Sarah Bilsky
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Phone Number:
Email: sabilsky@olemiss.edu
https://bilskylab.olemiss.edu/

Key Words: Anxiety, adolescent, parent, alcohol, cigarette, emotion regulation

Research Description: Dr. Bilsky’s research is focused on understanding familial processes that increase risk for parent and adolescent psychopathology and substance use. Specifically, she integrates clinical and developmental science to examine factors that increase risk for the development and maintenance anxiety symptoms and substance misuse (e.g., cigarette smoking, alcohol use). Her research program spans several stages of development (i.e., childhood, adolescence, and adulthood) although the primary focus of her work is the development and maintenance of these issues among adolescents and their parents.

Honors Theses:

Armstrong, Gabrielle Meshell (2022) The Interaction between Anxiety Sensitivity and Sleep Disturbance in Relation to Alcohol Use among Adolescents (full text)

Olson, Emily (2021) The Association Between Appearance Related Safety Behaviors and Anxiety Symptoms in Adolescents (full text)