Tyler L. Renshaw, Assistant Professor

photo of Tyler RenshawOffice: 204 Audubon Hall
Department of Psychology
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
Office Phone: (225) 255-1202
Email: trenshaw@lsu.edu
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Research Interests

My orientation toward psychology is grounded in contextual behavioral science and my research is broadly focused on school mental health. I aim to understand wellbeing using basic psychological principles and to advance assessment and intervention practices in schools that are squarely grounded in these principles. Current research projects include:

1 Development and validation of brief self-report behavior rating scales that are useful for informing mental health services in schools. This includes measures of student wellbeing, the mental health problems that interfere with wellbeing, and the core behavioral processes underlying both mental health problems and wellbeing.

2 Development and validation of interventions that are useful for reducing mental health problems and promoting wellbeing in schools. This includes classwide, group-based, and individualized treatments derived from the principles and strategies of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and basic behavioral therapies.

3 Meta-analysis of emerging intervention approaches that target mental health outcomes in schools. This includes evaluations of the treatment effects of mindfulness, gratitude, yoga, motivational interviewing, and third-wave behavioral therapies.

Representative Publications

Renshaw, T. L., *Hammons, K. N., & *Roberson, A. J. (in press). General vs. specific methods for classifying U.S. students’ bullying involvement: Investigating classification agreement, prevalence rates, and concurrent validity. School Psychology Review.
 
Klingbeil, D. A., Fischer, A. J., Renshaw, T. L., Bloomfield, B. S., Polakoff, B., Willenbrink, J. B., Copek, R. A., & Chan, K. T. (in press). Effects of mindfulness-based intervention on disruptive behavior: A meta-analysis of single-case research. Psychology in the Schools.
 
Renshaw, T. L., & *Steeves, R. O. (in press). What good is gratitude in youth and schools? A systematic review and meta-analysis of correlates and intervention outcomes. Psychology in the Schools.
 
Renshaw, T. L. (2015). Psychometric properties of the Social and Emotional Health Survey with a small sample of academically at-risk adolescents. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1177/0734282915614495
 
Renshaw, T. L. (2015). A replication of the technical adequacy of the Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. Journal of Psychoeducational Assessment. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1177/0734282915580885
 
Renshaw, T. L., Long, A. C. J., & Cook, C. R. (2015). Assessing teachers’ positive psychological functioning at work: Development and validation of the Teacher Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. School Psychology Quarterly, 30, 289–306. doi:10.1037/spq0000112
 
Cook, C. R., Frye, M., Slemrod, T., Lyon, A. R., Renshaw, T. L., & Zhang, Y. (2015). An integrative approach to universal prevention: Independent and combined effects of SEL and PBIS on youths’ mental health. School Psychology Quarterly, 30, 166–183. doi:10.1037/spq0000102
 
O’Malley, M. D., Voight, A., Renshaw, T. L., & Eklund, K. (2015). School climate, family structure, and academic achievement: A study of moderation effects. School Psychology Quarterly, 30, 142–157. doi:10.1037/spq0000076
 
Renshaw, T. L., & *Bolognino, S. J. (2014). The College Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire: A brief, multidimensional, domain-specific measure of undergraduates’ covitality. Journal of Happiness Studies. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1007/s10902-014-9606-4
 
Renshaw, T. L., Long, A. C. J., & Cook, C. R. (2014). Assessing adolescents’ positive psychological functioning at school: Development and validation of the Student Subjective Wellbeing Questionnaire. School Psychology Quarterly. Advanced online publication. doi:10.1037/spq0000088
 
You, S., Furlong, M. J., Dowdy, E., Renshaw, T. L., Smith, D. C., & O’Malley, M. D. (2014). Further validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for high school students. Applied Research in Quality of Life, 9, 997–1105. doi:10.1007/s11482-013- 9282-2
 
Furlong, M. J., You, S., Renshaw, T. L., Smith, D. C., & O’Malley, M. D. (2014). Preliminary development and validation of the Social and Emotional Health Survey for secondary students. Social Indicators Research, 117, 1011–1032. doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0373-0
 
Renshaw, T. L., & Cohen, A. S. (2014). Life satisfaction as a distinguishing indicator of college student functioning: Further validation of the two-continua model of mental health. Social Indicators Research, 117, 319–334. doi:10.1007/s11205-013-0342-7
 
Furlong, M. J., You, S., Renshaw, T. L., O’Malley, M. D., & Rebelez, J. (2013). Preliminary development of the Positive Experiences at School Scale for elementary school students. Child Indicators Research, 6, 753–775. doi:10.1007/s12187-013- 9193-7

Professional Affiliations

American Psychological Association
National Association of School Psychologists
Association for Contextual Behavioral Science