Abbey Collins
Research Intern
She/Her/Hers
OVERVIEW
Abbey is a PhD student at North Carolina State University in the department of Applied Social Psychology. Her current research interests are examining how stress from racism and/or discrimination impacts the physical health of Black people as well as exploring various physical and psychological protective mechanisms for their health. Abbey has gotten the opportunity to co-author papers published in various journal including Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine (in press), Psychology of Women Quarterly, Experimental Aging Research, and Epilepsy & Behavior. She has also gotten experience applying to various grants and awards since starting at NC State in the Fall of 2022. Additionally, she has experience using statistical programs like SPSS and SAS along with survey creation platforms like Qualtrics. Abbey is currently working as an intern on the development of an interactive training to promote cultural competency in youth mentors. Abbey is thrilled to get the opportunity to intern at iRT and get experience applying the research skills she’s gained thus far to create meaningful products that will hopefully benefit the individuals who will get to use them! Outside of work, Abbey enjoys taking Lagree classes, paddleboarding, taking in the beautiful NC scenery, and spending time with friends and family!
BACKGROUND
Ph.D., Anticipated 2026, Applied Social Psychology, North Carolina State University
B.A., 2022, Psychology, Butler University
PUBLICATIONS
Holochwost, S., Volpe, V., Collins, A., Propper, C., Mills-Koonce, R.W., Brown, E.D., & Jaffee, S.R. (in press). Allostatic load in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood: Are assumptions of measurement invariance warranted? Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine.
Volpe, V. V., Collins, A., Ross, J., Lewis, J., Ladd, B., Ellis, K., & Fitzpatrick, S. (Submitted). Black young adult superwomen: Contextualizing challenges with acceptance and avoidance and subsequent emotional eating. Annals of Behavioral Medicine
Volpe, V., Ross, J., Collins, A., Spivey, B., Watson-Singleton, Natalie., Goode, R., Hoggard, L., & Giscombe, C. (2023). Gendered Racial Microaggressions and Emotional Eating for Black Young Adult Women: The Mediating Roles of Superwoman Schema and Self-Compassion. Psychology of Women Quarterly.
Lineweaver, T.T., Collins, A.N., Smith, S.C., Horhota, M., & Crumley-Branyon, J. (2022). Now and Then? Present-Focused versus Future-Focused Memory Goals Drive Young and Older Adults’ Everyday Use of Memory Strategies. Experimental Aging Research.
Lineweaver, T.T., Collins, A.N., Stopa, M., Horth, M., Fishbaugh, M.E., Haut, J., Ferguson, L., Klaas, P., Lachhwani, D., Bingaman, W. & Busch R.M. (2021). Mother knows best…or does she? Perceptions of the memory abilities of pediatric epilepsy patients as reported by patients and their parents across time. Epilepsy & Behavior.
Wright, M.K. & Collins, A.N. (2020). The Impact of Nurse Stress, Job Distress, Job Satisfaction and Mood on Patient Outcomes. Butler Journal of Undergraduate Research.
PRESENTATIONS
Volpe, V. V., Ross, J. M., & Collins, A. (accepted, 2023). Processes linking contextualized stress and emotional eating for Black young adult women: The roles of superwoman schema and self-compassion. Paper presented in symposium “Advancing health equity: Stress and health behaviors for Black populations from an adaptive strengths-based perspective.” Society for Behavioral Medicine Conference. Phoenix, AZ
Smith, S.C., Collins, A.N. & Lineweaver, T.T. (2022, May). The Effects of Various Learning Environments on College Student Well-Being During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Accepted for presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
Lineweaver, T.T.., Collins, A.N., Smith, S.C., Horhota, M. & Crumley-Bryaon. J. (2022, May). Same Goals, but Different Outcomes: Present-Focused versus Future-Focused Memory Beliefs Differentially Predict Young and Older Adults’ Everyday Use of Memory Strategies. Accepted for presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois.
Smith, S.C., Collins, A.N. & Lineweaver, T. T. (2022, April). The Effects of Various Learning Environments on Student Well-Being. Talk presented at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference.
Collins, A.N. and Brown-Schmidt, S. (2021, November). What did she say? Impact of linguistic disfluencies and race on word recognition and perceived speaker knowledge. Poster accepted for presentation at Harvard Women in Psychology Trends in Psychology Summit.
Collins, A.N. and Brown-Schmidt, S. (2021, July). What did she say? Impact of linguistic disfluencies and race on word recognition and perceived speaker knowledge. Talk accepted for presentation at Virtual Leadership Alliance National Symposium.
Wright, M.K., Collins, A.N., Bergeson, T., Brimmer, T. & Lineweaver, T.T. (2020, May). Exploring Relationships between Nurses’ Job Perceptions and Dementia Patient Outcomes in Long Term Care Settings. Accepted for presentation at the meeting of the Association for Psychological Science, Chicago, Illinois. (Conference Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Wright, M.K., Collins, A., Lineweaver, T.T., Bergeson, T. & Brimmer, T. (2020, April). Workin’ 9 to 5: Nurses’ Job- Related Stress, Distress, and Satisfaction Predict Nursing Home Patient Outcomes. Talk accepted for presentation at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference. (Conference Cancelled due to COVID19)
Smith, S.C., Collins, A.N. & Lineweaver, T. T. (2019, April). Want to Maximize Your Memory Now or in the Future? Young Adults’ Memory Strategy Selection Depends on their Goals. Talk presented at the Butler Undergraduate Research Conference.
HONORS & AWARDS
2023 Witherspoon Graduate Fellowship, NC State University Black Alumni Society and Graduate School
2023 Data Science Academy Seed Grant, NC State University
2023 Applied Social Psychology Travel Award, NC State University Psychology Department
2022 College of Humanities and Social Sciences Diversity Mini-Grant, North Carolina State University
2022 Graduated cum laude from Butler University
2022 Sally Bell Beck Award, Honors an individual dedicated to a professional career in psychology, Butler University
2018-2022 Dean’s List, Butler University
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