Thank you for your interest in TRTL!

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TRTL is focused on research to better understand non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) and suicide. Lab members are primarily focused on identifying the between-persons factors that increase risk for these problems, as well as within-persons factors that contribute to short-term changes in self-harm risk in daily life. We are especially interested in how these processes occur among members of marginalized groups who experience stressors related to their identities.

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Some of the questions we are working to answer are:

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• Why do some people engage in NSSI and then stop, while others continue?

• Why do some people act on suicidal thoughts, while others do not?

• Why, and for whom, does NSSI seem to confer increased risk of suicide?

• Who is most likely to benefit from psychological treatment for these problems, and who is at highest risk of poor outcomes?

• When is an at-risk person most likely to think about NSSI or suicide in their daily life?

• What thoughts, experiences, and emotions occur in the minutes to hours leading up to an episode of NSSI or suicidal behavior?​​

 

We hope that answering these questions will allow researchers and clinicians to identify people at greatest risk for these behaviors, develop appropriate prevention strategies for self-harm, and improve psychological treatments for NSSI and suicide.

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TRTL is part of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University in Lubbock, TX.

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To reach TRTL team members, please email us here.