- Influence of Positive Childhood Experiences Profiles on Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in Youth: A Latent Class Analysis
2026 · Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Identifies patterns of positive childhood experiences and links them to bullying victimization and perpetration in youth.
- Checking the Vibes of Students: A Pilot Study to Promote Emotional Wellness
2026 · Professional School Counseling
Tests a digital tool to track and support student emotional well-being.
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- A Technology-Informed Partnership (TIP) Model: Empowering School Counselors in Family, School, and Community Collaboration and Advocacy
2025 · Professional School Counseling
Develops a model to help school counselors use technology for family-school-community partnerships.
- Prosocial Peer Affiliation as a Buffer of the Bidirectional Relationship Between Bullying Victimization and Perpetration in Early Adolescents
2025 · The Journal of Early Adolescence
Shows how prosocial peer affiliation buffers the link between bullying victimization and perpetration in early adolescents.
- Meaning in life as a moderator of the relationship between bullying victimization profiles and life satisfaction in young adolescents
2024 · Psychology in the Schools
Finds that meaning in life helps young adolescents cope with bullying victimization and life satisfaction.
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