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Join our faculty and students
at the American Psychological Association (APA)
2023 convention in Washington, DC!
Thursday, August 3
11 - 11:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Halls D and E
Emily Bosworth, Sai Sophia Hon, Debbiesiu Lee
Due to the surge in anti-Asian sentiments and hate crimes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian mental health has been of utmost concern. This study’s goal was to better understand the discriminatory experiences of Asian women in the classroom, in dorms, and on campus; how they cope with the discrimination; and the impact that discrimination and coping have on their overall well-being in the context of the pandemic.
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Thursday, August 3
11 - 11:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Halls D and E
Sai Sophia Hon, Emily Bosworth, Debbiesiu Lee
Asian/Asian American (A/AA) students face many typical challenges throughout their training in counseling psychology doctoral programs. However, they must also cope with additional stressors related to discrimination and anti-Asian sentiments, particularly post COVID-19. The study’s goal is to better understand how these doctoral students experience and cope with discrimination and anti-Asian sentiments, and how programs may better support these students in their training.
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Friday, August 4
9 - 9:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 1, Room 151B
Marah Selim, Lukas Novak, Nona Kiknadze, Blaine Fowers
Flourishing has become widely accepted as a desirable way of life, both individually and communally. Debate continues over the structure of flourishing, its components, and the extent to which it is a purely psychological construct. In addition, there has been too little attention paid to the cultural dimension of flourishing. This conversation will address whether cultural variation and species-general characteristic of flourishing exist simultaneously, and whether and how they might interact.
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Friday, August 4
12 – 12:50 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Halls D and E
Xinle Hong, Lee Branum-Martin, Mary Calhoon
National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP; 2019) scores show that 63% of eighth-grade students with disabilities are reading below the “basic level.” While most research focused on reading theories and instructions, there are few studies which have jointly investigated the potentially crucial educational background characteristics of grade retention, mobility, and timing of special education services. This study pools data from five prior studies of middle school students who are with, or at risk for, reading disabilities (N=702) and compares growth trajectories in two reading components: decoding and comprehension.
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Saturday, August 5
8 – 8:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 1, Room 152B
Judite Blanc, Guerda Nicolas
The latest statistics on organized crimes are alarming in Haiti. Psychology is an essential tool in the peace-building process and may help explain the roots and modify violent behaviors that emerge. In January 2023, Cap Haitian hosted the first Psychology of Peace Summit with over 400 participants from Ayiti and the local communities throughout the country. During this symposium, key members of the organizing committee of this APA-sponsored summit will share insights, hope, and lessons learned from the historical event and future plans.
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Saturday, August 5
8 – 8:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 1, Room 152A
Daniel Santisteban, Melissa Gutierrez
Family therapy has emerged as one of the most efficacious interventions for child and adolescent behavioral and psychiatric issues. It is also a modality that is consistent with the family-orientation of diverse clients. However, it has often been difficult to ensure that culture, ethnicity, and race-related processes are included in manualized treatments when used with diverse clients. The authors will present a family therapy model, Culturally Informed and Flexible Family Based Treatment for Adolescents (CIFFTA), designed to ensure that culture-related material be at the core of the treatment and not an afterthought.
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Saturday, August 5
8 – 8:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 1, Room 152A
Melissa Gutierrez, Daniel Santisteban
Despite family therapy’s emergence as a highly efficacious intervention for child and adolescent behavioral issues, implementation and sustainability continue to be challenging. This is particularly true in the public mental health settings in which Gutierrez and Santisteban work. This presentation discusses the challenges and barriers to family therapy implementation, including a shortage of practice opportunities, re-training needs following staff turnover, and training strategies that lack ongoing implementation support. An innovative Family Therapy Training and Implementation Platform (FTTIP) developed with funding from the National Institute on Mental Health will be presented.
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Saturday, August 5
11 - 11:50 a.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 1, East Salon C
Guerda Nicolas
This presentation is part of Presidential Programming, put on by APA president, Dr. Thema Bryant, with themes including decolonial psychology, indigenous psychology, spirituality, liberation, and belonging. The presentation by Dr. Nicolas will focus on the historical and collective trauma among Haitians.
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Saturday, August 5
1 – 1:50 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Halls D and E
Joelle Dorsett, Alexis Franklin, Regine Thermy Jean Baptiste, Marisol Meyer, Guerda Nicolas
Demographic questionnaires are the crux of many research methodologies and hold significant power in research implications and applications as they are utilized to both answer research questions and visualize the research sample. The purpose of this critical conversation is (1) to highlight the limitations of the current demographic data collection methodologies and researcher positionality specifically in regard to racial/ethnic and gender identity and (2), to discuss suggestions for future demographic data collection as a means to promote inclusivity and accuracy of data.
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Saturday, August 5
1 – 1:50 p.m.
Walter E. Washington Convention Center, Level 2, Halls D and E
Ceewin Louder
Stress causes or exacerbates almost all health ailments. How well do psychological conceptualizations of stress capture the totality of stress in 2023? This critical conversation will begin by highlighting some key cognitive (e.g., Lazarus & Folkman,1984), ecological (e.g., Bronfenbrenner, 1994), and psychophysiological (e.g., Porges, 2009) stress models. Participants will discuss how well two modern stressors, 24-hour news media and social media, fit into established models, and the conversation will consider the context of youth development within traditional and modern conceptualizations of stress.
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