Here is some of the latest events occurring at the FF-TIP lab:
Jessica Genaw has successfully completed the application process and is joining the PTG lab for the Winter 2015 semester. Jessica is currently a junior at Oakland University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology. She plans to independently research, complete a literature review, and prepare a presentation on PTG in women who have been emotionally… Read more
Fall semester is coming to an end but there is a lot more to come. We have completed a high school intervention at two schools throughout the semester. Research assistants visited local high schools and presented and discussed PTG to the students. Next semester there are three more schools to visit. Once data is collected… Read more
In early November Dr. Taku traveled to Japan to present her Symposium Experiences of Personal Growth Resulting from Trauma: Posttraumatic Growth. The Symposium was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology. Dr. Taku discussed possible reasons why Japanese consistently report lower growth on the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) across research.… Read more