PAU Presents at Western Psychological Association Conference

Members of the Palo Alto University community attended the Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Portland, Oregon, April 27–May 1, 2022. PAU was a sponsor of the conference, where the university was well-represented by faculty, student, and alumni work.

PhD student Nicole Khauli won the Outstanding Student Research award (pictured, right). PAU professor Matthew Yalch, PhD, won the Enrico E. Jones Award (pictured, below). PAU professor Lisa Brown, PhD, led a mentoring session in which PAU PhD students mentored undergraduate attendees about graduate school education. Khauli and Drs. Yalch and Brown attended the convention along with 50 PAU faculty, students, and alumni.

Listed below are the posters, papers, and symposia:

Chloe Adams

Posters: Consumption or Behaviors? Rethinking Optimal Predictors for Problematic Drinking in College Students; Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity; MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress; Motives for Targeting Others During Drinking Games: Is There a Difference Amongst Genders?

Paper: Impacts of Public Health Status, Pandemic-Related Life Disruptions, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status on Alcohol Consumption Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Chelsea Barnes

Poster: The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors

Bruce Bongar

Poster: The Use of Suicide Risk Assessment Models at APA-Accredited Clinical Psychology Internship Sites

Lisa Brown

Poster: Help-seeking Tendencies and Religious Coping of African American LGBTQ+ Churchgoers

Hannah Cooper

Poster: MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress

Matthew Cordova

Posters: Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved; Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults; The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors; Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma

Mia Delgadillo

Symposium: Electronically Scaffolded Reminisce Therapy Reduces Distress Among Complex Older Adult Veteran Community Living Center Residents

Ellie Dicker

Poster: The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors

Megan Dwyier

Alexander Erickson

Monét Fairley

• Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved
• The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors

Anna Feinman

Angelique Finestone

Peter Goldblum

Rowena Gomez

Juan Gonzalez

Victoria Guinn

Lauriane Gutierrez

• Racial Differences in Posttraumatic Cognitions Among the Suicide Bereaved
• Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults

Amie Haas

• Development and Preliminary Validation of the Coping Through COVID Scale for Young Adults (CTC-YA) (Award Winner)
• Impacts of Public Health Status, Pandemic-Related Life Disruptions, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status on Alcohol Consumption Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Consumption or Behaviors? Rethinking Optimal Predictors for Problematic Drinking in College Students
• Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity
• MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress
• Motives for Targeting Others During Drinking Games: Is There a Difference Amongst Genders?

Tristan Hansell

Dumichel Harley

Marc Heise

Christine Hujing

Ayushi Jain

• The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors
• Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma

Emily Kelly

• Consumption or Behaviors? Rethinking Optimal Predictors for Problematic Drinking in College Students
• Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity

Nicole Khauli

• Development and Preliminary Validation of the Coping Through COVID Scale for Young Adults (CTC-YA) (Award Winner)
• Impacts of Public Health Status, Pandemic-Related Life Disruptions, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status on Alcohol Consumption Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

• Consumption or Behaviors? Rethinking Optimal Predictors for Problematic Drinking in College Students
• Drinking Motives, Alcohol Involvement, and Consequences as they Relate to Gender and Ethnicity

Jessica Kirksey

Leilani Lucas

Valeria Martini

• Development and Preliminary Validation of the Coping Through COVID Scale for Young Adults (CTC-YA) (Award Winner)
• Impacts of Public Health Status, Pandemic-Related Life Disruptions, and Alcohol Use Disorder Status on Alcohol Consumption Early in the COVID-19 Pandemic

Elizabeth McConnell

Katie Moody

• Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults
• The Association of Suicide Loss with Social Constraints and Guilt in Treatment-Seeking Trauma Survivors

Desheane Newman

Sheila Park

Jacob Pratt

• MDMA Use Moderates the Relationship Between Age, Therapy Enrollment, and Emotional Distress
• Motives for Targeting Others During Drinking Games: Is There a Difference Amongst Genders?

Joseph Razo

Judith Roberts

Isabella Romero

Deereen Sabetan-Kafi

Deborah Sanchez

Josephine Sanchez

Christina Sandate

Ashton Scherrer

Sadie Shin

Kaitlin Snyder

• Racial Differences in Post-Trauma Resource Concerns in Recently Traumatized, Treatment-Seeking Adults
• Age and Naturalistic Disclosure in Treatment-Seeking Survivors of Recent Trauma

Tina Thach

Hilary Walker

Shaune-Ru Wang

Monae Weathington

Jason Woodruff

Matthew Yalch

• Influence of Big Five Traits on Ethnocultural Empathy
• Influence of Defensive Styles on Borderline Personality Disorder Symptoms