Behavioral Sciences Students Present at MPA

The Department of Behavioral Sciences is pleased to announce that we have several students and faculty who will be presenting at the annual Midwestern Psychological Association Meetings in Chicago, Illinois, on April 11 and 12. Every year, our department takes a group of our psychology students to this event as a part of their capstone requirements. If you would like more information about this event, please don't hesitate to contact us!

Thursday, April 11

Poster Sessions, Upper Exhibit Hall:
8–8:45 a.m.: Talisa Gonzalez, “The Effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Parenting Practices” (poster #44)
9:40–10:25 a.m.: Ember Kim, "Investigating the Link Between Eye Movements and Related Speech Under Working Memory Load” (poster #33)
10:30–11:15 a.m.: David Sherman, “Social Support and Fundamentalism as Predictors of Religious Internalization” (poster #27)
10:30–11:15 a.m.: Brittney Byrd, “The Effects of Lineup Instructions on Eyewitness Identification Rates in Real World Settings” (poster #31)
11:20 a.m.–12:05 p.m.: Trevor Furst, “Sexual Orientation & Mental Health” (poster #23)
11:20 a.m.–12:05 p.m.: Brittney Byrd, “Do Religious Abstinence Beliefs for Pre-Marital Sex Influence Sexual Behavior Rates?” (poster #70)
11:20 a.m.–12:05 p.m.: Talisa Gonzalez, “Does Cultural Leveling with Drug and Alcohol Use Occur Within a Prohibitionist University?” (poster #85)

Presentation, Logan Hall:
10:30–10:45 a.m.: “Validation of a Retrospective Parental Environment Questionnaire in Emerging Adults”
Karl Bailey, Cooper Hodges, Christiana Atkins, Paola Caceres, Eliana Iller, Alina Baltazar, Duane McBride

Friday, April 12

Poster Sessions, Upper Exhibit Hall:
8:30–9:15 a.m.: Emily Vhymeister-Cancel, “Personality Profiles of Long & Short Term Missionaries” (poster #66)
9:30–10:15 a.m.: Nicolai Williams, “Sexual Behavior and Contraceptive Use among College Students: Comparing a Religious and National Sample”

Presentation, Salon 1:
1:45–2 p.m.: “Examining Resilience, Compassion Fatigue, Burnout, and Compassion Satisfaction among Responders”
Talisa Gonzalez, Harvey Burnett, Andrews University