Members of the Palo Alto University community attended the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Portland, Oregon, April 27–May 1, 2022. PAU was a sponsor of the conference, where the university was well-represented by faculty, student, and alumni work.
PhD student Nicole Khauli won the Outstanding Student Research award (pictured, right). PAU professor Matthew Yalch, PhD, won the Enrico E. Jones Award (pictured, below). PAU professor Lisa Brown, PhD, led a mentoring session in which PAU PhD students mentored undergraduate attendees about graduate school education. Khauli and Drs. Yalch and Brown attended the convention along with 50 PAU faculty, students, and alumni.
Listed below are the posters, papers, and symposia:
Posters: Consumption or Behaviors? Rethinking Optimal Predictors for Problematic Drinking in College Students; Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity; MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress; Motives for Targeting Others During Drinking Games: Is There a Difference Amongst Genders?
Paper: Impacts of Public Health Status, Pandemic-Related Life Disruptions, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status on Alcohol Consumption Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic
Poster: The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors
Poster: The Use of Suicide Risk Assessment Models at APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Sites
Poster: Help-seeking Tendencies and Religious Coping of African American LGBTQ+ Churchgoers
Poster: MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress
Posters: Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved; Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults; The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors; Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma
Symposium: Electronically Scaffolded Reminisce Therapy Reduces Distress Among Complex Older Adult Veteran Community Living Center Residents
Poster: The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors
Symposium: Electronically Scaffolded Reminisce Therapy Reduces Distress Among Complex Older Adult Veteran Community Living Center Residents
Symposium: Electronically Scaffolded Reminisce Therapy Reduces Distress Among Complex Older Adult Veteran Community Living Center Residents
Poster: The Use of Suicide Risk Assessment Models at APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Sites
Poster: Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma
Poster: Help-seeking Tendencies and Religious Coping of African American LGBTQ+ Churchgoers
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Poster: Help-seeking Tendencies and Religious Coping of African American LGBTQ+ Churchgoers
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Symposium: Electronically Scaffolded Reminisce Therapy Reduces Distress Among Complex Older Adult Veteran Community Living Center Residents Poster: Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma
Poster: Influence of Big Five Traits on Ethnocultural Empathy
Poster: Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved
Poster: The Effect of Childhood Trauma on Diurnal Cortisol Profiles in Psychotic and Non-Psychotic Major Depression
Poster: Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity
Symposium: Working at the Intersections: Guidelines for Clinical Practice with Specific LGBTQ+ Populations
Poster: Influence of Big Five Traits on Ethnocultural Empathy
Sessions: Speed Mentoring with Clinical Psychology Graduate Students Poster: Help-seeking Tendencies and Religious Coping of African American LGBTQ+ Churchgoers
Poster: Motives for Targeting Others During Drinking Games: Is There a Difference Amongst Genders?
Poster: Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma
Poster: Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved
Poster: MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress
Poster: Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved
Poster: Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults
Poster: The Impact of Electrical Status Epilepticus during Slow-wave Sleep on Children's Verbal Learning and Memory Functioning
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Poster: Internal Locus of Control and Attitude Predicting Cognition Across Lifespan
Poster: The Use of Suicide Risk Assessment Models at APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Sites
Poster: The Impact of Behavioral Activation Online Micro Intervention on Mood and Activity Level
Poster: Influence of Defensive Styles on Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms
Poster: Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults
Poster: The Use of Suicide Risk Assessment Models at APA-accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Sites