This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Junior member research assistant, Jasmine, gave her first Journal Club Presentation on Bereavement, Religion, and Posttraumatic Growth: A Matched Control Group Investigation. Journal Club allows our research assistants to present a PTG article of their interest to the lab and challenge their research skills. Jasmine’s chosen article found that bereaved individuals had higher religiousness and PTG…
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It is that time of year again, Journal Club Presentations! First and second semester research assistants are asked to present an article of their choice to the lab. This semester, second semester research assistant, Aundreah recently presented a qualitative study on PTG, Exploring self-perceived growth in a clinical sample of severely traumatized youth. This study found…
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We are very excited to announce that Dr. Taku’s and PTG Lab member’s, Leah McDiarmid and Aundreah Walenski’s, abstracts have been accepted to the 123rd Annual American Psychological Convention! The convention will be this upcoming August and held in the great city of Toronto. Dr. Taku, Leah, and Aundreah will be presenting their research posters…
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The PTG Lab welcomes Tomoko Matsui! Tomoko is a Social Worker and Health Psychotherapist specializing in medical psychology and psycho-oncology. She is currently a second year doctoral student at Osaka University in Japan where she is part of the Clinical Thanatology and Geriatric Behavioral Science Laboratory. Her main research interests are in help seeking behaviors,…
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One of the first PTG Lab research assistants, Dr. Sarah-Rae Andreski, recently spoke at Oakland University on Friday, January 16th to undergraduate and graduate Psychology students about her recent experiences as a graduate student. After graduating from Oakland University in 2009 with a Bachelors of Arts in Psychology, English, Spanish Language and Literature, she attended…
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Jasmine Cosby is the newest member to the team for the Winter 2015 semester. She is currently a Junior at Oakland University and majoring in Psychology and minoring in Philosophy. She is interested in depression and PTG in adolescents. She plans on doing a literature review and presentation regarding this relationship. She plans to continue…
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Jessica Genaw has successfully completed the application process and is joining the PTG lab for the Winter 2015 semester. Jessica is currently a junior at Oakland University majoring in Psychology and minoring in Sociology. She plans to independently research, complete a literature review, and prepare a presentation on PTG in women who have been emotionally…
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Fall semester is coming to an end but there is a lot more to come. We have completed a high school intervention at two schools throughout the semester. Research assistants visited local high schools and presented and discussed PTG to the students. Next semester there are three more schools to visit. Once data is collected…
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In early November Dr. Taku traveled to Japan to present her Symposium Experiences of Personal Growth Resulting from Trauma: Posttraumatic Growth. The Symposium was presented at the 56th Annual Meeting of The Japanese Association of Educational Psychology. Dr. Taku discussed possible reasons why Japanese consistently report lower growth on the Posttraumatic Growth Inventory (PTGI) across research.…
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The Posttraumatic Growth Lab is currently finishing the last round of interviews for applicants interested in the Winter 2015 Research Assistant position.We are currently only accepting students for the Fall 2015 semester. There is also exciting news about Dr. Taku and here accomplishments at Oakland University! Dr. Taku has received tenure for her record of…
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