This page highlights the current events, achievements, and current activities of our lab members:
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Recently, Jamal Madison, a first semester undergraduate research assistant here at the FF-PTG Lab, gave a presentation regarding a study that investigated the connections between narcissism, selfie-taking, and exercise. This study explored how a specific type of exercise, weightlifting, related to levels of narcissism. Additionally, it looked at how selfie-taking tendencies were associated with weightlifting. …
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Taylor Elam, second year PhD student, has recently presented her master’s thesis defense presentation titled, “I’ll Believe it When I See it: Assessing the Differences in Perceptions of Moral Behavior”. Elam begins by explaining the idea of person perception, which is the general tendency to form impressions of others which ties into impression formation. However,…
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Natalie Safo, a third semester undergraduate research assistant, presented her Honors College Thesis Defense to the FF-PTG Lab this past week. All of her hard work designing this project, collecting data, and running statistical analyses to interpret her results culminated in this presentation. Natalie shared the hypotheses, methodology, results, and future directions of her Honors…
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Paxton Hicks, a first-year graduate student and former lab manager, captivated our attention with his recent presentation on his thesis proposal titled “Depenetration Process of Self-Disclosure”. Paxton is intrigued by the exploration of Self-Disclosure, a deliberate process involving the communication of personal information to another individual, and its impact on intimacy. The concept of intimacy,…
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Avery Machuk, senior and undergraduate research assistant, recently presented her Honors thesis research and collaborated with the lab to finalize the study. The current study looks into how humiliation impacts change in social anxiety levels. Avery hypothesized that (1) Participants who seek either social support, peer support, or self-support will experience a decrease in social…
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Amber, a third-semester undergraduate research assistant, recently completed a presentation in which she shared ideas about her independent study that she will be working on titled “Openness to Change: Influencing Factors & Negative Life Events”. Amber described the background of this study by explaining optimistic beliefs (believing good things will happen) and its ties to…
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Natalie, a third semester undergraduate research assistant here at the FF-PTG Lab, recently presented a step-back presentation in which she provided her fellow lab members with updates regarding her current study. Her research focuses on influence, manipulation, and the dark triad and looks at how each of these factors relate to one another. More specifically,…
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Last week, Jamal Madison, an undergraduate research assistant, gave a presentation on the article titled “The Effect of a Legal Prime on Clinician’s Assessment of Suicide Risk” by Noah Chase Berman, Alexandra Sullivan, Sabine Wilhelm, and Glenn Cohen (2016). Jamal describes the idea of tort liability, which is the model that predicts that mental health…
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This week, Amani Qaqish, a senior undergraduate research assistant, gave a presentation entitled “That’s It, I Quit! Decision Making in a Changing Work Environment.” Workplace dynamics can be difficult to maneuver. From organizational changes to job insecurity, experiencing a negative work environment can lead to a myriad of unwanted outcomes and can even cause people…
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On October 4th, Dr. Taku presented at Maryland’s 35th Annual Suicide Prevention Conference. During her presentation, entitled “PTG Applications in Suicide Prevention, Intervention, and Postvention,” she spoke about post traumatic growth (PTG) as a protective factor against suicidal ideation. She mentioned many important ways that PTG can reduce suicidal thoughts and intentions. More specifically, she…
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