Alexa Barrett is a second-year graduate student in the Clinical Psychology Training Program at UNL. Broadly, her research interests include the 
association between substance use and externalizing behaviors and forensic assessment and treatment. After graduating with a B.S. in Psychology from Kent State University in 2018, she collected normative data for the MMPI-3. Alexa then attended Western Carolina University where her research focused on substance use within the young adult, jail detainee, and primary care patient populations, the MMPI-3, and academic dishonesty. She received a M.A. in Clinical Psychology from WCU in 2021. Currently, Alexa is involved in research regarding substance use and sexual assault. She is an extern at Whitehall Psychiatric Residential Treatment Facility where she conducts intake assessments and leads group therapy sessions for adolescent males in substance use or sex-offense specific treatment.
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Publications:
Barrett, A. J., Taylor, S. L., Kopak, A. M., & Hoffmann, N. G. (2020). PTSD, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder as a triple threat for violence among male jail detainees. Journal of Criminal Psychology. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1108/JCP-07-2020-0029.
Taylor, S. L., Barrett, A. J., Kopak, A. M., & Hoffmann, N. G. (2020). Increased propensity for violence among female jail detainees with PTSD, panic disorder, and alcohol use disorder. Drugs and Alcohol Today. Advance online publication.
Presentations:
Barrett, A., Richner, K. A., Botor, N. J., Klanecky, A., Mamauag, B. V., Tuliao, A., & McChargue, D. E. (June 2022). Intimacy, intoxication, impulsivity, and college year: Impacts on date rape vignettes. Poster presented at the 45th Annual Research Society on Alcoholism Scientific Meeting, Orlando, FL.
Barrett, A. J., Hicks, A. D., Dodge, M. C., & McCord, D. M. (2021, June 11-12, 2021). MMPI-3 correlates of substance misuse among college students [Paper presentation]. 56th Annual Symposium on Recent MMPI Research, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States.
Barrett, A. J., Moody, D., Holshouser, C., Grist, C., & Malesky, L. A. (2020, August 6-9). Difficulty in researching academic integrity. In L. A. Malesky (Chair), Academic cheating: Determining the influence of internal & external predictors [Symposium]. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, United States.