This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Congratulations to undergraduate research assistants Amani Qaqish, Avery Machuk, and Amber Efthemiou for graduating this semester! Amber graduated from Oakland University with a B.A. in psychology and minors in holistic health and sociology. She will be attending graduate school for clinical psychology and plans to continue to explore topics such as trauma/PTG, dynamics of personality,…
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This week, many of our current FF-TIP members and alumni attended MPA’s 96th annual conference! Paxton Hicks, Jamal Madison, Taylor Elam, Kaylie Williams, Amber Efthemiou, Amani Qaqish, Avery Machuk, and Natalie Safo all had posters at the conference. Additionally, Taylor presented a talk regarding resiliency, post-traumatic growth, and new-type depression. We are very proud of…
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Recently, Avery Machuk, a senior at Oakland University and third semester research assistant here in the FF-TIP Lab, recently gave a presentation regarding the defense of her Honors College thesis on changes in social anxiety. In this study, she investigated social anxiety, what contributes to changes in social anxiety, and the gaps in research surrounding…
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At 3pm on April 8, 2024, FF-TIP lab members took a few minute break from research to see eclipse! Amani noticed that the lights in the parking turned off when the sky got darker and then a few seconds later, it came back! Super excited! Together in Pryale!
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Routledge Handbook of Changes in Human Perceptions and Behaviors will be published in June, 2024! Lab members, Taylor and Jamal, also contributed one of the chapters, titled “Changes in narrative identity: Desistance of antisocial behavior and posttraumatic growth”.
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This past week, Jamal Madison, a second semester undergraduate research assistant here at the FF-TIP Lab, provided us with an exciting update regarding his current research project. His study looks at the effects of peer influence on suicide risk assessment. Two Oakland University med students joined the lab for his presentation to discuss what the…
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This past week, Wyatt Clark, a first semester undergraduate research assistant here at the FF-TIP Lab, gave an article presentation regarding people’s attitudes toward those with dementia and how personal experience may lead to changes in these attitudes. The article was entitled “Does Personal Experience of Dementia Change Attitudes? The Bristol and Gloucestershire Survey of…
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Amber Efthemiou, a fourth semester undergraduate research assistant and the current lab manager of the FF-TIP Lab, presented her senior thesis defense to the lab this past week. Amber has been working diligently on her senior thesis over these past few semesters and the lab was very excited to learn about the findings that her…
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Our lab’s name has changed from Free Form PTG LAB to Free Form TIP LAB as of March 1st 2024! I am very much interested in understanding and explaining how people recognize the change and when the change occurs – moment of the change or psychological tipping point. All students in this lab are pursuing…
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This past week, Jamal Madison, a second semester research assistant here at the FF-TIP lab, gave a step-back presentation regarding his current research on the effects of peer influence on suicide risk assessment. He started the presentation out by discussing the current suicide rates in the U.S., noting that there is currently an average of…
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