This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Meeting of Minds is a yearly undergraduate conference that gives undergraduate students the opportunity to present their research and publish papers in the Meeting of Minds undergraduate journal. This past May three lab members published papers in the journal. If your interested click on the titles and read their research! Leah McDiarmid published Self-Enhancement While Reporting Positive…
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Lab member, Aundreah Walenski, presented her research proposal for her honors independent study project (PSY494), entitled Multitude of Events, at our last meeting. The purpose of this study is to investigate how PTG can occur resulting from multiple events; specifically the current exploratory study uses quantitative data to potentially discover the existence of a multi-event…
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Shelby Seyburn is the newest member to the team for the Fall 2015 semester. She is currently a junior at Oakland University. Her major is in psychology and minor in Nutrition. She joined this particular lab because she found PTG to be a continuously growing area of research that needs more understanding. Her main area of…
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The PTG Lab is very excited to welcome our fist graduate student Whitney. Whitney is a first year PhD student, with a Bachelors in Psychology from Colorado State University. She is interested in pursing the relationship between animals and PTG, particularly as it pertains to traumatized children. Her ultimate goal is to establish an animal…
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A recent article has been published in the Huffington Post featuring popular examples in our media from Buddha to Batman of PTG like the recent memoirs and novels: Malala Yousafzai’s book I am Malala and Cheryl Strayed’s Wild. Drs. Tedeschi and Calhoun discuss in depth about the positive changes experienced after stressful life events. Click the picture…
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The first week of August, the PTG Lab ventured to Toronto, Canada to present their research at this years APA convention. Dr. Taku, Leah McDiarmid, and Aundreah Walenski presented their posters Personally Important Posttraumatic Growth as a Predictor of Self-Esteem in Adolescents (Division 1: General Psychology Division) and Cross-Cultural Differences in the Relationship between Hope and Posttraumatic Growth (Division 32:…
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In May lab members Jessica Genaw, Aundreah Walenski, and Leah McDiarmid presented their research at this years 23rd annual Meeting of Minds conference at University of Michigan-Dearborn. New lab member Shelby was able to attend the conference and support the lab and gain a hands on understanding of the labs ultimate goal to present and…
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Saturday, May 2nd was Oakland University’s College of Arts and Sciences graduation ceremony. Two past PTG lab members including Alexander Boulos (PTG Lab member Winter 2013 semester) and James Casolari (PTG Lab member Winter 2014 Semester) and one current Lab member Leah McDiarmid graduated with their Bachelor of Arts Degree. Congratulations on graduating PTG Lab…
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We made the home page! The PTG Lab, Dr. Taku, and research assistants Leah McDiarmid and Aundreah Walenski, were recently interviewed by Oakland University’s Communication and Marketing. Click the picture above or here to read the article discussing posttraumatic growth, Dr. Taku’s recent research ventures, and the lasting impact she has left on her undergraduate research…
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Lab members Leah McDiarmid, Aundreah Walenski, and Jessica Genaw have recently submitted abstracts to the 23rd annual Meeting of Minds Conference on May 15th, hosted by the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The Meeting of Minds conference is a great way for undergraduate students to present their research and will truly be a meeting of undergraduate minds…
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