Identifying risk factors that operate to increase individual vulnerability to PTSD following exposure to traumatic events
· Identifying factors that mediate the link between trauma exposure and increased risk for subsequent trauma exposure
· Identifying factors that increase or reduce sexual risk-taking behavior
· Casual and noncausal models of relationships between and among risk-taking behaviors
· Cognitive and motivational underpinnings of risk-taking behavior
· Experiential avoidance, psychological acceptance, and mindfulness
· Application of structural equation methodologies (e.g., confirmatory factor analysis, latent growth curve modeling, general growth mixture modeling)
· Prevention science
· Forgiveness