Overview
QCARES represents a team of professors, students, and community members conducting and using research to create social change and policy recommendations. We use community-based participatory action research to engage with individuals and communities as we seek to understand barriers to mental health care and develop innovative solutions. We connect with the community through training and education, research studies, and advocacy efforts.
Publications
Bettergarcia, J. N., & Israel, T. (2018). Therapist reactions to transgender identity exploration: Effects on the therapeutic relationship in an analogue study. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity, 5(4), 423-431. doi:10.1037/sgd0000288. (Click here for PDF)
Israel, T., Bettergarcia, J. N., Delucio, K., Avellar, T. R., Harkness, A., & Goodman, J.A. (2017) LGBTQ diversity training with law enforcement personnel: Receptiveness and resistance. Human Resource Development Quarterly, 28(2), 197-226. doi: 10.1002/hrdq.21281. (Click here for PDF)
Israel, T., Harkness, A., Avellar, T. R., Delucio, K., Bettergarcia, J. N., & Goodman, J. A. (2015). LGBTQ-Affirming Policing: Tactics Generated by Law Enforcement Personnel. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology,31(3), 173-181. doi:10.1007/s11896-015-9169-2 . (Click here for PDF)
Israel, T., & Bettergarcia, J. N. (2016). Evidence-Based Teaching of LGBTQ Issues in Psychology. In T. Burnes & J. L. Stanley (Eds.) Teaching LGBTQ Psychology: Queering Innovative Pedagogy and Practice. Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (Click here for link)
Tate, C. C., Bettergarcia, J. N., & Brent, L. M. (2015). Re-assessing the role of gender-related cognitions for self-esteem: The importance of gender typicality for cisgender adults. Sex Roles, 72, 221-236. (Click here for PDF)
Israel, T., Harkness, A., Delucio, K., Ledbetter, J. N.*, & Avellar, T. R. (2014). Evaluation of police training on LGBTQ issues: Knowledge, interpersonal apprehension, and self-efficacy. Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology, 29(2), 57-67. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11896-013-9132-z . PDF coming soon
Tate, C. C., Youssef, C. P., & Bettergarcia, J. N. (2014). Integrating the study of transgender spectrum and cisgender experiences of self-categorization from a personality perspective. Review of General Psychology, 18(4), 302-312. doi:10.1037/gpr0000019 . (Click here for PDF)
Tate, C., Ledbetter, J. N.*, & Youssef, C. (2013). A Two‐Question Method for Assessing Gender in Medical and Social Sciences. Journal of Sex Research doi:10.1080/00224499.2012.690110 . (Click here for PDF)