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Update: Recent DAIR team publications

Jul 21, 2021
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We are pleased to share the latest publications that graduate student members of the DAIR team have led and collaborated on (* are DAIR team members):

Mettler, J.*, Stern, M., Lewis, S. P., & Heath, N. L. (2021). Perceived vs. actual emotion reactivity and regulation in individuals with and without a history of NSSI. Frontiers in Psychology. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.612792

Per, M., Simundic, A.*, Argento, A.*, Khoury, B., & Heath, N. L. (2021). Examining the relationship between mindfulness, self-compassion, and emotion regulation in self-injury. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2021.1885534


Sadowski, I.*, Böke, B. N.*, Mettler, J.*, Heath, N. L., & Khoury, B. (2020). Naturally mindful? The role of mindfulness facets in the relationship between nature relatedness and subjective well-being. Current Psychology, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-020-01056-w


Carsley, D.,  Sadowski, I.*, Heath, N. L., Montoro, R., & Miller, S. (2020). Acceptability and perceived  effectiveness of a single-session mindfulness intervention for medical residents. Focus on Health Professional Education: A multi-professional journal, 21(3), 15-29. https://doi.org/10.11157/fohpe.v21i3.399


Argento, A.*, Simundic, A.*, Mettler, J.*, Mills, D. J., & Heath, N. L. (2020). Evaluating the effectiveness of a brief mindfulness activity in university students with non-suicidal self-injury engagement. Archives of Suicide Research. https://doi.org/10.1080/13811118.2020.1841052


Heath, N. L., Bastien, L.*, Mettler, J.*, Bloom, E., & Hamza, C. (2020). School response to non-suicidal self-injury. In E. Cole & M. Kokai (Eds.), Mental Health Consultation and Interventions in School Settings: A Scientist-Practitioner’s Guide. Hogrefe Publishing GmbH.


Mettler, J.*, Mills, D. J., & Heath, N. L. (2020). Problematic gaming and subjective well-being: How does mindfulness play a role?  International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction,  18(3), 720–736. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-018-9978-5


Moumne, S., Hall, N. C., Böke, B. N.*, Bastien, L.*, & Heath, N. L. (2020). Implicit theories of emotion, goals for emotion regulation, and cognitive responses to negative life events. Psychological Reports, 0(0), 1-33. https://doi.org/10.1177/0033294120942110

 
 
 

23 Comments


ddblogin
Sep 03

Keeping up with the latest publications coming out of the DAIR (Distributed AI Research) Institute is always a breath of fresh air. Instead of just chasing bigger model parameters or automated benchmark scores, their research actually digs into the structural impacts of AI, labor practices behind data labeling, and how these systems affect marginalized communities. I was reading through some thoughtful perspectives on tech ethics and digital responsibility over on Yaar Win last week, and it really reinforced why independent, community-rooted research is so crucial right now when big tech moves at breakneck speed.

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ddblogin
Sep 03

What makes the DAIR team's papers stand out is that they don't treat data sets as neutral numbers. Their work on cultural context, language representation, and algorithmic accountability forces developers and engineers to step back and look at who actually benefits from these deployments. Caught a solid analysis on tech development trends and digital media habits via Shree Win the other day, and having researchers who document real-world downstream harms provides a necessary balance to pure hype cycles.

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