Danny Rahal
Biographic Data
| ID | 757120 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Danny Rahal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Danny |
| FAMILY NAME | Rahal |
| SIGNATURE | RAHAL D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Santa Cruz |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9302-4295 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Family meals are associated with lower substance use in female adolescents
Adolescents, especially female youth, who have more family meals tend to be at lower risk for substance use. The present study tested whether family meals relate to substance use count and frequency during high school, whether associations differ by gender, and whether other family‐related variables explain these associations. A community sample of 316 adolescents ( M age = 16.40, SD = 0.74; 56.96% female; 41.77% Latine, 23.10% Asian American, 29…
Ethnic–racial identity, racial discrimination, and mental health among monoracial and biracial Asian Americans
ERI tends to be lower in biracial Asian individuals but is potentially related to positive outcomes. Interventions may improve biracial Asian individuals' well-being by promoting ERI processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Positive well-being and dampened emotional reactivity to daily family conflict and family cohesion
Conflict and a lack of cohesive daily family relationships can negatively affect adolescent adjustment, although adolescents differ in how they respond (i.e., their emotional reactivity) to these daily experiences. The present study assessed whether adolescents' well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, purpose) was associated with dampened emotional reactivity to daily variability in family conflict and cohesion. Adolescents (N = 150; M Age = 14.60, …
Religiosity and mistreatment among Christian and Muslim Arab Americans
Status in a psychological statistics class
Great effort has been invested in increasing STEM achievement among students, but feelings of low status among underrepresented or otherwise vulnerable students may be creating additional challenges. The present study assessed how perceptions of social status within the classroom—termed subjective social status—aligned with objective course performance and differed by sex, first-generation status, work status, and race/ethnicity among 713 student…
Age-varying association between discrimination, childhood family support, and substance use disorders among Latin American immigrants in the United States
The present study documents that past-year discrimination was linked to greater SUD risk during young and middle adulthood. Childhood family support may serve as a protective factor in the association between discrimination and risk for SUD among Latin American immigrants. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Receiving emotional support can improve one's emotional well-being, but findings have been mixed regarding whether providing emotional support to friends and family can also improve the provider's emotional well-being. Providing emotional support could be impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals may be particularly in need of emotional support and social connection. Therefore, the present study assessed whether providing emotional…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Transition to Remote Instruction for University Students
In March 2020, 234 students (77.50% female; 63.09% second-year, 28.33% third-year) enrolled in a psychological statistics course at a public university described their experiences during the first week of the COVID-19-related transition to remote instruction. Qualitative responses indicated 13 common concerns including financial, housing, and food insecurity; social life concerns; distress; sleep difficulties; and academic problems. Students with…
Affect variability in relation to alcohol use frequency, intensity, and concurrent cannabis use among college students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Although alcohol use is related to daily affect, findings regarding affect variability-the degree to which individuals exhibit day-to-day fluctuations in affect-and alcohol use have been mixed. The present study assessed whether individuals who use alcohol tend to have higher positive and negative affect variability than individuals who do not, as well as whether higher affect variability is related to more frequent and intense alcohol use among …
Racial discrimination moderates associations between sociopolitical discussions and internalizing problems among racially minoritized college students
Sociopolitical discussions with friends during presidential elections may be related to greater internalizing problems for racially minoritized college students who experience racial discrimination less frequently, potentially because they may feel less prepared or less motivated to have these conversations compared to racially minoritized college students who experience racial discrimination more frequently. Future studies should investigate mea…
Everyday discrimination, emotion, and daily interactions during adolescence
The present study examined whether everyday discrimination relates to the frequency of adolescents' positive and negative daily social interactions and whether these associations are driven by anger and positive emotion. Adolescents (N = 334) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study, in which they completed surveys regarding everyday discrimination, anger, and positive emotion, as well as 15 daily reports of conflict and getting along with…
Low subjective social status is associated with daily selection of fewer healthy foods and more high-fat/high sugar foods
Socioeconomic status has been related to poorer eating behaviors, potentially due to feeling of lower status relative to peers. Despite experimental evidence that temporarily feeling of lower status can contribute to greater caloric intake, it remains unclear how feeling of lower social status relate to eating behavior in daily life. This study aimed to test whether lower subjective social status (SSS)-the feeling of having relatively lower socia…
Ethnic identity in Arab Americans
Arab Americans constitute a diverse, sizeable ethnic minority in the United States. However, limited research has examined the content of Arab American ethnic identity and whether this ethnic identity differs by demographic factors. In the present study, we developed measures of Arab American ethnic identity and cultural practice, and assessed differences in those variables by gender, religious affiliation (Muslim, Christian), and age. Arab Ameri…
Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college
Although many emerging adults struggle to gain status and develop social relationships, particularly during the college transition, it remains unclear whether certain personality traits facilitate this transition. Using a longitudinal design, we investigated whether status-related traits-namely, entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance-related to the development of status in 91 first-year college students ( M age =18.15, SD =0.44) …
Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial that Altruism Moderates the Effect of Prosocial Acts on Adolescent Well-being
Discrimination and health
This study examined how discrimination changes over time, how discrimination is related to health and substance use, and whether discrimination spills over to affect the health of family members. Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 341) completed measures of discrimination, physical health, mental health, and substance use over 5 years. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models indicated that individuals' experiences of discrimination can spill over to some …
Early life stress, subjective social status, and health during late adolescence
Objective: Both lower subjective social status (SSS)—or viewing oneself as having lower status relative to others—and greater early life stress consistently relate to poorer health in adolescence. Early life stress can also negatively influence one’s social relationships and may thereby shape social status. The present studies investigated how early life stress relates to the development of SSS and how SSS relates to health across the transition …
Subjective social status and health during high school and young adulthood
Although many facets of social status (i.e., socioeconomic status, gender, race) are fairly stable, limited work has assessed how youths' identification with their status changes over time. Subjective social status (SSS) refers to one's perception of standing or rank relative to others, and for youth status is generally in the context of society or school. The current study assessed how adolescents' SSS in American society and in their school cha…
Bringing psychological science to bear on racial health disparities
Is Hard Work and High Effort Always Healthy for Black College Students
Differences in exposure to racial discrimination and in coping mechanisms can shape physiological health among emerging adults. This study, grounded in the Biopsychosocial Model, examines whether John Henryism active coping moderates the relation between exposure to racial discrimination and blood pressure in Black college students ( N = 128, M age = 19.33) attending a predominantly White institution. Analyses showed that John Henryism moderated …
Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses Among Black Young Adults
Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses Among Black Young Adults
Bringing psychological science to bear on racial health disparities
Subjective social status and health during high school and young adulthood
Although many facets of social status (i.e., socioeconomic status, gender, race) are fairly stable, limited work has assessed how youths' identification with their status changes over time. Subjective social status (SSS) refers to one's perception of standing or rank relative to others, and for youth status is generally in the context of society or school. The current study assessed how adolescents' SSS in American society and in their school cha…
Is Hard Work and High Effort Always Healthy for Black College Students
Differences in exposure to racial discrimination and in coping mechanisms can shape physiological health among emerging adults. This study, grounded in the Biopsychosocial Model, examines whether John Henryism active coping moderates the relation between exposure to racial discrimination and blood pressure in Black college students ( N = 128, M age = 19.33) attending a predominantly White institution. Analyses showed that John Henryism moderated …
Discrimination and health
This study examined how discrimination changes over time, how discrimination is related to health and substance use, and whether discrimination spills over to affect the health of family members. Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 341) completed measures of discrimination, physical health, mental health, and substance use over 5 years. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models indicated that individuals' experiences of discrimination can spill over to some …
Low subjective social status is associated with daily selection of fewer healthy foods and more high-fat/high sugar foods
Socioeconomic status has been related to poorer eating behaviors, potentially due to feeling of lower status relative to peers. Despite experimental evidence that temporarily feeling of lower status can contribute to greater caloric intake, it remains unclear how feeling of lower social status relate to eating behavior in daily life. This study aimed to test whether lower subjective social status (SSS)-the feeling of having relatively lower socia…
Ethnic identity in Arab Americans
Arab Americans constitute a diverse, sizeable ethnic minority in the United States. However, limited research has examined the content of Arab American ethnic identity and whether this ethnic identity differs by demographic factors. In the present study, we developed measures of Arab American ethnic identity and cultural practice, and assessed differences in those variables by gender, religious affiliation (Muslim, Christian), and age. Arab Ameri…
Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial that Altruism Moderates the Effect of Prosocial Acts on Adolescent Well-being
Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Receiving emotional support can improve one's emotional well-being, but findings have been mixed regarding whether providing emotional support to friends and family can also improve the provider's emotional well-being. Providing emotional support could be impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals may be particularly in need of emotional support and social connection. Therefore, the present study assessed whether providing emotional…
Ethnic–racial identity, racial discrimination, and mental health among monoracial and biracial Asian Americans
ERI tends to be lower in biracial Asian individuals but is potentially related to positive outcomes. Interventions may improve biracial Asian individuals' well-being by promoting ERI processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Positive well-being and dampened emotional reactivity to daily family conflict and family cohesion
Conflict and a lack of cohesive daily family relationships can negatively affect adolescent adjustment, although adolescents differ in how they respond (i.e., their emotional reactivity) to these daily experiences. The present study assessed whether adolescents' well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, purpose) was associated with dampened emotional reactivity to daily variability in family conflict and cohesion. Adolescents (N = 150; M Age = 14.60, …
Everyday discrimination, emotion, and daily interactions during adolescence
The present study examined whether everyday discrimination relates to the frequency of adolescents' positive and negative daily social interactions and whether these associations are driven by anger and positive emotion. Adolescents (N = 334) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study, in which they completed surveys regarding everyday discrimination, anger, and positive emotion, as well as 15 daily reports of conflict and getting along with…
Is Hard Work and High Effort Always Healthy for Black College Students
Differences in exposure to racial discrimination and in coping mechanisms can shape physiological health among emerging adults. This study, grounded in the Biopsychosocial Model, examines whether John Henryism active coping moderates the relation between exposure to racial discrimination and blood pressure in Black college students ( N = 128, M age = 19.33) attending a predominantly White institution. Analyses showed that John Henryism moderated …
Racial Discrimination and Acute Physiological Responses Among Black Young Adults
Bringing psychological science to bear on racial health disparities
Early life stress, subjective social status, and health during late adolescence
Objective: Both lower subjective social status (SSS)—or viewing oneself as having lower status relative to others—and greater early life stress consistently relate to poorer health in adolescence. Early life stress can also negatively influence one’s social relationships and may thereby shape social status. The present studies investigated how early life stress relates to the development of SSS and how SSS relates to health across the transition …
Subjective social status and health during high school and young adulthood
Although many facets of social status (i.e., socioeconomic status, gender, race) are fairly stable, limited work has assessed how youths' identification with their status changes over time. Subjective social status (SSS) refers to one's perception of standing or rank relative to others, and for youth status is generally in the context of society or school. The current study assessed how adolescents' SSS in American society and in their school cha…
Achieving status and reducing loneliness during the transition to college
Although many emerging adults struggle to gain status and develop social relationships, particularly during the college transition, it remains unclear whether certain personality traits facilitate this transition. Using a longitudinal design, we investigated whether status-related traits-namely, entitlement, intrasexual competitiveness, and dominance-related to the development of status in 91 first-year college students ( M age =18.15, SD =0.44) …
Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial that Altruism Moderates the Effect of Prosocial Acts on Adolescent Well-being
Discrimination and health
This study examined how discrimination changes over time, how discrimination is related to health and substance use, and whether discrimination spills over to affect the health of family members. Parent-adolescent dyads (N = 341) completed measures of discrimination, physical health, mental health, and substance use over 5 years. Actor-Partner Interdependence Models indicated that individuals' experiences of discrimination can spill over to some …
Ethnic identity in Arab Americans
Arab Americans constitute a diverse, sizeable ethnic minority in the United States. However, limited research has examined the content of Arab American ethnic identity and whether this ethnic identity differs by demographic factors. In the present study, we developed measures of Arab American ethnic identity and cultural practice, and assessed differences in those variables by gender, religious affiliation (Muslim, Christian), and age. Arab Ameri…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Transition to Remote Instruction for University Students
In March 2020, 234 students (77.50% female; 63.09% second-year, 28.33% third-year) enrolled in a psychological statistics course at a public university described their experiences during the first week of the COVID-19-related transition to remote instruction. Qualitative responses indicated 13 common concerns including financial, housing, and food insecurity; social life concerns; distress; sleep difficulties; and academic problems. Students with…
Affect variability in relation to alcohol use frequency, intensity, and concurrent cannabis use among college students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Although alcohol use is related to daily affect, findings regarding affect variability-the degree to which individuals exhibit day-to-day fluctuations in affect-and alcohol use have been mixed. The present study assessed whether individuals who use alcohol tend to have higher positive and negative affect variability than individuals who do not, as well as whether higher affect variability is related to more frequent and intense alcohol use among …
Racial discrimination moderates associations between sociopolitical discussions and internalizing problems among racially minoritized college students
Sociopolitical discussions with friends during presidential elections may be related to greater internalizing problems for racially minoritized college students who experience racial discrimination less frequently, potentially because they may feel less prepared or less motivated to have these conversations compared to racially minoritized college students who experience racial discrimination more frequently. Future studies should investigate mea…
Everyday discrimination, emotion, and daily interactions during adolescence
The present study examined whether everyday discrimination relates to the frequency of adolescents' positive and negative daily social interactions and whether these associations are driven by anger and positive emotion. Adolescents (N = 334) participated in a three-wave longitudinal study, in which they completed surveys regarding everyday discrimination, anger, and positive emotion, as well as 15 daily reports of conflict and getting along with…
Low subjective social status is associated with daily selection of fewer healthy foods and more high-fat/high sugar foods
Socioeconomic status has been related to poorer eating behaviors, potentially due to feeling of lower status relative to peers. Despite experimental evidence that temporarily feeling of lower status can contribute to greater caloric intake, it remains unclear how feeling of lower social status relate to eating behavior in daily life. This study aimed to test whether lower subjective social status (SSS)-the feeling of having relatively lower socia…
Religiosity and mistreatment among Christian and Muslim Arab Americans
Status in a psychological statistics class
Great effort has been invested in increasing STEM achievement among students, but feelings of low status among underrepresented or otherwise vulnerable students may be creating additional challenges. The present study assessed how perceptions of social status within the classroom—termed subjective social status—aligned with objective course performance and differed by sex, first-generation status, work status, and race/ethnicity among 713 student…
Age-varying association between discrimination, childhood family support, and substance use disorders among Latin American immigrants in the United States
The present study documents that past-year discrimination was linked to greater SUD risk during young and middle adulthood. Childhood family support may serve as a protective factor in the association between discrimination and risk for SUD among Latin American immigrants. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Providing emotional support and daily emotional well-being among undergraduate students during the Covid-19 pandemic
Receiving emotional support can improve one's emotional well-being, but findings have been mixed regarding whether providing emotional support to friends and family can also improve the provider's emotional well-being. Providing emotional support could be impactful during the COVID-19 pandemic, when individuals may be particularly in need of emotional support and social connection. Therefore, the present study assessed whether providing emotional…
Family meals are associated with lower substance use in female adolescents
Adolescents, especially female youth, who have more family meals tend to be at lower risk for substance use. The present study tested whether family meals relate to substance use count and frequency during high school, whether associations differ by gender, and whether other family‐related variables explain these associations. A community sample of 316 adolescents ( M age = 16.40, SD = 0.74; 56.96% female; 41.77% Latine, 23.10% Asian American, 29…
Ethnic–racial identity, racial discrimination, and mental health among monoracial and biracial Asian Americans
ERI tends to be lower in biracial Asian individuals but is potentially related to positive outcomes. Interventions may improve biracial Asian individuals' well-being by promoting ERI processes. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)
Positive well-being and dampened emotional reactivity to daily family conflict and family cohesion
Conflict and a lack of cohesive daily family relationships can negatively affect adolescent adjustment, although adolescents differ in how they respond (i.e., their emotional reactivity) to these daily experiences. The present study assessed whether adolescents' well-being (i.e., life satisfaction, purpose) was associated with dampened emotional reactivity to daily variability in family conflict and cohesion. Adolescents (N = 150; M Age = 14.60, …
Psychology (21 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Clinical Psychology (11 works) · Developmental psychology (11 works) · Social Psychology (11 works) · Clinical Psychology (9 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (9 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Ethnic group (7 works)