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Sara Witcraft & co-authors publish manuscript in General Hospital Psychiatry
Clinical psychology graduate student, Sara Witcraft, and department co-authors publish manuscript in General Hospital Psychiatry examining the influence of anxiety sensitivity on acute health care use among adults with COPD.
Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?
In Dr. Joseph Wellman’s latest research, which was accepted at the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, he and colleagues examine the question “Is LGBT progress seen as an attack on Christians?”. As social policies have changed to grant more equal rights to lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) individuals, some Christians in the U.S. […]
UM faculty and student collaborate on symposium examining emotion regulation in health conditions in virtual national conference
Clinical psychology graduate student, Sara Witcraft, and assistant faculty Aaron Lee, PhD, and Laura Dixon, PhD collaborate on a symposium talk that examined the influence of emotion regulation on physical health conditions (e.g., gastrointestinal distress, asthma) at the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies 54th annual virtual convention in November 2020. https://www.abct.org/conv2020/index.cfm?mn=01&fn=HomePage
Graduate Student Natasha Wood Receives Research Grant to Study Extremism
Natasha Wood was awarded a research grant for her project: “The rejected loner: The role of social isolation and ostracism on extremist beliefs.” The project is being funded by Psi Chi. The research will shed light on the factors that lead to radical extremism. It will use a broadly representative national sample, and experimentally investigate […]
Psychology professor and students publish paper exploring links between dark personality and responses to COVID-19
New publication in “Personality and Individual Differences” Is the COVID-19 pandemic even darker for some? Examining dark personality and affective, cognitive, and behavioral responses to the COVID-19 pandemic Abstract: As the COVID-19 pandemic and interventions intended to minimize its spread continue to impact daily life, personality research may help to address the different ways in […]
Psychology professor, Dr. Kate Kellum, featured on podcast with Dr. Marcel Tassara
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/act-root-to-fruit/id1523294942?i=1000497254578
