The first of two conferences attended this past semester was the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference in downtown Chicago.  The conference was held at the Palmer House from May 2nd-4th.  Both presentations given by the lab members included posters.  Along with the lab members, Dr. Taku also had a successful poster presentation at MPA. Presentations: Taku, K.,… Read more

On Sunday June 9th, 2013, Dr. Kanako Taku and her colleagues will host this workshop at the National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.  This workshop will cover posttraumatic growth, resilience, perceived benefit, making meaning and problem solving; this will be the third workshop. There will be ten presenters along with Dr. Taku: Taku Kondo… Read more

On April 2nd, the PTG lab presented their first study at a Psi Chi gathering.  Their study was entitled, “Examining Posttraumatic Growth in Adolescents: A Cross-Cultural Comparison of Japanese and American High School Students.  The overall purpose of this study was to examine PTG in high school students, or in other words an adolescent population… Read more