Patricia Goodhines

Assistant Professor
Psychology

Research Interests

My health psychology research program focuses on the dynamic interplay of substance use and related health behaviors such as sleep across adolescent and young adult development. Primary interest areas include (1) risk mechanisms and (2) sociodemographic disparities (e.g., LGBTQ+, race/ethnicity, rural and socioeconomic). My lab utilizes intensive longitudinal designs, advanced statistical techniques, and ambulatory technology for measurement and modelling of health risk behaviors. Ultimately, these findings may inform targeted prevention/intervention efforts to curtail inequity and reduce public health burden resulting from substance use, sleep problems, and associated harms.

Goodhines, P. A., Rathod, K., & Cingranelli, L. (2025). Sleep Health, Self-Medication, and Cannabis Risk: A Bidirectional Model and Research Agenda. Current Sleep Medicine Reports.http://doi.org/10.1007/s40675-024-00314-8

Cingranelli, L., Rowan, C.B., Gormley, Q.E., & Goodhines, P.A. (2025). Social Determinants of Rural Transgender and Gender Diverse Adolescent Health: An Integrative Model and Call to Action for U.S. Behavioral Health Providers. Evidence-based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/23794925.2025.2509298

Rathod, K. & Goodhines, P.A. (2025). Cannabis Use in Rural and Urban Young Adults: The Role of Subjective Social Status and Emotion Dysregulation. Substance Use & Misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2540936

Goodhines, P. A., Rathod, K., Schwarz, A. A., LaRowe, L. R., & Wedel, A. V. (2024). Sleep-Related Cannabis Expectancy Questionnaire (SR-CEQ): Factor Analysis Replication, Reliability, and Validity. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs. https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2024.2308803

Zhao, J., Goodhines, P. A., & Park, A. (2023). The intersection of neighborhood and race in urban adolescent health risk behaviors. Journal of Community Psychology, 51(4), 1785-1802. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22963

Desalu, J. M., Goodhines, P. A., & Park, A. (2021). Vicarious racial discrimination, racial identity, and alcohol-related outcomes among Black young adults: An experimental approach. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors. https://doi.org/10.1037/adb0000707

Wedel, A. V., Goodhines, P. A., Zaso, M. J., & Park, A. (2021). Prospective Associations of Discrimination, Race, and Sexual Orientation with Substance Use in Adolescents. Substance Use & Misuse. https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2021.2002904

Goodhines, P. A., Desalu, J. M., Zaso, M. J., Gellis, L. A., & Park, A. (2020). Sleep problems and drinking frequency among urban multiracial and monoracial adolescents: Role of discrimination experiences and negative mood. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 49, 2109–2123. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10964-020-01310-1

Goodhines, P. A., Gellis, L. A., Ansell, E. B., & Park, A. (2019). Cannabis and alcohol use for sleep aid: A daily diary investigation. Health Psychology, 38(11), 1036-1047. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0000765 PMID: 31169378

Areas of Expertise

Addiction
Behavioral medicine
Health Psychology

Education

Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Syracuse University, 2022
Pre-doctoral Internship, Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University, 2022
B.S., Psychology & Music, St. Lawrence University, 2013
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