Faculty Profile for Dr. Ariel Alisha McField
Dr. Ariel Alisha McField
Assistant Professor — Psychology
ADC 253
phone: (512) 245-6376
Biography Section
Biography and Education
Dr. McField was Born and Raised in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in psychology with a minor in Addiction Studies from the University of Central Arkansas. After completing her Bachelor’s, she earned her master’s degree in social work at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock and a Ph.D. in Clinical Adolescent Psychology from Prairie View A&M University. After completing her pre-doctoral internship at Boys Town Behavioral Health outpatient clinic, she began her career at the University of Texas Permian Basin as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychology for two years. Dr. McField is an assistant professor at Texas State University, where she teaches the psychology of human diversity.Clinically, Dr. McField has experience working with individuals between the ages of 5 and 80 in various settings (e.g., outpatient clinics, counseling centers, VA, etc.). She specializes in working with adolescents with a history of Suicidal ideations and behaviors.
Teaching Interests
Dr. McField has taught various Undergraduate and Graduate classes, including Intellectual Assessment, Personality Assessment, Ethics and Cognitive Treatment, Tests and Measures, Introduction to Counseling, etc. As an Assistant Professor at Texas State University, Dr. McField teaches Psychology of Human Diversity.Research Interests
My research interest broadly encompasses the exploration of suicide, Resiliency, and Prevention Interventions among racial and ethnic minorities. More specifically, my program examines the sociocultural factors that may increase and decrease suicidal ideations and behaviors among racial and ethnic minorities. In addition to suicide, I am also interested in the impact of structural marginalization, such as racism and discrimination, on mental health outcomes (e.g., depression, suicide, anxiety, substance use, etc.).Selected Scholarly/Creative Work
- Lawrence, T. I., Merrin, G. J., & McField, A. A. (2022). Family Violence and Adolescent Aggressive Behavior: The Direct and Indirect Effects of Depression and Substance Use. International Journal of Mental Health and Addiction. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s11469-022-00971-2
- Lawrence, T. I., McField, A. A., Byrne, M. M., Tarver, S. S., & Stewart, T. K. (2022). Depression and Substance Use as Consequences of Exposure to Family Violence: A Moderation Mediation and Self-Medication Hypothesis Study. Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-022-00464-3
- McField, A. A., Lawrence, T. I., & Okoli, I. C. (2022). Examining the Relationships Between Cyberbullying, Relational Victimization, and Family Support on Depressive Symptoms and Substance Use among Adolescents. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 28(1). https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/13591045221110126
- Lawrence, T. I., & McField, A. A. (2022). Does Conduct, Oppositional Defiant, and Panic Disorder Symptoms Associate with Suicidal Ideations Among African American Adolescents? Journal of Child & Adolescent Trauma. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s40653-022-00452-7
- Henderson, D. X., Joseph, J. J., Martin, P., Mburi, M., Stanley, M., McField, A. A., … Corneille, M. (2021). An Investigation of Coping in Response to Different Race-Related Stressor Experiences in School among Racially Diverse Participants. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 91. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000529