National Convention Research Award 2007-08 Winners
Last year up to eight awards were available to Psi Chi undergraduate members submitting the best research papers for presentation during the Psi Chi paper/poster sessions at the APA and APS national conventions. Two awards of $300 each were awarded for presentations at APA and four awards of $300 each were awarded for presentations at APS.
2008 APA Convention Award Winners
- Carla Thelen
Grinnell College (IA)
"The Effect of Dream Journaling on Coping with Emotional Events"
- Christina Mari Woody
Hood College (MD)
"Correlational study of adolescents' self esteem and perceived parental involvement."
2008 APS Convention Award Winners
- Sarah J. Axelson
University of Mary Washington (VA)
“Misperceptions of Social Norms about Marriage, Children, and Division of Household Labor”
- Ashley R. Culler
College of Mount Saint Joseph (OH)
“Perception of Dog Owners Who Relinquish Their Canines to Shelters”
- Cassie Diesel
College of Mount Saint Joseph (OH)
“Heterosexual vs. Homosexual Adoption: Shifting the Focus From Prospective Parent to Child”
- Sabrina Beatrice Higgins
Morningside College (IA)
“Perceptions of Foster and Adopted Children”
Graduate Research Awards
In 2007-08 up to eight awards were available to Psi Chi graduate members submitting the best research papers for presentation during the Psi Chi paper/poster sessions at the APA and APS national conventions. Two awards of $500 each were awarded for presentations at APA and one award of $500 was awarded for a member presenting at APS.
2008 APA Convention Award Winners
- Laura Castro-Schilo
California State University, Fullerton
"Emotional Intelligence and Right-Hemisphere Arousal: A Gender Differences Study"
- Sarah L. Kopelovich
John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
"Earwitness Identification: Exploring the Cross-Accent Effect in Voice Identification"
2008 APS Convention Award Winners
- Kelly E. Buckholdt
The University of Memphis (TN)
“Emotion Dysregulation Mediates the Relation Between Parent Responsiveness and Eating Disordered Behavior”