This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Lab member, Shelby, recently presented the progress of her independent research project, Teen Mom Programming. The PTG Lab will be collaborating with a local high school to investigate the effectiveness of educating teen moms on posttraumatic growth and the importance of social support. This project is clinically significant because providing teen parents with resources and…
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Graduate lab member, Whitney recently presented her research regarding the impact of pets and animal assisted therapy on posttraumatic growth. The purpose of her research was to determine if owning pets, animal assisted therapy, social support, and stress impact posttraumatic growth. Her results showed that the amount of time spent with pets predicts posttraumatic growth…
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Lab member, Jenna, presented an article Reliability and Validity of the Brief Resilience Scale (BRS) Spanish Version by Rocío Rodríguez-Rey, Jesús Alonso-Tapia, and Helena Hernansaiz-Garrido. The purpose of this study was to adapt the BRS to the Spanish language and to demonstrate reliability and validity of this scale. The researchers hypothesized that the Spanish version…
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Lab member, Kyle, presented an empirical article, “Intrinsic religiosity, resilience, quality of life, and suicide risk in depressed inpatients” by Bruno Paz Mosqueiro, Neusa Sica da Rocha, and Marcelo Pio de Almeida Fleck. The purpose of this study is to evaluate how intrinsic religiosity is related to resilience in a population of depressed individuals and…
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Lab member, Geena has recently been accepted to the University of Michigan! Geena will being working toward her master’s in social work in the fall 2017. She will be concentrating on children and youth in families and society. Her ultimate goal is to work with youths who have been abused and neglected, as well as…
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Lab member, Jenna, presented an article to the lab entitled “Personality, personal values, and growth in military special unit patrol teams operating in a polar environment” by Anders Kjaergaard, Gloria R. Leon, Noah C. Venables, and Birgit A. Fink. First semester lab members present an article in order to enhance their research skills and to…
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The PTG Lab welcomes Velinka, our newest lab member.Velinka is currently a sophomore at Oakland University majoring in psychology. She became interested in joining the lab because she finds the construct of posttraumatic growth encouraging and full of potential. During her time in the lab, she hopes to study a number of different aspects of PTG,…
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The second week of November, the PTG Lab visited Dallas, Texas to present their research at the 32nd Annual Meeting of ISTSS (International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies). Whitney Dominck, Leah McDiarmid (Easter Michigan University), Maggie Britton (University of Houston) and Dr. Taku presented their posters and symposium. In addition, lab members were able to…
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Lab member, Kyle, presented an empirical article,“Judeo-Christian clergy and personal crisis: Religion, posttraumatic growth and well being”. Presenting an article to the lab gives first semester lab members a chance to improve their research skills and present their research interests. The purpose of this study was to look at the relationships between religious coping, rumination,…
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Lauren, Geena, Shelby, and Aundreah’s study has been published in the Meeting of Minds Journal of Undergraduate Research! Harrison, L., Osowski, G., Seyburn, S., & Walenski, A. (2016). Wrongdoers and instigators: Stress and posttraumatic growth in a sample of high school students. Meeting of Minds Journal of Undergraduate Research, 18. PTG is discussed in the…
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