Rachel Dinero

• Ph.D. in Social Psychology, University of California, Davis, 2006
• M.A. in Social Psychology, University of California, Davis, 2004
• B.S. in Psychology, University of Florida, 2001

The Attachment & Social Health (ASH) Lab is interested in the application of attachment and other social psychological principles to healthy behavior and cognitions. We study a range of outcomes including resilience, well-being, relationship functioning, and vaccine hesitancy. Broadly, we employ a variety of social psychological frameworks to understand how healthy behaviors and cognitions are influenced by the social world.

For more information about the ASH Lab, visit our lab website.

• Vlasak, D., Dinero, R. E., Roitman, N. A. (under review). Vaccine hesitancy and systemic inequity: Dismantling inequity in the United States is critical for public health. 
• Dinero, R. E., Shanguhyia, N. Y., Hill, R. M., Monti, W., & Kmush, B. L. (under review, 2023). Predicting attitudes toward mitigation interventions and social distancing behaviors at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine, 11 (1). 
• Dinero, R. E., Pieczonka, A., Kmush, B. (2022). The association of cultural orientation with adherence to social distancing behaviors during the early COVID-19 pandemic in the United States: A cross-sectional survey. PLOS Global Public Health, 2(8), e000086.
• Dinero, R. E., & Donnellan, M.B., Hart, J. J. (2022). Developmental trajectories of adult romantic attachment: Assessing the influence of observed interactions with family of origin. Journal of Social and Personal Relationships, 39(3), 652-669.
• Larsen, D. A., Kmush, B. L., Asiago-Reddy, E., Dinero, R. E., Church, R. L., Khan, S., Lane, S. D., Shaw, A., & Narine, L. (2020). An analysis of policy decisions to combat SARS-CoV-2 transmission: Comparing the evidence and policies of public face masking to social distancing. SocArXIV gnk5a, Center for Open Science. DOI: 10.31219/osf.io/gnk5a.
• Larson, D. A., Dinero, R. E., Asiago-Reddy, E., Green, H., Lane, S., Shaw, A., Zeng, T., & Kmush, B. (2020). A review of infectious disease surveillance to inform public health action against the novel coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. SocArXIV. DOI: 10.31235/osf.io/uwdr6.

• Increasing Vaccination Rates through Targeted Messaging: Understanding the Impact of Marginalization and Privilege on Vaccination Hesitancy (2022), Public Affairs and Policy Research Initiative, Colgate University
• Familial Risk and Resilience Factors during the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Family Transitions Project (2022), Collaboration for Unprecedented Success and Excellence (CUSE) Grant Program, Syracuse University