Featured Projects
Here are a few projects that exemplify the wonderful research students from the Psychology department have done over the years.
Additional Research Projects
These are all the projects the Psychology department has presented at SSRD in the last few years.
2019
- Graph Literacy Training Program: A Pilot Study - Tova Hershman (Thesis)
- Exploration of Populist Appeal: A Psychological Approach - Rosalind Fraser (Thesis)
- Hippotherapy: Evidence Review & Recommendations - Paige Yeakle (Thesis)
- Trait Mindfulness as a Mediator Linking Adult Attachment Orientation to Well-Being in Emerging Adults - Lyndsey Shimazu
- Gender Differences in the Relationship Between Peer Support and Depression in Adolescents - Paige Fredenburg
- Evaluation of an Outpatient Dual-Diagnosis Treatment Program for Individuals Being Released from Prison - Paige Fredenburg
2018
- The Effects of Acute Stress on Auditory Selective Attention: An ERP Investigation - Kendra Good (Thesis)
- Face-to- Face and Electronic Victimization on Adjustment During Adolescence - Aaron Oda (Poster)
- Predictors of distress regarding sexual difficulties - Lev El-Askari, Izzabella Green, Kyle Stephenson (Poster)
- Sexual satisfaction and sexual function in men: Associations with attachment avoidance - Lyndsey Shimazu, Kyle Stephenson, John Paul Welch (Poster)
- Child Demographics and Maltreatment Type: A Function of Referral Source, Type of Evaluation, & Whether Children Were Seen at a Child Abuse Assessment Center - Jordan Fickas & Meredyth Goldberg Edelson (Poster)
- Exploring the role of visual imagery in the survival processing effect - Jeremy K. Miller, Kate Morris, Lydia Savelli, Qi Ying Wang (Poster)
2016
- An Evaluation of Scientific Reasoning and Critical Thinking Modules for Introductory Psychology (Oral Presentation) - Brenna Smelt (Independent Research)
- Personality Change and Ideal-Current Discrepancies Across the Study Abroad Experience (Poster Presentation) - Erin Bresnahan, Clara Hochstetler, Bryce Withy-Berry (Poster)
- Sexual Dysfunction Moderates the Association Between Sexual and Relationship Satisfaction (Poster Presentation) - Jonathan Kerth (Poster)
- The ºìÐÓ¶ÌÊÓƵ Experience: How Academic and Social Factors Influence Well-Being (Poster Presentation) - Allison Whitby, Lucan Cohen, Jeremy Hansen, Madison Montemayor (Poster)
- Longitudinal Relations Between Personality Traits and Social Adjustment in College (Poster Presentation) - Kate Zurschmeide (Poster)
2015
- Personality Traits in Everyday Life: How Situational Characteristics Relate to Trait-Relevant Behavior Across Adulthood - Charleen Gust (Independent Research)
- Associations between Pre-College, and College Friendships and Young Adults Authenticity after their First Year of College - Laura Cullen (Independent Research)
- Reducing Memory Conformity: The Effect of Perceived Study Time on the Own-Race Bias - Alexandra Babij (Independent Research)
- Ethnic Bias in the Classroom: How Teacher Expectations Influence Achievement - Shannon Cain (Independent Research)
- Changes in Big Five Personality Traits of Japanese Students Across the Study Abroad Experience - Meghan Merwin, Madison Montemayor (Poster)
- Connectedness to Nature and Environmental Behavior: A Cross- Cultural Examination of Japanese and U.S. students. - Maximilian Kroner Dale, Anna Neshyba (Poster)
- Comparing the Values in Action and Big Five Personality Taxonomies: The Overlap of the VIA and Big Five in Predicting Life Outcomes. - Emily Thimesch (Poster)