This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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The Meeting of Minds journal is one specifically for undergraduate research. Students that presented at the Meeting of Minds conference at the University of Michigan-Dearborn became eligible to submit to the journal. To view the journal submissions, click on the following links: The Effect of Disclosure on Relating to Others Domain of Posttraumatic Growth Religious
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The PTG lab has the pleasure of welcoming Sharell Elam to our team! Sharell is a high school Spanish Teacher with Detroit Public Schools. She is currently a continuing education student at Oakland University with an interest in Public Policy and Human Development. While working with the Posttraumatic Growth (PTG) Lab, she is looking forward
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Our collaborative research is awarded a grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians. Our collaborative research, entitled “An evidence-based definition of physician wellness in primary care” (Dr. Jodie Eckleberry-Hunt at Beaumont Health System Family Medicine, as Principal Investigator) has been awarded a $31,012 grant from the American Academy of Family Physicians, and is now
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More and more people in Japan are interested in the phenomenon of PTG. This picture was taken with Dr. Taku Kondo’s research lab at Tokai University, Department of Psychological and Sociological Studies. They are doing research on life and death education for children, by focusing on Self-Esteem (They have developed Social and Basic Self-Esteem Test
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Our new research, a class-intervention program for PTG, has just started in Japan. This research is designed to examine the possible reasons why some teenagers report greater growth than others, by testing the effectiveness of a newly created high school intervention educational program.
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Today was the day that finalized a semester’s worth of hard work in the PTG lab. Each of the research assistants presented their research today at the conference and it was truly a rewarding experience. We had a great start to the day as we were amongst the first to present. My favorite part of
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Melissa’s Poster: Pathway to Posttraumatic Growth: How Religious Strength and Alcohol Consumption Influence Growth Evan’s Poster: Financial and Workplace Problems as a Possible Trigger for Growth: A Cross-Cultural Look Cassandra’s Poster: Does Relationship Status Foster Disclosure?: A Cross Cultural Insight on the Effects of Gender and Relationship Status on Disclosure
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The PTG research team will be participating in the 20th annual Meeting of the Minds conference at the University of Michigan-Dearborn.
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The Meeting of Minds Conference is coming up, and the PTG research assistants will be presenting their research. Here’s their abstracts: Evan Theys: Theys, E. R., Sawa, M. S., Pierson, V. J. “Financial and Workplace Problems as a Possible Trigger for Growth: A Cross-Cultural Look” The scope of this study is to show posttraumatic growth
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Post-Traumatic Stress’s Surprisingly Positive Flip Side http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/25/magazine/post-traumatic-stresss-surprisingly-positive-flip-side.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1&ref=magazine By JIM RENDON (Published: March 22, 2012) Sgt. Jeffrey Beltran pulled a heavily creased Post-it note from the pocket of his fatigues, unfolded it and looked over a list he jotted down earlier that day: pick up an order of beef lo mein, take his dress uniform to
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