This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Paxton Hicks, a first-semester undergraduate research assistant, recently gave a presentation on the article titled,” Social Interaction in Online Support Groups: Preference for Online Social Interaction Over Offline Social Interaction” from Jae Eun Chung. Online support groups [OSG] have been a rapid source for individuals seeking support. Sixty percent of users who search for health-related…
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Fall is here!
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Amani Qaqish, a first-semester undergraduate lab member, recently gave an article presentation on the article titled “Effort-Reward Imbalance and Employee Performance With the Moderating Roles of Overcommitment and Humor” (Reizer & Siegrist, 2022). Effort Reward Imbalance (ERI) is described as when the amount of effort one puts into the workplace should be equally reciprocated with…
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First-semester undergraduate lab member, Natalie Safo, recently gave an astute presentation on an article titled “The Importance of Employment to Workers with Pre-existing Behavioral Health Disorders During the COVID-19 Pandemic” (Cook et al., 2022). During the pandemic, a relationship between job loss and poor mental health was discovered. Previous studies demonstrated that those with pre-existing…
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Kaylie Williams, a second-year Master’s student, recently gave a presentation on her thesis progress. The purpose of the study titled “Psychological Mechanisms Behind Belief in Conspiracy Theories and Changing Conspiratorial Belief”, includes identifying individual differences that influence people to believe in conspiracies and how to change people’s belief in conspiracies through thinking style. Williams hypothesized…
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The FF-PTG Lab is excited to begin its educational endeavors this fall semester. Welcome, new members! And, welcome back, returning members! Top row (left to right): Natalie Safo, Dominic Turcott, Taylor Elma, Isabelle Teasel, Amani Qaqish, Kayla Benson, Kaylie Williams Bottom row: Dr. Kanako Taku, Amber Efthemiou, Paxton Hicks, Lazo Dordeski, Lewis Luttrell
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Kayla Benson, a third-year Ph.D. student, recently gave a presentation in preparation for her thesis defense. The purposes of Benson’s study, “Growing Toward the Common Good: Collective Action Engagement as Evidence for Posttraumatic Growth”, include understanding the collective action behaviors as an indication of action-focused growth and constructive posttraumatic growth [PTG] and the relationships between…
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The Psychology Department is hosting the event, Distinguished Lecture 2022. The following discussions are scheduled the next day, September 29th (Thursday) at 5pm. If you would like to have zoom invites, please email to Kana Taku at taku@oakland.edu Questions? Please email to Kana Taku at taku@oakland.edu
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Within the Fall 2022 semester, we will have four new undergraduate students joining the FF-PTG Lab! Natalie is currently a junior at Oakland University, majoring in Psychology with a minor in Health Communication. She joined the lab to gain experience in research about PTG and further specify her interests. After completing her undergraduate degree, she…
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Welcome to the FF-PTG Lab! Let’s introduce the three incoming graduate students. Taylor is a first-year Ph.D. student with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology with a minor in writing and rhetoric that she obtained from Oakland University. She initially joined the lab as an undergrad due to her interest in emotions and individual…
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