Joy Gabrielli, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical and Healthy Psychology, University of Florida
Dr. Gabrielli is an Assistant Professor in Clinical and Healthy Psychology at the University of Florida. She is a clinical child psychologist who studies the developmental progression of health risk behavior in youth and the associated risk and protective factors that have meaningful impact in the developmental trajectory. She previously worked at the CTBH as a postdoctoral research fellow through the Science of Co-occurring Disorders T32 fellowship. In this role, she examined relations among media exposures, media parenting behaviors, and the development of substance use behaviors in adolescents. She also worked collaboratively with researchers in the Cancer Risk Behaviors group in testing aspects of a developmental model of marketing receptivity, identity formation, brand allegiance, and subsequent problematic substance use. Through this continued work, Dr. Gabrielli hopes to develop a web-based and scalable media parenting intervention for prevention of youth substance use.
Dr. Gabrielli also has a growing interest in the intersection of prevention and intervention efforts to address the development of youth health risk behaviors and ways these efforts can be enhanced and extended using novel and accessible technologies. During her graduate training, she developed models to test the associations between maltreatment history, coping behaviors, and substance use in youth in foster care. She intends to continue this line of study to improve outcomes for high-risk youth by employing technology-based approaches to assessment, treatment, and coordination of care. In her leisure time, Dr. Gabrielli enjoys participating in a range of outdoor activities such as hiking, skiing, and camping with her daughter and their two dogs. She is also an avid fan of volleyball at every level of competition, and she participates as player, coach, and spectator as her time allows.
Selected Publications
- Borodovsky JT, Lee DC, Crosier BS, Gabrielli JL, Sargent JD, Budney AJ. U.S. cannabis legalization and use of vaping and edible products among youth. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 2017. PMID: 28662974; PMCID: PMC5534375.
- Sargent JD, Gabrielli J, Budney A, Soneji S, Wills TA. Adolescent smoking experimentation as a predictor of daily cigarette smoking. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2017 Jun 1;175:55-59. doi: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2017.01.038. PMID: 28391086; PMCID: PMC5443410.
- Gabrielli J, Jackson Y, Tunno AM, Hambrick EP. The blind men and the elephant: Identification of a latent maltreatment construct for youth in foster care. Child Abuse Negl. 2017 May;67:98-108. doi: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2017.02.020. PMID: 28254690; PMCID: PMC5871222.
- Gabrielli J, Jackson Y, Brown S. Associations between maltreatment history and severity of substance use behavior in youth in foster care. Child Maltreat. 2016 Nov;21(4):298-307. doi:10.1177/1077559516669443. PMID: 27663751.
- Gabrielli J, Traore A, Stoolmiller M, Bergamini E, Sargent JD. Industry television ratings for violence, sex, and substance use. Pediatrics. 2016 Sep;138(3):e20160487. doi: 10.1542/peds.2016-0487. PMID: 27550985; PMCID: PMC5005023.
- Jackson Y, Cushing CC, Gabrielli J, Fleming K, O'Connor BM, Huffhines L. Child maltreatment, trauma, and physical health outcomes: The role of abuse type and placement moves on health conditions and service use for youth in foster care. J Pediatr Psychol. 2016 Jan-Feb;41(1):28-36. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsv066. PMID: 26188052; PMCID: PMC4902865.
- Gabrielli J, Hambrick EP, Tunno AM, Jackson Y, Spangler A, Kanine RM. Longitudinal assessment of self-harm statements of youth in foster care: Rates, reporters, and related factors. Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2015 Dec;46(6):893-902. doi: 10.1007/s10578-014-0529-4. PMID: 25534966; PMCID: PMC4517977.
- Jackson Y, Gabrielli J, Tunno AM, Hambrick EP. Strategies for longitudinal research with youth in foster care: A demonstration of methods, barriers, and innovations. Child Youth Serv Rev. 2012 Jul 1;34(7):1208-1213. doi: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2012.02.007. PMID: 22773879; PMCID: PMC3389740.
- Levy S, Sherritt L, Gabrielli J, Shrier LA, Knight JR. Screening adolescents for substance use-related high-risk sexual behaviors. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Nov;45(5):473-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.028. PMID: 19837353; PMCID: PMC2813707.