Sixteenth Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference
May 20-21, 2016 Stanford University
Sponsored in part by the Department of Psychology
Table of Contents
Welcome from Ian Gotlib ...... 1 Chair, Department of Psychology
Welcome from Brittany Torrez ...... 2 2016 Executive Director
2016 Leadership Board – Headshots ...... 3
2016 Leadership Board – Biographies ...... 4
Speaker Biographies and Special Thanks ...... 6
Conference Schedule – Friday, May 20, 2016 ...... 7
Conference Schedule – Saturday, May 21, 2016 ...... 8
Workshop Room Schedule ...... 9
Oral Session 1 (by time) ...... 10
Oral Session 2 (by time) ...... 12
Oral Session 3 (by time) ...... 14
Oral Session 1 (by room) ...... 16
Oral Session 2 (by room) ...... 25
Oral Session 3 (by room) ...... 35
Poster Session 1 ...... 44
Poster Session 2 ...... 68
Map of Jordan Hall/Math Corner Basement ...... 94 STANFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Jordan Hall, Bldg. 420 Stanford, California 94305-2130
IAN H. GOTLIB, PH.D. (650) 725-9216 DAVID STARR JORDAN PROFESSOR (650) 725-5699 Fax CHAIR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY [email protected] HTTP://MOOD.STANFORD.EDU
Friday, May 20, 2016
Welcome!
The Stanford Psychology Department is delighted to welcome you to the Sixteenth Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference (SUPC). We take great pride in this conference, started by our undergraduate majors in 2001. We are particularly pleased that the conference has now grown to include outstanding undergraduates from across the nation and around the world.
Conferences like the SUPC serve as an important function by allowing young scientists to engage in all facets of the processes involved in creating and disseminating knowledge. The undergraduates who organize and participate in this meeting will each have the opportunity to acquire new scientific skills, both directly and through facilitating the work of other young scientists. This conference will provide an opportunity to present and discuss research findings, to leverage the benefits of diverse perspectives from a community of scholars, and to form networks that will serve as the foundation for future discussions and collaborations.
The success of the SUPC every year is due to the extraordinary efforts of the entire staff as well as you, the presenters. Without your continued dedication to the advancement of our understanding of the human condition, the SUPC would not be possible. My colleagues and I welcome you all and wish you a stimulating and productive day.
Sincerely,
Ian H. Gotlib, Ph.D. David Starr Jordan Professor and Chair
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STANFORD UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY Jordan Hall, Bldg. 420 Stanford, California 94305-2130
Friday, May 20, 2016
Dear Presenters, Faculty, and Guests,
I would like to welcome you to the Sixteenth Annual Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference! I look forward to an exciting day as students from across the country and world share, discuss, and present their innovative and fascinating research. Psychology research contributes to our vast understanding of nearly every aspect of the human experience. It has implications that affect how we view ourselves, society, and the world at large. Psychology has and will continue to change individuals, societies, and cultures. None of the change and growth in psychology would be possible without the dedication of researchers. This year’s conference includes incredibly diverse and exceptional research done at the undergraduate level. We are continually impressed with the quality, innovation, and creativity of the research.
In addition, this year’s conference theme is “Be Well.” I encourage everyone to take a step back from their busy lives and to reflect on their health and wellness. Without sound body, mind, and spirit, everything else in life becomes mis-aligned, and many of us begin to lose interest in the things that truly are the most beneficial and most meaningul. With that in mind, SUPC has implemented three new ideas in line with our theme. The Wellness Wall is a place for all attendees to share ideas on how to stay well. Our Health Tip Cards serve as quick, daily reminders of important wellness concepts and techniques for daily use. And finally, our Thoughtfulness Box is a safe space for all of you to place an anonymous note getting something off of your chest or sharing an interesting story. We encourage everyone to participate in the fun!
We will begin with a banquet dinner and workshops on Friday, May 20 and continue through Saturday, May 21 with presentations and the keynote address. I hope everyone will take the opportunity to converse and network with the presenters, graduate students, and professors in attendance. This conference would not have been possible without the Leadership Board, who worked extremely hard to organize everything from the ground up. Please take a chance to look through their short biographies on the next page and feel free to approach them throughout the conference with questions, comments, and/or friendly conversation.
Additionally, I would like to thank Roz Grayson, Office Coordinator and receptionist for the Psychology Department for her continued support and many hours of work to help make the conference happen, Lisa Ewan for her administrative support, Daniel Seymour who prepared visa support letters for international attendees, Dr. Ian Gotlib, who has supported our conference from the very beginning, and last but not least, Dr. George Slavich, who founded the conference and continues to help with it today, offering priceless advice and perspective to the entire team.
I hope that you enjoy the conference and all it has to offer. Connect with graduate students, converse with Dr. Alia Crum, this year’s keynote speaker, about her research and incredible contributions to psychology, and share your ideas for future research with extremely intelligent and passionate peers from around the globe. Welcome to Stanford, and thank you for being a part of the SUPC legacy.
Sincerely,
Brittany Torrez 2016 SUPC Executive Director 2
2016 Leadership Board – Headshots
3 2016 Leadership Board – Biographies
Moiead Charawi is a junior majoring in Product Design, a program that combines a depth in mechanical engineering and analysis with a focus on user experience and design. Psychology plays a large role in building the skill of empathy, which is critical to success in implementing the design thinking methodology, a framework for creating innovative and effective solutions for identified needs/problems.
Brittany Torrez is a senior majoring in Psychology with Honors. During her time at Stanford she has worked as a Research Assistant in the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab, the Mind, Culture and Society Lab, and the College Transition Collaborative. In her free time, she loves exploring new cities, trying to find authentic Italian pizza, and playing guitar.
Christopher Middleton is a senior majoring in Psychology with Honors. During his time at Stanford he worked as a Research Assistant in the Stanford Social Neuroscience Lab and The Political Psychology Research Group. Christopher is also the outgoing President of the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Association. Christopher enjoys cooking, baking southern desserts, and hiking in California.
Angela Smith is a transfer student in her junior year at Stanford, majoring in Psychology. Prior to attending Stanford, Angela worked at the UCLA Anxiety Disorder Research Center, led by Michelle Craske, and currently works in the Stanford Psychophysiology Lab, led by James Gross. When not in class or the lab, Angela can be found either watching really great improv or making really terrible jokes of her own.
Cecilia Lang-Ree is a junior at Stanford majoring in Psychology with a focus in Health & Development. She is currently working with Hyowon Gweon’s Social Learning Lab and is also interested in issues of mental healthcare equity and gender. When she’s not involved with SUPC, Cecilia is a member of the Stanford Equestrian Team and is active in theatre on campus.
Jae-Young Son is a senior at Stanford, where they work in Jamil Zaki's Social Neuroscience Lab. They are broadly interested in social/moral emotions like guilt and shame, how people use social information to regulate their emotions, parsing out lay theories of morality, and using findings from psychology to help shape a more empathic and just society. Jae will be joining Oriel Feldman Hall’s Social and Affective Neuroscience Lab at Brown University next year as lab manager.
Angela Lee is a freshman, working Jeanne Tsai’s Culture and Emotion Lab. She is passionate about the incredible capacities of psychology to understand human behavior and shape effective interventions, particularly in the areas of cultural differences, education,
4 mental health, and relationships. In her free time, she enjoys working on cars and driving, listening to music, and cooking.
Niles Wilson is a junior majoring in Psychology and has worked in Alia Crum’s Mind & Body Lab. He is interested in the ways that the discipline can be used to shape behavioral interventions, interpersonal relations, and organizational management. In his free time, he enjoys outdoor activities, crocheting, food adventures, and attending Stanford football games.
Emily Jensen is a research associate in Brian Knutson’s SPAN Lab, where she coordinates a study on drug addiction in veterans. She cares deeply about understanding emotional disorders as they relate to physical health, and will continue with research into the future.
Taylor Duarte is a sophomore at Stanford majoring in Psychology, working in Alia Crum’s Mind & Body Lab. She hopes to one day become the team sports psychologist for the New England Patriots, her favorite football team. In her free time, Taylor loves to perform and watch spoken word poetry or hike the great outdoors.
Eliane Mitchell is a freshman at Stanford with interests in religious studies, philosophy, and psychology. Working at Jennifer Eberhardt and Hazel Markus’s Mind, Culture and Society lab, she is particularly interested in the intersections of race, the criminal justice system, and psychology. As for hobbies, she enjoys running, playing soccer, and learning French.
Tamara Prstic is a freshman and Psychology major at Stanford. She comes from Serbia and is interested in ways the human mind and behavior differ across cultures and how psychology can be applied to innovation, marketing and design. Other than her academic interests, she has a passion for dance, languages, interior design and dogs.
5 Speaker Biographies and Special Thanks
Dr. Alia Crum received her PhD from Yale University and BA degree from Harvard University. Her research focuses broadly on how changes in subjective mindsets – the lenses through which information is perceived, organized, and interpreted – can alter objective reality through behavioral, psychological, and physiological mechanisms. To date, her research has won several awards and notoriety in several popular media outlets including the Boston Globe, the Wall Street Journal, and The New York Times. She was featured in The New York Times Magazine’s 2007 “Year in Ideas.” In addition to her academic research and teaching, Dr. Crum has worked as a clinical psychologist for the VA healthcare system and as an organizational trainer and consultant, creating, delivering, and evaluating workshops on mindset change and stress management for organizations including UBS, Colgate Palmolive, and the United States Navy. The SUPC is delighted to host Dr. Crum and is looking forward to welcoming her as part of this year’s conference!
Dr. George Slavich, Ph.D., is an associate professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at UCLA, and a Research Scientist at the Cousins Center for Psychoneuroimmunology, where he directs the UCLA Laboratory for Stress Assessment and Research. His research aims to advance the conceptualization and assessment of life stress, and to elucidate psychological and biological mechanisms linking stress with disease. Dr. Slavich is also deeply devoted to teaching and mentorship. In addition to founding the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference in 2001, he founded the Western Psychological Association Student Council and the Society of Clinical Psychology’s Section on Graduate Students and Early Career Psychologists. Dr. Slavich has received fifteen major awards for research, teaching, and mentorship since 2009, including the Susan Nolen- Hoeksema Early Career Research Award from the Society for a Science of Clinical Psychology, the Neal E. Miller New Investigator Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, and the Raymond D. Fowler Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Professional Development of Graduate Students from the American Psychological Association.
Many thanks to the following people for their ongoing contributions to ensure the success of the Stanford Undergraduate Psychology Conference year in and year out
Ian Gotlib, Ph.D., Chair of Stanford Department of Psychology Lisa Ewan, Department Manager, Department of Psychology Roz Grayson, Administrative Coordinator in Department of Psychology Michael Frank, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Co-Chair of Undergraduate Program Commmittee Jeanne Tsai, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Co-Chair of Undergraduate Program Commmittee Daniel Seymour, Department of Psychology George Slavich, Ph.D., SUPC Founder and Executive Director, 2001 Philip Zimbardo, Ph.D., world-renowned psychologist and SUPC faculty advisor
6 Conference Schedule Friday, May 20, 2016
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm Registration ...... Building 420 Registration table will be staffed until 7:00 pm
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm Opening Session ...... Building 420, Room 040 Brittany Torrez, 2016 Executive Director Moiead Charawi, Senior Advisor George Slavich, Conference Founder
4:30 pm – 6:00 pm Banquet Dinner ...... Math Courtyard, Linguistics Courtyard
6:00 pm – 6:50 pm Workshops ...... Building 380, Lower Level Rooms See page 9 for workshop schedule
7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Workshops ...... Building 380, Lower Level Rooms See page 9 for workshop schedule
7:50 pm – 8:30 pm Mingling with light refreshments ...... Math Courtyard
7 Conference Schedule Saturday, May 21, 2016
7:00 am – 8:00 am Registration ...... Building 420
8:15 am – 8:30 am Opening Session ...... Building 420, Room 040 Brittany Torrez, 2016 Executive Director Moiead Charawi, Senior Advisor George Slavich, Conference Founder
8:40 am – 9:30 am Poster Session 1 ...... Math Courtyard
9:40 am – 10:40 am Oral Session 1 ...... Building 380, Lower Level Rooms See page 10 for oral presenter schedule by time, or page 16 by room
10:50 am – 11:50 am Oral Session 2 ...... Building 380, Lower Level Rooms See page 12 for oral presenter schedule by time or page 25 by room
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Lunch ...... Linguistics Courtyard
1:10 pm – 2:30 pm Keynote Address ...... Building 420, Room 040 Dr. Alia Crum
2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Poster Session 2 ...... Math Courtyard
3:40 pm – 4:40 pm Oral Session 3 ...... Building 380, Lower Level Rooms See page 14 for oral presenter schedule by time or page 35 by room
4:50 pm – 5:10 pm Closing Session ...... Building 420, Room 040 Brittany Torrez, 2016 Executive Director Moiead Charawi, Senior Advisor George Slavich, Conference Founder
8 Workshop Room Schedule
Workshop 1 – A Primer to Computational Modeling in Psychology and Neuroscience 380-380D 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm & 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Yuan Chang Leong Covers the basics of computational modeling and how to apply it in psychological research. Join to learn about this essential skill for those interested in cognitive psychology and neuroscience.
Workshop 2 – How to Create a Wise Intervention 380-380F 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm & 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Shannon Brady Covers how to design and implement psychologically wise interventions in several practical situations. Join to learn about these interventions that attempt to use psychological insights to make real world improvements.
Workshop 3 – Research from the Mind & Body Lab 380-380W 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm & 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Brad Turnwald Covers how to design psychological research concerning the connection between the mind and body. Join to learn about how subjective mindsets (e.g., thoughts, beliefs and expectations) can alter objective reality through behavioral, psychological, and physiological mechanisms.
Workshop 4 – Data Collection Platform: The Experiment Factory 380-380X 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm & 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Ian Eisenberg An interactive experience with Experiment Factory, which is a platform meant to make using and analyzing standard psychology paradigms very easy. It's a tool made for new researchers so it will surely be useful for our burgeoning SUPC researchers.
Panel – Life As A Ph.D. Student 380-380C 6:00 pm – 6:50 pm & 7:00 pm – 7:50 pm Eric Smith, Rebecca Carey, Jesse Reynolds A panel on the realities of being a Ph.D. in psychology. Come to hear authentic experiences from three wonderful students and be sure to bring your questions!
9 Oral Session 1 9:40 am – 10:40 am
9:40 am – 9:55 am 9:55 am – 10:10 am
380-380C 380-380C Registration Number: 155 Registration Number: 115 The College Diet: Experiences of Food Risky behaviors love company: Insecurity at UCSC Associations between poor diet, alcohol Tracy Cano, Kim Cardilla, Gabrielle Leon, use, and feelings of interpersonal closeness Catherine Nordeman, Sydney Schmall, & Alyssa K. Choi, Jenna R. Cummings, & A. Janet Antoinette Wilson Tomiyama
380-380W 380-380W Registration Number: 118 Registration Number: 119 Examining a Relationship of Creativity and Do All Autistic Children Need Medication? Autistic Traits Examining Treatments for Emotional Radu C. Puchiu, Leslie J. Carver, Ph.D. Regulation in Autistic Children Sophia Brink 380-380X Registration Number: 122 380-380X Don’t be a Fool, Save a School: Humorous Registration Number: 123 Messages Reduce Water Usage Socal Dominance Orientation’s Effects on Helena L. Littman, Sarah A. Fricke, Christina Attitudes Towards Crime, Prisoners and M. Frederick, Kyle E. Kelly Prison Reform Beverly Iniguez-Conrique, Joanna Weill, Ph.D. 380-380Y Candidate, Shirin Bakhshay, Ph.D. Candidate, Registration Number: 166 Kim Cardilla, Ph.D. Looking into cross-cultural and cross- generational differences of romantic 380-380Y relationships. Registration Number: 127 Kyuyeon Lim, Jose Marcel Y. Magno, Shiela The Experiences of a Diverse Demographic Marie L. Rabaya, Elizabeth A. Toledo, Jay A. of First-Generation College Students Yacat Elliot M. Cohen, Carla Magallon, Miriam McDowell, Maggie Plavan, Viviana Villicana, 380-380F Kim Cardilla, & Antoinette Wilson Registration Number: 130 Neuromodulation of Language and 380-380F Thought: The Role of Broca’s Area in Registration Number: 131 Hierarchical Cognition Scale for College Satisfaction of Filipino Natalie Saragosa-Harris, Micah Johnson, and Students Martin Monti Annemarie Pamela V. Torga, Julienne Marie S. Tan, Kristel Iris G. Tiburcio, Susana C. Ortega
10 Oral Session 1 9:40 am – 10:40 am
10:10 am – 10:25 am 10:25 am – 10:40 am
380-380C 380-380C Registration Number: 116 Registration Number: 173 Eye-dentity to I-dentity: A Narrative The Effect of Attractiveness, Personality Analysis of the Identity Reconstruction of and Educational Background on Perceived Formerly Seeing Young Adults Work Performance Maria Ana Beatriz I. Jocson, Felice Raphaelle F. Iris Georgia N. Escalada, Bianca Evangeline Mendoza, Keiko Sharlene C. Takahashi, Amanda C. Inciong, Ma. Gianina B. Macaibay, Welison Evenston G. Ty & Alyza Czarine G. Panopio
380-380W 380-380W Registration Number: 120 Registration Number: 121 Digital Mothering: Exploring Inclusive Victimhood vs. Competitive Constructions of Transnational Mothering Victimhood: Emerging patterns within through Digital Media Using Positioning Arab and Jewish Americans Theory Nadine Abouchaleh, Gabrielle Leon, Ella Ben Jose Gio Fidel A. Palencia, Anne Therese Marie Hagai, and Eileen Zurbriggen, Ph.D B. Martin, & Justine Elisa Laura D. Joseph 380-380X 380-380X Registration Number: 125 Registration Number: 124 Manifestations of Hiya among the Filipino An Empirical Investigation into the Youth Effectiveness of Thought Experiments in Katja M. Estioko, Camille Angela P. Ferrer, the Development of Children's Theories of Pamela Danielle T. Lanuza, Kristel Iris G. Matter Tiburcio, Joseph L. Torrecampo (advisor) Garrett Maron, Susan Carey 380-380Y 380-380Y Registration Number: 129 Registration Number: 128 The Story of the Anak sa Labas ("Child The Effects of Competition and Scene from the Outside"): A Narrative Analysis Familiarity on Change Detection and on Social Relationships Memory Alexandra B. Estrella, Dana S. Ledesma, & Elizabeth A. Toledo, Charmaene Marie C. Therese A. Tiosejo Miranda, Mary Anne F. Rivera, Luise Schumann, Hanceely Marxell M. Villa, & Diwa 380-380F Malaya Quiñones Registration Number: 133 A Link Between Audiovisual Binding 380-380F Tendencies and Psychotic Symptoms Registration Number: 132 Fangfang Hong*, Bernardo Gonzalez*, Brian Anxious and Undocumented: A closer look Odegaard, and Ladan Shams, PhD at Family Responsibilities while in College Josefina Flores Morales, Yuliana Garcia*, Carola Suarez-Orozco*
11 Oral Session 2 10:50 am – 11:50 am
10:50 am – 11:05 am 11:05 am – 11:20 am
380-380C 380-380C Registration Number: 134 Registration Number: 135 Disaster Relief Workers' Discourse of Hope The Representations of Pakikipagsapalaran in Dealing with Survivors of Natural Experiences of Filipino Seafarers and Disasters Filipina Household Service Workers Christine A. Dator, Amanda Micaelle G. (HSWs) Garcia, & Ramona Julia D. Sucgang Marnelie M. Aguiguid, Marie Stephanie E.
Buenafe, Ariane Pauline V. Marasigan, Maegan 380-380W P. Tiangson and Jay A. Yacat Registration Number: 138
Fluid Cognition in Children with Prenatal 380-380W Alcohol Exposure Registration Number: 139 Gabriela A. Gonzalez, Eileen M. Moore Social Desirability and Attitudes towards
Lesbians and Gay Men 380-380X Jerieka Nicole Isabella D. Fernandez, Marquee Registration Number: 142 Denielle T. Evangelista, Earl Marvin P. Differences in spatial memory among Balanag, Mayumi G. Matsumura, Gregorio young, middle-aged, and older adults may E.H. Del Pilar depend on the level of interference:
Evidence for less efficient pattern 380-380X separation in older adults Registration Number: 143 Shannon Y. DeJesus, Nicole E. DeFord, The Effect of Implicit Bias Awareness on Francesca V. Lopez, Emily J. Van Etten, Carina the Perception of Discrimination N. Hartley, Kyle Scroggins, Haley Endres, Kyshia Henderson, Ivuoma Onyeador, & Gabrielle M. Wagner, Heather M. Holden, Lisa Jenessa Shapiro V. Graves, Paul E. Gilbert
380-380Y 380-380Y Registration Number: 147 Registration Number: 146 An Exploration of the Impact of College The Desire Bias and Children's Statistical Experiences on Students’ Cultural Identity. Reasoning Lindsay Banks, Maria Larios, Cindy Ma, Ruth Elyanah Posner, Adrienne Wente, Dr. Alison Nunez, Samantha Salazar, Kim Cardilla, and Gopnik Antoinette Wilson
380-380F 380-380F Registration Number: 150 Registration Number: 151 Psychotherapy and Perceptions of Health Public Perception of Mass Shootings and Quality of Life in HIV Positive Persons Charles Baxley, Cecilia Felipe, Dana Hartman, Cameron N. Chernobieff, Kelly E. Ebeling, & Michael Liber, Dreyiel Robinson, Kim Cardilla, Ramani S. Durvasula, Ph.D. & Antoinette Wilson
12 Oral Session 2 10:50 am – 11:50 am
11:20 am – 11:35 am 11:35 am – 11:50 am
380-380C 380-380C Registration Number: 136 Registration Number: 137 A Broader Autism Phenotype: Autistic The Effects of Humor and Contextual Traits among Siblings in the General Relevance on Memory Population Yilan Wang, Fangfang Hong, & Donald G. Shannon C. Kanegawa and Scott P. Johnson, MacKay Ph.D.
380-380W 380-380W Registration Number: 141 Registration Number: 140 The Impact of Spirituality and Stress on the The Role of Siblings in the Language and Health of Emerging Adults Social Skill Development of Children with Courtney N. Yotter, & Marisa Swank Autism
Cara Lam, Christine T. Moody, M.A., Bruce L. 380-380X Baker, Ph.D, and Jan Blacher, Ph.D. Registration Number: 145
A Discursive Analysis on Slut-Shaming in 380-380X Urban Universities Registration Number: 144 Gabrielle Beatrice C. Batiller, Jan Michelle R. A Computational Investigation into Cuevas, & Kathleen Camille M. Rodriguez Intuitive Physics for Colliding Objects
Cindy Xiong, James Kubricht, Hongjing Lu 380-380Y
Registration Number: 149 380-380Y "Based on Your Previous Interest In...": Registration Number: 148 Behavioral Mechanisms Underlying Age-Related Changes on an Episodic-like Preference Learning Memory Task Chelsey Pan, Natalia Velez, Yuan Chang Leong, Emily J. Van Etten, Catherine A. Sumida, Jamil Zaki, Hyowon Gweon Gabrielle M. Wagner, Jacob D. Hileman,
Heather M. Holden, Lisa Graves, Paul E. 380-380F Gilbert Registration Number: 153
Comfort in Every Bite: The Emotion 380-380F Regulatory Effects of Eating after Social Registration Number: 152 Exclusion HIV, Personality Disorders, Stress and Diane Dallal, Michael Sun, M.A., and Michelle Coping G. Craske, Ph.D. Nadia Syed, Ramani Durvasula
13 Oral Session 3 3:40 pm – 4:40 pm
3:40 pm – 3:55 pm 3:55 pm – 4:10 pm
380-380C 380-380C Registration Number: 154 Registration Number: 156 Smoking-related Factors Among Varying Analysis of Food Intake and Socioeconomic Nativity in Korean Smokers Status in Undergraduate Women Joshua M. Cohen, Matthew P. Driver, Sarah D. Grace Nguyen, Janet Tomiyama, Laura Finch Pennypacker, Lichin Ly, Dr. Vickie M. Mays, Dr. Steven J. Shoptaw, & Dr. Susan D. 380-380W Cochran Registration Number: 159 The Effectiveness of Different Recruitment 380-380W Strategies in an College Mental Health Registration Number: 158 Open Trial Social Change and Individualistic Goals in Mandy Lin, Leslie Rith-Najarian China: Inter-generational Comparisons Yuyan Chen, Qinglin Bian 380-380X Registration Number: 163 380-380X The Effect of Perceived Generosity and Registration Number: 162 Effort on Giving Behavior The Effect of Valence and Source of Jian Mc Eison C. Que, Gabriela Zenia E. Description on Impression Formation Sayon, Darynne Ariana M. Solidum, Bianca Katrina Loise L. Aguirre, Chrystine L. Joyce T. Sornillo, Apryl Mae Parcon (faculty Cobarrubias, John Paolo Miguel G. Magsino, advisor) Jacinto Armando S. Mantaring, & Apryl Mae C. Parcon 380-380Y Registration Number: 167 380-380Y Ito ang Tama: A Study on How Contextual Registration Number: 126 Information and Psychological Distance Relationship Quality as a Moderator of the Affects Impressions of Morality Judgment Effect of Emotional Expression on of Heavy Drinkers Psychological Adjustment Jose F. Magno IV, Jose Marcel Y. Magno, Apryl Bingjie Tong, Lauren N. Harris, Annette L. Mae Parcon, John Gabriel Robert R. Quintos Stanton 380-380F 380-380F Registration Number: 171 Registration Number: 170 "Play Hard, Then Work Hard?": The Construction and Validation of the Mispredicting Enjoyment for Earned Panukat ng Pagiging Bukas-Loob Zsachelle Leisure Nicole B. Hernaez, Sidney Mae P. Panga, & Ellen Roney & Ed O'Brien Aurora Rowena B. Sto. Domingo
14 Oral Session 3 3:40 pm – 4:40 pm
4:10 pm – 4:25 pm 4:25 pm – 4:40 pm
380-380C 380-380W Registration Number: 157 Registration Number: 161 The Exclusion of Black Women's Opinions in Dimensions of Organizational Justice as the Current Mainstream Feminist Movement Predictors of Counterproductive Work Joelle L. Balthazar Behaviors
Lady Ann G. Flores, Angeline C. Flores, John 380-380W Kerby T. Amanonce, Danilo D. Trine, Rachel C. Registration Number: 160 Reyes-Laureano, PhD Effects of Late Gestational Cannabinoid
Exposure on Behavioral Development in Rats 380-380X Brandonn Zamudio, Kristen Breit, Jennifer D. Registration Number: 165 Thomas Experiences of Food Insecurity
Kim Cardilla, Tracy Cano, Gabrielle Leon, 380-380X Catherine Nordeman, Sydney Schmall, & Registration Number: 164 Antoinette Wilson Practice Tests with Diagrams Enhance
Retention, but Not Transfer, of Conceptual 380-380Y Fact Learning Registration Number: 169 Sarah A. Hutter, Steven C. Pan, Timothy C. "Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?": Does Rickard External Locus of Control Moderate Upward
Social Comparisons and Body Dissatisfaction 380-380Y in College Females? Registration Number: 168 Max A. Sala, Eta K. Lin, Ph.D. The Role of Parent's Attitudes about Sex on
Teen Pornography Use 380-380F Allison D. Garner, & Sam A. Hardy Registration Number: 117
Trait Attributions as a Function of Skin Color 380-380F and Moral Behavior: An Exploration in the Registration Number: 172 Philippine Setting That Thing Called Envy: The Effect of Photo, Farah Iman F. Deogracias, Mary Anne F. Rivera, Relationship, and Situation on Envy in the Luise Schumann, & Diwa Malaya Quiñones Context of Social Media Deina Ida S. Blancaflor, Ma. Carmela-Paz D. Esguerra, Patrizia Adeline A. Lucindo, Eileen Mae B. Sarmiento, Apryl Mae Parcon
15 insecurity, as well as more on-campus resources Oral Session 1 that provide students access to affordable and 9:40 am – 10:40 am free food.
9:55am-10:10am Room 380-380C Registration Number: 115 Risky behaviors love company: Associations between poor diet, alcohol 9:40am-9:55am use, and feelings of interpersonal closeness Registration Number: 155 Alyssa K. Choi, Jenna R. Cummings, & A. Janet Tomiyama The College Diet: Experiences of Food Insecurity at UCSC University of California, Los Angeles Tracy Cano, Kim Cardilla, Gabrielle Leon, Risky behaviors, like poor diet and heavy Catherine Nordeman, Sydney Schmall, & alcohol use, are linked to negative physical Antoinette Wilson health outcomes. Despite these consequences, individuals continually engage in risky behavior. University of California, Santa Cruz One explanation may be that risky behaviors College students may be particularly susceptible facilitate social bonding through positive to experiencing food insecurity (i.e., lacking reinforcement. The present study examined the reliable access to an adequate amount of link between interpersonal closeness and nutritious food); however, this population has frequency of engaging in risky vs. healthy been largely under-examined. This study behaviors. We hypothesized that greater explored the ways college students experience interpersonal closeness would be associated food insecurity and how their lives are impacted with a higher frequency of risky, but not by these experiences. Participants included 12 healthy, behaviors. On Amazon’s Mechanical students (5 male and 7 female) from the Turk, 385 participants (67% Female; 81% University of California, Santa Cruz, with ages White; Mean Age = 35) reported on how often ranging from 20-22. Semi-structured interviews they engaged in certain behaviors with three were analyzed using a grounded theory same-sex friends of varying degrees of approach to gain insight into the participants’ interpersonal closeness. Participants engaged in understanding of the impact food insecurity risky behaviors with their closest friend more had on several facets of their lives, including frequently than with their other friends, their friendships, emotions, and academic Omnibus F = 6.89, p = .001, d = .22. In performance. Grounded theory is a ‘bottom-up’ particular, participants engaged in risky eating analytic approach in which researchers generate and drinking behaviors – like binge eating and codes from the data rather than using pre- drunk driving – more frequently with their existing theory to apply to data. After extensive closest friend than with their other friends, coding, five themes emerged including: (1) the Omnibus F = 57.16, p < .001, d = .63 and normalization of poor diets in college students, Omnibus F = 6.07, p = .002, d = .20, (2) time constraints as the most prominent respectively. However, no significant contributing factor, (3) the cyclical nature of the associations emerged between healthy behavior consequences of food insecurity, (4) social and interpersonal closeness. These findings support and alternative food techniques as suggest that current efforts to intervene on coping strategies, and (5) assigning blame to risky behaviors, especially interventions that both the self and societal factors. Our results encourage a buddy system, may be undermined imply that there is a need for more university by social bonding processes. programs that seek to educate students on food
16 10:10am-10:25am 10:25am-10:40am Registration Number: 116 Registration Number: 173 Eye-dentity to I-dentity: A Narrative The Effect of Attractiveness, Personality Analysis of the Identity Reconstruction of and Educational Background on Perceived Formerly Seeing Young Adults Work Performance Maria Ana Beatriz I. Jocson, Felice Raphaelle F. Iris Georgia N. Escalada, Bianca Evangeline Mendoza, Keiko Sharlene C. Takahashi, Amanda C. Inciong, Ma. Gianina B. Macaibay, Welison Evenston G. Ty & Alyza Czarine G. Panopio Ateneo De Manila University University of the Philippines Diliman Identity reconstruction has been studied mostly Previous studies have shown that attractive among adults with traumatic spinal injury; people tend to be seen as better than moreover, extant studies concerning the blind unattractive have focused predominantly on coping ones, and in the same way, certain personality mechanisms amid age-related visual traits are deemed as more helpful in a impairment. However, studies that have workplace. specifically tackled identity reconstruction of This study aims to know if an applicant’s the blind have been sparse. This research attractiveness, personality and educational therefore explored the stories of identity background reconstruction of six formerly sighted Filipino affect the perception of her work performance. young adults during their transition from being A 2 x 2 x 2 (attractiveness: attractive, seeing to non-seeing individuals. A narrative unattractive x personality: good traits, bad traits research design was used to explore the x educational background: local, international) following domains of identity to address the between-subjects design was administered to process of identity reconstruction: perception, 132 participants from general psychology socialization, and daily tasks. Lieblich, Tuval- classes. They were then randomly assigned to Mashiach, and Zilber’s (1998) narrative one of the eight treatment conditions. A approach was used to extract a central theme description of a hypothetical and create a narrative chronology within and applicant was shown and they were asked to across participants’ stories. Five critical points rate the applicant’s work performance by emerged from the stories: (a) Obstruction of answering 9 7-point scales. Results showed that Identity, (b) Coming to Terms with Blindness, personality significantly affects the perception (c) Discovery in the New Life, (d) Genesis of work Coming Into Being, and (e) Thriving or performance but attractiveness and educational Resignation. Reconstruction of identity starts background don’t. There was also no in the critical point of coming to terms with interaction blindness and ends in genesis: coming into effect among the factors. This can be credited being. Reconstruction of identity among the to the fact that people are becoming more visually impaired was found to thrive in one’s critical ability to perform mobile-related tasks and in the qualities that they look for in hiring an work-related activities despite disability and applicant. flourishes in one’s belief in the possibility for growth despite limitations.
17 Room 380-380W Do All Autistic Children Need Medication? Examining Treatments for Emotional Regulation in Autistic Children 9:40am-9:55am Sophia Brink Registration Number: 118 UC Berkeley Examining a Relationship of Creativity and Autism, a result of a non-curable neurological Autistic Traits disorder, has become widely known in the Radu C. Puchiu, Leslie J. Carver, Ph.D. United States. One out of every 68 children is University of California, San Diego diagnosed with autism. The common Research studying creativity in populations with medications used to limit abnormal behaviors autism spectrum disorder has historically in autistic children have been found to cause focused on the variability of creative output negative side effects. Health professionals and (Firth, 1972; Lewis & Boucher, 1991; Craig & parents are seeking “natural” treatments to limit Baron-Cohen, 1999). These studies found that the abnormal behaviors. As there are now many individuals with autism produce less varied alternative treatments available, health responses in creative tasks. This is not professionals and parents are asking, “Do All surprising since autism spectrum disorder is Autistic Children Need Medication?" This often accompanied by a resistance to change research report focuses upon treatments for (DSM 5; American Psychiatric Association, emotional regulation and coping skills in 2013). A more recent study (Best, Arora, Porter autistic children. Acknowledging the common & Doherty, 2015) found unusual responses social and cognitive delays in children on the associated with autistic traits. Following this, spectrum, I have analyzed the negative and the current research measures creativity positive effects of commonly used medications, through elaboration, unusual response, and rate which are psychiatric medications, of response. The present study measured anticonvulsants, and sedatives as well as autistic-like traits in a typically developing alternative treatments, which are therapies, population (N=50) using the autism spectrum diets, and a stabilized environment for autistic quotient (Baron-Cohen, 2001). Creativity scores children. For my research, I have encompassed on four novel production tasks were then a literature review using the Psychology and compared with autism quotient and IQ scores. Behavioral Sciences Collection of EbscoHost Researchers hypothesized that unusual database and published research from medical responses would be positively correlated with organizations. My presentation reveals that autistic traits. Simultaneously, we hypothesized alternative treatments are effective in that rate of response and elaboration would be supporting autistic children’s emotional negatively correlated. Preliminary results regulation and coping skills. revealed no significant correlations. The strongest found correlation, though still not significant, was between autism quotient score 10:10am-10:25am and overall creativity (r=0.267; p=0.186) Registration Number: 120 Research implications and future directions for Digital Mothering: Exploring quantifying creativity are discussed. Constructions of Transnational Mothering through Digital Media Using Positioning 9:55am-10:10am Theory Registration Number: 119 Jose Gio Fidel A. Palencia, Anne Therese Marie B. Martin, & Justine Elisa Laura D. Joseph Ateneo de Manila University
18 Prior research on transnational families experiences are related to competitive and assumed the perspective of mothers, the inclusive victimhood mindsets in Arab and traditional caregivers, with few studies on the Jewish Americans, as well as how these factors perspective of the children. This study looks at may influence their understanding the how this mother-child relationship is discussion of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. constructed through their digital textual Semi-structured interviews were conducted conversations across the vast physical and with Arab American and Jewish American temporal distances between them using natural UCSC students (N=50) and coded. Preliminary data derived from actual textual conversations results suggest that Arab Americans had more on digital media (e.g. Viber, Facebook chat, text instances of direct victimhood, especially post- messaging) of eleven (11) mother-child dyads. 9/11. Arab Americans seemed to have The study frames the construction of experienced more severe and repeated instances transnational mothering using positioning of direct victimhood at younger ages than the theory, allowing access to meanings given Jewish Americans. Furthermore, there was textual utterances through the allocation of greater presence of competitive victimhood and rights and duties, storylines, identities, and a need to be recognized as moral emerged in social forces (Slocum-Bradley, 2009). Results the interviews conducted with Jewish students. indicate that mothering derives dynamic Our findings suggest that different narratives of multiple meanings from the discursively identity exploration and childhood experiences constructed relationship of the mother and the affect how Arabs and Jewish students view child. Three recurring themes surfaced from the both the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and other mother-child conversations: (1) Traditional victim groups. Mothering, (2) The Digital Medium as a Constraining Space, and (3) Fluidity of Identities. These findings may have meaningful implications in studies on family dynamics and Room 380-380X knowledge about child rearing processes, as well as edifies the positioning framework of Slocum-Bradley as a viable lens in which to 9:40am-9:55am view these complex processes. Registration Number: 122 Don’t be a Fool, Save a School: Humorous 10:25am-10:40am Messages Reduce Water Usage Registration Number: 121 Helena L. Littman, Sarah A. Fricke, Christina Inclusive Victimhood vs. Competitive M. Frederick, Kyle E. Kelly Victimhood: Emerging patterns within Sierra Nevada College Arab and Jewish Americans Research suggests environmentally-aware Nadine Abouchaleh, Gabrielle Leon, Ella Ben messages in public spaces encourage self- Hagai, and Eileen Zurbriggen, Ph.D awareness of one’s environmental impact University of California Santa Cruz (DeLorme, Hagen, & Stout, 2003). This In long-lasting conflicts such as the Israeli- increased awareness, however, does not Palestinian conflict, it is common for groups to translate into modification of opinions want to be recognized as having suffered more regarding one’s own water usage (DeLorme et (competitive victimhood) or victim groups can al., 2003). The current study examined the feel increased empathy towards other victims impact of message content type (humorous, and encouraging solidarity (inclusive factual, or none) on water usage. It was victimhood). In our research, we examine the hypothesized that the presence of a humorous ways in which different types of victimhood message would reduce water usage. 90
19 undergraduate participants were selected via prison reform. Specifically, it was hypothesized convenience sampling and randomly assigned that higher social dominance orientation would to complete a painting task prior to message predict greater dispositional attributions of exposure. Following safety instructions, an crime, less situational attributions of crime, even coat of paint was applied to each negative attitudes towards prisoners, and participant's non-dominant hand. Participants, conservative prison reform attitudes. then, decoratively embellished their painted Participants (n = 1,025) self-selected to hand. On completion of this painting phase, participate in this study through Amazon’s participants washed their hands using a sink Mechanical Turk. Hierarchical multiple outfitted with an Orbit Flow water meter that regression revealed that SDO was a significant recorded the volume of water used. Varied by predictor for dispositional attribution of crime, message type, a water conservation message attitudes towards prisoners, and prison reform was relayed using a laminated water droplet attitudes in the expected directions. Additional shaped sticker located in plain view as mediation analysis revealed that racist ideology participants washed their hands. A one-way partially mediates the relationships between ANOVA showed a significant difference (p = SDO and attitudes towards prisoners, and SDO .007) in water usage across message content and prison reform attitudes. This discussion types. A Tukey test (Tukey, 1949) pinpointed section includes limitations of the study, this difference between humor and control suggestions for future research, and conditions. These findings align with previous implications for society. research indicating humorous messages are remembered longer than factual messages 10:10am-10:25am (Skalski, Tamborini, Glazer, & Smith, 2009), Registration Number: 124 thus, potentially impacting behavior more An Empirical Investigation into the markedly. Results of the current study are Effectiveness of Thought Experiments in relevant in communities with water the Development of Children's Theories of conservation concerns. Matter Garrett Maron, Susan Carey 9:55am-10:10am Harvard University Registration Number: 123 Thought experiments are ubiquitous in the Social Dominance Orientation’s Effects on history of science. There are several detailed Attitudes Towards Crime, Prisoners and proposals in the philosophical literature Prison Reform detailing how thought experiments might lead Beverly Iniguez-Conrique, Joanna Weill, Ph.D. to new knowledge but little empirical evidence Candidate, Shirin Bakhshay, Ph.D. Candidate, to bear on the question of whether learning can Kim Cardilla, Ph.D. be prompted by a simulation that involves no University of California, Santa Cruz new data. This study presents results from two While social dominance orientation (SDO) has parallel interventions shown to two groups of previously been researched by psychologists, children (N=58, ages 5 to 8). In the real studies delving further into how it may predict experiment condition, children were shown an attitudes towards crime, prisoners and prison educational experiment providing evidence that reform have not previously been conducted. a grain of rice has weight, a proposition many The aim of this study was to fill this gap in the children do not spontaneously endorse. In the literature, and explore whether social thought experiment condition, children were dominance has any predictive power over presented with an intervention identical to the individuals’ beliefs about causes of crime, first condition in all ways except that they were attitudes towards prisoners, and attitudes about asked to simulate the data explicitly provided in
20 the real experiment. Participants in the thought does not share his identity with. It was also experiment were overwhelmingly able to found that being mahiyain was an interplay of correctly simulate the data explicitly provided to biological and sociocultural factors. The participants in the real experiment, and as many different developmental theories by Piaget, children in the thought experiment as in the Erikson and Vygotsky also helped explain the real experiment argued that a grain of rice has research findings on this local concept. weight at posttest. The results reported here support the claim that the mental simulations involved in thought experiments provide thinkers with valuable new data, which they can Room 380-380Y use to reach conclusions that were previously unavailable to them. 9:40am-9:55am
10:25am-10:40am Registration Number: 166 Registration Number: 125 Looking into cross-cultural and cross- generational differences of romantic Manifestations of Hiya among the Filipino relationships. Youth Kyuyeon Lim, Jose Marcel Y. Magno, Shiela Katja M. Estioko, Camille Angela P. Ferrer, Marie L. Rabaya, Elizabeth A. Toledo, Jay A. Pamela Danielle T. Lanuza, Kristel Iris G. Yacat Tiburcio, Joseph L. Torrecampo (advisor) University of the Philippines University of the Philippines Diliman Courtship and dating are highly cultural Hiya (commonly translated as “shyness” or processes of developing a romantic “shame”) is an accommodative surface value in relationships. The study explored lived Filipino Psychology pertaining to the anxiety, experiences of courtship and dating across hesitation and loss of self-confidence due to the Filipino, Chinese, and Korean in the fear of getting judged. It also refers to the Philippines. Gender and generational feeling that one has done or may do a wrong, differences— and how these factors influenced inappropriate, or inadequate act. While hiya is the formation and development of a considered an essential value embodied by the relationship—were also examined. Interview Filipino, there is a limited number of studies on data from twenty-four participants (four per the concept, especially among the youth. The generation/culture, with two males and two researchers explored whether this value is females) were analyzed using thematic analysis. already possessed in early childhood, its Themes were classified into five domains: male common manifestations, and whether it is roles, female roles, activities, outcome (of the innate or learned. Through the use of several courtship), and communication. Finally, cross- methods such as naturalistic observations of cultural courtship scripts for each of the two preschool classes, structured interviews generations were produced. It was apparent in with parents and teachers, questionnaires, case the combined scripts of the two generations studies, and a focused group discussion, the that time has had a large effect on courtship researchers found that hiya can already be and dating practices. This was highlighted by observed among four and five-year-old the means of communication, fluidity of gender children. The usual manifestations of hiya roles, and the explicitness of expression of include being silent, answering softly or intention. Among the three cultures, cultural whispering, being self-conscious, hiding, and differences of the Chinese were most prevalent hesitating to talk to authority. These can often such that it was observed to be most traditional, be observed in instances wherein an individual conservative, and family-oriented. has to interact with an “other” or someone he
21 9:55am-10:10am 10:10am-10:25am Registration Number: 127 Registration Number: 128 The Experiences of a Diverse Demographic The Effects of Competition and Scene of First-Generation College Students Familiarity on Change Detection and Elliot M. Cohen, Carla Magallon, Miriam Memory McDowell, Maggie Plavan, Viviana Villicana, Elizabeth A. Toledo, Charmaene Marie C. Kim Cardilla, & Antoinette Wilson Miranda, Mary Anne F. Rivera, Luise University of California, Santa Cruz Schumann, Hanceely Marxell M. Villa, & Diwa This qualitative study examined the experiences Malaya Quiñones of first-generation college students. Our study University of the Philippines Diliman expands on prior research by including The environment consistently provides us with Caucasian, undocumented, homeless, and ever- changing stimuli within a fraction of a minority/underrepresented first-generation second. Perceiving and encoding information at students. Participants were fourteen first- any given moment is an internal process but generation students attending the University of our perceptions are also influenced by external California, Santa Cruz and one who previously factors such as the presence of other people attended the University of Kentucky. Face-to- and the degree to which scenes appear familiar face interviews were conducted and analyzed or unfamiliar. The current study aimed to using a data analytic strategy utilizing a personal explore the effects of induced competition and narrative approach in conjunction with the familiarity type of a scene on response interpretive phenomenological analysis (IPA). It times, accuracy rates and recall of other aspects was hypothesised that first-generation college of a scene in two change detection tasks. students would experience financial hardship in Forty-eight participants under the single their pursuit of higher education. Hypothesized administered condition were asked to detect at motivational factors included familial and peer least five changes in a scene, and another batch support. Seven main themes emerged: Barriers of 48 participants under the group administered to academic success, resources for academic condition were given the same task, but success, social support, pressure and motivation competition was induced through instructions to succeed, others’ expectations, appreciation and by means of prizes. The results showed for a higher education, and activism. Three sub- competition (F=11.312, p=.001) had a themes were found within barriers: Lack of significant effect on response times, while the resources, homelessness, and lack of effect of scene familiarity (F=3.836, p=.053) confidence. Two additional sub-themes were was not significant. Scene familiarity however, found within pressure and motivation to had a significant difference on accuracy succeed: Motivation to better themselves, (F=7.715, p=.007) in detecting changes. familial support, and love for major. The Furthermore, the results showed a moderate surplus of motivational factors employed negative correlation, r(94)=-.403, p=000, contradicts extant literature in which first- between accuracy and response time. This study generation student status is viewed as a “risk discusses the influences of the diverse factors factor”. Specific campus-based resources aimed and approaches and how they can be explained at addressing the issues first-generation towards understanding the process of students encounter is a necessity, as well is perception. recognizing the importance of further creating resources which empower first-generation 10:25am-10:40am students, specifically those capable of Registration Number: 129 strengthening their personal agency and capacity to overcome disadvantages.
22 The Story of the Anak sa Labas ("Child specialized for language, serves a domain- from the Outside"): A Narrative Analysis general role in processing hierarchical on Social Relationships information (Tettamanti and Weniger 2006). To Alexandra B. Estrella, Dana S. Ledesma, & address this hypothesis, we conducted a within- Therese A. Tiosejo subjects pilot study (n = 5) that employed Ateneo de Manila University theta-burst stimulation (TBS) in order to Filipinos recognize the anak sa labas (“child modulate Broca’s area. Participants experienced from the outside”) as a child born outside of excitatory and inhibitory stimulation to Broca’s marriage as a product of infidelity. While there area, stimulation to the vertex (control have been studies conducted both on children condition), as well as no stimulation while raised by a single parent, and children with completing tasks containing sentences of divorced parents, no research has solely varying levels of hierarchical complexity. Our explored the situation of the anak sa labas. Due preliminary results indicate that TBS is capable to the secretive and often scandalous nature of of modulating syntactic parsing of natural their lineage, their social situation marginalizes language when applied to Broca’s area. We are them not only in society, but even in their own now working to extend this investigation to families. This study explores the psychological other hierarchical reasoning tasks including implications being an anak sa labas may have music, algebra, logic, theory of mind, and action on the parental and romantic relationships of processing in a larger pilot study (n = 10). We these children. In the narratives of six Filipino expect to find a significant effect of TBS, such participants, there were experiences of negative that with impaired function of Broca’s area, affect upon discovery of their status as an anak participants will exhibit lower performance on sa labas, which shaped their views on these both linguistic and nonlinguistic hierarchical relationships and moreover, on themselves. reasoning tasks. Through finding meaning in their past, they were able to come to terms with their situation, 9:55am-10:10am providing themselves opportunities for growth. Registration Number: 131 The story of the anak sa labas is one Scale for College Satisfaction of Filipino characterized not only by hardships, but by Students resilience in the face of adversity. Annemarie Pamela V. Torga, Julienne Marie S. Tan, Kristel Iris G. Tiburcio, Susana C. Ortega University of the Philippines - Diliman The objective of this study was to create a scale Room 380-380F for the measurement of college satisfaction. The scale arrived at four rudimentary 9:40am-9:55am dimensions: Academic, Facility, Administration, Registration Number: 130 and Social. The relevance of the first three Neuromodulation of Language and dimensions is supported by studies conducted Thought: The Role of Broca’s Area in in other universities, while the last dimension Hierarchical Cognition was added by the researchers to reflect the cultural identity of the participants in the Natalie Saragosa-Harris, Micah Johnson, and Philippines. The results of this study show that Martin Monti Filipino students studying in the University of University of California, Los Angeles the Philippines - Diliman (UPD) are highly The supramodal hierarchical processor (SHP) satisfied with their social life in college, hypothesis postulates that Broca’s area (inferior specifically with their membership in frontal gyrus), rather than being solely organizations. On the other hand, the
23 university's system of enrollment and importance of family responsibilities and family registration obtained the lowest mean rating provision of resources (to students) as a buffer from the students. Pearson's r and Cronbach's against anxiety risk. Implications for practice alpha were used for testing the reliability and will be explored. validity. The scale was found to be Abrego, L. J. (2006). “I can’t go to college because I don’t have papers”: Incorporation patterns of Latino undocumented highly reliable (0.804) and the items were valid youth. Latino Studies, 4(3) 212-230. (convergent=0.307, divergent =-0.188 and Gonzales, R. G. Suárez-Orozco, C., & Dedios-Sanguineti, M. C. discriminant= -0.051). The scale was tested on (2013). No place to belong: contextualizing concepts of mental health among undocumented immigrant youth in the United 55 college students and it was found that they States. American Behavioral Scientist 57(8) 1174-1199. were generally satisfied. 10:25am-10:40am 10:10am-10:25am Registration Number: 133 Registration Number: 132 A Link Between Audiovisual Binding Anxious and Undocumented: A closer look Tendencies and Psychotic Symptoms at Family Responsibilities while in College Fangfang Hong*, Bernardo Gonzalez*, Brian Josefina Flores Morales, Yuliana Garcia*, Odegaard, and Ladan Shams, PhD Carola Suarez-Orozco* University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles In our multisensory world, our brains bind Undocumented undergraduates diverge from information across multiple senses to produce a the conventional understanding of a college coherent picture of the surrounding student (Abrego, 2006). Adding to typical environment. Studies of individuals with worries associated with being in college, they schizophrenia have exposed deficits in their also face stress due to internalizing their abilities to perceive multisensory information, immigrant experience (Gonzales, Suárez- but little consensus exists regarding the Orozco, Dedios-Sanguineti 2013). However, mechanism underlying these perceptual deficits. factors that buffer the mental health of To investigate the relationship between sensory undocumented undergraduates are not well binding and symptoms of schizophrenia, we known. We hypothesized that deportation employed an audiovisual spatial localization worries, income, and financial concerns task and a questionnaire about these symptoms heighten anxiety risk while family exchanges to examine the correlation between these may serve as a buffer. Drawing from the measures in a large control population (103 UndocuScholars Project, our sample (n=515) subjects in total). In the localization task, includes Latino students from colleges across subjects could be presented with only a burst of California with the largest percentage attending sound, only a flash of light, or both stimuli, and community college. UC and CSU students were would have to localize where the stimuli also included. Gender distribution was occurred. Sensory binding scores quantified approximately equal and mean age was 22. how strongly auditory localizations were Controlling for demographics, hierarchical influenced by the location of visual flashes. We multiple regressions showed that worries of hypothesized that greater numbers of self- family and self deportation explained an reported symptoms would be associated with additional 3% of the variance, F change lower binding scores, as impaired sensory (2,505)=5.41, p<.05. Next, family income and binding may give rise to psychotic experiences. financial concerns were added and explained an Results supported the hypothesis; self-reported additional 7% of the variance, R2 Δ =.07, F symptoms were negatively correlated with change (2,501)=16.60, p< .01. The final model sensory binding scores, indicating a link explained 15% of the variance, F change between reduced audiovisual integration and (2,496)=4.36, p< .05. Results reveal the psychosis risk factors.
24 factors, such as interaction with the disaster- Oral Session 2 stricken communities. 10:50 am – 11:50 am 11:05am-11:20am Registration Number: 135 Room 380-380C The Representations of Pakikipagsapalaran Experiences of Filipino Seafarers and Filipina Household Service Workers 10:50am-11:05am (HSWs) Registration Number: 134 Marnelie M. Aguiguid, Marie Stephanie E. Buenafe, Ariane Pauline V. Marasigan, Maegan Disaster Relief Workers' Discourse of Hope P. Tiangson and Jay A. Yacat in Dealing with Survivors of Natural Disasters University of the Philippines, Diliman Christine A. Dator, Amanda Micaelle G. Pakikipagsapalaran is a Filipino term for the Garcia, & Ramona Julia D. Sucgang pursuit of luck (Hosoda, 2008). This is manifested in the decision of Overseas Filipino Ateneo de Manila University Workers (OFWs) to risk their lives in order to With the recent increase in intensity and find employment abroad. In spite of the frequency of natural disasters experienced in numerous studies made on the state of the Philippines, studies on disaster work have international labor migration of Filipinos, few begun to emerge, particularly focusing on the studies have been made to capture how the perspective of the survivors and not on the experience is framed as stories to different disaster relief workers themselves. In the audiences. In this qualitative study, themes were discussion of disaster and social work, previous derived from the narratives of the studies have identified hope to be a central pakikipagsapalaran experiences of ten Filipino concept in the disaster relief experience for seafarers and ten Filipina household service both workers and survivors. This study focused workers. The themes were sorted according to on understanding the meaning of hope for which audiences -- particularly non-OFWs, disaster relief workers by answering the OFW aspirants, fellow OFWs, and family -- research question: What is hope for disaster they are shared. The results suggest that there relief workers and how are these definitions are common themes, such as the difficult construed? With the use of focus group nature of their work abroad and the emotional discussions, 7 disaster relief workers from hardships attached to being displaced from different organizations were asked about their one’s home and family in both groups. Despite experience in disaster work and what hope these similarities, only particular aspects of meant for them. Responses were transcribed pakikipagsapalaran experiences are shared due and discursively analyzed, which resulted to to the different nature of information needed three main construals of hope: (a) hope for and by each audience, as well as the emotional strain from others; (b) hope that imparts a sense of the stories may cause particularly to the families empowerment; and (c) hope leading to a of OFWs. positive personal outlook on life. The characteristic nature of hope as a trait based on 11:20am-11:35am Snyder's Hope Theory was validated. However, Registration Number: 136 hope was also found to be socially constructed based on the specific contexts that hope arises A Broader Autism Phenotype: Autistic from and is open to development by external Traits among Siblings in the General Population
25 Shannon C. Kanegawa and Scott P. Johnson, study examined the effects of humor and Ph.D. contextual relevance on memory and University of California, Los Angeles processing time of sentences. Participants were The increase of reported diagnoses of autism presented with short paragraphs by showing may be due to a widening of diagnostic criteria one sentence at a time. Participants were for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), leading to instructed to read and remember each sentence, misdiagnosis of individuals with ASD with mild and to complete a cued recall test. According to impairments (Lundstrom et al., 2015). An the binding mechanism, we hypothesized that explanation for this increase could be the recall would be significantly higher for relevant existence of a Broader Autism Phenotype than for irrelevant sentences. As humorous or (BAP), but the BAP is poorly understood. A irrelevant events capture more attention, we BAP is milder symptoms related to autism but hypothesized that the processing time would be do not meet the criteria for an ASD diagnosis. significantly longer for humorous than neutral The current study examined whether siblings sentences, and for irrelevant than relevant without a diagnosis of ASD have similar levels sentences. Results reflected that recall accuracy of autistic traits (AT) on the Autism-spectrum was significantly higher for humorous than Quotient (AQ-10) and both perform similarly neutral sentences, especially in irrelevant on the Reading the Mind in the Eyes test conditions. Contextual relevance enhanced (RMET), a task on which those with ASD recall accuracy of neutral sentences, but not perform poorly. The AQ-10 and RMET were humorous sentences. Processing time was administered to 105 adults (37 sibling pairs) in longer in irrelevant than relevant sentences. the general population. There was a marginally Humor was associated with reduced processing significant correlation between siblings’ scores times in irrelevant conditions, while the result on the AQ-10 (r = .269, p = .107). There was was opposite in relevant conditions. The no association between siblings RMET and enhancing effect of humor on memory AQ-10 scores (r = .184, p > .05). However, supports the priority binding theory, provides individual scores across participants on the AQ- evidence that humor improves memory 10 were negatively correlated with RMET efficiency, and suggests that the effect of scores (r = -.256, p = .013). These results humor dominates the effect of relevance on suggest that there are autistic traits (expressed memory. in mild forms) in the general population, and these may be stronger for close relatives.
11:35am-11:50am Room 380-380W Registration Number: 137 The Effects of Humor and Contextual 10:50am-11:05am Relevance on Memory Registration Number: 138 Yilan Wang, Fangfang Hong, & Donald G. Fluid Cognition in Children with Prenatal MacKay Alcohol Exposure University of California, Los Angeles Gabriela A. Gonzalez, Eileen M. Moore Previous studies suggest that humor Center for Behavioral Teratology, San Diego State significantly boosts people’s memory. However, University it is important to investigate whether contextual Alcohol-exposure can have adverse effects on relevance has effects on the efficiency of the developing embryo/fetus. An abundance of memory formation, because the results can research suggests that heavy alcohol exposure potentially benefit strategies in education. This can have life-long consequences. The brain is
26 particularly vulnerable to the detrimental effects Balanag, Mayumi G. Matsumura, Gregorio of such exposure (Riley, Infante, & Warren, E.H. Del Pilar 2011). Prenatal alcohol exposure can cause University of the Philippines-Diliman impairment in a variety of cognitive domains. The study aimed to create a reliable and more Fluid cognition, which includes processing accurate measure of attitudes towards lesbians speed, memory, attention, and executive and gay men (ATLG) for the Philippine setting. functioning, is often impaired in individuals The study focused on the translation of Herek’s with heavy prenatal alcohol exposure (Mattson Scale ATLG Scale into Filipino to reduce the et al., 2010). We used a novel, brief effect of social desirability bias (SDB) on computerized assessment tool to measure these reliability. Social desirability bias was measured aspects of fluid cognition in children with and by using Cagasan’s FSDS and the Marlowe- without heavy prenatal alcohol exposure. We Crowne Short Form C. Two questionnaires hypothesized that the alcohol-exposed (AE) were prepared, containing either the group would perform significantly worse on constructed scale (STLB) or Herek’s ATLG, fluid cognition tasks than the control (CON) and the two social desirability measures. The group. Twenty-two children aged 8 to 17 years scores from the social desirability measures (M=14.28, SD=2.65) completed the NIH were then correlated with the attitude scores. In Toolbox fluid cognition tasks. Group addition, the mean scores for the ATLG and differences in age-adjusted scaled scores were the new scale were compared using Welch’s t- evaluated with a multivariate analysis of test. The results showed a high reliability for the variance test. The AE group performed worse STLB scale. The relationship between STLB on measures of fluid cognition compared to the and social desirability bias is significantly CON group (p=.017). Specifically, the AE different from that of the ATLG, with STLB group had lower scores on the tasks measuring having a lower correlation with social attention (p=.039), working memory (p=.003), desirability bias. executive function (p=.001), and processing speed (p=.008). There were no significant 11:20am-11:35am group differences in episodic memory Registration Number: 140 performance (p=.149). These results are consistent with prior literature indicating that The Role of Siblings in the Language and prenatal alcohol exposure is associated with Social Skill Development of Children with deficits in fluid cognition. The NIH Toolbox Autism fluid cognition tests can detect impairment in Cara Lam, Christine T. Moody, M.A., Bruce L. this population and may be useful in screening Baker, Ph.D, and Jan Blacher, Ph.D. for fetal alcohol spectrum disorders in clinical University of California, Los Angeles settings. Future research should include a The ability to use language in social contexts is clinical contrast group to make more detailed a universal deficit in children with autism comparisons. Research supported by National spectrum disorder (ASD). Research on typically Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism developing children has demonstrated that the grant K99 AA022661. presence of siblings helps improve the language (Oshima-Takane et al., 1996) and social 11:05am-11:20am (McAlister & Peterson, 2007) development of Registration Number: 139 later-born children. This study questions Social Desirability and Attitudes towards whether these sibling effects translate to Lesbians and Gay Men children with ASD. Participants included 172 Jerieka Nicole Isabella D. Fernandez, Marquee children with ASD, with a mean age of 65 Denielle T. Evangelista, Earl Marvin P. months. Based on prior research, we
27 hypothesized that the presence of siblings associated with increased hours of employment. within four years of the target child’s age would Ninety undergraduates attending a private, improve the language and social skills of the religiously affiliated university in the Pacific children with ASD. Using a repeated measures Northwest were surveyed. Pearson correlation ANOVA, the performance of children with at coefficients examined spirituality’s relationship least one sibling was compared to that of to life satisfaction and positive coping children with no siblings in the age range on mechanisms (r= 0.32). A positive relationship measures of language and social skills, at two between perceived stress and negative coping different time points. Preliminary analyses mechanisms (r= 0.56) was found. A one-way suggest that children with siblings perform ANOVA assessing differences between better on language skills across time points, participants with low and high spirituality F(1,96)=8.08, p=.005; however. results were demonstrated a significant association between inconsistent for social skills. Further analyses spirituality and positive coping mechanisms. will focus on disentangling potential confounds, These results indicate that spirituality is a such as cognitive ability. This study will provide potential buffer for stress and that negative important insights into the role of siblings play coping mechanisms are used more frequently in in the development of children with ASD. The those who have higher levels of stress. This findings have potential implications for information is applicable to the development of intervention, including the possible use of curriculum and resources for emerging adults. siblings or other same-age peers to promote pragmatic language skills, such as initiating and maintaining conversations. Room 380-380X
11:35am-11:50am 10:50am-11:05am Registration Number: 141 Registration Number: 142 The Impact of Spirituality and Stress on the Health of Emerging Adults The Differences in Spatial Memory Among Young, Middle-Aged, and Older Adults Courtney N. Yotter, & Marisa Swank May Depend on the Level of Interference: Seattle University Evidence for Less Efficient Pattern Nagel and Sgoutas-Emch’s research has Separation in Older Adults demonstrated a significant relationship between Shannon Y. DeJesus, Nicole E. DeFord, spirituality, well-being, and positive coping Francesca V. Lopez, Emily J. Van Etten, Carina strategies in college students. This study N. Hartley, Kyle Scroggins, Haley Endres, investigated the role of perceived stress in Gabrielle M. Wagner, Heather M. Holden, Lisa relation to spirituality, coping mechanisms, and V. Graves, Paul E. Gilbert employment status in college students to San Diego State University & University of consider interactions between these variables California, San Diego and identify stressors within a generally unrecognized population. We hypothesized that Age-related spatial memory deficits may serve spirituality would have a positive relationship as an early indicator of mild cognitive with life satisfaction and positive coping impairment or Alzheimer’s disease. Pattern mechanisms and participants with high separation is a neural mechanism that may spirituality would engage in these behaviors reduce interference among memory more often. Additionally, we hypothesized that representations. Recent evidence indicates that negative coping mechanisms and perceived less efficient pattern separation may be a key levels of stress would be positively correlated deficit in older adults that could contribute to and higher levels of perceived stress would be age-related spatial memory impairment. We
28 used signal detection theory (SDT) to assess The Effect of Implicit Bias Awareness on spatial recognition memory utilizing a new the Perception of Discrimination behavioral test hypothesized to tax pattern Kyshia Henderson, Ivuoma Onyeador, & separation. As part of an ongoing study, healthy Jenessa Shapiro young (n=40), middle-aged (n=8), and older University of California, Los Angeles (n=30) adults completed a spatial recognition Implicit biases are attitudes and stereotypes that memory test involving trials with high or low operate outside of a person’s conscious levels of spatial interference. On each trial, awareness. Although learning about implicit participants remembered the location of a circle bias is assumed to have positive outcomes, that appeared on a computer screen. Then, a there might be harmful, unintended circle appeared either in the same location or a consequences for intergroup relations. We different location that was separated from the investigated judgments of a discriminatory original location by 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, or 2.0 cm. incident, hypothesizing that information about Participants indicated whether the circle was in implicit bias (versus explicit bias) would lead the “same” or a “different” location. Smaller Whites to see the discrimination as less negative spatial separations (0.5 and 1.0 cm) on and the person engaging in bias as less racist. “different” trials were hypothesized to result in Further, we anticipated that Whites would be greater interference than larger separations (1.5 less likely to display support for punitive and 2.0 cm), and hence place greater demands consequences for the action. In the present on pattern separation. A 2 x 2 mixed model research, participants were given the definition analysis of variance test and subsequent post of implicit bias, explicit bias, or no definition hoc tests revealed that young and middleaged and then learned about a discriminatory adults, but not older adults, performed incident. We found that information about significantly better on low interference trials implicit bias caused participants to be less compared to high interference trials (p < .05). willing to penalize the person engaging in bias Young and middle-aged adults were found to and to rate the incident as less harmful and significantly outperform older adults on both offensive. Using regression, we found that high and low interference trials (p < .05) which perceptions that the discriminator held negative was consistent with our hypothesis. No attitudes toward African Americans mediated significant differences were found between the effects of bias type on perceptions of young and middle-aged adults on high discrimination. These results suggest that interference trials; however, middle-aged adults information about implicit bias reduces outperformed young adults on low interference perceived bias, which changes how acts of trials (p < .05), which should be interpreted discrimination are perceived. with caution given the small sample of middle- aged adults. Data collection is ongoing to 11:20am-11:35am increase the number of middle-aged adults included in the study. The present data indicate Registration Number: 144 that spatial pattern separation may become less A Computational Investigation into efficient in older adults, which could contribute Intuitive Physics for Colliding Objects to age related spatial memory decline. However, Cindy Xiong, James Kubricht, Hongjing Lu our preliminary findings indicate that these University of California, Los Angeles changes may not occur until after middle age. Humans have strong intuitions about physical events. For example, we are able to infer how 11:05am-11:20am objects affect each other when they collide. Registration Number: 143 However, previous research has shown that human inferences do not follow Newtonian
29 physical laws when we judge physical events the researchers pose the question, “What are (McCloskey, 1983). This means our intuitive the discourses of slut-shaming in urban understanding about physical events deviates universities?” Analysis reveals that individuals from the prediction of Newtonian mechanics are labeled as “slut” based on their sexual governing the physical world. The present study activity and self-presentation. In addition, examines possible mechanisms responsible for results reveal the rhetorical nature of discourse this deviation and aims to reconcile such seen in the manner of shaming from different deviation with sensory noises and reference sources such as family and social circles. A frames. Eighty-four participants watched videos counter discourse of anti-shaming was of two colliding balls, each with a range of discovered. Interestingly, discourses on rape different pre-collision and post-collision surfaced. These findings may have meaningful velocities, and rated the naturalness of the implications on gender studies by expanding on observed collision events. Results showed that the meaning of slut-shaming as it occurs in people do not always rate the condition urban universities. consistent with Newtonian mechanics as the most natural event. We demonstrated that incorporating sensory noise on perceived velocity and other physical properties (e.g., Room 380-380Y mass) using the Noisy Newton model proposed by Sanborn et al. (2013) can successfully 10:50am-11:05am account for human performance. Furthermore, the change of reference frame during inference Registration Number: 146 also reconciles human intuition and Newtonian The Desire Bias and Children's Statistical mechanics for colliding events. Reasoning Elyanah Posner, Adrienne Wente, Dr. Alison 11:35am-11:50am Gopnik Registration Number: 145 University of California, Berkeley A Discursive Analysis on Slut-Shaming in Previous research on the desire bias suggests Urban Universities that when faced with possible outcomes Gabrielle Beatrice C. Batiller, Jan Michelle R. differing in desirability, the more desirable Cuevas, & Kathleen Camille M. Rodriguez outcome is often predicted, even when not as Ateneo de Manila University likely. However, this research has been done primarily with adults and older children. It is The remark, “avoid dressing like sluts in order not clear if young children display a similar bias. not to be victimized,” has ignited protests and This study explores the development of the discussions on slut-shaming (Carr, 2013). The desire bias in 4-, 5-, and 6-year-old children. limited studies on slut-shaming have been Children were shown a stack of cards predominantly positivist in nature. Positivist containing 16 of one type of card, and 4 of studies overlook the individual differences and another. Then they were asked to predict subjective meanings of a person. This study which card was randomly drawn from the stack. employs a qualitative inquiry on slut-shaming Children received prizes based on the card type using natural data garnered from freedom walls drawn. In the control condition, both types of posted in several urban universities in the cards were equally rewarded, and children Philippines. A social constructionist lens peers tended to predict the majority card. In an into the context of slut-shaming as it is experimental condition, however, the minority naturally produced through utterances in the card carried the most value. Results indicated freedom wall. Discourse analysis explores the that children in the experimental condition role of language as constructing reality. Thus,
30 were more likely to predict the desirable traditional cuisine and speaking native minority card than those in the control languages, may reduce the marginalization some condition, suggesting that children’s inferences students experience while attending college. are guided by both their desires and by likelihood information. This data can shed light 11:20am-11:35am on the evolution of risky behavior and Registration Number: 148 predictions on a developmental level. Age-Related Changes on an Episodic-like Memory Task 11:05am-11:20am Emily J. Van Etten, Catherine A. Sumida, Registration Number: 147 Gabrielle M. Wagner, Jacob D. Hileman, An Exploration of the Impact of College Heather M. Holden, Lisa Graves, Paul E. Experiences on Students’ Cultural Identity. Gilbert Lindsay Banks, Maria Larios, Cindy Ma, Ruth San Diego State University Nunez, Samantha Salazar, Kim Cardilla, and Age-related deficits in episodic memory have Antoinette Wilson been documented using well-validated list University of California, Santa Cruz learning tests such as the California Verbal Previous research has found that college life Learning Test-II (CVLT-II). Novel can promote cultural identity exploration and experimental tests may compliment these that the experiences of minority and standardized measures in the assessment of age- underrepresented groups relates to self- esteem, related EM changes in the laboratory. Young academic performance, selection of one’s (ages 18-25) and older adults (ages 65+) were major, or the likelihood of completing a degree. administered the CVLT-II and a novel To our knowledge, this is the first study to episodic-like memory test. Our test consisted of examine college students’ unique experiences two trials during which the participant was that potentially impact connectedness to one’s asked to remember a sequence of pictures of cultural identity. Interviews from a culturally different faces paired with different places. The diverse group of 15 undergraduate students participant then was asked to pair each face enrolled at the University of California, Santa with the correct place and put the face-place Cruz, were examined using an interpretive pairs in the correct sequence. It was phenomenological analytic (IPA) approach. hypothesized the young adults would pair IPA is a ‘bottom-up’ analytic approach in which significantly more correct faces with correct researchers generate codes from the data rather places than older adults, as well as put these than using pre-existing theory to apply to data. pairs in the correct sequential order. Results After extensive coding, five themes emerged: were consistent with these hypotheses on both (1) experiences of hostility toward one’s cultural trials (ps < .05). We demonstrated that older group marginalizes one’s cultural identity, (2) a adults are impaired in remembering associations lack of traditional cuisine native to one’s culture between faces and places, as well as the of origin increases a sense of “missing” one’s temporal both are critical for everyday episodic culture, (3), having opportunities to speak in memory; both are critical for everyday episodic one’s native language enhances connectedness memory. Given that older adults remembered to one’s cultural identity, (4) there remains a significantly fewer face-place pairs in the lack of campus-based organizations for specific correct sequence when controlling for correct cultural groups (5) college life enhances one’s face-place pairs, these age-related associative sense of a “bicultural” identity. Thus, creating memory differences are not due solely to campus based organizations for unrepresented impaired memory for the individual items in the cultural groups and promoting activities in associations. We also provide evidence for existing organizations, such as preparing construct validity in our task, which is to
31 accurately measure what is intended to measure. Room 380-380F Significant correlations with the CVLT-II provide preliminary evidence for construct validity. 10:50am-11:05am Registration Number: 150 11:35am-11:50am Psychotherapy and Perceptions of Health Registration Number: 149 and Quality of Life in HIV Positive Persons "Based on Your Previous Interest In...": Cameron N. Chernobieff, Kelly E. Ebeling, & Behavioral Mechanisms Underlying Ramani S. Durvasula, Ph.D. Preference Learning California State University, Los Angeles Chelsey Pan, Natalia Velez, Yuan Chang Leong, This study of HIV, psychopathology, Jamil Zaki, Hyowon Gweon psychotherapy and subjective health Stanford University perceptions examined data from 281 HIV+ We often make decisions that benefit others, adults enrolled in a longitudinal study. It is such as buying a gift or recommending a movie. expected that individuals with a current Without direct access into another person’s psychiatric diagnosis will be more likely to be in mind, we rely on what we think they might like psychotherapy, and that being in psychotherapy to make our decisions. This study investigates if will be associated with greater perceptions of and how people can generalize from limited well-being. Logistic regression revealed that information about what someone has liked individuals with personality disorders (PD) before to make accurate predictions about what were more likely to be in psychotherapy (OR = they will like next. We hypothesize that choice 2.73, p < .001). Health perceptions were options can be decomposed into different measured using the RAND 36-Item Short features, and that participants learn a target Form Health Survey. MANOVAs revealed that individual’s preference over the set of features, psychotherapy was associated with poorer allowing them to generalize that knowledge to physical health perceptions (p’s < .01), and other options that share those features. 49 current psychiatric disorder (e.g. depression) participants participated in a two-day study. On was associated with poorer emotional health day 1, participants were introduced to 32 novel perceptions (p’s < .001). These findings suggest movies and had to make pairwise choices about a) those with PD were more likely to be in which movie they would rather watch. On day psychotherapy, perhaps because of 2, participants saw the pairwise choices made interpersonal and behavioral disruption by another participant on half of the movies, engendered by PD; b) those in psychotherapy and had to make predictions about the choices may perceive more impaired physical health, made by that participant on the second half of which may be attributable to greater psychiatric the movies. Overall, participants made dysfunction, and such perceptions may have reasonably accurate predictions that aligned fostered entry into psychotherapy; and c) those closely with those of a statistically optimal with syndromal psychiatric disorders may computational model. Participants’ choice perceive more impaired emotional health, strategies ranged from being fully allocentric, possibly suggesting greater insight about (i.e. making predictions based on information emotional health decrements. HIV is often a about the target) to fully egocentric (i.e. making significant psychological stressor, which can decisions based on their own preferences), with place people at risk for or augment psychiatric some participants using a combination of both. illness. Monitoring mental health may also mitigate risk behaviors and promote adherence to HIV treatment.
32 11:05am-11:20am Nadia Syed, Ramani Durvasula Registration Number: 151 California State University, Los Angeles Public Perception of Mass Shootings Research suggests that rates of personality Charles Baxley, Cecilia Felipe, Dana Hartman, disorders (PD) are higher in HIV+ cohorts, and Michael Liber, Dreyiel Robinson, Kim Cardilla, both HIV and PD are associated with & Antoinette Wilson psychosocial factors including higher stress and University of California, Santa Cruz poorer coping. Data from 421 adults enrolled in To our knowledge, this is the first study to a study of HIV and psychopathology were explore public opinions of and discourse on examined. Stress was measured using the mass shootings and how it relates to media Chronic Burden of Stress Scale, Coping with consumption. Grounded theory and the B-COPE and PD with the SCID-II. Results interpretive phenomenological analysis of ANOVA reveal a main effect for PD and approaches, in which researchers generate stress – those with PD had increased levels of codes from the data rather than using pre- stress – and an interaction effect between PD and HIV. Among those without PD, HIV- existing theory to apply to data, were used to code 15 participants’ interview data. There individuals endorsed more stress than those exists a lack of consensus with respect to how who were HIV+ and among the HIV+ cohort; participants define mass shootings and why individuals with PD had higher levels of stress mass shootings occur. Participants also than those without PD. Contrary to indicated concerns that news reports of mass expectations, individuals with PD had both shootings are likely biased, inaccurate, or higher maladaptive and adaptive coping scores promote hidden political agendas. Social media (p’s < .05). These findings are paradoxical was often the first reference participants used because while extant literature suggests that PD to learn a mass shooting had occurred. may be associated with more dysregulated Participants’ perception of mass shooters was coping (e.g. Connor-Smith & Flachsbart, 2007), that they tend to be White, male, and from typically findings of better adaptive coping are “normal” upbringings, suggesting that a not observed. These findings also caution stereotype of a “typical” shooter exists but is making assumptions about diminished coping not necessarily accurate across all contexts in abilities in persons with PD. Results suggest which mass shootings have occurred. Finally, that PD may exert differential effects as a participants in this study largely advocated for function of HIV. Most individuals in the gun control and better funding for mental sample have habituated to their diagnosis, and health programs as potential factors that may aren’t experiencing additional stress burden or help to reduce the incidence of mass shootings. coping deficits. Our findings expand upon previous research by examining the role of both traditional media 11:35am-11:50am and social media in shaping participants’ Registration Number: 153 perceptions of mass shootings as well as by Comfort in Every Bite: The Emotion investigating individual’s unique opinions Regulatory Effects of Eating after Social regarding mass shootings and the perpetrator’s Exclusion characteristics. Diane Dallal, Michael Sun, M.A., and Michelle G. Craske, Ph.D. 11:20am-11:35am University of California, Los Angeles Registration Number: 152 The act of eating is a method of emotional HIV, Personality Disorders, Stress and response modulation - a self-regulatory strategy Coping after undergoing an emotional experience
33 (Lingswiler et al., 1989). However, little is known about the behavioral or physiological efficacy of eating as a successful emotion regulatory strategy in the social domain. The present study examined the regulatory effects of emotional eating after a social exclusion manipulation in college students (n=39, 30 female). Subjects played a two-phase virtual ball-tossing game that included a social inclusion and social exclusion condition (i.e., Cyberball; Williams, Cheung, & Choi, 2000). Subjects were offered chocolate-coated candy after inclusion and exclusion conditions while their physiology was monitored, and also completed questionnaires assessing their emotions before and after the task. Preliminary results suggest that social exclusion caused subjects to eat more chocolates (p=.000). Increased eating was not explained by experimental phase order or baseline appetite. Future analyses will examine physiological arousal during exclusion, and after eating, to determine whether the act of eating effectively regulates emotions after social exclusion. Implications for the study of emotional eating in diverse contexts will be discussed.
34 relationship between nativity statuses and Oral Session 3 demographic factors will help to reveal key 3:40 pm – 4:40 pm characteristics necessary for targeted smoking cessation intervention. Such findings are particularly important when treatment efforts are focused on Korean ethnic enclaves. Room 380-380C 3:55pm-4:10pm Registration Number: 156 3:40pm-3:55pm Analysis of Food Intake and Registration Number: 154 Socioeconomic Status in Undergraduate Smoking-related Factors Among Varying Women Nativity in Korean Smokers Grace Nguyen, Janet Tomiyama, Laura Finch Joshua M. Cohen, Matthew P. Driver, Sarah University of California, Los Angeles D. Pennypacker, Lichin Ly, Dr. Vickie M. Mays, Dr. Steven J. Shoptaw, & Dr. Susan D. Previous studies have observed a Cochran phenomenon known as food insecurity, which is an economic or social condition University of California, Los Angeles characterized by a consistent limited access to In California, Koreans remain one of the food. In our study, we were looking for a largest aggregates of smoking individuals behavior possibly resulting from food comparatively to other racial subgroups. With insecurity-food intake varying with an influx of Korean immigration over time, socioeconomic status (SES). We hypothesized understanding the role of nativity is key to that food intake would increase with lower recent, targeted efforts to curb smoking SES. In a pre-questionnaire, 101 within this smoking aggregate (Allem et al., undergraduate women were asked to 2013). The purpose of this study is to examine approximate their family’s annual income, demographics of smoking by nativity in which served as a measure of SES. Then, California amongst Korean smokers. We participants were given two servings of food hypothesize a relationship persists among and instructed to eat one serving, with the certain demographic factors and nativity option of eating the second. The amount of statuses such that within Korean smokers, key food was then weighed to calculate food smoking-related, demographic factors (e.g. intake. The results showed no correlation weight, age etc.) vary significantly across between food intake and SES (p=0.448). nativity levels. Using data from five cycles of These findings suggest that food intake does the California Health Interview Survey not vary with the SES of the college women ranging in years from 2005 to 2014, we which may be due to the change in gathered and analyzed data from the total environment that many face when going off population of Koreans (n = 2,341). Subjects to college. Further research should be used in the study were Korean smokers (n = conducted to analyze this possibility and to 746; as defined by having smoked at least 100 also see whether different groups of cigarettes in their life). Data was subsequently individuals experience socioeconomic-induced compared among varying demographic and stress thus increasing caloric intake. other smoking related factors based on nativity within smokers. Several factors, including age, weight, relationship status and English language proficiency, were significant in the analysis. Further emphasis on the
35 4:10pm-4:25pm Room 380-380W Registration Number: 157 The Exclusion of Black Women's Opinions in the Current Mainstream 3:40pm-3:55pm Feminist Movement Registration Number: 158 Joelle L. Balthazar Social Change and Individualistic Goals in Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles China: Inter-generational Comparisons Despite the improvements the feminist Yuyan Chen, Qinglin Bian movement has made for women, it has been University of California, Los Angeles criticized for excluding minority populations In the past four decades, China has gone of women. Black feminist scholars, such as through rapid urbanization and Patricia Hill Collins, have stated that despite modernization. In the process of adapting to the definition of feminism being inclusionary dramatic socio-demographic changes, cultural of all women, feminist movements have been values in China have shifted from exclusionary of issues that affect Black collectivistic to individualistic (Greenfield, women specifically. Alice Walker has written 2009). Meanwhile, perceptions of child about womanism, which developed from the behaviors and parenting have also evolved feminist movement, yet is specifically for accordingly to match a more individualistic Black women, as it includes values that are society (Zhou, Yiu, Wu, & Greenfield, 2015). rooted in the African American culture. This This study investigates how social changes in study focuses on Black women’s opinions of China impact Chinese parents’ perceptions of the current wave of mainstream feminism. parenting goals and child development. Thirty This study was developed through a survey mothers of grade five primary school students method. Survey questions asked participants from Shenzhen, Guangdong, China, about their opinions of feminism and the participated in semi-structured, individual representation of Black women’s issues in the interviews, where they answered open-ended current feminist movement. Survey questions questions about their children’s life, their own regarding family values and womanism were childhood, and the perceived differences used to measure participant’s reception of between the two generations. Fourteen womanism. Participants for this study were 31 interview questions were set to compare Black females between the ages of 18-24. This expectations of and concerns for study found that despite the majority of characteristics such as academic participants agreeing with the definition competitiveness and social, emotional well- feminism, they do not identify as feminists. being of the first and second generation. We This study highlights that many participants expect to see a shift to a more Gesellschaft find the feminist movement to be society, which is marked by cultural values exclusionary of Black women’s issues in areas such as autonomy and innovation, based of media representation, politics, the upon qualitative and quantitative data: workplace, and violence against Black women. compared to Chinese parents a generation This implies that the current mainstream ago, current parents should adopt more feminist movement is not entirely inclusive of individualistic goals for their children as they Black women’s opinions. view academic competitiveness and socio- emotional well-being as more important. However, current parents should also experience conflict in achieving both individualistic goals and have to learn to navigate through the conflicts.
36 3:55pm-4:10pm Given recent legalization of marijuana for Registration Number: 159 both recreational and medical purposes, The Effectiveness of Different cannabis use has increased, even among Recruitment Strategies in an College pregnant women. Cannabis’s most Mental Health Open Trial psychoactive constituent, Δ9- Mandy Lin, Leslie Rith-Najarian tetrahydrocannabinol (Δ9-THC), crosses the placenta and can directly affect the fetal brain. University of California, Los Angeles While previous studies indicate that prenatal As researchers continue to design programs cannabinoid exposure may alter emotional promoting college students’ mental health, a and cognitive development (Schneider, 2009), key aspect is having representative samples of the consequences of current increased those needing the services. Thus, it is potency cannabinoid products are unknown, important to examine how effectively and clinical data will not be available for years different recruitment strategies promote each (Jaddoe et al., 2012). The present pre-clinical subpopulation’s enrollment, something rarely study investigated the effects of clinically examined previously. The present study aimed relevant cannabinoid (CB) levels on to investigate the effectiveness of various behavioral development. From postnatal day recruitment strategies, and whether online (PD) 4-9, a period of brain development advertisement, on-campus advertisement, equivalent to the 3RD trimester, 109 Sprague- emailing, and in-person produces higher Dawley rats received i.p. injections of the CB student subgroup enrollment in an open trial CP 55,940 (a Δ9-THC analogue; 0.10, 0.25, of an online-based mental health prevention 0.40 mg/kg/day), or vehicle. Motor program. Particularly, we were interested in coordination development (PD 12-20), the recruitment of males and students with anxiety (PD 25), and spatial learning (PD 40- depressive symptoms, as they experience 46) were evaluated. CB exposure significantly barriers to help-seeking. After participants had altered the developmental trajectory of motor signed up, they completed a survey about performance. Although cannabinoid exposure their demographic information and the did not affect classic measures of anxiety, it Patient Health Questionnaire-9 measure, and affected other behaviors in the elevated plus self-reported the recruitment strategy that led maze. Finally, the highest dose of CB them to enroll. Different recruitment significantly impaired spatial memory among strategies’ hours are also tallied. Data has been females. These data suggest that late collected and will be analyzed using gestational cannabis exposure may influence descriptive statistics and Chi-squares. The fetal development in a domain and sex- findings would allow researchers to increase specific manner. These results have important participant signups at college levels and learn implications for public health, and may guide about specific recruitment strategies to target future medical and public policy regarding males and depressed individuals. cannabis use during pregnancy.
4:10pm-4:25pm 4:25pm-4:45pm Registration Number: 160 Registration Number: 161 Effects of Late Gestational Cannabinoid Dimensions of Organizational Justice as Exposure on Behavioral Development in Predictors of Counterproductive Work Rats Behaviors Brandonn Zamudio, Kristen Breit, Jennifer D. Lady Ann G. Flores, Angeline C. Flores, John Thomas Kerby T. Amanonce, Danilo D. Trine, Rachel San Diego State University C. Reyes-Laureano, PhD
37 Bataan Peninsula State University, Balanga Campus Philippines Diliman participated in the The current study looked at whether experiment with 120 responses (41 M, 79 F) employee perceptions on the dimensions of qualifying for analysis. The participants were organizational justice (distributive justice, asked to read a vignette about a person. There informational justice, interpersonal justice and were 6 descriptions having any combination procedural justice) predict workplace of positive, negative, and neutral description reactivity. In this study, workplace reactivity with self- and others-description. After was comprised of organizational revenge, reading one vignette, participants rated the interpersonal revenge, interpersonal violence, impression they got based on the descriptions. and corruption. The results of the study has We hypothesized that there would be important implications for interventions in significant main effects for valence and source the workplace. First, they reveal important of description, and an interaction effect would areas where employees perceive the presence occur. Results showed that positive and or absence of organizational justice, and what neutral descriptions significantly yielded aspect of organizational justice seems to be higher impression ratings than negative lacking in the workplace. Second, the results description, F(5,114) = 34.45, p < .05, η2 = also whether counterproductive workplace .38, Mpositive = 76.22 and Mneutral = 73.00 behavior occurs in the workplace and the > Mnegative = 61.45. A significant interaction specific type of counterproductive workplace effect occurred between valence and source of behaviors are occurring. Third, the description, F(5,114) = 4.68, p < .05, η2 = importance of the study is that .08. The results imply that with minimal counterproductive workplace behavior can be information, positive or negative impressions predicted once the level of organizational could be formed. Best impression is achieved injustice is measured. by sharing neutral details about oneself first, then followed by positive details from others.
3:55pm-4:10pm Room 380-380X Registration Number: 163 The Effect of Perceived Generosity and 3:40pm-3:55pm Effort on Giving Behavior Registration Number: 162 Jian Mc Eison C. Que, Gabriela Zenia E. Sayon, Darynne Ariana M. Solidum, Bianca The Effect of Valence and Source of Joyce T. Sornillo, Apryl Mae Parcon (faculty Description on Impression Formation advisor) Katrina Loise L. Aguirre, Chrystine L. University of the Philippines Diliman Cobarrubias, John Paolo Miguel G. Magsino, Jacinto Armando S. Mantaring, & Apryl Mae The aim of this experiment is to determine C. Parcon the effect of perceived generosity and effort on giving behavior. Selected through University of the Philippines Diliman convenience sampling, 84 students who Impressions can make or break our participated in the experiment were randomly relationships with people. It is important that assigned to different treatment conditions. we know how to present ourselves to others. Participants were instructed to play a shooting In this study, we wanted to find out whether game or a raffle draw to gain chips and were valence of description and source of given help by receiving generous or stingy description would play a role in determining amount of chips. The participants’ giving impression. A total of 146 Psychology behavior was measured by the number of students from the University of the chips they gave to the next participant. The
38 data obtained were analyzed using two-way 4:25pm-4:45pm analysis of variance. Results show that Registration Number: 165 perceived generosity had a significant effect Experiences of Food Insecurity on giving behavior, effort had no significant Kim Cardilla, Tracy Cano, Gabrielle Leon, effect on giving behavior and there was no Catherine Nordeman, Sydney Schmall, & significant interaction effect between Antoinette Wilson perceived generosity and effort. University of California, Santa Cruz 4:10pm-4:25pm Abstract Registration Number: 164 College students may be particularly susceptible to experiencing food insecurity Practice Tests with Diagrams Enhance (i.e., lacking reliable access to an adequate Retention, but Not Transfer, of amount of nutritious food); however, this Conceptual Fact Learning population has been largely under-examined. Sarah A. Hutter, Steven C. Pan, Timothy C. This study explored the ways college students Rickard experience food insecurity and how their lives University of California, San Diego are impacted by these experiences. Does taking a practice test on part of a Participants included 12 students (5 male and concept promote learning that generalizes 7 female) from the University of California, (i.e., transfers) to the rest of the concept? In Santa Cruz, with ages ranging from 20-22. five experiments (n = 253), we examined the Semi-structured interviews were analyzed utility of practice testing to induce using a grounded theory approach to gain generalizable concept learning (for reviews see insight into the participants’ understanding of Carpenter, 2012; Roediger & Butler, 2011). the impact food insecurity had on several Participants first studied one-sentence college facets of their lives, including their biology concepts. They then re-studied half friendships, emotions, and academic of these concepts and trained on the performance. Grounded theory is a ‘bottom- remaining half via fill-in-the-blank questions up’ analytic approach in which researchers with feedback. A 48 hr. delayed final test generate codes from the data rather than assessed recall of previously tested and using pre-existing theory to apply to data. untested terms for each concept. Exp 1 After extensive coding, five themes emerged found a large benefit of practice tests (i.e., the including: (1) the normalization of poor diets testing effect), but no evidence of transfer to in college students, (2) time constraints as the previously untested terms. Following Mayer most prominent contributing factor, (3) the and Gallini (1990), diagrams were added cyclical nature of the consequences of food during initial study (Exp 2) or both study and insecurity, (4) social support and alternative training (Exp 3); this increased overall food techniques as coping strategies, and (5) accuracy by 31% but did not alter transfer assigning blame to both the self and societal performance. Recalling two critical terms on factors. Our results imply that there is a need each trial per concept (Exp 4) or recalling one for more university programs that seek to critical term on two separate trials per concept educate students on food insecurity, as well as (Exp 5) produced comparable results. Thus, more on-campus resources that provide learners and educators should use practice students access to affordable and free food. tests with the understanding that it produces potent but piecewise (e.g., Pan, Gopal, & Rickard, 2015) concept learning.
39 Room 380-380Y Ito ang Tama: A Study on How Contextual Information and Psychological Distance Affects Impressions of Morality 3:40pm-3:55pm Judgment of Heavy Drinkers Registration Number: 126 Jose F. Magno IV, Jose Marcel Y. Magno, Relationship Quality as a Moderator of Apryl Mae Parcon, John Gabriel Robert R. the Effect of Emotional Expression on Quintos Psychological Adjustment University of the Philippines Diliman Bingjie Tong, Lauren N. Harris, Annette L. Moral judgments are rarely ever black and Stanton white; with a myriad of factors affecting how University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) judgement is placed on certain behaviors. 107 Although social support typically predicts students from UP Diliman were sampled to better psychological outcomes, receiving examine the effect of psychological distance support may cause distress if individuals feel (close friend vs. stranger) and contextual they are a burden to close others. The current information (internal traits vs. external experiment examined how social support occurrences) on the morality judgement of moderates the impact of emotional versus heavy drinkers. Four different treatment factual disclosure about a stressor on groups were presented with four different psychological outcomes one week later. vignettes, then asked to rate the morality of a Undergraduate women (N = 128) the person in the vignette. Results show that a experiencing chronic financial stress were heavy drinker was rated more moral when randomly assigned to talk about either the drinking due to an external occurrence of peer feelings or facts regarding their finances influence rather than an internal trait of during two laboratory sessions. A semi- sensation seeking (p=.000), and that there was structured interview assessed quality of no difference when the heavy drinker was a participants’ relationships with their mother, close friend or a stranger. There was also no father, and closest friend. For young women interaction effect between the two variables. with better relationships with their fathers, This study expanded the understanding of disclosing facts regarding finances predicted cultural effects on information processing an increase in depressive symptoms and when making moral judgments. intrusive thoughts (ps < .05). Women in the emotional disclosure condition evidenced low 4:10pm-4:25pm and stable distress. Perhaps due to feelings of Registration Number: 168 indebtedness and guilt, young women with The Role of Parent's Attitudes about Sex closer relationships with their fathers may be on Teen Pornography Use at risk for poor psychological outcomes in the Allison D. Garner, & Sam A. Hardy context of chronic financial stress, but Brigham Young University emotional expression may buffer this effect. Pornography use in adolescents is a significant Therefore, individuals who want to disclose health risk as it has been linked to multiple their chronic financial stress can avoid certain negative outcomes (e.g. risky sexual behavior, negative psychological adjustments by depression, objectification of women). focusing on emotions rather than facts when Nevertheless, it has not been the subject of expressing the stressful situation. much empirical research. In particular, little is known about predictors of pornography use, 3:55pm-4:10pm and few studies of pornography use involve Registration Number: 167 representative samples and longitudinal data.
40 The purpose of this study is to understand the tend to have an external locus of control will role of parenting in teen pornography use. more likely engage in upward comparisons Specifically, we will test a model whereby and have higher levels of body dissatisfaction teens’ attitudes about sex mediate between as compared to participants who have an parent sex attitudes and teen pornography internal locus of control. We recruited female use. Additionally, frequency and quality of students across academic disciplines at parent-teen conversations about sex will Foothill College to complete our surveys. Our moderate relations between parents and teen measures included demographic information, sex attitudes. We are using data collected from Fairburn's Body Shape Questionnaire, Project Action Change and Teens (Project Rotter’s Locus of Control Scale, and the ACT), which is a longitudinal study involving Iowa-Netherlands Comparison Orientation 552 teens and parents from across the Measure (INCOM). Our findings describe country. Participants were recruited online, effects of individual differences, particularly and quantitative and qualitative data are locus of control, on social comparison and collected every four months for two years body dissatisfaction. By targeting the (starting September, 2015). We will use underlying processes that lead to those structural equation modeling in Mplus to test individuals who are most vulnerable, our the model. With our results, we will be adding results demonstrate the importance of to the field of knowledge about risk and continuing to develop prevention programs protective factors for pornography use, which focused on changing cognitive distortions. will hopefully point to effective ways to prevent adolescent pornography use.
4:25pm-4:45pm Room 380-380F Registration Number: 169 "Do These Jeans Make Me Look Fat?": 3:40pm-3:55pm Does External Locus of Control Moderate Registration Number: 170 Upward Social Comparisons and Body The Construction and Validation of the Dissatisfaction in College Females? Panukat ng Pagiging Bukas-Loob Max A. Sala, Eta K. Lin, Ph.D. Zsachelle Nicole B. Hernaez, Sidney Mae P. Foothill College Panga, & Aurora Rowena B. Sto. Domingo Partly due to the constant pressures of Miriam College Western society’s “thin ideal,” eating disorders The study constructed the Panukat ng continue to rise. Researchers find a central Pagiging Bukas-Loob (PPBL) or openness feature is poor body satisfaction. Others have and generosity, a 48-item unidimensional scale found that body dissatisfaction is perpetuated which measures a Filipino’s pakikipagkapwa by upward social comparisons. Not all upward sa iba (humanness to highest level), helping comparisons, however, lead to negative body others, generosity and friendliness. The study image; some individuals who perceive life gathered Filipino participants (n=300 for the events outside of their control may be more construction, n=300 for the validation) from vulnerable. This experienced inability to exert six rurban areas: Bulacan, Batangas, autonomy over circumstances contributes to Montalban, Angono, San Mateo, and Quezon. the etiology of eating disorders and may be Their ages ranged from 18-60 years old. linked to body dissatisfaction. We aimed to Exploratory Factor Analysis results revealed investigate the relationship between locus of that the scale measures one component of control, social comparison, and body bukas-loob. PPBL also established high dissatisfaction. We predicted participants who
41 reliability coefficients of .896 (n=300) and would be less enjoyable if played before .851 (n=300). PPBL scores significantly (versus after) completing a demanding battery correlated with Panukat ng Pagkataong of tests; in reality, experiencers found the Pilipino Porma K, specifically the game equally enjoyable regardless of order. In Pagkamatulungin (r=.393, p<.0005), Study 2 (N = 254), we replicated the effect Pagkapalakabigan (r= .558, p<.0005) and using real-world fun and laborious Pagkamaalalahanin (r=.616, p<.0005) experiences: as hypothesized, a spa experience subscales; along with Panukat ng was no more enjoyable when offered to Pakikipagkapwa sa Iba (r=.590, p<.0005) and students after they completed (versus before Interpersonal Generosity Scale (r=.696, they completed) their midterm exams, despite p<.0005) establishing convergent validity. A their intuitions otherwise. These studies reveal significant difference between the PPBL mean a misperception of how to structure everyday scores of church volunteers (M=229.4800, experiences. Although people may go to great SD=6.46573, n=50) and of non-volunteers lengths to complete work before leisure, they (M=221.2653, SD=16.33602, n=49) may enjoy themselves just as much the other confirmed PPBL’s known-groups validity. way around. PPBL is considered a reliable and valid scale to measure the possession of bukas-loob. 4:10pm-4:25pm Pagiging bukas-loob affirms core Filipino Registration Number: 172 values of pakikipagkapwa, (humanness to That Thing Called Envy: The Effect of highest level), helping others and Photo, Relationship, and Situation on kagandahang-loob (kindhearted) Envy in the Context of Social Media Deina Ida S. Blancaflor, Ma. Carmela-Paz D. 3:55pm-4:10pm Esguerra, Patrizia Adeline A. Lucindo, Eileen Registration Number: 171 Mae B. Sarmiento, Apryl Mae Parcon "Play Hard, Then Work Hard?": University of the Philippines - Diliman Mispredicting Enjoyment for Earned Presently, social media has not only become a Leisure means of communication and information, Ellen Roney & Ed O'Brien but also a manner of self-presentation. This The University of Chicago can be a source of envy toward other people We explored the popular belief that it is best through the posts they share and the profiles to delay leisure until after work is completed, they create. That being said, this experiment’s by testing the hypothesis that enjoyment for objective was to study the effects of the type fun activities is not actually affected by when of post, situation, and relationship on envy in people actually engage in them (i.e., before the context of social media. One hundred versus after laborious activities). Some sixty-one participants taking Psychology 101 participants served as “predictors,” who were randomly assigned into one of six imagined completing a fun task that either treatment conditions; after reading a vignette preceded or followed a laborious task, on their situation, they viewed an iPad with predicting their enjoyment across order. three posts: a beach, a concert, and food. Other participants served as “experiencers,” Afterwards, the participants answered a 7- who actually completed the fun task in one of point scale measuring their envy. Results the two orders and reported their enjoyment. showed significant effects for the type of post, Hence, we compared the actual influence of the situation, and the interaction between the activity order on enjoyment to lay intuitions post and situation. This study, therefore, about optimal order. In Study 1 (N = 210), shows how envy, through social comparison, predictors believed a fun music-maker game can emerge from the usage of social media.
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4:25pm-4:45pm Registration Number: 117 Trait Attributions as a Function of Skin Color and Moral Behavior: An Exploration in the Philippine Setting Farah Iman F. Deogracias, Mary Anne F. Rivera, Luise Schumann, & Diwa Malaya Quiñones University of the Philippines-Diliman Skin color remains a controversial issue and a persistent source of bias. Similarly, moral behavior is hastily used as a strong basis from which judgments are made. Given these, the researchers explored the effects of these two variables on an observer’s trait attributions. One hundred twenty university students were asked to attribute 15 traits placed in semantic differential scales (e.g. rich/poor, lazy/hardworking, honest/dishonest) to young adult male actors with varying skin colors (i.e. light-, tan-, dark-skinned) pictured performing various moral behaviors (i.e. prosocial and neutral behaviors, moral transgressions). Results showed a high statistical significance for the moral behavior variable (F=395.297, p>0.05) with = 0.924. There was no statistical significance for the skin color variable (F=2.45, p=0.091) with =0.047. There was no statistically significant interaction effect. Findings showed that one’s moral behavior in a single situation can be used as basis for the traits being attributed to them (i.e. someone shown to help another is automatically rated “hardworking”). Further, skin color is not a significant factor when attributing traits. However, there were some differences based on skin color that were especially found in traits concerning one’s socioeconomic status (e.g. rich/poor) and were also found in the severe moral transgression behavior wherein dark-skinned actors were rated more negatively than light-skinned actors.
43 The Role of the Circadian System, the Poster Session 1 Arcuate Nucleus, and Dopamine Signaling 8:40 am – 9:30 am in the Generation of Ultradian Rhythms in Behavior and Physiology All poster presentations will be held in the Math Evelina Sterina, Leah K. Malamut, Andrew J. Courtyard Scasny, Kenneth G. Onishi, Erin J. Cable, Leslie M. Kay, Brian J. Prendergast Exploring the Yaya-Alaga Relationship The University of Chicago Danicca Noelle V. Pineda, Christian Q. Castillo, Ultradian rhythms (“URs”: biological rhythms Julia Desiree L. Dy, Danielle Colleen D. Tiu with periods <<24 h, typically 2-8 h) organize (Faculty Advisor: Prof. Jay A. Yacat) behavior in time and are evident in many University of the Philippines Diliman behavioral and biological processes (e.g. In the Philippines, many families employ locomotor activity, temperature, ingestive domestic workers, yayas, whose primary behavior), but the mechanisms by which they responsibility is to care for children, alagas. are generated are poorly understood. Here we What makes a yaya-alaga relationship so sought to characterize how the arcuate nucleus special? This research aims to examine the yaya- (ARC) and dopamine signaling, neural alaga relationship by determining the roles they substrates/mediators that have been implicated play for one another, what they have learned in the generation/modulation of URs, interact from each other, and how it compares to a with the circadian system to influence UR mother and child relationship. The researchers expression. In the first experiment, wild-type conducted 16 separate semi-structured (WT) mice and mice with a mutation in the interviews from eight dyads: four female alaga- Period 2 gene (essential for the generation of yaya pairs and another four male alaga-yaya circadian rhythms; Per2) were injected as pairs. Thematic analysis was then used to neonates either with monosodium glutamate generate three themes with the following (MSG; which ablates ~90% of ARC neurons) subthemes, namely (1) roles of the yaya - family or with saline. Locomotor activity and member, household helper, confidant, adviser, temperature rhythms of mice were assessed in (2) roles of the alaga for the yaya – surrogate adulthood to determine whether an intact ARC child, confidant, adviser and guardian to her is necessary for UR expression, and whether child, and (3) perceived developmental the ARC and circadian system interact to outcomes – yaya’s learnings (skills, life lessons generate URs. In the second experiment, and values), alaga’s learnings (skills, life lessons neonatally MSG and saline treated Per2m/m and values). After which, comparative analysis and WT mice were administered a dopamine was used to juxtapose certain aspects of the antagonist (haloperidol; which has been shown mother-child and yaya-alaga relationship, using to shorten UR period). Activity and the responses and the three themes as the basis temperature data to be presented will specify for comparison. The results of this study whether an intact ARC-circadian network is present that the yaya-alaga relationship is required for the modulatory effect of dopamine healthy, positive and bidirectional, as well as on UR period and power. Together, these non-competing but complementary to that of a experiments will offer novel insights into the mother and child relationship. This research neural substrates that generate rhythmic can then be used in various fields such as, behavior. parenting, family life, caregiving, attachment and child development.
44 The Effects of Racial Microaggressions on Juhyen Kim, Feliz Quinones, & Jaana Juvonen Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual College University of California, Los Angeles Students Associated with Stress Previous research suggests that an immigrant Josue Ayala, Dr. Christy Byrd paradox phenomenon exists in schools, such University of California, Santa Cruz that first generation students outperform their Lesbian, gay, and bisexual (LGB) students on later generation peers despite encountering college campuses experience discrimination and various financial, social and cultural stressors abuse whether their sexuality is disclosed, (Garcia-Coll & Marks, 2012). To examine the discovered or presumed (D'Augelli,1989). LGB effect of generational status on academic students of color face additional risks: Previous identity (α = .74) and teacher-rated academic research indicates that combined racism and engagement (α = .90), the current study anti- gay discrimination are associated with surveyed first, second, and third generation depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation Asian (n = 773) and Latino (n = 1805) students among African American LGB adolescents from 26 urban middle schools. One-way (Thomas & Huebner, 2013). However, ANOVA analyses revealed that although there previous research has not examined were no significant differences in self-reports of microaggressions in particular given rise to the academic identity across generational status, need for the current study. Racial F(2, 1605)= 1.87, p = .155, there were microaggressions are subtle statements and significant differences on teacher-rated behaviors that unconsciously communicate academic engagement across generational status denigrating messages to people of color (Nadal, F(2, 2459) = 7.94, p < .001, such that first 2011). Therefore the present study will examine generation students (M = 2.82, SD = .76) were the relationship between racial rated significantly better than second (M = microaggressions and stress for LGB students 2.67, SD = .75) and third generation students of color attending a four year university. Data (M = 2.62, SD = .77). These results show that was gathered from a longitudinal study of although students report similar levels of college students who completed surveys about academic identity, teachers perceive student their experiences with different types of engagement differently depending on students’ microaggressions using the Racial Ethnic generational status. While these findings suggest Microaggressions Scale (Nadal, 2011). We the immigrant paradox phenomenon exists in hypothesized that LGB students of color would this sample, future research should examine experience higher levels of stress when how these findings could inform academic experiencing more racial microaggressions. The interventions aimed towards urban schools with sample included the 24 self-identified LGB high ethnic diversity. students of color in the larger sample. Correlations revealed a positive relationship A Contextual Analysis of Future Gains and between racial microaggressions and stress Losses (r=.617,p<.001) . It is important to focus on Leslie Hwang, Mary Kay Stevenson this population of students because of the lack California State University, East Bay of literature that examines the intersectionality Temporal discounting refers to the tendency of of sexuality and race associated with discounting gains and losses as they are delayed discrimination. or presented as future outcomes. For example, an amount of money delayed by five years is a Do Teachers Reinforce the Immigrant gain that subjectively has less value than the Paradox Phenomenon?: The Academic same amount of money given immediately. Benefit of Being a First-Generation Similarly, deferring payments makes it less Immigrant Youth
45 upsetting than payments that are due anonymity condition will elicit more self immediately. The use of credit cards, taking out disclosure (2) emotion has an effect on self- loans, and many health related decisions involve disclosure, and lastly, (3) anonymity and delayed positive or negative consequences. In emotion interact with each other in influencing this experiment, we presented hypothetical the likelihood of self-disclosure. The data was scenarios about receiving loan amounts after gathered from a sample (n = 90) of Psychology delays and interest payments that were due in 101 undergraduate students in the University of the future. Participants were asked to judge the Philippines Diliman. A Two-Way ANOVA their personal reactions to the delayed gains and revealed that both anonymity and emotion had delayed losses, which were presented separately no significant main effects and interaction as well as in gain-loss combinations. According effect on self-disclosure. However, a significant to previous studies, people discount gains and main effect of emotion on self-disclosure was losses differently when they are presented found in the last question considered to be the alone. While other studies have explored only most intimate. The results were discussed in the gains or losses separately, this experiment context of the participants’ shared Filipino combines gains and losses to see how the values of “kapwa” (togetherness) and judgement is simplified. The current focus will “pakikiramdam” (shared inner perception), and be on discounting differences and the effects of personality differences. a shift in magnitude from small to large losses while holding the gains constant. The results Marijuana and the Mind: Attentional describe the impact of a magnitude shift of Differences Between Users and Non-Users losses on the perceived value of the gains as Janis W. Yue, Laura A. Baker well as its impact on the discounting of gains University of Southern California and losses. It is hypothesized that psychophysiological Role of Online Anonymity and Emotion on differences exist between marijuana users and Self-Disclosure non-users even before onset of use. A derivative of EEG is the event-related potential Patricia Marie Guevarra, Menorca Nyn Heruela, (ERPs), which refers to an average of EEG Alena Marie Mariano, Karinazay On, & April responses at a specific time due to a certain Mae Parcon stimuli. Previous studies have found a reduction University of the Philippines Diliman in target P300 (an ERP) amplitude for Computer mediated communication is marijuana users, suggesting that marijuana users becoming a fundamental means for many have a deficit in attentional control, which has people to meet others. At the core of building been previously implicated with the P300 ERP. these interpersonal relationships are self- High-risk adolescents, however, may have pre- disclosure and emotion. However, the way they morbid (before use) neurobiological affect one another in the online setting is yet to vulnerabilities, so a longitudinal design is be further explored. A 3 x 2 (Anonymity: necessary in order to determine whether username, name, and name with picture x changes in ERPs were induced by marijuana Emotion: with emoticons, without emoticons) use, or if they represent differences that are between-subjects factorial design was utilized in already present in users. Results from analysis studying the role of online anonymity and of data from over 700 twin pairs from the USC emotion, using emoticons, on self-disclosure. Twin Study show that target P300 amplitudes Self-disclosure was measured through the sum were significantly (p<0.5) lower for users of the frequency of items answered and compared to non-users even before use of averaged scores given by raters in content marijuana, suggesting that the difference found analysis. We hypothesized that (1) high in previous studies may not be a reflection of
46 marijuana use, but rather just reflect inherent Effects of Self-concept Priming and Gender differences in the brain. The current study bears on Prosocial Behavior important implications for continuing Immel Clarizza G. Ticzon, Chloe E. Brijuega, discussion of marijuana’s effects and prediction Annjanette V. Fabro, Andrea Katerin S. Cao, & of use. The study finds that users inherently Patrick Franco V. Payuyo possess lower attentional control than non- University of the Philippines Diliman users and the decrease in the P300 amplitude is not necessarily caused by marijuana use. Previous literature on prosocial behavior has revealed that priming constructs can activate an Should Men "Woman Up" for Female- individual’s behavior. This study aimed to Dominated Fields? The Role of Gendered determine whether priming the self-concept will Traits on Perceptions of Elementary School influence prosocial behaviors among males and Teachers females. Specifically, the study aimed to determine whether or not female participants Yena Kim & Allyson J. Weseley whose self-concepts are positively primed are Roslyn High School more likely to perform prosocial behavior. 115 Despite tremendous efforts to increase gender undergraduate Filipino college students enrolled diversity, early childhood education remains an in a General Psychology course (Psychology overwhelmingly female-dominated field. The 101) of the University of the Philippines present study explored the effects of gendered Diliman participated in the experiment. The traits and teacher gender on perceptions of study employed a 2x2 Between-Subjects early childhood educators. It was hypothesized Factorial Design. A Thematic Apperception that compared to teachers presented using Test (TAT), a short video clip, and a personality agentic traits, teachers presented using test questionnaire were administered communal traits would be perceived to be (a) respectively as part of the experiment’s cover more hireable, (b) more competent, (c) warmer, story, “The Effects of External Stimuli on the and (d) more preferable regardless of teacher Validity of Different Personality Tests.” After gender. It was also hypothesized that compared giving the participants their personality test to male teachers, female teachers would be results which were supposed to prime their self- rated more positively regardless of gendered concepts, they were given a false debriefing. traits. Participants (N = 246) were randomly Before they left, the participants were presented assigned to view a teacher website that varied with an opportunity to volunteer to participate teacher gender (male and female) and gendered in a second experiment, also about personality, traits (communal, agentic, neutral) and evaluate to help the experimenters fulfill a class the teacher using a survey. Analysis of the requirement. As a measure of prosocial effects of gendered traits revealed that behavior, the experimenters noted whether or individuals preferred either a communal or not the participants decided to volunteer. It was neutral teacher to an agentic teacher regardless found that 70.7% female participants and of teacher gender. Next, with respect to the 57.9% of male participants showed a tendency effect of teacher gender, participants reported to perform prosocial behavior. Moreover, they were more willing to hire a female teacher 70.7% of positively-primed participants and than a male teacher, indicating a backlash 57.9% of negatively-primed participants against men. The research suggests that people showed the same tendency. Meanwhile, 74.2% seeking entry into early education may want to of female participants and 66.7% of male avoid describing themselves in agentic terms. participants who were positively-primed also expressed a tendency to perform prosocial behavior. Although the results supported the
47 study’s hypotheses, the differences were found similar assessments, with additional measures to be non-significant. related to attitudes and behaviors. A majority of students perceived and reported a The Golden Gay Narrative: The somewhat positive experience as a mentor Intersections of Gender and Class in the following the nine month course. Over half of Empowerment of Filipino, Urban Poor, the surveyed college mentors described their Elderly Bakla (Gay Men) Amidst mentoring experience as being Good, Positive, Discrimination and Valuable. However, in regards to Samantha Sara R. Santos, Sydney M. behaviors, only half reported being actively Madlangsakay, & Gabriel Luis T. Fernandez involved with their mentee and 38% of Ateneo de Manila University students felt somewhat tense when describing their experience as a mentor. Findings suggest Intersectionality asserts that the mutual inconsistent relationships between attitudes and interplay of an individual’s various social behaviors. In regards to the interplay of identities viewed through societal structures is personality traits and behavior, based on the needed to better understand qualitatively posttest responses it may be the antagonistic distinct experiences. Particularly, focus on the traits such as irritability, caution, frivolousness, life course is essential as past experiences and lack of reflection that factored into influence the trajectory of one’s life. Through reported behaviors. Therefore, the altruistic an intersectional analysis of life narratives, we traits that motivate prosocial behavior among looked at the interplay of gender and class in college mentors might not necessarily result in understanding the experiences of discrimination the effectiveness as a mentor. and empowerment of urban poor, elderly, Filipino bakla, effeminate gay men from the Gang Identity: Effects on Gang-Related low income class, across different Crime and Perceptions of Law developmental stages, and amidst a social Enforcement context of poverty and a cultural context that views being bakla as a sumpa (curse). Through Dylan H. Abrams, Karen Hennigan, Kathy A. Kolnick three case narratives, four structures appeared as central to the life path of the Filipino, urban University of Southern California poor, elderly bakla: family and peers during This study examines the relationship between childhood and adolescence, work during gang identity, perceptions of law enforcement, adulthood, and community during old age. and participation in gang-related crime. Gangs Such structures constitute inequality but the pose a tangible threat to national, local, and bakla is able to transcend these oppressive personal security. One of the most important structures through agency. elements in gang prevention and intervention programs is a shift toward personal identity, a Altruism in College Mentors: Interplay of concept related to self-differentiation. The Traits, Attitudes, and Behaviors current study utilizes this model and works in Amanda R. Brummett, Alishia Huntoon conjunction with the Gang Reduction Youth Oregon Institute of Technology, Klamath Falls Development (GRYD) Program in the city of Los Angeles to reduce gang identity through A sample of 22 college mentor participants self-differentiation. Data were collected from completed several assessments, including the clients aged 15 to 32 currently enrolled in the Big Five Inventory, prior to their involvement GRYD Program. These participants completed of the mentoring course, to measure personality an interview called the Social Embeddedness traits and personal values of college mentors. Tool (SET) at the onset of their enrollment in Using a posttest survey, participants completed the GRYD program and again every 6 months
48 they remain enrolled, allowing for change over behaviors such as throwing, pushing, waving, time to be tracked. Scales used to measure gang banging, stretching, or mouthing the balloon. identity and self-differentiation were based on Coders also note whether each behavior is done measures developed by Leach et. al. (2008) and with one or both hands. We expect high-risk Pyrooz & Decker (2011) to assess the strength infants and infants later diagnosed with ASD to of group identities. Results indicated significant exhibit more negative affect, less attentiveness, changes in gang-related crime and gang identity, and less dexterity in exploration. but not in perceptions of law enforcement. Changes in gang social identification were also Generational and Acculturative Differences found to predict changes in gang emotional in Coping Styles in Rural Latino Youth identification. The results of this study can be Hardian Thamrin, Emily Escovar, M.A., and utilized by prevention and intervention Denise Chavira, Ph.D. programs to decrease gang involvement and University of California, Los Angeles overall crime participation, both locally and globally. Research has shown that acculturation is associated with coping styles in adults; however, Affect, Attentiveness, and Dexterity in no study has examined this relationship in Exploration of Novel Objects in Infants at adolescents from rural Latino communities. Risk for Autism This study examines whether coping styles differ between first, second, and third or fourth Fleurette Fong, Ted Hutman, Ph.D. generation Latino youth and whether coping University of California, Los Angeles styles are related to level of acculturation. We Prior research has found an association hypothesized that higher level of acculturation between unusual object exploration in 12 across generations would be associated with month-olds and risk for diagnosis of autism functional rather than dysfunctional coping spectrum disorder (ASD) at 36 months styles. 110 participants (X ̅age = 15.89, SD = (Ozonoff et al., 2008). This work suggests that 1.19) were recruited from participating high repetitive behaviors – one of the core schools in Imperial Valley. Coping styles were symptoms of ASD – may be present earlier measured using the Coping Across Situational than initially thought. However, few studies Questionnaire (CASQ; Sieffge-Krenke, 1995); have questioned whether early repetitive subscales included active, internal, and behaviors and atypical play are significant withdrawal coping styles. Acculturation was markers of ASD. The present study examines measured using the Short Acculturation Scale novel object exploration in a sample of 60 for Hispanic Youth (SASH-Y; Barona & Miller, infants at 12 months. High-risk infants have an 1994). Findings revealed that internal coping, a older sibling who has been diagnosed with functional coping style, was higher in third or ASD. In this study, the examiner blows up a fourth generation compared to first (p= 0.035) balloon and slowly releases air, creating a loud, and second generation (p= 0.036). This effect unfamiliar sound. The infant is then allowed to was only present in females (p= 0.075 and p= inspect an identical balloon. The interaction is 0.010 respectively). Internal coping style also video-recorded and the infant’s affect, level of was positively correlated with acculturation. attentiveness, and dexterity in exploration Active and withdrawal coping were not during air release and examination of the associated with generation level or balloon are coded offline. Affect is coded on acculturation. Thus, internal coping may serve three levels: negative, flat, and positive. as a protective factor against mental illness Attentiveness is coded on three levels: not especially for third and fourth generation attentive, moderately attentive, and clearly immigrants. Future research should examine attentive. Lastly, dexterity is coded by tallying
49 the mediating role of coping styles between The Party Before the Party, the Night is acculturation and mental health variables. Still Young: Playing Drinking Games as a Form of Prepartying Among Young Adults Competitive and Non-Competitive Reality- Dominique Callahan, Jazmine Collins, Sarah Based Programming – An Analysis of Tully, and Byron L. Zamboanga, Ph.D Cognitive Stimulation, Interactivity, and Smith College Audience Engagement Many young adults play drinking games or Ana Oliveira-Beuses, Marina Klimenko preparty (i.e., drinking before going to a social University of Florida event/gathering), and because these activities Reality-based television programming has involve heavy drinking, those who participate in become a topic of interest in recent decades; them are at increased risk for experiencing however, many questions about its appeal negative alcohol-related consequences. The remain unanswered. For example, some limited research among young adults who play researchers have suggested that people may be drinking games as a form of prepartying has drawn to such shows because they don’t focused primarily on college samples. These provide as much cognitive stimulation, thus, studies also did not take into account the implicitly labeling all reality shows as low in specific types of drinking games played, which cognitive appeal (e.g., Nabi et al., 2003). The is an important consideration given that some present study set out to address the following games pose more risk than others. Therefore, three hypotheses: (1) competitive reality TV the present study extends the limited work on programs are more cognitively stimulating than this topic by examining the kinds of drinking non-competitive reality TV shows; (2) games that might appeal to prepartyers in a competitive reality TV shows are more sample of young adult college and non-college interactive (i.e., involves viewer’s participation) students (N=484; ages 18-25; 62% non-current than non-competitive reality TV shows; and (3) college students). Participants were recruited reality TV shows of higher cognitive content from Amazon’s Mechanical Turk and and interactivity will have higher ratings. completed anonymous self-report Twenty five reality competitive and reality non- questionnaires in Qualtrics. Controlling for competitive shows were selected (total of 50) typical alcohol use, gender, and college student and measured on their level of cognitive status, those who played drinking games as a stimulation, viewer’s interactivity, and its form of prepartying consumed more drinks popularity rating. Cognitive stimulation was when prepartying than those who prepartied divided into two components; attentional load alone or with friends/roommates. In addition, and language complexity. The scale used was many played extreme consumption games as a specially developed for this study to properly form of prepartying, which is troublesome address the proposed research question. As given that these types of games are considered predicted, competitive reality television to be the most dangerous. Prevention and programs offered more viewership interaction intervention efforts could target young adults and were more cognitive stimulating but only in (college/non-college students) who engage in terms of its attentional load. Finally, this risky drinking practice. interactivity but not the cognitive content predicted higher ratings suggesting that people Does Positive Feedback Impact Self- are drawn to reality programming that elicit Efficacy or Performance? viewership participation and personal Christina Frederick involvement. Sierra Nevada College
50 Feedback is a powerful learning tool as The purpose of this study was to compare the information about past performance can be rates of behavioral and emotional disorders used to improve future performance (Mory, between children with ASD and neurotypical 2004). Bandura (1997) defines self-efficacy as children. Because social impairments associated an individual’s self-confidence in their ability to with ASD often co-occur with additional complete a given task. The current study impairments in behavioral and emotional examined the relationship between feedback, functioning, we hypothesized that children with performance, and self-efficacy. A performance ASD would exhibit higher rates of behavioral index and General Self Efficacy (GSE; and emotional disorders than neurotypical Schwarzer & Jerusalem, 1995) scores were children (Fodstad et al., 2010). Parents rated measured. It was hypothesized those who Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental received positive feedback would score higher Disorders (DSM-IV) symptoms on a scale from on the Content Quiz and GSE than those who 0 (never) to 3 (very often) using the Child and did not receive positive feedback. 60 Adolescent Symptom Inventory-4R (CASI-4R). undergraduates were selected via convenience CASI-4R scores for attention deficit sampling and randomly assigned to receive hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional positive feedback (via a green card with defiant disorder (ODD), anxiety, and encouraging text) or no feedback. Participants depression were examined. The sample were informed receiving a green card was consisted of 40 high functioning children with indicative of desirable behavior (e.g., active ASD (Mage = 10.0, SD = 1.8, IQ > 85) and 40 listening) while watching a video. After the neurotypical children (Mage = 10.3, SD = 2.1) video, participants either received positive who were matched in physical age, ethnicity, feedback or no feedback and completed the and mental age. The results indicated that Content Quiz and GSE. A Mann-Whitney U children with ASD displayed a significantly showed no significant difference in Content higher rate of ADHD, ODD, depression, and Quiz scores (p = .332) and a two-sample t-test anxiety disorders than neurotypical children. showed no significant difference in GSE scores These findings expand on our understanding of (p = .586) across feedback conditions. comorbidity in children with ASD, and can Research shows different levels of feedback inform diagnosis, intervention options, and produce different effects on self-efficacy treatment outcomes. (Beattie, Woodman, Fakehy, & Dempsey, 2015). Given the current study examined the Caring Letters for Suicide Prevention: impact of minimal feedback on self-efficacy, it Response Timeliness of Reconnection to is recommended future research examine the Care impact of more detailed feedback. Lindsay Wong, Jihun Yeo, Kristine Lalic, Matilda Stelzer, Gopin Saini, Frederick MacRae, Comorbidity in Children with Autism Malathy Kuppuswamy, Rona M. Relova, Tina Spectrum Disorders: A Comparison with Lee, David D. Luxton Neurotypical Children Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Synthia M. Lay, Dennis Yue, Maria Cornejo, & Alto Veterans Institute for Research, National Center Jeffrey J. Wood, Ph.D. for Telehealth and Technology, & University of University of California, Los Angeles Washington Literature suggests that children with autism Caring Letters is a suicide prevention study that spectrum disorders (ASD) exhibit high rates of involves sending caring messages to discharged comorbidity. Despite having an impact on psychiatric inpatients. This multi-site behavior, comorbid disorders may be randomized controlled trial aims to assess the undiagnosed due to their similarity with ASD. effectiveness of the caring contacts intervention
51 in reducing suicide mortality rates among US an official policy for transwomen in the existing military personnel and veterans. This MRT segregation scheme, which places their presentation reports preliminary data from one exclusion or inclusion to be primarily of six participating sites: VA Palo Alto. A total dependent on security guards and personnel of 342 participants were randomized to usual who have varying attitudes and conduct care (UC=184) or caring letters (CL=158) towards transwomen. Furthermore, groups. Only the CL group receives thirteen transwomen participants place primacy on the emails over two years. Established safety general hassles of the MRT system (long lines, protocols are followed to address distress congestion and unpleasant environmental responses. The research team responds with conditions); the experience of which is also referrals to crisis resources and notifies Suicide influenced by the phase of transition and Prevention Coordinators (SPC) to follow-up apparent femininity of the transwomen, with with participants. In total, 147 emails were sent transitioning and less feminine looking trans by 57 participants. Of these emails, 25 being more likely to be excluded and receiving indicating distress were sent by 18 participants. harsher reactions . All transwomen participants The average SPC notification time was 24.96 have experienced sexual harassment in one hours. Interventions included telephone care form or another, and the importance of (7), outpatient appointments (8), welfare checks changing the attitudes of people and the wider (1), and notification of mental health treatment culture before facilitating structural and policy teams (9). Our preliminary data demonstrates changes is recognized. Narratives of their the feasibility of the Caring Letters program to coping mechanisms, experiences with officials provide timely support for distressed patients. and fellow passengers, as well as their outlook Effective response times allow early on various MRT issues are also presented. intervention by healthcare providers to prevent self-harm behaviors. At trial completion, Ethnic Identity in the Relation between suicide mortality rates and service utilization Discrimination and Mental Health for will be assessed. We expect suicide mortality Ethnic Minority Youth and re-hospitalization rates to be significantly Angela Nguyen, Leah Lessard, and Jaana lower in the CL group compared to the UC Juvonen, Ph.D. group. University of California, Los Angeles Trans on Trains: A Study on the Lived Research has consistently shown that Experiences of Filipina Transgender discrimination predicts negative mental health Women on the MRT (Manila Metro Rail outcomes among adolescents. However, the Transit) role of protective factors, such as ethnic identity, is less understood. The current study Mary Anne F. Rivera, Miguel Alejandro A. examines how two components of ethnic Silan, & Loraine T. Chulipa; Eric Julian D. identity (i.e. exploration and belonging) might Manalastas (faculty mentor) weaken the association between peer University of the Philippines- Diliman discrimination and mental health problems This study sought to explore the overall lived among ethnic minority adolescents. As part of a experiences of Filipina transgender women with longitudinal study of middle school students, regards to riding the Manila Metro Rail Transit the current analyses included 2,715 7th graders (MRT) by following a qualitative field research who self-identified as East/Southeast Asian, design and conducting short interviews with African American, or Latino. Participants one MRT official, three security guards and completed self-reported measures of more in-depth interviews with five transgender racial/ethnic peer discrimination, ethnic women. Significant findings include the lack of identity, and mental health (i.e. social anxiety,
52 depression, and loneliness). The 2x2 Between- Viral-Mediated Overexpression of miR-495 Subjects ANOVA’s showed that ethnic peer in the Nucleus Accumbens Decreases discrimination was associated with worse Drug-Seeking Behavior in Rats mental health across all ethnic groups. Madeleine St. Peter, Ryan Bastle, Janet Belonging was partially related to better mental Neisewander, Trisha Chaudhury, & Nicholas health across ethnic groups. Among Latino Galles students, belonging weakened the relation Arizona State University & University of New between peer discrimination and mental health. Mexico Future research should examine why ethnic identity may function differently across ethnic groups. MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small non-coding RNAs that bind to messenger RNA and Is Unconscious Exposure Therapy prevent translation. It has recently been Possible?: Exploring Fear Extinction Using discovered that miRNAs may be dysregulated Unattended Visual Stimuli by psychostimulants such as cocaine. We previously found that miR-495 targets several Elisa Dumett*; Vincent Taschereau- addiction-related genes, including BDNF, Dumouchel, Ph.D.; Hakwan Lau, Ph.D. CAMKII, and ARC, is highly expressed in University of California, Los Angeles reward-related brain regions such as the nucleus Exposure therapy is known to be effective for accumbens (NAc), and viral-mediated treating specific phobias. However, many overexpression in the NAc decreases patients do not seek treatment or terminate motivation to self-administer cocaine. The goal treatment early on due to the averseness of the of this study was to further explore measures of procedure. This problem could be alleviated if motivation and examine if overexpressing and exposure could be achieved without the blocking NAc miR-495 levels decreases and participants’ direct attention to the phobic increases motivation for cocaine, respectively. stimuli. Our study seeks to expand the current Rats were trained to self-administer cocaine, literature by testing if spatially unattended then infused with lentiviruses into the NAc that stimuli can also lead to fear extinction. We either overexpressed green fluorescent protein hypothesize that this form of extinction may be (GFP), GFP+miR-495, or GFP+miR-495- effective in reducing anxiety levels, although sponge, and then tested during extinction, cue perhaps less so compared with traditional fear and cocaine-primed reinstatement, and extinction. We will pair four neutral images spontaneous and cocaine-induced locomotion. with mild electric shocks to induce fear In accordance with our previous findings, NAc conditioning, using Galvanic Skin Response miR-495 overexpression decreased extinction, (GSR) as an indicator of anxiety. During cocaine-primed reinstatement, cocaine-induced extinction, two of these conditioned stimuli locomotion, and ARG expression, suggesting (CS+) are presented in the center of the visual increasing NAc miR-495 levels also decreases field (attended condition), one is presented in motivation in the absence of cocaine. the periphery (unattended condition) and one is Surprisingly, NAc miR-495 blockade also not presented (unexposed condition). If decreased extinction and cocaine-primed unattended exposure is effective, GSR for both reinstatement, both to a lesser degree than the unattended and attended CS+ should be overexpression. Interestingly, these effects were decreased in comparison to the unexposed CS+ associated with decreases in addiction-related after exposure. If so, this research may provide gene expression. Overall, these finding support a practical basis for creating exposure-based our hypothesis that miR-495 gene targets in the treatments for specific phobias that occur on an NAc are involved in motivation for cocaine. unconscious level.
53 Strengths and Limitations of Girl Power: Common findings in diffusion-weighted An Examination of Mindset and Stereotype imaging studies of children and adolescents Belief on Science Achievement with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) include Kaitlin Bodnar, Tara Hofkens, & Ming-Te reduced fractional anisotropy (FA), increased Wang mean diffusivity (MD), and increased radial University of Pittsburgh diffusivity (RD) in white matter tracts. However, recent findings suggest that head In the current study, we investigated if gender motion may produce spurious group effects. stereotypes about ability in science influence This study examines 57 ASD and 50 typically science achievement for female and male developing participants to determine whether secondary school students. We hypothesized increasing stringency of group matching for that mindset would have a moderating effect on head motion eliminates findings of group this relationship. Multi-group, multi-level differences in diffusion measures. Groups were regressions were ran on data from 3,176 6th- compared at 3 levels of stringency beginning 12th grade students from a mid-Atlantic with (1) the full sample. Groups were then (2) metropolitan area (49.78% female; 36.84% qualitatively matched by visually inspecting minority). Results reveal that stereotype beliefs scans for motion-related artifacts (signal have a stronger relationship to achievement dropout, image noise, shifts in head placement), among girls than boys. Specifically, girls who and then (3) quantitatively matched on average believe that girls are better at science than boys translation, average rotation, proportion of had significantly higher grades than girls who slices affected by signal dropout, and severity of reported that boys were better at science than signal dropout. At each stage, groups were girls (β = .3319603, p < .002), even when compared on FA, MD, RD, and AD (axial controlling for previous achievement, race, and diffusivity) using Tract-Based Spatial Statistics socioeconomic status. Additionally, having a (TBSS) and probabilistic tractography. With fixed view about science ability negatively both methods, common findings were initially moderated the effect of gender stereotype on replicated. With TBSS, optimal matching achievement for girls with this belief (β = - nullified all effects. However, with .345847, p < .001) and positively moderated the tractography, matching not only eliminated effect on achievement for girls who reported artifactual effects, but also revealed subtle that there was no difference between girls’ and effects not previously seen in less tightly boys’ science ability (β = .1824766, p < .051). matched data. These results suggest that group Gender stereotypes did not significantly impact differences in head motion have defining boys’ achievement in science. The study effects on group differences in diffusion demonstrates the importance of stereotype measures, and the existing ASD literature beliefs and ability beliefs in shaping science should be revisited with caution. achievement in girls. The findings discuss the relevance of understanding girls’ motivational Does Presence/Immersion Confer an trajectories in science and their endorsement of Advantage in Learning in Virtual Reality? STEM college majors and careers. Ai Ohno*, Hera Younji Baek*, Priyanka Mehta, Group differences in subtle head motion Jacob Yu Villa, Gabriel Hughes, Ru Ekanayake, alter apparent findings from diffusion- Alana Sanchez-Prak, Alvin Vuong, Hugo weighted MRI Shiboski, Nicco Reggente, Joey Ka-Yee Essoe, Jesse Rissman, Ph.D. Seraphina K. Solders, Ruth A. Carper, Ralph- Axel Müller University of California, Los Angeles San Diego State University We tested the effects of immersion (the sense of inhabiting the virtual world) and presence
54 (the sense of embodying one’s avatar) on long- reliability of eyewitness testimonies. The study term retention of information learned in virtual specifically evaluated whether people reported environments (VE). While VE are increasingly false information as a result of being asked utilized in pedagogy, there is mixed evidence on questions that contained false post-event the effects of presence/immersion—some information. We predict that the results will reported that increased presence/immersion demonstrate a positive relationship between resulted in better recall, while others reported exposure to suggestive questions and reporting the opposite. Most past research examined false post-event information. Participants memory visual-spatially (testing recall of visual viewed an incident video of a protest and then information about the VE itself), thus both provided a written summary of the incident memory and presence/immersion measures video. After the free recall exercise, participants were based on the VE itself, making it difficult were given a questionnaire about the video. The to disentangle the relationship between the two. experimental group’s questionnaire contained We studied the effects of presence/immersion biased questions that exposed them to false on verbal memory, thereby isolating the post-event information. The control group was memory task from the VE upon which not exposed to the misinformation. All presence/immersion were based. Participants participants then provided a second summary learned 40 Swahili and 40 Chinyanja vocabulary of the video. We expect to find that participants words over the course of four learning sessions who were exposed to misinformation will in a richly featured VE. They were tested (cued provide a false account of events in the video. by English translations) before each exposure, The existent inaccuracy of memory as a result and later tested again outside the VE on Day 2 of the misinformation effect presents strong and Day 8. We found that individuals who implications about the preponderant influence reported higher levels of immersion showed of eyewitness testimonies in the arena of significantly greater recall on Day 8 (M=.42, criminal law. SD=.08), as compared to those reported low immersion (M=.17, SD=.06). However, there Qualitative Analyses of Therapist were no effects of presence. These results Perceptions of Emergent Life Events when demonstrate that increased immersion, but not Delivering Evidence-Based Practices presence, during VE learning might facilitate Christopher Bondoc, Yesenia Aguilar, Miya long-term retention. Barnett, Anna Lau, Lauren Brookman-Fraze University of California, Los Angeles The Misinformation Effect: How memory becomes false and eye witness testimonies Despite expected benefits for evidence-based become toxic practices (EBPs) on mental health outcomes, EBPs have had mixed results in community Eric Pape, Kenny Hsiung, James McGarry, Paul settings (Weisz et al. 2012). Emergent life de Groot, & Eta Lin events (ELEs), stressful experiences Foothill College unexpectedly disclosed in session, may explain The misinformation effect is the alteration of this discrepancy because they an episodic memory when new information is disproportionately affect community assigned to a memory. Previous research has populations. ELEs may threaten client progress demonstrated that exposure to false post-event and disrupt treatment integrity (Chorpita et al. information causes false or inaccurate 2014). This study examines ELE frequency and information to become consolidated into a characteristics using survey data from 789 memory, and then to be expressed as true therapists who reported on one client they had information (Loftus, & Pickrel, 1995). The seen; 44.6% of therapists described an ELE purpose of this study was to evaluate the that occurred with this client via open-ended
55 response. Qualitative responses were coded using an existing ELE coding system. Stereotype Threat and Black Identity Preliminary qualitative analyses indicate that the Carter, A., Andemeskel, G.,Vu, A., Oliver, A & least common ELE category was exposures to Ben-Zeev, A community violence (2.4%), while the most San Francisco State University common was health concerns (18.2%). While it was predicted that the initial coding system Stereotype threat is a situational phenomenon would adequately capture the range of ELEs, that occurs when stigmatized individuals many therapist responses did not fit into any experience concern about confirming a negative existing categories (24.9%); this suggests that stereotype (e.g., Steele, 1997). Herein, we ask either the existing framework is not inclusive of whether stereotype threat impacts affective ELEs that occur in the community or that aspects of Black identity, specifically private therapists overly perceive some events as and public regard. Private regard (e.g., “I am interfering. This study will inform the happy about being Black”) refers to one’s refinement of an ELE coding system. feelings about being Black whereas public regard (e.g., “Others respect Black people”) Frustration and Self-Efficacy: refers to one’s perception of how others feel Understanding it's Effects on College towards Black individuals (Sellers, Smith, Students Shelton, Rowley, & Chavous, 1998). Participants self-identified as either Black or Francisco Mojica, Vanessa Cobian, Angela African American college students (N= 41) and Guzman, Marnie Arcilla, Jesus Bernal, Saul were asked to complete a “puzzle solving task” Garcia, Dr. Kimberley Duff (Ravens Progressive Matrices). The puzzle task Cerritos Community College was introduced as measuring “intellectual Frustration is a negative reaction that results ability” (threat), “creativity” (no threat), or as from an individual feeling that they cannot being “culture fair” (threat removed). We complete a goal or task (Baron & Richardson compared difference scores on private and 2004). Self-efficacy, a term coined by Albert public regard. A planned contrast revealed that Bandura (1977) is described as one’s mindset, a participants in the threat condition exhibited a belief about oneself on their ability to complete significant decline in private regard (M = -1.43, a task or goal. It was expected that when an SE = .73) as compared to participants in the individual was frustrated, their levels of self- no-threat (M = 1.57, SE = .91) and threat- efficacy would be inversely affected and they removed conditions (M = .08, SE = .59), t(38) would not be able to see themselves completing = 2.42, p = .02, d = .78. A similar planned a goal in the future. In this study, 57 contrast on the difference scores in public participants, 17 male and 40 female, were regard was non-significant, F(2, 38) = .51, p = sampled from Cerritos College Psychology .61. We discuss ramifications to well-being. Department through sign up sheets. Each group of participants were assigned a specific Effectiveness of Mindfulness-Based group of letters varying in the amount of Cognitive Therapy for Recurrent vowels from control to experimental. This was Depression: A Systematic Review meant to provoke frustration, which was the Pooja S. Parameshwar, Shannon C. Kanegawa, independent variable in this study; while Lyric K. Tully, Jennifer Hsueh, Julianne measuring self-efficacy before and after the DeLaCerda, & Julienne E. Bower, Ph.D. task. The hypothesis was unsupported by the University of California, Los Angeles data. However, after running further statistical analyses the results showed significance heading Major depressive disorder (MDD) will affect in the predicted direction. almost 20% of the U.S. population over a
56 lifetime (Blazer, 1994 & Kessler, 2005). Due to quote (“Muslims and Christians worship the its recurrent nature, each additional episode of same God”) but varied the gender of the MDD dramatically increases risk of relapse quote’s author and provided an accompanying (Britton, 2012). Mindfulness-based cognitive picture of the author wearing either traditional therapy (MBCT) was developed as a targeted Western or Muslim clothing. The dependent depression relapse prevention program. To variables were the perception of the author and evaluate the clinical effectiveness of MBCT on the statement. The convenience sample MDD, we conducted a systematic review of recruited through Facebook consisted of 241 randomized controlled trials that examined participants, most of whom identified as effects of MBCT on depressive symptoms American and Christian. Using a series of 2 x 2 and/or recurrence. We identified 34 relevant ANOVAs, we found no main effects of gender, studies; 29 yielded positive effects and five but statistically significant main effects of yielded null effects. Studies using active control Muslim affiliation in each test (i.e., participants groups as well as antidepressant medications rated the author and statement less favorably resulted in positive outcomes from MBCT, when the author was wearing traditional which persisted after treatment completion. Muslim clothing). There was a significant Overall, we found that MBCT is effective in interaction of gender and Muslim affiliation for reducing depressive symptoms and preventing judgments of accuracy, such that people rated relapse in persistent and recurring MDD. the man in Western clothing as most accurate, Mechanisms underlying MBCT’s effects on but clothing did not affect ratings of the depression outcomes will be considered. These woman’s accuracy. She was seen as inaccurate results suggest that MBCT should be available regardless of clothing. to depressed individuals in remission because this therapy could capture a critical window that Do I Fit In? School Climate and Identity current therapies may neglect. Development for Minority Youth Amy Aldana, Danielle S. Smith, Jaana Juvonen Examining and Influencing Attitudes University of California, Los Angeles Toward Muslims Early adolescence is a critical time for Ryan Allred, Amber Bleth, Brionna Brown, individuals to establish connections with their Selina Chart, Cierra Cooper, Sana Keshtkaran, ethnic group. Positive ethnic identity is Jane Kwon, Eleah Lovell, Catherine Moffett, regarded as a buffer to psychological stress and Nicole Olson, Cortney Simmons, Cambrea is associated with higher academic achievement. Taylor, Jessica Thornberry, Tatiana Ubay, The current study was investigated the role of Bailey Wilson, Connie Yeung, & Margaret A. school racial climate on the numerical minority Brown students’ ethnic identity. It was hypothesized Seattle Pacific University that numerical minorities have less strong After Wheaton College professor Dr. Larycia ethnic identity unless they perceive their school Hawkins made statements in support of the to encourage interethnic interactions and the Muslim community and wore a hijab as a rules to be fair across all students. Surveys were gesture of interfaith solidarity, she was administered to 3700 California seventh graders suspended from her job. While the Christian which assessed participants’ ethnic identity, college emphasized that the content of her perceptions of their school’s racial climate, and statements was the issue, we hypothesized her ethnic representation at their school. As evaluation was affected by gender stereotyping hypothesized, analyses revealed that being a and Islamophobia (e.g., Cragun & Sumerau, minority did not affect students’ ethnic identity 2015). We examined these variables using if they perceived their school’s racial climate to experimental methodology. We provided one be positive. Furthermore, minority students
57 who attended a school with a fair school may be detrimental to one’s health, academic climate had a stronger ethnic identity. These performance, and well-being. findings suggest that the racial climate of a school plays an important role on ethnic Toddlers’ Attention to Pragmatic Cues: The identity for minority individuals. Implications Role of Language Experience of this study support implementation of Cynthia Garcia, Christina Schonberg, & Scott diversity programs that promote a more P. Johnson inclusive school environment. University of California, Los Angeles
Got Sleep? The Effects of Sleep Deprivation Previous research has shown that bilingual on General Health, Caffeine Consumption, children attend to referential gestures more and Academic Performance. than monolinguals (Yow & Markman, 2011; Brojde, Ahmed & Colunga, 2012). This study David G. Maldonado, Tessa M. Miller, uses eye-tracking to investigate how bilingual Alexandra M. Balbierz, Evelin E. Hanhan, experience affects visual attention during a Cesar R. Delgadillo, Stephan N. Walters, & Dr. word-learning task. Monolingual and bilingual Eta Lin 16 to 30-month-olds were tested in a word- Foothill College learning task where, in a learning phase, the Researchers have found that adequate, experimenter presented a novel object and gave uninterrupted sleep may optimize learning and it a name. In the test phase the novel object cognitive functioning for college students. from the learning phase was presented Considering a high percentage of students in alongside a different novel object to see if word college may be sleep deprived raises a concern learning occurred in the toddlers. Toddlers’ about academic performance, physical health, visual attention to the face of the experimenter psychological health, and caffeine consumption. and to the labeled object in learning and test Studies have shown that lack of sleep is related phases were measured using eye-tracking to to lower levels of attention, impaired memory, measure eye positions and movements. If and poor decision making; all of which are toddlers’ attend to the same labeled object essential to being successful in school. Low during the test phase that was presented during levels of sleep may also influence one to resort the learning phase word learning has occurred. to consume high levels of caffeine. In our We found an overall difference in attentional study, we will investigate the influences of patterns based on what cue the child saw, sleeping habits on academic performance and F(4,64) = 18.316, p< .01, but there were no caffeine consumption among students at the differences in attention between monolingual college level. 81 participating Foothill students and bilingual infants. Additional planned across various academic disciplines will be analyses will investigate how looking behavior asked to complete a survey asking about their may change based on vocabulary content. sleeping patterns, perceptions of sleep, grade These results will have theoretical implications point averages, caffeine consumption, learning in better understanding how language experiences, and overall physical and mental environment influence visual attention and health. We predict that students with lower word learning. levels of sleep will be less aware of the consequences that derive from insufficient Priming Students to Interpret Difficulty sleep and will be more likely to resort to Positively in order to Appreciate Desirable caffeine consumption. Our findings will Difficulties illustrate that the average college student isn’t Melissa E. Walman, Alan D. Castel, & Veronica getting an adequate amount of sleep, X. Yan influencing high levels of caffeine intake which
58 University of California, Los Angeles this is often interpreted as evidence that JA is a Successful learning requires that students form of social attention that helps children accurately monitor their current learning and understand how to communicate (Charman et understand what study strategies are effective al., 2000), others have hypothesized that (Dunlosky & Metcalfe, 2008). Viewing atypical non-social attention may underlie intelligence as fixed or flexible (i.e., fixed versus impaired JA in autism (Keehn et al. 2013). This growth mindset) affects the interpretation of is the first study to examine if atypical non- difficulty and in turn, academic performance social attention is predictive of impaired (Yeager & Dweck, 2012). The influence of language in individuals at high- or low-risk of mindsets and knowledge of study strategies on autism. When participants were 18 months old, learning has not been examined. Study examiners caught their attention and shook two strategies that are effective for long-term rattles for approximately 15 seconds. The rate learning engage learners in such a way that of gaze shifts between rattles (nonsocial learning feels difficult causing students to attention) and the duration of attention to the choose easier but less effective strategies (Bjork, examiner (social attention) were coded. At Dunlosky, & Kornell, 2013). A “desirable school-age, the Clinical Evaluation of Language difficulty” is self-testing; it takes effort and can Fundamentals was administered. Preliminary lead to mistakes, but is more potent than analyses suggest that autistic participants rereading. This study will prime 300 exhibited reduced social attention (p = .03) in participants to interpret experienced difficulty infancy and impaired language at school-age (p as either important or impossible. They will = .02) relative to typically developing children. learn Swahili-English word pairs, some of Atypical nonsocial attention (p = .02), but not which will be presented repeatedly or tested atypical social attention (p = .30), was repeatedly. The two primed interpretations will associated with later impaired language. be examined to determine whether participants Unexpectedly, heightened rather than reduced understand of what is an effective learning non-social attention was associated with poorer strategy when prompted to choose between language outcomes. This preliminary finding is different study strategies. It is hypothesized that consistent with evidence that infants at-risk for students primed to interpret difficulty as that autism are more interested in non-social stimuli the meaning of the information is important, than low-risk infants (Bhat et al., 2010). will choose self -testing as the effective study strategy. This study will contribute to the Bilingual Children’s Use of the Shape-Bias existing literature on processes behind learning in Labeling Novel Objects and encourage students to recognize the Marbella Rodriguez, Christina Schonberg, importance of self -efficacy. Emily Russell and Catherine M. Sandhofer, PhD Are Rates of Early Nonsocial Attention University of California, Los Angeles & California Related to School-Age Language State University, Northridge Development in Infants at Risk for There is evidence that English-speaking Developing Autism Spectrum Disorder children generalize nouns they have learned to (ASD)? new objects based on similarity in shape Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Ph.D., Mithi del (Landau et al., 1988) while Spanish-speaking Rosario, Nguyen Pham, and Simran Singh children show no preference for generalizing University of California, Los Angeles nouns based on shape, color, or texture (Hahn Reduced joint attention (JA) is predictive of & Cantrell, 2012). However, it remains unclear later language challenges among autistic whether bilingual English-Spanish speaking children (Sigman and Ruskin, 1999). Although children will have a shape preference (bias).
59 The present study examined whether bilingual attitudes of individuals addicted to illegal children (18-24 months old) show this shape substances in comparison to legal substances bias. Children were given a novel noun on nine different constructs of stigma: generalization task (learning labels for new perceived responsibility and dangerousness; objects) either in English or Spanish to assess feelings of anger, pity, and fear; and behavioral whether language of presentation affected reactions of helping and avoidance; and support responses. We predicted that children in the for segregated and coercive treatment. These English condition would make greater shape- findings provide insight into the process of bias responses than those in the Spanish stigmatization as it relates to drug addiction. condition. While data collection is ongoing, These findings also have implications for preliminary results showed that children in the interventions aimed at reducing stigma in the English condition made noun generalizations context of substance addiction. based on shape (shape bias) 53% of the time, while those in the Spanish condition only Anxiety and Motivation to Access Food in showed shape bias 50% of the time. These Overweight Children initial data suggest a trend in which language Wagner Peng, Emily Chung, June Liang, Ph.D., presentation may influence bilingual children’s Kerri Boutelle, Ph.D. biases when learning/generalizing new nouns. University of California, San Diego
The Role of Legality on Stigma Towards About 1 in 3 children in the US alone are Substance Addicts overweight or obese (CDC, 2016). Eating in response to emotions may be an important Nathan C. Echols, & Allison A. Vaughn contributor to overeating and weight gain. San Diego State University Overweight people tend to eat more when they Of mental illnesses studied, drug addiction is experience anxiety (Geliebter and Aversa, consistently found to be one of the most 2003). Anxiety is also associated with increased stigmatized. Previous research has found that food cravings (Gendall et at., 1997). Yet, no the public views individuals suffering from drug studies have explored the link between anxiety addiction as responsible for their condition and and motivation to access food, especially in a dangerous, resulting in devalued attitudes. This population of overweight and obese treatment- stigma ultimately reduces treatment seeking and seeking children. We hypothesize that higher adherence by the individual suffering from anxiety is related to greater drive for accessing addiction. The current study aimed to food in children. Fifty-nine overweight and investigate how the public’s stigmatization obese children (9.94 ±1.65, 72% female) who process is influenced by the legality of the endorsed overeating were seen at a baseline substance to which an individual is addicted. A visit as part of an overeating intervention. total of 304 (M = 18.76 years old, 76% female) Children completed the Power of Food Scale participants answered questions on an online (POF) and the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory survey pertaining to their perceptions, (STAI). Regression analysis showed that higher attitudes, and behavioral reactions towards scores on the STAI were associated with higher individuals addicted to ten different randomly PO F scores (F (3, 48) =6.9, p<.01). The Food presented substances; four being legal (Alcohol, Available sub-scale was significant (β=.52, Caffeine, Prescription Drugs, and p<0.01), suggesting that higher anxiety is Tobacco/Nicotine) and six being illegal related to greater drive to access food. This may (Cocaine, Heroin, Methamphetamine, PCP, explain why overweight, anxious children tend MDMA/Ecstasy, and Marijuana). As to overeat available food. hypothesized, results multiple ANOVAs indicated a significant difference between
60 College Students' Social Identities: Emily Romero, Marissa Salazar, Marianna Intersectionality of Race and Social Class Torreblanca, Anita Raj, & Elizabeth Reed Imani Burris, Heejung Kim PhD University of California San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara Background: Adolescent motherhood increases Belongingness is a basic human need to feel like neonatal health risks. Hispanics are an accepted member of a group. Yet, disproportionately represented among individuals often maintain stereotyped identities adolescent mothers, and 57% of US Hispanic that threaten the sense of belongingness under adolescent births occur at the US-Mexico various contexts. Underrepresented college border. This study qualitatively examines students are especially vulnerable when factors that influence adolescent girls’ confronting overlapping stigmatized identities, perceptions of the costs and benefits of known as intersectionality. Specifically, social adolescent pregnancy in the context of the US- class, or socioeconomic status (SES), and racial Mexico border. identity in a predominantly white and affluent Hypothesis: While this is an exploratory university may present significant threats to analysis, we hypothesize that adolescent girls sense of belonging and academic achievement between the ages of 15-19 will cite various if the stigmatized identity is salient within an social and economic costs to adolescent evaluative environment. Students may pregnancy, and a desire to delay pregnancy until underachieve academically, or develop a adulthood. belongingness uncertainty. In our study, we Methods: Adolescent girls between the ages 15- examined how ethnicity and SES identities 19 were recruited from a health clinic in San interactively influence psychological well-being Diego county near the US-Mexico border to at a predominantly white and affluent participate in a survey study examining risk university. We hypothesized that having a factors for pregnancy and STI risk. A subset of double-bind of low SES and ethnic minority participants (n-21) were invited to complete status would harm psychological well-being qualitative interviews; interviews were coded considerably more than having just one and analyzed for themes related to pregnancy stigmatized identity. Questionnaires were intentions. distributed among undergraduates to assess Results: Almost half of participants were Latino identity significance, self-esteem, life (43%); 24% and 19% were White and Asian, satisfaction, and testing insecurity. Results respectively. Long-term contraception (e.g., the revealed race & class identities predicted higher implant, shot, or patch) was reported most testing insecurity, school insecurity, and frequently (85%). Emergent themes highlighted belongingness uncertainty among low SES girls’ reasons to delay pregnancy, including: 1) students. In contrast, race and class identity greater time to achieve educational goals and strength predicted greater life satisfaction financial stability and 2) recognition of the time among high SES college students. Results build commitment and financial and social costs from previous findings regarding associated with adolescent parenthood. Girls belongingness, and incorporate an responsible for younger siblings were intersectional analysis to reveal a complicated particularly cognizant of the challenges of relationship among stigmatized identities in childrearing. how these identities are associated with sense of belonging, and subjective well-being. Natural acoustic stimuli reveal tonotopic frequency maps in primary auditory cortex Factors Influencing Pregnancy Intentions Lucine L. Oganesian, Fatma Imamoglu, Among Adolescent Girls in San Diego Alexander G. Huth, Jack L. Gallant County: A Qualitative Exploration University of California, Berkeley
61 Tonotopic (i.e, spatially organized) frequency hypothesized that applying a novel bottom-up maps of the early human auditory cortex approach to health awareness based in social obtained using functional magnetic resonance networks via an integrated social network imaging (fMRI) and acoustic stimuli, are usually intervention (ISNI) would increase interest and not as clear and detailed as spatial retinotopic engagement in organ donor registration. Our maps of early visual cortex. Previous studies ISNI consisted of introducing a publicly have relied upon synthetically created tones to available story about an organ transplant probe frequency representation in primary recipient to a focus group within the auditory cortex, but few groups have attempted community to address misconceptions and to map tonotopy using natural stimuli. barriers to organ donation via a quasi- Hypothesizing that natural stimuli can be used experimental observational study with to create frequency maps in primary auditory concurrent controls. By using technology and cortex, the present study aimed to recover social media platforms including Facebook and tonotopic maps in individual human brains by Twitter to implement our ISNI, we utilized a using fMRI, natural musical stimuli, and voxel- complex network theoretical framework based wise encoding models. Voxel-wise encoding on social cognitive theory along with peer models describe the relationship between each influence to reach over 200,000 people in 90 voxel's response and the stimulus. Encoding days using a cost-effective budget. Analysis of models of primary auditory cortex were engagement via big data information sciences estimated by regressing (i.e, computing the showed that our campaign yielded a 23% relationship between) the time-series of low- increase in engagement compared to non- level spectral (i.e, frequency) features extracted profits. Our study demonstrates the affordable from the stimuli onto the fMRI data. These and effective applications of social networks, model weights and other metrics, such as the technology, and big data information sciences spectral centroid (a weighted frequency in rapidly exposing and engaging a large average), were then projected onto cortical population to address issues of public health surfaces for visualization and interpretation. and preventative healthcare. This procedure reveals a mirror symmetric tonotopic map across Heschl's gyrus in primary The "Chip-on-the-Shoulder" Effect: The auditory cortex. Further work is now ongoing Motivational and Performance using a wider range of controlled natural Consequences of Disrespecting Students stimuli. Caitlin Courshon, Tim Urdan Santa Clara University Developing an Integrated Social Network Intervention to Increase Organ Donor In sports, it is common wisdom that being Registration disrespected increases motivation to perform by creating a chip-on-the-shoulder effect. Rahul Iyengar, Saad Soroya, Maral Bakir, & Dr. However, there is little research examining Martin Cadeiras, MD whether this assumption applies to the University of California, Los Angeles academic domain. The purpose of this study Many patients in need of an organ transplant was to examine how praising or disrespecting often face a long wait due to the lack of students affected academic performance and available organs from donors. Existing perceived effort. We predicted that praise interventions to promote community health would increase effort and performance and awareness and engagement have proven to be disrespect would decrease them. In Study 1, beneficial, but they are difficult to implement, 200 college students were told either to try hard resource-intensive, and hard to generalize (Control), that they were expected to do well beyond the limited scope of local results. We (Ego-Boost), or that they were expected to
62 perform worse than students from a more would conform more to male stereotypes prestigious university (Disrespected). overall in both music conditions. Participants Participants then completed a brief academic (n=43) repeated the first study, but were test. Students in the Disrespected group assigned to one of the two rock song performed worse than the other two groups on conditions. Results supported this as the test. In addition, students in the Ego-Boost participants rated all individuals higher on the group perceived that they tried harder and male stereotypes than the females across all performed better than students in the other two conditions. It was concluded based on results groups despite not outperforming the Control that music has an effect on personality group. In Study 2 (n=140), we added a Team stereotype judgements, but the judgements Disrespect condition, in which participants were buffered instead of enhanced. This were told they were competing against students information could be applied to situations from another university that had disrespected where background music may effect important them. There were no differences in test scores first impressions, such as a first date or job between the four groups, but the Ego-Boost interview. group once again perceived that they tried harder. The Influence of Culture on Moral Memory Suzie Kim, Chelsea Helion, & Kevin Ochsner Music and Personality: The Effect of Music Columbia University and Gender on Personality Stereotypes Autobiographical moral memory is influenced Katrina L. Cibuzar, Dr. Christine Malone by antithetical roles individuals play in moral (advisor), and Dr. Elizabeth Nawrot (advisor) events – the role as a moral agent and a moral Minnesota State University Moorhead patient. Moral agents are entities that possess Previous research suggests that individuals the capacity to do right or wrong, whereas project stereotypes associated with background moral patients are ones that can be the targets music onto strangers (Lastinger, 2011). This of the agent’s actions (Gray & Wegner, 2009). current study is concerned with the automatic Differences in perceived agency influences the processing of first impressions and how that recall of moral events, such that moral patient processing could be influenced by events are remembered as being significantly environmental factors such as music. The first more negative than moral agent events (Helion, part of this research focused on how gender 2014). The current study expands upon these stereotypes are influenced by listening to previous findings by examining the influence of different genres of music. Participants (n=62) culture on moral memory – specifically how listened to pop, rock, or no music while rating independent self-construals represented in pictures of males and females on gendered individualist cultures versus interdependent characteristics. It was predicted that rock music self-construals of collectivist cultures may would evoke male stereotypes while pop music moderate the relationship between moral evokes female stereotypes. Results showed that memory and perceived agency. We participants rated all individuals significantly hypothesized that individuals who had a more higher on female stereotypes compared to male interdependent (vs. independent) self-construal stereotypes, regardless of gender and music would report less negativity for moral patient condition. Participants in the condition without events as compared to moral agent events. To music conformed most frequently to gender test this hypothesis, participants first recalled an stereotypes in their ratings overall. The second experience in which they were a moral agent or part of the study further investigated on the a moral patient; they then reported how effect of different rock pieces on gender negative the event was, and their levels self- stereotypes. It was predicted that participants construal were measured. As predicted, we
63 found an interaction between memory Agreement Between Self and Psychiatrist negativity and self-construal, such that Rating of Suicidal Ideation participants with interdependent self-construals Janet R McClure, Michael H. Criqui, Caroline reported lower negativity for patient as A. Macera, Ming Ji, Caroline M. Nievergelt, compared to agent events, but this effect was Josh Kayman, Soo Yong Lee, & Sidney Zisook reversed for participants with independent self- University of California, San Diego, San Diego State construals. University, Veterans Affairs San Diego Healthcare System Is STEM Running Out of Steam for Asian Americans? The goal of this study is to determine the degree to which self-reported risk factors of Daniel Chai & Dr. Allyson J. Weseley suicide are documented by urgent-care Roslyn High School psychiatrists. We hypothesize that agreement While many people view Asian Americans as a between veterans’ self-reports and psychiatrists’ “model minorities” who excel in math, science, clinical notes is low. and music, research has shown that they have Veterans attending a psychiatric emergency to outperform other races academically to clinic (n=377) completed a self-report on receive equal consideration by colleges. The suicidal ideation (SI) and other acute risk present experiment investigated the effect of factors. Clinical notes of their attending race and stereotypes on perceptions of students psychiatrists were coded by the researchers. in the college admission process. It was Agreement between the self-report and the hypothesized that a stereotypical Asian psychiatrists’ clinical notes regarding SI was American student would be perceived as examined. making a lesser contribution to the diversity of Psychiatrists differed from the veterans in their selective colleges, having a lower level of social ratings of SI in 46% of cases. Among the competence, having a lower level of academic discordant cases, the veterans’ self-rating was competence, and having a lower likelihood to more severe than the psychiatrists’ in 97% of be accepted into selective colleges when cases. 60% of self-reports of SI were not noted compared with a counter-stereotypical Asian in the psychiatrists’ reports. Of the 297 veterans American student and White American who were not noted to have any degree of SI students. College admission officers (N=79) by the psychiatrist, 31 (10%) self-reported a were randomly assigned to view a shortened suicide plan and 18 (6%) plan preparations. version of a college application. The Agreement between psychiatrists' notes and stereotypical Asian American student was self-reports did not differ by psychiatrist status, perceived to be significantly less likely to be presence of major depressive syndrome or accepted into college and had a lower perceived known history of a suicide attempt. Results did social competence than the other three not significantly change when veterans most students. Additionally, students who likely to over report SI were excluded. participated in counter-stereotypical Asian This low agreement suggests that inclusion of a activities were perceived to be more likely to be self-report of SI would complement accepted, more socially competent, and information gleaned from the clinical interview contribute more diversity than students who for a more comprehensive risk assessment. participated in stereotypical Asian activities. This study suggests that rather than all Asian Can Bridge Programs Enhance the Survival American students being disadvantaged in the of First-Generation College Students? college admissions process, it is only those who Donald H. Ryujin, Stephen T. Chen, Kaylene L. fit common stereotypes. Co, Madeline L. Johnson, Emilia M. Tietje
64 California Polytechnic State University- San Luis targets several addiction-related genes and is Obispo downregulated in the nucleus accumbens (NAc) Numerous studies (Nuñez & Cuccaro-Alamin, following acute cocaine administration. Here, 1998; Warburton, Bugarin, & Nuñez, 2001; we measured NAc miR-495 expression during Chen, 2005) on the attrition rate of first- cocaine self-administration (SA) and tested the generation college students empirically functional role of NAc miR-495 by viral- document their disproportionate failure in mediated overexpression during cocaine and trying to obtain a college degree. food SA. Rats were trained to lever press for Unfortunately, very few studies present any cocaine (0.90 mg/kg/infusion) for either 1 or empirical data that give us an understanding of 22 days on a fixed ratio (FR) schedule of how these students can be helped and retained. reinforcement, sacrificed one hour following Thus, this research examines graduation rates their final session, and NAc tissue was dissected for first-generation, low-income students who and processed using qRT-PCR. We found that have attended a “Bridge” program, Summer NAc miR-495 levels decreased after 22, but not Institute (SI) at California Polytechnic State 1, day of SA. A separate group of rats were University, San Luis Obispo (Cal Poly). In a infused with a lentivirus into the NAc that previous study, first-year retention rates for SI overexpressed either green fluorescent protein students were higher than non-SI students. The (GFP; control) or GFP+miR-495 and were SI students also had similar retention rates to tested on a FR5 and progressive ratio (PR) the general Cal Poly student body. The current schedule. NAc miR-495 overexpression study examines retention/attrition rates for SI decreased cocaine intake under a PR, but not students (n = 350) and their corresponding FR5, schedule. We performed the same non-SI cohorts (n = 300) for the past five years manipulation on a separate group of rats that (2010 to 2015), as well as a comparison to the were trained to lever press for food general Cal Poly student population. Given the reinforcement and observed no effects on findings from the initial SI study, it is either schedule. Taken together, NAc miR-495 hypothesized that attendance at Summer appears to be downregulated following Institute significantly enhances the retention prolonged, but not brief, cocaine SA and and graduation rates of first- generation, low- regulates genes involved in cocaine, but not income Cal Poly students. The benefits of this food, motivation. research are significant, as this research would rank as one of the few studies to empirically Associations between Stress Reactivity and assess a university’s attempts to retain first- Alcohol Use among Heavy Drinking Young generation, low-income students. Adults Lyric K. Tully, Spencer Bujarski, & Lara A. Ray, The Effects of mir-495 in Cocaine Ph.D. Addiction University of California, Los Angeles Trisha Chaudhury, Ryan M. Bastle, Madeleine Epidemiological evidence has demonstrated a St. Peter, Nicholas Galles, Colton D. Smith, robust relationship between stressful life Robert J. Oliver, Kenneth Leslie, Jennifer experiences and substance use. The relationship Taylor, Nora Perrone-Bizzozero, Janet L. between acute stress reactivity and severity of Neiswander alcohol use is less well understood. A guided Arizona State University imagery task has shown to capture mood stress MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding reactivity. We hypothesized that greater levels RNAs that post-transcriptionally regulate gene of negative mood and tension would be expression and have been implicated in drug associated with heavier alcohol use. addiction. We previously found that miR-495 Additionally, we hypothesized that greater
65 positive mood and vigor would be associated the therapists were Hispanic (42%), and non- with less severe alcohol use. Sixty-four (23 Hispanic White (34%). Clients were females) heavy drinkers completed a 30-day predominately Hispanic (59%) and African- drinking history and listened to personalized American (12%). The engagement barrier guided imagery scripts in a randomized order. reported most frequently was clients having Stressful imagery produced increases in difficulty completing homework or between negative mood and tension and decreases in session activities (30.4%). This study will use positive mood and vigor (p < .001). Positive chi-square analysis to determine if the mood reactivity was found to be correlated with frequency of barriers to EBP implementation drinks per drinking day (DPDD; r = .345, p < differs based on client-therapist race/ethnicity .01) and binge drinking (r = .427, p = .001). match. Vigor reactivity demonstrated similar results (DPDD: r = .279, p < .05; binge drinking: r = Latino or Nah?: Being Miscategorized as .346, p < .01). Greater stress-induced Latino/a Can Influence Teacher reductions in positive mood and vigor were Evaluation of the Student related to less alcohol use. Negative mood and Luis Mendez, Daisy Camacho, and Jaana tension reactivity were not correlated with Juvonen Ph.D. alcohol use (p ≥ .14). These associations may University of California, Los Angeles be reflecting dissociations between internalizing (e.g. stress reactions) and externalizing (e.g. Latino students (especially those with darker alcohol use) symptoms among this population skin complexion) are likely targets of ethnic of young adults. discrimination that affects their academic performance. Extending past research (Hunter, The Impact of Client/Therapist 2007), this study examines Non-Latino students Racial/Ethnic Match on Engagement in (N = 3,000) and how being miscategorized as Evidence-Based Mental Health Services Latino or correctly categorized as non-Latino influences how their teachers evaluate their Authors: Jennifer Grijalva, JC Gonzalez, Miya academic performance. Teachers were asked to Barnett, Anna Lau, Lauren Brookman-Frazee rate the participant's’ academic engagement in University of California, Los Angeles & University of the classroom. Results showed that students California, San Diego who were miscategorized as Latino had, on Racial/ethnic minorities have poorer average, lower teacher ratings than the students engagement in mental health services, including who were categorized as Non-Latino. This lower attendance rates and higher attrition analysis extends previous work (Catherine compared to European Americans (Polo et al., Riegle-Crumb & Melissa Humphries, 2012), 2012). In order to improve mental health showing that teachers have biases of their services for minorities, it is vital to understand students and they tend to perceive ability of how therapist and client race/ethnicity impacts minority students lower than white students. barriers to engagement in therapy sessions. This An additional follow up analysis was done paper examines mental health disparities within which included Latino students correctly Los Angeles County, specifically focusing on categorized as Latino. We correctly barriers to engagement within the delivery of hypothesized that they would have similar evidence-based practices (EBPs). I hypothesize teacher ratings than the Non-Latino students that there will be improved engagement if there who were miscategorized as Latino students. is a race/ethnic client-therapist match. The data This research is significant in current issues of is taken from a survey of 789 therapists, who education since the findings point towards reported barriers during EBP delivery for one discrimination based on physical appearances. client in the past two months. The majority of Students are seen to be penalized for
66 resembling Latino students, regardless of their but only on Day 2 (p<.01). Results suggest 5- true ethnicity. This research can inform HTT genotype influences male and female teachers, school administrators, and educators temperament differently. Additionally, certain of biases that can lead to discrimination they temperamental traits may be more sensitive to may be currently unaware of and can lead to maternal genotype, dependent on infant sex. discussion of more blind-like grading of students.
The Influence of Maternal Serotonin Transporter Gene on Activity and Emotionality in Rhesus Macaques Natalie N. Lange, Alexander Baxter, Ian M. Lake, Grace Bohman, Elizabeth K. Wood, J.P. Capitanio, J.D. Higley Brigham Young University & University of California, Davis Genetic effects on temperament have been widely studied. In infant rhesus macaques (Macaca mulatta), the serotonin transporter (5- HTT) genotype affects temperamental traits Activity and Emotionality. However, independent of infant’s genotype, mother’s genotype modulates infant temperament. We hypothesize infant temperament is dependent on infant’s and mother’s 5-HTT genotype. Given inherent sex-differences in social roles, we also hypothesize genotype affects sons and daughters differently. Subjects were 626 infants (males: n=317, females: n=309; mean age: 106 days) housed in outdoor enclosures at the California National Primate Research Center. To assess temperament, infants were separated from their group and observed over two days to measure temperamental traits Activity and Emotionality. Blood samples were obtained to genotype mothers and infants. Data were analyzed using mixed design, One-Way ANOVA. Results show on both days male infants with ss genotypes exhibit higher Emotionality than males with LL or Ls genotypes (p<.05). Mothers’ genotype also affected temperament on both days, with sons of mothers with ss genotypes showing lower Activity than sons of mothers with LL genotypes (p<.05). Daughters of mothers with SS genotypes exhibit higher Emotionality than daughters of mothers with LL or Ls genotypes,
67 of Items had a significantly greater effect on Poster Session 2 memory retention compared to Words. 2:40 pm – 3:30 pm Understanding how Self-Concept Affects All poster presentations will be held in the Math Friendship Quality among Adolescents Courtyard Peggy Hsieh, Cara Lam, Elina Veytsman B.A., Courtney C. Bolton Ph.D., Elizabeth The Effect of Presenter’s Demeanor and Laugeson Psy.D. Mode of Presentation of Items on University of California, Los Angeles Memory Retention Self-concept is defined as ideas or perceptions Danicca Noelle V. Pineda, Frances Stephanie held about oneself (Sebastian, Burnett, & Ll. Perilla, Patricia G. Gabriel, & Madeleine Blakemore, 2008). Previous research suggests Jewel B. Maog (Faculty Advisor: Asst. Prof that negative self-concept poses as a risk Divine Love A. Salvador) factor to domains affecting social functioning University of the Philippines Diliman among adolescents (Marsh, Parada, &Ayotte, This study examined the effects of presenter’s 2004). Building upon this finding, the current demeanor and mode of presentation of items study examines the effects of self-concept on on memory retention. The researchers quality of adolescent friendship. We hypothesized that more items will be recalled hypothesized that adolescents (N=406; ages if (1) the presenter’s demeanor is informal, (2) 11-17) with low levels of self-concept would and if the mode of presentation is through display low levels of friendship quality. The pictures; and that (3) there is an interaction Piers-Harris Children’s Self-Concept Scale effect between the two variables. The and Friendship Qualities Scale were used as independent variables of this study were: (1) multidimensional measures of self-concept the presenter’s demeanor with two levels and friendship quality respectively. displaying a formal or informal demeanor; and Conducting bivariate analysis, we analyzed the (2) the mode of presentation of the items as relationship between friendship quality and pictures (realistic representation of the items) various domains of self concept like or words (how the items are spelled out). The popularity, freedom from anxiety, and experiment had an in-between subjects design happiness. Supporting our hypothesis, results with four treatment conditions, namely (1) indicate that low levels of friendship quality formal-pictures, (2) formal-words, (3) are significantly correlated with low popularity informal-pictures, (4) informal-words. The (r=.16, p<.01), low freedom (r=.22, p<.01), dependent variable was memory retention, and low happiness (r=.23, p<.01). This has and was measured by the number of items significant implications for promoting positive recalled and written down by the participant. self-concept among adolescents in order to The participants were Introductory improve peer relations. Psychology students from the University of the Philippines Diliman. Via an independent The Influence of Gender Differences on sample t-Test and a two-way ANOVA, the Expectations and Memory for Social study showed that Presenter’s Demeanor had Feedback no significant effect on memory retention, as Jazmine Vega, Jessica I. Lake, Naomi I. well as there having no interaction effect Eisenberger, Gregory A. Miller, Cindy M. between the two variables. However, the Yee-Bradbury Mode of Presentation of Items had a University of California, Los Angeles significant effect on memory retention, specifically Pictures as Mode of Presentation
68 Gender differences have been demonstrated measuring bullying, depression, anxiety, in response to social stress. Specifically, acculturative stress, (i.e. the stress that arises women react more negatively (e.g. elevated as a result of contact and interaction between cortisol levels) than men after receiving social two or more cultural groups), and familism (a rejection feedback. Little research has cultural value that emphasizes close, loyal, explored whether expectations and/or social family bonds and a prioritization of the needs feedback may differentially influence both the of the family over the self), were administered affect and memory of men and women. The to a sample of approximately 110 present research explores this possibility using predominantly Latino students (ages 13-18) anticipatory cues followed by social from a rural community. Acculturative stress evaluation. Healthy college students rated how and low levels of familism were significantly they felt in response to being accepted onto associated with internalizing symptoms ( or rejected from a cooperative game team, =1.05, p<.0001, =-0.055, p<.0001) and and were tested on their memory of the with peer victimization ( =1.09, p<.0001, individuals who had accepted or rejected =-0.066, p<.0001). Peer victimization was them. Given that women are more sensitive also significantly and independently associated to social feedback, we predict they will report feeling worse after social rejection and better with anxiety and depression symptoms ( after social acceptance than males. We also =.323, p<.0001). Nearly 25% and 29% of the suspect that women will recall individuals who relationship between acculturative rejected them more often than those who stress/familism variables and internalizing would accept them, as well as recall those they symptoms was partially mediated by peer anticipated would reject them more often than victimization. Our findings may have accept them, than will men. Further evidence important implications for the development of greater sensitivity to social feedback in of culturally tailored school based women could contribute to our understanding interventions for peer victimization. of the greater prevalence of anxiety disorders in women. Therapist Adaptations to Evidence-Based Practices for Youth in Community Mental Peer Victimization: A Mediating Factor Health Agencies Between Cultural/family Variables and Melanie Tran, Sara Linerio, Joanna Kim, Internalizing Symptoms M.A., Jennifer Regan, Ph.D., & Anna Lau, Desiree Delgadillo, Amy Rapp, Denise Ph.D. Chavira, Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles University of California, Los Angeles Clinicians in community mental health Research has shown that victims of peer settings often modify evidence-based practices aggression are at increased risk for developing (EBPs) to improve the fit of the intervention internalizing disorders such as anxiety and to clients’ needs. The present study codes depression (Reijntjes et al., 2010). However, therapists’ report of treatment adaptations and few studies have examined the role that calculates the frequency of eight common familial and cultural factors have on peer types of adaptations (e.g., lengthening pace, victimization and internalizing symptoms. In omitting components) as well as reasons for this study we tested a mediational model to adapting their delivery of EBPs. Qualitative assess whether acculturative stress and low data comprised of brief fill-in responses in levels of familism increase the risk of peer which therapists described their adaptations victimization, which in turn increases anxiety of one of six EBPs studied within a large-scale and depressive symptoms. Questionnaires system reform in Los Angeles County. The
69 survey asked therapists to describe the were then brought together and performed a adaptation specific to one client within the series of interpersonal tasks while their past two months. Average length of text autonomic nervous system reactivity was string responses was 162 characters. Based on passively recorded. To analyze our findings, preliminary data from a subset of the overall we conducted a repeated measures ANOVA sample (N = 241), the top three adaptations and a bivariate correlation. Results indicated were modifying presentation of components that dyads assigned to the sad/perspective- (54.4%), implementing supplemental content taking condition had greater heart rate (18.2%), and adjusting order of sessions reactivity across all tasks than individuals in (18.2%). The primary reason for adapting was the sad/objective-taking, neutral/perspective- client age/developmental level (46.2%). In the taking, or neutral/objective-taking conditions. full sample, we hypothesize the most Heart rate variability, an index of affect common adaptation will continue to be contagion, appeared more reactive for modification of presentation and the most participants in the perspective-taking common reason for adapting will continue to conditions, irrespective of their affective state. be client age and developmental stage. This This suggests that physiological synchrony study has implications for evaluating delivery may be stronger for individuals taking the and sustainability of EBPs in the community, perspective of others, but is even stronger regarding the helpfulness of certain when their partner is sad. We believe these adaptations for clients and understanding why data are a powerful first step to understanding therapists adapt certain practices. the basis of empathy and feeling connected to others. I Feel Your Pain: Examining the Role of Perspective-taking on Sadness Contagion The Effect of Highlighting and Reading Nicole A. Bautista, Erika H. Siegel, Jiyoung Medium on Memory Park, Belinda Carrillo, & Wendy Berry Apryl Mae C. Parcon, Francesca Ysabel M. Mendes Cuerdo, Genquen Philip Carado, Jemimah University of California, San Francisco & California Emerald T. Bartolome, Paul Angelo U. State University, East Bay Gaspar This study examined the physiological and University of the Philippines Diliman psychological effects of emotion and This study examined the effects of reading perspective-taking between strangers. medium and highlighting on memory recall Previous studies suggest stress and anger, and recognition. While previous studies have both the feeling and the physiological investigated on memory across different responses, can be transferred from one media platforms and the effects of individual to another resulting in the highlighting separately, this study aimed to synchrony of bodily responses. There is determine the effect of reading on either e- limited research to date on whether other book or paper on memory in the presence of affective states such as sadness can be three different highlighting conditions. A 2 contagious in a similar way. Our study (printed copy, electronic copy) x 2 (active included 36 male and female participants from highlighting, passive highlighting, no ages 18 to 35. In this study, some participants highlighting) Between-subjects Factorial were asked to share a sad story from their life Design was used for this experiment. The 120 while others described a neutral event. participants, who were all students of the Meanwhile, their partner was instructed to University of the Philippines - Diliman, were either engage in perspective-taking or social randomly assigned to the six different distancing (i.e. objective- taking). Participants treatment conditions. They were all given 5
70 minutes to read a passage and an additional 3 child internalizing problems above and minutes each to answer questions of multiple beyond other parent and child choice and identification types. At the 95% psychopathology. Specific mechanisms confidence interval, no significant effects of beyond expressed emotion likely underlie the reading medium and highlighting were found. intergenerational transmission of anxiety. In addition, the two variables did not interact to affect memory significantly. These results Should the Radio be Band? The Effects of suggest that efficient reading can be equally Listening to Music on Driver Skill ad achieved across two different reading Stress mediums regardless of whether or not Alyssa Rust highlighting is present. Roslyn High School
Parent Expressed Emotion and the Recent research has investigated the effects of Intergenerational Association of listening to music while driving and the Internalizing Symptoms effects of it on driver stress level. Although studies have been done to test how different Wan (Vivian) Ho, Irene Tung, & Steve S. Lee types of music affect frequency of driver error Ph.D. and stress while driving, there have been no University of California, Los Angeles studies that use a counterbalanced design to Although parent and child internalizing investigate the type of music an individual symptoms (i.e., anxiety, depression) are listens to may alter his or driving skills and reliably and positively associated, few studies stress. Students participated in a study where have differentiated the unique roles of parent they completed three tasks on a driving anxiety from depression. One potential simulator; in one task the participant listened mechanism linking parent and child anxiety to no music, in another task the participant symptoms is the family environment, given listened to high-tempo, negative valence that it is separately related to parental anxiety music, and in a third task the participant and child internalizing symptoms. In a sample listened to low-tempo, positive valence music. of 170 families of parents and children with After each task, the participant took a survey and without ADHD, we examined the to test their psychological stress level and had concurrent and longitudinal association of their pulse level taken to measure parent anxiety and child internalizing physiological stress. Participants driving while symptoms and the mediating role of parent listening to music were found to to make expressed emotion (i.e. criticism, emotional more mistakes while driving than when they overinvolvement, warmth) coded from the were driving without music, with the most Five Minute Speech Sample. Preliminary errors being made while listening to high- analyses revealed that parent anxiety tempo, negative valence music. Also, driver symptoms did not predict child internalizing stress levels, both psychological and symptoms two years later, but they were physiological, were higher when participants positively associated concurrently (p<.01), were listening to music than when they even with stringent control of parent weren't listening to music, with the highest depression and ADHD and child ADHD. stress levels occurring while listening to high- Multiple mediation analyses using tempo, negative valence music. bootstrapping revealed that parent expressed emotion did not mediate this association, Sex and Sexual Orientation as Factors of although parent depression predicted Self-Disclosure increased criticism. Findings suggest that Paolo Enrico O. Aljibe, Joseph Ian Franklin parent anxiety has a specific association with H. Aurellano, Hannah Luz G. Awitan, &
71 Michelle Alexandra S. Edillon. Mentor: Asst. underrepresentation of Black American youth Prof. Divine Love A. Salvador among national mental health service users? University of the Philippines-Diliman and (b) What can be done to increase Based on the notion that women are more utilization in this population? I hypothesize likely to disclose than men, and people in that low service utilization among Black general are more likely to disclose to Americans is related to the limited prevalence heterosexual individuals rather than of culturally competent interventions. In homosexual individuals, this experiment order to address this disparity, I propose an studies the effect of sex of an individual, and original conceptual model called the "Culture- sexual orientation (of their partner in the first Intervention Framework." This model conversation) on disclosure. Male and female identifies seven key components of culturally college students (N=198, half of the sample competent mental health interventions and male and the other half female) were assigned could help improve the success of mental to one of four different versions of a vignette health interventions by primarily addressing designed to simulate an interaction with either the influence of cultural environments on a heterosexual (straight man and straight human behavior. Research findings will be woman) or a homosexual partner (gay man used to identify the population's service needs and lesbian woman), then given a self- and preferences, edify future interventions, disclosure questionnaire to measure the and increase mental health service utilization breadth and depth of the participant’s among Black American youth. disclosure based on their sum scores. Results of the experiments were tested using Two- Friendship Quality and Concept in Way ANOVA on SPSS. Results show that sex Children with ASD: Associations Between Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors remains to be a factor of self-disclosure as females disclose more than males, but sexual Mera N. West, Briana Felix, Naomi Rodas, orientation is not. Jan Blacher University of California, Los Angeles Culturally Competent Mental Health Problem behaviors and a conceptual Interventions and Service Utilization in understanding of friendship are examined in Black American Youth relation to the quality of friendship in children Kaylin D. Wesley with Autism Spectrum Disorder. Research University of California, Los Angeles suggests that children with ASD lack a Black Americans report significantly more conceptual understanding of loneliness and adverse life events than other ethnicities have lower quality friendships (Bauminger & despite reporting disproportionately low rates Kasari, 2000). Researchers have also suggested of mental health service utilization (Turner& that internalizing behaviors are linked to lower Lloyd, 2004; SAMHSA, 2012). Adverse life friendship quality in children with ASD events often cause symptoms that warrant (Mazurek & Kanne, 2010). The proposed professional mental health intervention; and study expands on existing research in my study, I aim to identify factors that may by predicting that (1) children with no prevent or deter Black American youth from concept of friendship will experience lower seeking clinical psychological services. Using quality friendships than children with a qualitative surveys composed of eleven concept (2) friendship quality will be original questions concerning mental health significantly associated with internalizing service, I hope to understand: a) What are behaviors and (3) friendship quality will not potential explanations for the be associated with externalizing behaviors. Participants were 62 children, 4-7
72 years old, with ASD. Child friendship was significantly related to familial support. measured using a coding system. Behavior Together, these findings suggest that college problems were measured with the Social Skills students that have greater levels of perceived Inventory System (Gresham & Elliot, 2008). familial support are likely to be more Preliminary analyses show a main effect of optimistic about their future which is friendship concept F(2,62)=19.74, consistent with existing literature. p<.001. Children with no friendship concept reported lower friendship quality compared to Effect of Alpha Oscillations on Iconic children with a concept of Memory friendship. Friendship quality was significantly Rachel W. Chen, Stephanie M. Nelli, John T. related to internalizing behaviors r(61)=.35, Serences p<.001.These findings expand our knowledge University of California, San Diego of friendships in children with ASD. Alpha-band oscillations (roughly 8 to 12 Hz) The Relationship Between Optimism and are conceptualized as an attentional buffer Familial Support in College Students that filters sensory information according to behavioral demands. Specifically, the phase Jennifer L. Cruz & Lindsay K. Frederick and power of these oscillations are associated Seattle University with sensory stimulus processing. The The millennial generation is faced with new involvement of alpha oscillations in sensory pressures, obstacles, and expectations that information processing led us to hypothesize differ from those of previous generations. that these oscillations impact iconic memory With increased obstacles, the ability for recall. In the study, participants completed a emerging adults to accomplish their goals may computer-based memory recall task. On each be affected as well as long-term decision trial, the screen flashed white to induce an making. Due to this critical time, investigating event-related reset of the alpha oscillations; 8 what may affect an emerging adult’s outlook letters then appeared on the screen at a on their future is significant in order to better randomly sampled frame between 225 to 1400 understand ways that can help emerging ms following the flash. Subjects were adults’ transition into adulthood. The present prompted to recall 3 letters as indicated by a study examined the relationship between post-cue appearing at either 100ms, 400ms, or familial support and optimism levels in college 1000ms following letter presentation. We students. A total of 129 students currently replicated classic effects of recall performance enrolled at Seattle University completed an degrading with increased cue delay. online survey which included basic Furthermore, we quantified rhythmicity in demographic information and measures recall performance, indicating a potential role assessing perceived levels familial support and for oscillations in iconic memory processing. optimism. The researchers hypothesized 1) that students with higher levels of perceived Violating Netiquette on Facebook?: familial support would have greater levels of Effects of Disclosure and Valence on optimism and 2) the optimism subscale of Bystanders’ Perceptions personal problem solving would have the Julia B. Yi, Hannah Schacter, Jaana Juvonen strongest correlation with familial support. University of California, Los Angeles Results found that greater levels of perceived familial support were related to higher levels Although bystanders can help victims of of optimism. The optimism subscales of cyberbullying feel better, they are unlikely to general efficacy, personal problem solving, actively intervene in online bullying. In fact, and career expectancy were all found to be research shows that bystanders are even more
73 likely to reinforce a cyberbully’s behavior McWhirter, & McWhirter, 2015). Our (Barlinska et al., 2013). To gain insights into research study examines how CC is related to what specific factors influence bystanders’ academic motivation among high school behavior online, the current study examined students of color compared to White bystanders’ perceptions of a cyberbullied teen. students. Academic motivation was Participants (n=118) were randomly assigned operationalized as aspiration, GPA, school to view the Facebook profile of a victim who utility, and school importance. We posted an update ranging in personal hypothesized that CC will be positively disclosure (high vs. low) and valence (positive associated with academic motivation. Given a vs. negative). In all conditions, a cyberbully significant correlation, we hypothesized that responded to the victim’s post with a mean the relationship will be stronger for students comment. Participants’ perceptions of the of color than for White students, because CC victim’s and bully’s (1) Neediness (2) can be utilized as a tool for combating Unpleasantness (3) Insecurities, and (4) oppression and students of color experience Selfishness were examined across conditions. the inequity and barriers that construct Results show that bystanders formed the most oppression while White students do not negative impressions of the victim when she (Watts, 1999). We also hypothesized that the had a high disclosure post (i.e. revealed more relationship will differ between grade levels personal information) because the victim's and gender. Our sample of 236 high school highly personal post violates Netiquette. students was collected from a larger diverse, Interestingly, bystanders did not form national online sample examining CC. Using negative perceptions of the bully. Thus, we linear regression, the results indicate that believe that if a bystander forms negative critical consciousness is positively associated perceptions of the victim and no negative with academic motivation and that perceptions of the bully, this may explain why relationship differs given race, gender, and bystanders are more likely to reinforce the grade level. Findings suggest the importance cyberbully's behavior. The results of the of CC curriculum to improve academic current study have important implications for outcomes for high school students of color. encouraging active bystander behavior to alleviate negative psychological outcomes of Effects of Social Setting, Rearing, and cybervictims. Genotype on Alcohol Consumption in Rhesus Macaques (Macaca mulatta) Critical Consciousness and the Interaction Daniel A. Davies, Spencer J. Waters, Esther of Race in Academic Outcomes among M. Page, Elizabeth K. Wood, Stephen J. Adolescents Suomi, Christina S. Barr, S.G. Lindell, J. Dee Andres Pinedo, Kaitlin Sousa, Melissa Leung, Higley Jason Dyer, Christy Byrd, Ph.D Brigham Young University, National Institutes of University of California, Santa Cruz Health, & Section of Comparative Behavioral Freire (1970) theorized that increasing critical Genomics awareness of systemic institutionalized Rhesus monkeys are widely used to model inequities, or critical consciousness (CC), is human alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Studies essential for deconstructing them and creating show that rearing condition, sex, and the equitable student outcomes. Research has serotonin transporter genotype (5-HTTLPR) found positive associations with CC and modulate alcohol intake. However, nonhuman academic motivation among African primate models establishing the effect of American high school students (Carter, 2008), social condition on alcohol consumption have as well as academic achievement (Luginbuhl, been investigated less often. In this study, we
74 investigate how genotype and rearing as professional attire would display higher levels mediated by social setting may differentially of A) self-esteem, B) self-efficacy, and C) be affect males and females. To investigate this, more likely to apply for a higher level data were collected from 212 adolescent position. Participants (N=104) were randomly rhesus macaques. An aspartame-sweetened assigned to wear their own clothing (control), 8.4% alcohol solution and its sans-alcohol casual, or professional attire, while completing vehicle were available 1 hour daily for subjects a shortened version of the Rosenberg Self- to consume. Social condition (in social group Esteem Scale, the General Self Efficacy Scale, or alone), Rearing condition (mother-reared and a question regarding the likelihood of or peer-reared), and 5-HTTLPR Genotype applying for a new job. Analyses using (LL and LS) were independent variables. ANOVAs and Tukey Kramer post hoc tests Separate two-way ANOVAs were performed revealed that students in adult clothing scored for males and females. Results indicated the significantly lower (p<.001) than students in importance of social setting on alcohol intake both other conditions on all three variables. for both sexes, showing that drinking alone In addition, students who wore professional augments alcohol intake for both sexes. For clothing reported marginally higher self- males, there was a significant genotype-by- efficacy and a marginally greater likelihood of social condition interaction (p=0.027), with applying for the job than students in the LS genotype males caged alone drinking to control group. intoxication each day. For females, social setting interacted with early rearing Density Relationship and Proximity of experiences (p=0.014) to induce high intake in Tobacco Outlets to isolated subjects who were maternally- Intermediate/Secondary Schools deprived. Our studies show that social setting Katherine E. Knobloch, Joshua M. Cohen, must be considered when evaluating the effect Thang Q. Tran, Jennifer J. Choung, Sophia of rearing and genotype on alcohol intake and E. Lee, Dr. Vickie M. Mays, Dr. Steven J. suggest that different variables modulate Shoptaw, & Lichin Ly alcohol intake in males and females. University of California, Los Angeles
Dress To Impress: The Influence of the In Los Angeles County, smoking rates have Enclothed Cognition Effect on Self- declined significantly over the prior two Esteem and Self-Efficacy decades. However, smoking rates among Koreans have remained high relative to other Chloe A. Levin & Allyson J. Weseley racial groups, a problem that is observed even Roslyn High School among youth in Los Angeles County (Lee et Many people are acutely aware of the impact al. 2001). Despite being only 2.9 square miles, what one wears can have on other people’s Koreatown in Los Angeles County is perceptions of them. However, perhaps less characterized by a relatively high number of appreciated is the effect one’s clothing can smoking outlets and alcohol retailers. The have on oneself. According Adams and easy availability of tobacco retailers, which is Galinsky's enclothed cognition effect, clothing often accompanied by tobacco advertising can have a strong influence on performance may place youth in this subgroup at high risk on cognitive tasks and behavior. The purpose for cigarette smoking. As the prevalence of of the present study was to explore the effect smoking in Korean youth is high, we of clothing on two of the most essential traits hypothesize that density of tobacco retailing an individual can have: self-esteem and self- outlets near schools will be comparatively efficacy. It was hypothesized that compared higher in Koreatown than that observed in to participants in casual attire, those in other areas of Los Angeles County that have
75 concentrations of Asian youth. Researchers unawareness of social communication skills mapped 2.9 miles of Koreatown in Los and appropriate behaviors characteristic of Angeles to identify the locations of tobacco ASD. Finding a difference between parent retailers. Additionally, Los Angeles County reports of children with ASD and parent tobacco retailer licenses provided further reports of neurotypical children would information. ArcGIS software provided indicate that a quantitative approach should visualization of the results. Mapping of be taken to avoid unconscious influence of tobacco outlets indicated a higher density of ASD personality characteristics. Assessment smoking outlets relative to schools within of ASD emphasizes parent report of child Koreatown compared to other Asian behaviors, but differences in parent reports subpopulations (Little Bangladesh, Little and child self-reports between neurotypical Tokyo, and Chinatown) in Los Angeles. individuals and individuals with ASD can These findings provide evidence of marketing significantly impact assessment measures and strategies that target Koreans and provide procedures used in diagnosing ASD. suggestions for policy and treatment interventions to lower smoking rates in Child-Reported Neglect is Associated Korean citizens in Los Angeles County, and with Increased Amygdala Volume in Early especially for school aged youth. Adolescent Boys Vivian H. Vu, Kathryn L. Humphreys, Lucy Examining Correspondence Between S. King, Matthew D. Sacchet, M. Catalina Parent Report and Child Self-Report of Camacho, Tiffany C. Ho, & Ian H. Gotlib Personality Stanford University Paulina Reveles, Stacey Yakimowich, Jeffrey J. Background: Wood, Ph.D. A lack of nurturing caregiving experiences University of California, Los Angeles during childhood has been posited to Literature indicates that child behavioral self- adversely affect brain development, increasing reports are unreliable compared to parent individuals’ risk for psychiatric disorders. report of child behavior. Obtaining reliable Studies of institutionalized children have reports of children is critical in addressing documented an association of psychosocial differences in child development. This study deprivation with increased amygdala volume. measures the degree of correspondence We sought to examine the association between child self-report using the Big Five between neglect and amygdala volume in early Questionnaire-Children (BFQ-C) and parent adolescence in a typical community sample of report of personality using the Hierarchical children and their biological caregivers. Personality Inventory for Children (HiPIC). Methods: The sample included forty school-aged Participants were 43 children (Mage=10.93 children (M = 9.9 yrs, SD = 1.8 yrs; IQ > 85) years, SD=1.08; 58% female). Neglect was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder assessed using child-report on the (ASD) who participated in a randomized Multidimensional Neglectful Behavior Scale controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy Short Form. Right and left amygdala volume and forty neurotypical children (M = 10.3 yrs, were calculated from T1-weighted MRI SD = 2.0 yrs), matched by ethnicity and images segmented using FreeSurfer. Mixed mental age. We expect parent report and child models were used to include repeated self-report to be more congruent for assessment of amygdala volume by neurotypical participants than parent report hemisphere. Sex, age, pubertal stage, and and child self-report of children with ASD. intracranial volume were included as Differences in report can be attributed to the covariates.
76 Results: conditions that a co-participant had done We found a significant three-way interaction either better or worse (local comparison, of neglect, sex, and hemisphere (F(1,39)=5.71, always in the opposite direction of the global p=.02). Post-hoc analyses conducted comparison). Finally, participants evaluated separately within each sex yielded a robust their performance and satisfaction. Results association between neglect and greater right support our hypothesis: when in a concrete amygdala volume in boys (Est.=36.14 [15.39], mindset, participants demonstrated the LDE; p=.024), but not in girls (Est.=-9.45 [10.63], their self-evaluations relied disproportionately p=.38). on comparison information from their co- Conclusions: participants instead of the average (F(1, Our results provide support for recent 108)=19.08, p<.001). However, when in an findings of sex-specific amygdala responses to abstract mindset, the LDE was reversed and early life stress; in the present study we found participants’ self-evaluations relied more on an association between childhood neglect and global comparison information (F(1, 112)= amygdala volume only in males. Thus, neglect 5.706, p=.019). Implications of this research may increase risk in boys for difficulties with include interventions for better understanding anxiety and emotion processing through risk (compared to average) of developing enlargement of the right amygdala. disease.
Reversing the local dominance effect: The Development of Emotion Construal level matters Discrimination in Dance and Music Kathleen Vogt, Kimya Sabzbalouch-i-bam, Aubrey L. Borgen & Elizabeth S. Nawrot Kathryn Bruchmann, & Abigail Evans Minnesota State University Moorhead Santa Clara University & The Ohio State Humans express emotion not only through University facial expressions, vocalizations, and body The Local Dominance Effect (LDE; e.g., Zell postures, but also through different art forms. & Alicke, 2013) states that people rely more Studies have shown that even infants are able on social comparison information from to detect emotion in facial expressions individuals versus aggregates, despite (Hunnius, 2011), however it is unclear aggregates being more diagnostic in forming whether humans have an innate ability to self-evaluations. We tested Construal Level discriminate between emotions when they are Theory (CLT; Liberman & Trope, 1998) as a expressed in an artistic manner. Research potential moderator. CLT suggests that events supports the idea that young children are able are evaluated differently when construed to discriminate between different emotions in abstractly (focusing on the “big picture”) music (Nawrot, 2003) and in dance (Lagerlöf versus concretely (focusing on specific & Djerf, 2009). The current experiment details). We hypothesized that when when further explored this idea by hypothesizing construing abstractly, self-evaluations should that individuals of all ages have developed a be influenced by aggregate information, propensity for intermodal matching of demonstrating “Global Dominance”. emotions in dance and music. Dancers were Participants completed a difficult trivia task recruited to create videos of improvised dance and then completed a writing task that performances portraying three different manipulated their construal level. Next, emotions: happy, sad, and angry. Participants, participants were given false feedback about including preschool-age children and adults, their performance on the trivia task: they were viewed two videos of dance movements while told they performed either above or below listening to instrumental music that matched average (global comparison), and in some one of them emotionally. Data revealed that
77 adults were able to verbally identify the intervene on these two pathologies emotionally congruent dance movements simultaneously. significantly more often than preschoolers (p < .002), which is in accordance with previous Development of Executive Functions and research. However, children did identify the Theory of Mind: Infant Frontal Lobe correct dance at a frequency significantly Activation as a Predictor above chance level (p < .05), suggesting that Yeo Bi Choi, Courtney Filippi, Erin Cannon, understanding of emotion portrayed by Nathan Fox, Samuel Thrope, & Amanda artistic body movements develops at a young Woodward age. University of Chicago & University of Maryland
Are Food Addiction and Alcohol Abuse Research has shown that Executive Functions Two Branches of Pathology from the (EF) level has functional link to Theory of Same Vulnerable Tree? Mind (ToM) ability; however, underlying neural correlates of that relationship remain Cristina González, Jenna R. Cummings, A. largely unknown. Frontal lobe, home of EF, Janet Tomiyama has been found to play an important role in University of California, Los Angeles adult’s ToM ability; thus, we investigated Researchers often study food addiction and whether there is a developmental relationship alcohol abuse in isolation. Yet, these between infant frontal activity and both later pathologies may stem from similar causal EF and ToM ability. 30 children were studied mechanisms. Indeed, many severe and as infants and again as 3-year-olds. Frontal moderate alcohol drinkers report heightened alpha event related potential (ERP) at 7- sensitivity to reward, and sensitivity to reward months during an action imitation task was may be a factor in overeating (Volkow, Wang, correlated with belief subscale score from Fowler, & Telang, 2008). This led researchers Children’s Social Understanding Scale (CSUS), to the biological vulnerability hypothesis, or effortful control subscale score from Child the idea that an individual with a propensity Behavior Questionnaire (CBQ), and average for heavy alcohol use might too have a vocabulary score from Developmental propensity for overeating (Gearhardt & Vocabulary Assessment for Parents (DVAP) Corbin, 2009). The objective of the current taken at 3-years. Results revealed a significant study was to see if there was an association correlation between infants’ frontal alpha between reported behavior in response to event related desynchronization (ERD) during food consumption and in response to alcohol. action execution and later executive functions We hypothesized that there would be a strong level (r(30) = -0.470, p = 0.009) and another positive association. Participants (N = 88) between executive functions level and belief responded to the Yale Food Addiction Scale understanding ability (r(30) = 0.385, p = and the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification 0.036). Yet, frontal activation did not predict Test. Results supported our hypothesis and later general vocabulary level, and vocabulary showed a significant positive relationship level did not have a significant relationship between food addiction and alcohol abuse with later belief understanding ability. This symptoms, r(86) = 0.48, p < .001. These data demonstrate that infant frontal activation results indicate that individuals with a maps specifically onto later executive propensity for overeating also had a functions level and support the contribution propensity for heavy drinking, supporting the of early frontal activation in development of idea of an overlap in vulnerability for food social cognition through controlling of addiction and alcohol abuse. It may be infants’ own actions. worthwhile for future work to study and
78 Reducing Stigmatizing Attitudes toward Transportation into the text partially mediated Veterans with PTSD: The Impact of the effect of the fictional passages on Empathic Engagement with Fictional empathic concern, B = .15, SE = .03, 95% CI Literature [.10, .22]. Rebecca L. Howard, Brianna C. Delker, Sara D. Hodges Using Comparison and Similarity to University of Oregon Support Learning in Statistics Combat-related post-traumatic stress disorder Lucy Cui, Emma H. Geller, and James W. Stigler, Ph.D. (PTSD) diagnoses are becoming more prevalent, but fewer than half of veterans University of California, Los Angeles diagnosed with PTSD seek treatment. Math word problem-solving has been studied Stigmatizing attitudes toward military veterans extensively in K-12 topics like algebra. with combat-related PTSD prevents veterans Researchers are currently testing strategies from seeking treatment. Fictional literature effective for math problem-solving on topics may serve as an efficient, accessible way to in statistics. Structural awareness and increase personal experience with, and comparison have been identified as key empathy toward, individuals diagnosed with a components for identifying problem type and mental health disorder. In prior research, problem-solving procedures (Gentner & increased levels of empathic engagement with Smith 2013). However, in typical statistics fictional literature (i.e., “transportation” into classrooms, concepts are taught sequentially the text) has been associated with increased with few opportunities for comparison reports of empathy for others. In this study, between current and previous concepts, undergraduate participants (N=450) were leaving little time for students to make randomly assigned to read one of three distinctions before proceeding. Extending passages: a fictional literature passage about previous work (Quilici & Mayer 2002), this PTSD, a nonfiction passage about PTSD, or a study examines the effectiveness of learning fiction control passage (i.e., not about PTSD). materials that highlight connections and Afterwards, self-report surveys assessed distinctions between problems by varying the stigmatizing attitudes toward people with similarity of cover stories and the PTSD, empathic concern for the character in opportunities for direct, side-by-side the vignette, and transportation into the text. comparison. Participants were provided with We hypothesized that the fictional PTSD (vs. one of four lessons: similar problems with nonfiction PTSD) passage would decrease comparison, varied problems with stigmatizing attitudes toward people with comparison, similar problems sequentially, or PTSD. We also hypothesized that the fictional varied problems sequentially. Participants PTSD (vs. fiction control) passage would were then tested on their ability to correctly increase empathic concern toward the identify the appropriate statistical test for a character in the vignette and that this effect novel set of problems. We expect comparison would be mediated by increased and problem similarity to have a positive transportation into the text. Analysis of effect on categorization because they highlight covariance revealed that the fictional PTSD structural similarities and differences between passage was associated with more pity toward problem types. However, we found that people with PTSD than the nonfiction PTSD comparison and varied problems had a passage, F(1, 243) = 5.16, p = .024. Empathic positive effect on categorization, with concern for the character was greater with the comparison of varied problems benefiting fictional PTSD passage than the fictional learning the most. This finding suggests that control passage, F(1,211) = 77.45, p < .001. comparing varied problems may encourage
79 students to rely less on surface characteristics much research responding to the call for and become attuned to structure. culturally relevant practices (U.S. DHHS, 2001). While factors related to psychotherapy The impact of stereotype threat and task disengagement have been discovered (e.g., goals on reading Sue, Fujino, Hu, Takeuchi, & Zane, 1991), Marco Gomez, Patrick Plummer, & Keith further exploration by gender is needed. Using Holyoak a mixed-methods design, we examined the University of California phenomenon of disengagement by qualitatively analyzing clinician notes for 30 Previous research has shown that negative Asian American patients (12 female, 18 male) stereotypes can alter task performance in in conjunction with demographic and certain domains if individuals belong to a quantitative symptom data. Preliminary results group with applicable negative stereotypes. show that females had a longer delay until Research has also shown that specific task intake and attended less sessions than males goals for skilled reading can affect how text is despite endorsing more PAI symptoms processed. This study will measure eye overall (e.g., significantly higher suicidality). movements to assess reading behavior for two Both genders exhibited behavioral task goals. Participants will be asked to read disengagement with forgotten/incomplete sentences either for comprehension or to assignments. Gender-specific disengagement asses grammaticality. Sentences will resemble behaviors were also present at different points those found on the sentence error portion of in time. E.g., at the intake process prior to the SAT, and will be presented in either therapy, females hesitated to share any erroneous or corrected forms. Demographic information with more than one clinician, information (e.g., race, gender, and ethnicity) while males disengaged during therapy with will be used to analyze the impact of negative late arrivals and quiet behavior. Overarching stereotypes on processing and accuracy on themes that may relate to behavioral questions. We hypothesize that assessing disengagement (e.g., expressed discontent grammaticality will significantly increase the with progress, somatic emphasis of distress, amount of time spent looking at potentially clinician-patient perspective mismatch, and erroneous text regions. We also hypothesize pre-existing stigma towards mental distress) that task goals and negative stereotypes will also be discussed. Of note, when regarding linguistic competence and expressing discontent with progress, while intellectual abilities will interactively influence both genders mentioned persisting/increasing both accuracy on questions and eye levels of distress, females focused on movement behavior during reading. More interpersonal distress while males focused on generally, we aim to increase understanding of symptomatic distress. the impact of negative stereotypes on education. Truth is in the Eye of the Beholder: Investigating truthiness as a function of Psychotherapy Disengagement in Asian source trustworthiness and semantically American Males and Females related photographs Reeya Patel, Chang Lu, Hyun Kyoung Hong, Alexander Stock, Neil Jacobson, Anna Bartel, Jacqueline H.J. Kim, MS, Donna K. Nagata, & Dr. Neil H. Schwartz PhD California State University, Chico University of Michigan Recent studies have demonstrated that a Underutilization of mental health care remains written trivia claim of unknown veracity, a prevalent issue for Asian Americans, despite paired with a semantically related photograph,
80 results in judgment that the claim is true. This 41 university students enrolled in a business effect is known as “Truthiness” (Newman, course as part of a summer study abroad Garry, Bernstein, Kantner & Lindsay, 2012; program in Malaysia, Japan and Vietnam Newman et al., 2015). Research on truthiness (aged 20-25 years old). The control group has has been limited by two factors including, 1) an equal number of students from a similar only measuring written claims’ veracity, and 2) degree but who had their summer study in ignoring the trustworthiness of the source their home university. The Torrance Tests of delivering the claim. Therefore, we designed a Creative Thinking were used to measure 2 (Semantically related photograph: present creative performance through various mental vs. absent) X 2 (veracity of the claim: true vs. characteristics (fluency, flexibility, originality false) X 3 (source trustworthiness: high vs. and elaboration). The experimental students’ low vs. unknown) mixed factorial design, to result improved significantly over the control understand the interaction between group on all dependent measures which semantically related photographs and audio suggest that multicultural learning is statements of varying trustworthiness. With associated with enhanced creativity. The source trustworthiness operating as between author discusses the implications of the subjects factor, and veracity of the claim, and findings for promoting foreign exchange photograph as a within subjects factor. Given programs to augment creativity among this design we predict, using a 2X2X3 mixed university students. factorial ANOVA, will reveal an interaction between the presence or absence of a Why Keeping Problems to Yourself is semantically related photograph and source Detrimental: A Correlational Study trustworthiness. More precisely, when the between Internalizing Behaviors and source of the audio claim is low in Decreased Friendship Quality trustworthiness we expect an effect of the Cara Lam, Peggy Hsieh, Elina Veytsman, semantically related photograph, but not when B.A., Courtney C. Bolton, Ph.D., Elizabeth the source is high in trustworthiness. We Laugeson, Psy.D. predict the presence of the semantically University of California, Los Angeles related photograph will result in higher ratings of truth, only when it is paired with a source Friends are important people that share the low in trustworthiness. thick and thin of life with us. Previous research shows that friendship quality is Explore and Be Creative: The Effect of directly correlated with feelings of loneliness Multicultural Learning in Increased (Nangle, Erdley, Newman, & Craig, 2010). Creativity Extending this research, this study questions if friendship quality would influence Rachelle Angeli B. Marañon internalizing behaviors—actions that direct University of the Philippines Visayas problematic energy toward the self (Phares, According to research, living in and adapting 2008). Participants included 189 teenagers. to foreign cultures facilitate creativity. The Based on previous research, we hypothesized current study explored whether one aspect of that teenagers who had lower friendship the adaptation process, multicultural learning quality would show higher levels of – exposure to foreign culture and individuals internalizing behaviors. Scores from the Social through an exchange program, can foster Skill Rating System and the Friendship increased creativity. In line with this Qualities Scale were used in this study to assumption, a pre and post test with a control examine levels of internalizing behaviors and group design was used to determine whether friendship quality respectively. Using bivariate foreign travel can improve creativity among analyses, we explored the relationship
81 between internalizing behaviors and others in the workplace. Harm was correlated friendship variables such as companionship, significantly and positively with age (r = .18), happiness, and overall scores. Results show medical benefits (those without benefits that high levels of internalizing behaviors are reported greater perceived harm; r = .22), significantly correlated with low academic appointment (those with temporary companionship (r=-.20, p<0.01) and appointments reported greater harm; r = .26), happiness (r=-.17, p<0.01) scores, confirming depression (r = .44), anxiety (r = .46), and our hypothesis. Interestingly, the same stress (r = .52). Additionally, we are currently subscales of friendship quality are not coding responses to open-ended questions significantly correlated with externalizing about sources of stressors and will report on behaviors (for companionship, r=-.035, group (permanent vs. temporary) p=.317, and for happiness, r=-.022, p=.38). comparisons. When our analysis is complete, This result then serves as a reminder that we hope to more confidently identify more attention is needed in identifying and demographic characteristics and employment alleviating internalizing behaviors. situations, which are associated with negative emotional reactions among faculty. Work Related Stress among University Faculty Categorization and Well-Being Douglas B. Rosales, Grace Deason, Gretchen Alexi Venn, Masha Ksendzova, Ryan Howell, M. Reevy, & Jahmisha A. Colston Avi Ben-Zeev California State University, East Bay & University San Francisco State University of Wisconsin, La Crosse People often categorize instances at what has Despite our recovering economy, costs for been termed the basic-level (e.g, tree) versus universities have increased along with at the subordinate- (e.g., oak) or enrollments. Meanwhile, administrative superordinate- (e.g., nature) levels (e.g., changes made to cut costs may be hurting Mervis & Rosch, 1981). The basic-level both students and faculty. This study provides a ‘cognitive economy,’ a compromise examines relationships between workplace between specificity and generality, and is stressors, socioeconomic variables (i.e. income therefore the default/habitual level. We ask and access to employment benefits), and whether broadening everyday categorization emotional reactions, including anxiety and to the superordinate-level would increase well- depression among college/university faculty. being. At the superordinate level, ‘tree’ and The researchers predict that factors tied to the ‘me’ become subsumed under the broader nature of academic appointment (contingency, category ‘nature,’ which might foster more employment benefits) will be associated with connectedness with the world and an negative emotions. An online survey was increased meaning in life. Participants (N = administered to 149 tenured, untenured 97) reported their meaning in life and were tenure-track, and non-tenure-track faculty randomly assigned to either the basic, from American universities (60.4% permanent subordinate or superordinate condition. In faculty, 66% women, 87% White/Caucasian). each condition, participants viewed a set of 6 Participants’ average number of years working images for 550 milliseconds. Each image was in their primary position was 10.4. We preceded by either a basic, superordinate, or investigated demographic and other correlates subordinate label. Participants reported their of Harm, Depression, Anxiety, and Stress. state meaning in life again. A 2 X 3 mixed Our results show older faculty and those with factorial ANOVA revealed a significant more vulnerable employment situations were interaction, F (2, 94) = 3.85, p =. 025. Simple more likely to observe harm occurring to main effect analyses indicated a significant
82 increase in meaning in life in the University of California, Los Angeles superordinate condition (t [46] = 2.31, p = Studies have shown that children with autism .023) versus no significant changes in the spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit reduced basic and subordinate category conditions (t initiation of joint attention (IJA) in infancy [21] = -.92, p = .362 and t [24] = -1.32, p = (Rozga et al., 2011) and impaired executive .186, respectively). These data show that functioning in early childhood (EF; Dawson thinking broadly might increase eudemonic et al., 1998). However, longitudinal relations aspects of happiness. between early IJA and later EF have not been evaluated among children who develop ASD. Intergenerational Change in Child Participants in this study were at high- and Behaviors and Parent Socialization low-risk of developing ASD. Joint attention Vivian Biwei Huang & Patricia M Greenfield was evaluated when participants were 18 University of California, Los Angeles months old while parent-report of EF was Over past decades, the U.S. has become a collected at school-age (5-9 years old). A MANOVA with ASD classification as the more Gesellschaft society, characterized by increased urbanization, education, and gender predictor of EF subscales and subsequent equality, and decreased family size. How have post-hocs indicated that children with ASD these changes influenced parent socialization had poorer EF on measures of inhibitory and child behaviors? U.S.-born grandmothers control, attention shifting, working memory, who take regular care of their preschool age planning, emotional control, and the ability to grandchildren will be recruited. Semi- monitor one's effect on others (p's<.05). IJA structured interviews will be conducted, and ASD classification were then used as asking grandmothers about the three predictors for EF subscales in a multivariate generations with respect to a) regression. There was a significant interaction sociodemographic information; b) child (p=.025) between IJA, ASD classification, and behaviors at preschool age; and c) parent organization of materials. Post-hoc analyses socialization. We predict that, over three indicated that high IJA in the ASD group is generations, sociodemographics will become predictive of improved orderliness at school- more Gesellschaft and there will be a age. Improved orderliness is important for perceived increase in individualistic traits effective functioning at school. Thus, adapted to a Gesellschaft environment: interventions to promote IJA in toddlers may autonomy, self-expression, curiosity, and promote later success in school. electronic technology use. We also predict The Short-Term Effect of Meditative that there will be a decrease over three Practices on Interoceptive Awareness generations in collectivistic traits: shyness and obedience. Lastly, we predict that later Emily Rose Gross generations will use more individualistic Sierra Nevada College parenting strategies (i.e. praise and support) Meditation has well-known physical and and less collectivistic parenting strategies: psychological health benefits (Barbor, 2001). control and criticism. The relationship between meditation and interoception has been investigated, but more Longitudinal Relations Between Initiation research is necessary. Craig (2003) defined of Joint Attention and Executive interoception as internal feelings and signals Functioning in Children Who Develop such as hunger, thirst, and vasomotor activity Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) that represent a sense of the physiological Nguyen Pham, Mithi del Rosario, Tracy de los condition of the entire body. In humans, Santos, Kristen Gillespie-Lynch, Ph.D. body signals play a role in emotional states
83 and can affect greater mood states positively estimated the duration of nine tones (3 of (Seth, 2013) and negatively (Paulus & Stein, each condition) with an actual duration of 30 2006). The present study investigated the sec. Participants were randomly assigned to effect of meditative practices (coloring a one of three counterbalanced auditory mandala, audio-guided meditation, and video- stimulation orders. A repeated measures instructed yoga) on interoceptive awareness. ANOVA showed a significant difference It was predicted yoga would have the greatest between mean duration estimation values (p < effect on interoceptive awareness. 90 .001) across conditions. A subsequent Tukey participants, tested in small groups, were test making pairwise comparisons showed the randomly assigned to one of three meditative duration estimation difference (p < .001) activities for 10 min. Immediately following existed between consistent and inconsistent the meditative activity, participants completed conditions. These results indicated time the Multidimensional Assessment of perception is altered by auditory stimulation. Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA; Mehling et Time perception appears to be influenced by al., 2012). A Kruskal-Wallis (Kruskal & factors of auditory stimulation in the external Wallis, 1952) was used to analyze scores for environment. For example, it has become each of the 8 scales of the MAIA (α = .01). common to use the sense of audition to alter Results showed no significant differences the perception of time passage (e.g., listening between conditions on any of the 8 scales. to music on a plane). There was, however, a notable difference (p = .05) between conditions on the Noticing scale, Taste and Emotion: The Impact of Flavor which assesses the awareness of comfortable, on Emotion uncomfortable, and neutral body sensations. Teresa A. Rafello The implications of this potential difference Sierra Nevada College and future research directions will be discussed. Research shows psychological variables affect taste ratings (Platte, Herbert, Pauli, & Breslin, Auditory Tones Impact Time Perception 2013). Additionally, Yoshimura, Honjo, Sugai, Kawabe, Kaneyama, Segami, and Kato Kelly M. Juric (2011) determined there was a relationship Sierra Nevada College between the consumption of preferred foods James (1890) describes present-time as focus and participant’s experience of emotional of attention. In the current study, time pleasantness. The present study examined estimation was used as a metric for present- whether various flavors elicit affect in the time perception. A prospective paradigm form of pleasant and unpleasant emotional indicates participants are aware of time as a identification. Pleasant and unpleasant affect factor in the study (Lontez, 2013) and was were collected using the Geneva Emotion employed to investigate present-time Wheel (GEW; Scherer, Shuman, Fontaine, & perception under conditions of three different Soriano, 2013). Participants (n = 90) were auditory frequencies. It was hypothesized identified via convenience sampling and auditory frequency would effect time randomly assigned to one flavor condition estimation. 75 participants took part in this (sweet, salty, and flavorless). A double-blind within subjects design. Three conditions of methodology was employed. After a baseline auditory tones (white noise, consistent, gustatory cleansing using drinking water, inconsistent) were presented with variations in participants sampled their assigned flavor and Hz and volume. Consistent and inconsistent indicated their emotional state via the GEW. frequencies were created by manipulating The GEW was divided into halves categorized volume within auditory tones. Participants by pleasant and unpleasant emotions. By
84 comparing expected participant emotional Findings indicate background stimulation identification for each flavor condition, a Chi- does not impact the perception of fear in Square test of independence showed a facial expressions. Further research should significant difference (p = .029) between consider the relationship between various flavor conditions and emotional identification. background stimuli and facial expressions Results of the current study may indicate connected to other basic emotions. consumption of specific flavors produce varying pleasant and unpleasant emotional What's Mood got to do with it? The states. The results of the present study may Impact of Material vs. Immaterial Items be applicable in future research exploring the on Mood relationship between taste and emotional Kaitlyn E. O'Hara affect. Sierra Nevada College
The Impact of Background Stimuli on the Western culture is inundated with the Perception of Fear in Facial Expressions materialistic belief that items can produce happiness (Thomas & Millar, 2013). Tatzel Stephanie D. Kwon (2002) defines materialism as a compulsion to Sierra Nevada College amass and possess items. Mayer and Gaschke Byrnes (1983) found bright colors were (1988) define mood as a direct experience of associated with positive emotions (e.g., emotion followed by indirect reflection. In happiness) and dark colors were associated the current study, the relationship between with negative emotions (e.g., sadness). Facial mood and materialism was examined via three expressions are a form of nonverbal reward conditions (compliment, money, or communication (VandenBos, 2007). The control). It was hypothesized receipt of a current study focused on the basic emotion material item rather than an immaterial item (Matsumoto, 1992) of fear. Fear is a relevant would produce a positive mood as measured emotion because fearful facial expressions are by the Brief Mood Introspection Scale (BMIS; important for communicating potential Mayer & Gaschke, 1988) and that this threats (Beck, Cardini, Ladavas, & Bertini, difference would be consistent across gender. 2015). The impact of background stimulation 90 participants (45 F, 45 M) were selected via (static, blue, and black) on the perception of convenience sampling and randomly assigned fear in facial expressions was examined. 30 to one reward condition. After receiving their undergraduate participants were selected via reward, participants completed the BMIS and convenience sampling to complete the current placed it in a provided collection box. A two- study which employed a within subjects way ANOVA showed no significant design. Participants were screened for color difference (p = .698) in BMIS scores across deficiencies using the Ishihara plates (Ishihara, conditions. These results do not align with 1972). Ratings of the amount of fear previous research. This inconsistency may be displayed in a particular facial expression were due to the nominal monetary value ($5) made for 72 still-images originally categorized offered in the money condition. A main as fearful, angry, happy, and neutral. A effect of gender (p = .013) was found with repeated measures ANOVA indicated no males scoring higher than females on the significant difference (p = .103) in the impact BMIS, regardless of condition. Thomas and of background stimulation on the perception Millar (2013) declare materialism is a defining of fear in facial expressions. By contrast, characteristic of our age; therefore, future happy facial expressions resulted in a research is encouraged. significant difference (p = .036) in the fearful rating scale with static and black backgrounds.
85 The Impact of Engaging in Various improves in athletes following positive Levels of the Art Process on Self-Esteem (Theodorakis et al., 2000) and instructional Carly A. Schleh (Díaz-Ocejo et al., 2013) self-talk. Given this Sierra Nevada College pattern of results in athletes, the current study examined the impact of three forms of self- Brehm and Kassin (1989) suggest self-esteem talk (positive, negative, neutral) on contributes to mental well-being. The current performance through constructing an office study examined the effectiveness of various supply crossbow, utilizing common workplace levels of the artful process (drawing, coloring, motor skills. Positive self-talk was and visualizing) for improving self-esteem. It hypothesized to produce the highest number was hypothesized engaging in various levels of of units completed, due to the repeated the artful process would result in higher self- dialogue focusing on the task and its positive esteem. The artful process was defined as nature. 90 undergraduates from a small liberal creating a meaningful piece of art. The arts college were identified via convenience dependent measure of interest was self-esteem sampling and randomly assigned to one self- as measured by the Rosenberg Self-Esteem talk condition. Detailed instructions on Survey (RSES). 90 undergraduates were building technique of the task, constructing randomly assigned to complete one of three office supply crossbows, were provided. artful processing activities for 5 minutes. Following instruction, participants listened to Participants in the drawing condition used a self-talk audio track through headphones for three oil pastels (blue, white, gray) to draw a 10 min. Participants verbally echoed the self- snowflake on a blank piece of paper. Those talk dialogue heard through the headphones in the coloring condition used the same oil and constructed as many office supply pastels to color in the outline of a printed crossbow units as possible. A Kruskal-Wallis snowflake. Participants in the visualization (Kruskal & Wallis, 1952), the non-parametric condition were instructed to imagine alternative to ANOVA, showed no significant snowflakes with the assistance of a difference (p = 0.261) in the number of units visualization script. Following the artful completed across self-talk conditions. Results activity, participants completed the RSES. A indicate no relationship between self-talk type one-way ANOVA revealed no significant and performance under tested conditions. It difference (p = .312) in RSES scores across is recommended future research employ a task artful processing conditions. While the results more familiar to participants to examine the of the current study indicate artful processing impact of self-talk on performance. does not impact self-esteem, ample time may not have been provided for participants to Effect of Delivery Modality on fully engage in the artful process. It is Comprehension suggested future research consider the impact Briana Crespo of artful processing over a longer duration of time. Sierra Nevada College Undergraduates have options for the modality Say What You Will: Linking Self-Talk in which their course content is delivered. Type and Task Performance Educational institutions should strive to Kyle E. Kelly provide content as effectively as possible. Sierra Nevada College Helms (2014) studied face-to-face vs. online course delivery over a semester and showed Sports psychologists have examined the effect the face-to-face modality group earned higher of self-talk on performance (e.g., Theodorakis grades than the online group. Whitten et al. et al., 2000). Research indicates performance (1998) studied the use of face-to-face
86 interaction vs. interactive videos and a self- which a group is viewed to have a valued report survey showed no difference in characteristic (i.e., nerds are intelligent). satisfaction between modalities. While Negative stereotypes are assumptions in student performance does appear to be which a group is viewed to lack a valued compromised (Helms, 2014) across delivery characteristic (i.e., jocks are unintelligent). 60 modalities, student satisfaction does not participants were selected via convenience appear to suffer (Whitten et al., 1998). Given sampling and randomly assigned to a positive compromised student performance among priming or control group. Positive priming delivery modalities, the current study was achieved using a word search associated compared three communication modalities with positive stereotypes and the control was (face-to-face, video, written) and their impact a word search unrelated to stereotypes. on comprehension. It is hypothesized the Following priming, participants completed a face-to-face condition will result in greater 20-question test about personal stereotypes. comprehension. Each delivery modality A two-way ANOVA was used to compare group was presented the same content. stereotype test results across priming and Following content, participants completed a gender. For positive stereotypes, no main 10-item multiple-choice content test. The effect of priming or gender was observed. Kruskal-Wallis (Kruskal & Wallis, 1952) There was also no interaction between indicated no difference (p = .372) in priming and gender. The same pattern of comprehension among face-to-face, video, results was observed for negative stereotypes. and written delivery modalities. Results of the Results indicate priming does not influence current study do not align with those of stereotype identification. It is possible Helms (2014). It is recommended further individuals may respond to positive and research pair specific delivery modalities with negative stereotypes differently with changes specific content types to determine if in social acceptance. inconsistencies in content have contributed to conflicting performance results across studies. Relationships between Time Perspectives, Specific content may be more effectively Depression, and Anxiety communicated via particular delivery Katy Barnard, Hailey Bond, Natalie Breuner, modalities. Rebecca Corb, Mattea Curtis, Maya Fernandez, Rianna Flores, Mary Hildeburn, Does Priming Influence Stereotype My-lan Le, Sean Leavey, Marlee Litzinger, Identification? Sami Nassif, Rachel Semple, Laura Freberg Zachary M. Birdsell (faculty advisor) Sierra Nevada College California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Priming is a process where prior exposure Obispo influences later experience (Gerrig & Time perspective theory predicts that Zimbardo, 2002). Stereotypes are individual behavior is influenced by generalizations about specific groups assumed perceptions of the past, present, and future. to have certain characteristics (Lawrence, Previous research has found that past negative 2004). The current study explored the effect thinking is linked with psychiatric disorder. of positive priming on stereotypes with The current research asked whether time gender as a participant variable. It was perspectives would predict anxiety and hypothesized positive priming would depression in particular. The Zimbardo Time influence stereotype identification and gender Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the Beck would not impact stereotype identification. Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Positive stereotypes are generalizations in Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were completed by
87 119 undergraduate students. Results showed participants would recall more noun phrases, that scores on the Past Negative time being more concrete representations; more perspective scale were positively correlated easy phrases, as they are processed faster; and with scores on the Beck Depression that there is no significant difference between Inventory, r = .52, p < .001 (large effect size), the number of phrases male and female and with scores on the Beck Anxiety participants can recall, following the findings Inventory, r = .44, p < .001 (medium effect of similar studies. Results present that size). Future perspective scores were participants significantly recalled more noun negatively correlated with scores on the Beck than verb phrases, and more easy than hard Depression Inventory, r = -.26, p < .01, and phrases. Facilitation effects of sex were the Beck Anxiety Inventory, r = - .20, p < .05 marginally significant, with females recalling (small to medium effect sizes). These more phrases than males. Significant correlational data do not say whether interaction effects also exist between syntactic depression and anxiety affect time perspective category and readability level, and a marginally or whether a Past Negative time perspective is significant interaction between syntactic a risk for depression and anxiety. Longitudinal category and sex. Some phrases were also research might provide more insight into found to be more salient than others due to relationships between time perspective and their Filipino cultural references, heuristic depression and anxiety. Just as Zimbardo and associations, and facilitation through the serial his colleagues have found time perspective position effect. useful in the treatment of posttraumatic stress disorder, incorporating time perspective might Construction, Analysis, and Validation of improve treatment of depression and anxiety. an Inventory of Motivation for Filipinos Francis Simonh M. Bries, Armando E. Chiong Effects of Syntactic Category and III, Eloisa Anne J. Calleja, Alma P. Quisto, & Readability of Phrases on Free Recall Prof. Susana Corazon Ortega (mentor) Performance University of the Philippines Diliman Marquee Denielle T. Evangelista, Francis Compared to the extensive body of research Simonh M. Bries, Megan Rae G. Calderon, and measurement that exists for foreign Victoria Angela U. Mendoza, Mentor: Prof conceptions of motivation, Philippine Diwa Malaya Quiñones psychology lacks a cohesive theory of University of the Philippines Diliman motivation and research regarding its This study examined the effects of syntactic quantification. Addressing this discrepancy by category, readability level, and sex on phrase selecting and organizing culturally sanctioned recall. The focus on phrases instead of values and principles derived from Filipino isolated words, as opposed to previous culture and psychology, we constructed an research, presents a new dimension in inventory of motivation suited for Filipino language memory research. Undergraduate students and workers, similarly recognizing students taking a psychology class in the cross-cultural differences in the definition of University of the Philippines Diliman (N = motivation. Initially, the inventory had 30 152) were tested for their memory of phrases items structured around the subscales innate through a free recall task in a 2x2x2 mixed interest, need fulfillment, external praise, design experiment with four within-subjects internal honor, personal ambition, and treatment levels of phrases manipulated for communal goals. The first version of the scale readability (easy vs. hard) and phrasal was administered to 250 Filipino students structure (noun vs. verb phrase), and sex as a (from 10 schools and universities) and between-subjects variable. We predicted that workers (from 48 professions and work
88 settings). Participant data across two pretest perception of microaggression. There was no phases were analyzed for internal reliability; interaction effect between the two factors, construct validity through correlation with explicit knowledge and gender of other established motivation inventories; and microaggression, on the perception of T-score and percentile score standardization. microaggression. This study extends the However, considering the low reliability of the current research on gender microaggression. initial subscales (α = .393 − .625), we found that the elimination of items and The Effect of Framing and Perceived reorganization of the subscales resulted in Control on the Optimism Bias, Risk moderate reliability (α = .689 − .740) and Perceptions, and Attitudes Towards convergent validity (r = .306 − .568) values. Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana Thus, the final form of the scale retained 19 Nicolas P. Furci & Dr. Allyson J. Weseley items divided among three subscales that Roslyn High School reflect a more accurate theoretical framework as suggested by the results: the lack of goal- People tend to be overly optimistic alignment, self-image, and communal goals. (Weinstein, 1980). The optimism bias is correlated with people not taking precautions Gender Microaggression: The Effect of against health-related hazards (Gerrard, Exposure to Explicit Knowledge and Gibbons, & Reis-Bergen, 1999) and has been Gender of Microaggressor found to increase when events are perceived to be more controllable (Lin, Lin, & Raghubir, Jerieka Nicole Isabella D. Fernandez, Gian 2003); which may account for the increasing Carlo O. Odeste, Jemima F. Cabanlong, prevalence of people engaging in DUI of Charlene Marie Angela P. Bustamante, & marijuana. The present study investigated Divine Love A. Salvador whether optimism towards DUI of marijuana University of the Philippines-Diliman could be decreased via manipulations of This study evaluated both the individual and framing and perceived control. It was interactive effects of exposure to explicit hypothesized that loss framing and low knowledge about microaggression (presence control decrease optimism, increase risk vs. absence) and gender of the microaggressor perceptions, and decrease positive attitudes (male vs. female) on a third party observer’s towards DUI of marijuana and men would ability to perceive gender microaggression in report more optimism and lower perceived the Philippine context. Participants (n=131) risk compared to women. Participants (N = have been taken from university students 330) were randomly assigned to view one of currently enrolled in an introductory course in four versions of a manipulated news article Psychology. It was a double-blind experiment excerpt reporting either a doubled risk of an and the participants were further divided into accident after consuming marijuana before at least 15 men and 15 women for each of the driving (loss frame) or a halved risk after four treatment conditions. Participants were choosing not to consume marijuana (gain asked to watch a video depicting frame). The message also manipulated the risk microaggression and, afterwards, they were of being the driver (high control) or the asked to answer an adapted scale based on passenger (low control). Participants then Torres-Harding’s Racial Microaggressions answered questions measuring their perceived Scale. As predicted, exposure to explicit risk, optimism, and attitudes towards DUI of knowledge on microaggression helped the marijuana. Loss framing significantly participants in the detection and perception of decreased women’s optimism and women microaggression. Gender of the were less optimistic than men overall about microaggressor also had an effect on
89 DUI. Likewise, loss framing increased Recommendations for future studies and women’s risk perceptions more so than men’s. MCII interventions were discussed.
The Effect of Mental Contrasting with Reading Outside the Lines: Broadening Implementation Intentions and Teacher Science Research Participation Through Encouragement on Adolescents’ Prosocial Utility Value Connections in Academic Performance Science Textbooks Deanne Chesca P. Cagara, Diane S. Chua, Garam Lee, Jeanette Zambrano,Christina Phoebe Joyce B. Co, & Edith Liane P. Curti, Matthew C. Jackson, & Dustin B. Alampay Thoman Ateneo de Manila University California State University, Long Beach & San Past studies in Western contexts showed Diego State University improvement in students’ academic Students who connect what they learn in performance when they engaged in mental science courses to how those concepts can contrasting with implementation intentions translate into serving their communities (or (MCII), which entails mentally contrasting a prosocial utility value) report greater desired future with relevant obstacles of subsequent motivation to pursue science reality and formulating if-then plans on how careers. This is particularly true for to overcome each obstacle. This study aimed underrepresented minority (URM) students. to validate MCII in the Philippine context and One way students can learn prosocial investigate whether teacher encouragement is connections is through textbooks, which a motivational influence that can also affect sometimes prompt prosocial connections academic performance and moderate MCII’s through sidebar text or end-of-chapter effectiveness. Using a quasi-experiment with a questions. We hypothesized that noticing 2 (MCII or active control) x 2 prosocial connections in science textbooks (encouragement or no encouragement) will lead to greater beliefs that science careers between-subjects factorial design, four afford opportunities to serve the community, sections of ninth graders (total N = 110), with and this belief will further predict students' no significant differences in baseline grades, interest in joining a science research lab. Sixty- were randomly assigned to the conditions. nine undergraduate science students first Sections were taught MCII or positive wrote a brief prosocial utility value essay and thinking, and received written and oral then were asked whether they had seen encouragements from a science teacher, or prosocial connections in previous science none. The ANCOVA yielded a significant textbooks. URM students who remembered main effect of encouragement on academic seeing prosocial connections in their science performance, supporting the use of teacher textbooks (about 1/3 of students) reported encouragement as a cost-free intervention to greater interest in joining a research lab, even aid students. However, MCII had no after controlling for their science interest. significant effect on academic performance Particularly, this effect was mediated by an and no interaction effect was found. MCII increased belief that careers in science afford results were explained according to underlying opportunities to serve the community. These mechanisms required for MCII’s findings suggest that textbooks that include effectiveness, and with consideration of the prosocial connections can be especially study’s methodology and context, which, beneficial for URM science students' interest unlike previous studies, did not involve high in joining a research lab. This also suggests achievers or goals associated with exceptional potentially simple and low-cost ways of motivators (e.g., scholarship eligibility). boosting science interest and participation
90 through strategic enhancement of learning Influence of color on the N400 as a materials. potentially meaningful bottom up cue in comprehension of the plausibility of the Eyewitness Memory: How Stress and sentences. Situational Factors Affect Eyewitness Ayesha Nadiadwala, Nusheen Goshtasbi, Dr. Recall Sarah Tune Anne S. Yilmaz, Robert Mauro University of California, Irvine Unversity of Oregon's Robert D. Clark Honors Our brain uses an efficient interaction of College bottom up and top down processes to As eyewitness memory and its current comprehend the immense amount of admissibility as evidence in courts have come information around us. We investigated the under scrutiny, thousands of studies have effect of color as a bottom-up cue and its been conducted examining variables that potential interaction with top-down cues in a affect the accuracy of eyewitness memory. visual event-related potential (ERP) study on These variables are typically broken up as sentence processing. The study focused on system and estimator variables. System changes in the N400 component, an variables are factors that can be controlled by electrophysiological correlate observed 400ms the criminal justice system and estimator after the presentation of a particular stimulus, variables are those which cannot be controlled known to be sensitive to semantic by the justice system. Decades of research has manipulations. Native English speakers concluded that stress can either inhibit or (n=21) read sentences in which the final word enhance memory depending on the level of was manipulated by two factors: plausibility arousal (e.g. Yerkes-Dodson law). This and color. Participants made a binary literature review will focus on the tie between plausibility judgement after each sentence. stress, memory and various estimator While we had predicted an interaction, we variables such as seriousness, group only found significant main effects of eyewitness memory, weapon-focus, and plausibility and color. Implausible sentence victim vs bystander observation of a crime. endings showed an increase in N400 Both field and lab studies will be looked at, amplitude, while any change in color compiling studies that demonstrate the compared to no change lead to an overall general trend of results or explain important reduction of N400 amplitude. Similarly, the caveats and limitations of other studies. analysis of reaction times showed a main Theoretically, various expressions of estimator effect of color with some colors (green and variables will elicit different arousal levels, red) yielding significantly shorter responses impacting memory. Despite the breadth of than the control condition (black). We research in both eyewitness research and conclude that the tested physical bottom-up stress and memory, there has been no and semantic top-down cues are processed in comprehensive review in recent years the same time window but independent of combining stress and memory data with one another. The color effect, seen as a eyewitness research. This literature review will reduction of the N400 amplitude, may be a serve to bridge that gap and provide resources representation of the influence of color on the for those looking to continue research in the behavioral and cognitive processes of field of stress, situational psychology and attention. eyewitness memory.
91 Filipina Guest Relations’ Officers’ Previous research has found that past negative (GROs’) and Massage Therapists’ thinking is linked with psychiatric disorder. Discourses of Love and Relationships The current research asked whether time Isabella Victoria S. Rosello, Genquen Philip perspectives would predict anxiety and Carado, Patrizia Adeline A. Lucindo, Julian depression in particular. The Zimbardo Time Paolo T. Biyo Perspective Inventory (ZTPI), the Beck University of the Philippines, Diliman Depression Inventory (BDI) and the Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) were completed by Women’s constructs of love and romantic 119 undergraduate students. Results showed heterosexual relationships have presented that scores on the Past Negative time women in a generalized, passive light perspective scale were positively correlated (Claudio, 2002; Tan, Batangan, & Cabado- with scores on the Beck Depression Española, 2001). Among recent studies, there Inventory, r = .52, p < .001 (large effect size), was a dearth of information regarding and with scores on the Beck Anxiety women’s discourses on this topic. We saw a Inventory, r = .44, p < .001 (medium effect need for newer, more contextualized size). Future perspective scores were information about the constructs of love and negatively correlated with scores on the Beck romantic relationships. The research aimed to Depression Inventory, r = -.26, p < .01, and (1) know how massage therapists and guest the Beck Anxiety Inventory, r = - .20, p < .05 relations’ officers constructed love and (small to medium effect sizes). These romantic relationships and (2) discern the correlational data do not say whether similarities and differences among responses. depression and anxiety affect time perspective We interviewed ten women aged 18-30 and or whether a Past Negative time perspective is analyzed their constructions of love and a risk for depression and anxiety. Longitudinal relationships. Many of the constructs about research might provide more insight into love and relationships were similar: in both relationships between time perspective and groups, men carried the relationship and depression and anxiety. Just as Zimbardo and determined its pace and progression, whereas his colleagues have found time perspective women had the role of making sure that love useful in the treatment of posttraumatic stress was sincere. Differences in love idealization, disorder, incorporating time perspective might views of men, and the role of sex were improve treatment of depression and anxiety. observed. Other findings such as the woman’s personal experiences and expressed self- "They don’t know who I am": Effects of concept affected the way the women gave Miscategorization of Biracial Youth their responses. Soleil Herring, Ariana Bell, Jaana Juvonen
The Relationships between Time University of California, Los Angeles Perspective, Depression, and Anxiety in Ethnicity plays an important role in identity Undergraduate Students development, particularly during adolescence Katy Barnard, Natalie Breuner, Rebecca Corb, (Phinney, 1992). Among minority youth, a Maya Fernandez, Sami Nassif, Rachel Semple, strong ethnic identity is an important & Laura Freberg protective factor against stressors like California Polytechnic State University, San Luis discrimination, which causes poorer mental Obispo health. Previous work has yet to examine ethnic identity among biracials, who comprise Time perspective theory predicts that 20% of youth under 18. Additionally, I individual behavior is influenced by propose that biracial, compared to perceptions of the past, present, and future. monoracial, youth disproportionately
92 experience ethnic miscategorized by their peers, which is a potentially harmful social identity threat (Tajfel & Turner, 1979). I examine the relations between miscategorization, ethnic identity and social anxiety for biracial (n=319) and monoracial minority (n=2122) 7th graders. As hypothesized, biracial youth report that peers miscategorize their ethnicity (74%) significantly more than monoracial minorities (21%), p<.001, and only biracials who are miscategorized report elevated social anxiety, p<.05. Further, I find that being miscategorized predicts a weaker ethnic identity, p<.01. Findings suggest ethnic miscategorization may be a confound in prior research that shows worse mental health among biracials. These results imply that poor mental health outcomes may be less related to being biracial, and more so to ethnic miscategorization and the constant identity questioning biracial youth experience from peers. Additionally, findings may help broaden our understanding of identity formation for biracial youth. Lastly, future research should examine additional consequences of experiencing miscategorization among biracial youth.
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