This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Maggie Britton and Leah LaLonde presented The Combined Role of Religiosity and Gender on the Self-Esteem of American Adolescents at Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. This was the first conference for both Maggie and Leah. They thought it was a great experience and were able to share their research with faculty and students. They feel…
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Sharell Elam and Kellie McGuire presented their poster Cross-Cultural Comparisons of the Awareness of Posttraumatic Growth on Positive Psychological Change Among American and Japanese Adolescents at Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters. Both members had the opportunity to share their current research right here at Oakland University. Conferences are a great opportunity for others in the…
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Our former PTG lab member, Katherine Lewitzke, visited OU campus and made her research presentation, entitled “Influences of social learning and cognitive development theories in the formulation of a religious self– concept” as a part of Michigan Academy of Science Arts and Letters conference, February 28th 2014. Kat graduated OU in 2009 and received her…
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A very exciting time for Dr. Taku, Sharell Elam, and Kellie McGuire. Lab members and Dr. Taku’s study abstracts were accepted into American Psychological Association Conference in August. They are presenting their research, Effects of Priming the Shared Traumatic Experiences on Posttraumatic Growth. Their research stemmed from the curiosity to find out if people report higher PTG…
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Multiple members of the lab finished working on their submissions to the Michigan Academy Conference, being held at Oakland University on February 28th. The members just received an e-mail early this week stating that their submissions were accepted. Now Kellie, Sharell, Maggie and Leah will be busy putting together their poster presentations to present at…
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James is currently in his junior year at Oakland University and is working on a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. His research interests includes assessing the relationship between PTG and job loss. After Oakland, he would like to further his education by attending graduate school to obtain a PhD. James can be reached at: jacasola@oakland.edu
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Maggie presented at our last lab meeting of the semester on her individual project about self-esteem, and her Michigan Academy The Combined Role of Gender and Religiosity on the Self-Esteem of American Adolescents. She spent her semester researching how gender and religious strength affect self-esteem, and she plans to continue studying self-esteem more in depth…
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In addition to the busy last days of the Fall semester, two lab members received an exciting e-mail stating that both of their Meeting of the Minds studies were published in the 2013 MOM Journal. This journal is specific for undergraduate research. To view the publications by Sharell Elam and Kellie McGuire, click on the…
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The Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) Lab, led by Dr. Kanako Taku, is currently looking for two to three MS or PhD students for the Fall 2014 semester. Our research has centered on the construct of posttraumatic growth – positive psychological changes that may occur as a result of the struggle with major life crises or traumatic…
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A Japanese-translated book that Drs. Kanako Taku and Ken Shimizu compiled and edited has been published. This is the first translated book of the “Handbook of Posttraumatic Growth (Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Publishers, 2006).” Taku, K., & Shimizu, K. (2013). Shinteki-gaishogo seicho handbook: Taegatai taiken wa hitono kokoroni dou sayousuruka [Japanese translation of Posttraumatic…
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