UROP Research Mentor Project Submission Portal: Submission #1281 | Center for Undergraduate Research and Academic Engagement

Submission information

Submission Number: 1281

Submission ID: 21001

Submission UUID: 851ac9b8-3f0b-49da-b29e-a5db3e4d7c53

Submission URI: /urop-research-mentor-project-submission-portal

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Language: English

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Research Mentor Information

Primary Research Mentor Name Jacob Perez

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Contact Email (FSU Email if affiliated) jacob.perez@med.fsu.edu

Position Title Graduate Student

Faculty Advisor Name Dr. Laura Reid Marks

Faculty Advisor's FSU Email laura.reidmarks@med.fsu.edu

FSU College (if applicable) Medicine

FSU Department or Non-FSU Organization Affiliation Center for Translational Behavioral Science

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Overall Project Details

Title of the Project Discrimination Experiences, Coping, and Outcomes of Risk (DECOR) Study

Project Keywords counseling psychology, minority stress, health behaviors, alcohol

Are you currently looking for research assistants? Yes

Number of Research Assistants Needed 1

Relevant Research Assistant Major(s) Psychology, Neuroscience, Public Health, Education

Project Location: On FSU Main Campus

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Please select the choice that most accurately describes your expectations for the research assistant(s): Partially Remote

Approximately how many hours a week would the research assistant(s) need to work? 7

Roughly what time frame do you expect research assistant(s) to work? Flexible schedule (Combination of business and outside of business. TBD between student and research mentor.)

Overall Research Project Description Research indicates emerging adults are an at-risk group for harmful alcohol use, and individuals of color or sexual minority individuals are prone to greater negative consequences of alcohol use. Religious coping has been indicated as a moderator of alcohol use outcomes among certain groups but remains largely unexplored in research on drinking to cope and has not been investigated within groups experiencing intersectional minority stressors (e.g. LGBTQIA+ people of color). In the development of culturally tailored interventions, further research must be conducted to identify relationships among minority stressors, religious coping, and alcohol use/drinking to cope. This project will investigate the role of religious coping in the relationship between minority stressors and alcohol use/drinking to cope among individuals who identify as racial/ethnic minority or sexual minority individuals.

Research Tasks Research assistants will conduct literature reviews, assist with participant recruitment, transform data (e.g. from Strongly Agree to 5), and assist in statistical analyses.

Skills that research assistant(s) may need: Required:
- previous experience conducting literature reviews
- formatting research papers according to APA 7th edition

Recommended:
- familiarity with searching databases (e.g. PSYCInfo), utilizing citation managers (e.g. Zotero, Mendeley), and search engines (e.g. Google Scholar) to compile relevant articles
- working knowledge of descriptive statistics

Mentoring Philosophy Research can be a daunting process in the beginning, but it is an opportunity to contribute to the scientific community, advocate for inclusive practices in research, and refine your professional skills. My goal is to guide you through what might be initially daunting and help you reap the rewards and gratification of telling a story with your data points. I hope to encourage my mentee to find their own niche and seek out literature that motivates them to work hard and create change in our world. I will always welcome good-natured curiosity. While I hope to guide you in improving every time, I do not expect you to "get it right" every single time. Research is about trying again and again, approaching problems from a different perspective, and staying curious. Accountability and commitment are crucial to the functioning mentor-mentee relationship. Let's strive to uphold those, and let's develop your skills together.

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Are you interested in participating in the UROP Research Mentor Roundtable? Yes

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Roundtable Info

Day: Tuesday, September 2
Start Time: 12:00
End Time: 12:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jacobperez
Day: Wednesday, September 3
Start Time: 1:00
End Time: 1:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jacobperez
Day: Wednesday, September 3
Start Time: 3:00
End Time: 3:30
Zoom Link: https://fsu.zoom.us/my/jacobperez

UROP Program Elements

Mentor Handbook, FAQs, and Communication Yes

UROP Performance Evaluation Yes

Materials Grant Yes

UROP Poster Presentation Yes

Faculty Advisor Confirmation Yes

Are you interested in attending in a UROP Research Mentor Workshop Series? Yes

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Year 2025

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