Lab THRIVE

The Health and Resilience Interdisciplinary collaboratiVE (THRIVE) is an interdisciplinary lab developed in 2023 to interrogate and explore collegiate mental health using a wide range of research methods. The Lab is a collaborateive effort between the School of Education, the Barnes Center at the Arch, and the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs.

Current Projects

• College Students’ Psychological Distress and Well-being: The Mediating Effects of Resilience
• Focus Groups on College Students’ Help-Seeking and Belonging

Recent Lab Publications

• Litt, Sarah J. [student researcher], Liu, Yanhong, & Yu, Qingyi (2024). Predictors of international college students’ formal help- seeking grounded in Andersen’s Behavioral Model. Journal of Counseling & Development
• Liu, Yanhong, Beauparlant, Emily T. [student researcher], Gao, Si [student researcher], & Yu, Q. (2024). An integrated health and wellness model in a college setting: A path analysis pilot investigation. Journal of College Student Mental Health

Lab Faculty Co-Leads

• Yanhong Liu, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, School of Education
• Michiko Ueda-Ballmer, Ph.D. – Associate Professor, Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs
• Qingyi Yu, Ph.D. – Associate Director of Health and Wellness Research, Barnes Center at The Arch

Lab Student Researchers

• Emily Beauparlant – Doctoral Candidate in Social Psychology
• Si Gao – Doctoral Candidate in Counseling and Counselor Education
• Sarah Litt – Doctoral Student in Counseling and Counselor Education
• Eunji Park – Doctoral Student in Counseling and Counselor Education
• Kahyen Shin – Doctoral Student in Counseling and Counselor Education
• Xihe Tian – Doctoral Student in Counseling and Counselor Education