2018 Behavioral Science Newsletter
Department of Psychology, University of North Texas
Happy Summer!
Favorite Memories of 2017-2018 Year
Halloween celebrations
laughing after thesis defenses
Group Selfies
Catching up with a recent grad~ Stephanie Agtarap
We asked her to take a few moments and pass on her wisdom <3 Thanks Stephanie!
What do you think was your favorite part of the program?
I started during a time when the program consisted of few people (faculty + students), which meant close communication and idea sharing commonly occurred between students and faculty. I hope the program brings back BSci (back then Experimental) Coffee/Happy Hours; those were low maintenance (going across the street for a beer I mean coffee) and a lot of fun! They also helped create a stronger bond between faculty and student issues, awareness of research in others’ labs, and a better representation for everyone all around.
What do you think you wish you would have known coming into the program?
This will differ among students based on their training goals and the plans they’ve set with their mentors, but there really are many ways to achieve your training goals while at UNT. As the older faculty knows, I had a wide range of experiences that weren’t necessarily planned: from multiple mentors with successful output, to long-term external experience in an applied medical setting. For a long time, I thought I was doing graduate school wrong! But as long as you are following your interests and making plans to ensure those interests become viable output, you are progressing. I would suggest having open communication early with your mentors so the larger goals of your training are set, and in turn, shape what you do daily.
What do you wish you would have known pursuing a fellowship?
Most of my contributions as a non-clinical fellow in a clinical context are providing alternative strategies for research questions/analyses when the team is stuck. Really take the time to strengthen your research toolbox, especially those tools that aren’t your bread and butter. As Dr. Henson from EPSY mentioned in last year’s newsletter, we tend to shape our research world and questions through the statistical tools we know. Though it can help strengthen our systematic research, it can potentially be limiting.
Some times where my team looked at me and I wish I had more conviction in my response:
· Since our sample size is so small, what if we flipped our longitudinal data and used MLM instead of SEM… that doesn’t change the nature of our question, right? *cue desperate recall of HLM*
· Why do we have twelve predictors? Are we really controlling for these correctly by throwing them in Block 1? Stephanie, what would you recommend?
· You’ve heard of Mendellian randomization right? What do we need to take out that’s too confounded with it if we add it?
What do you wish you would be able to encourage or pass onto the incoming first years?
· It always feels like you’re the imposter in the room. I feel it now, writing what I hope is worthwhile advice!
· You will hear all the multiple ways you can maximize your graduate training, especially when it comes to NIH funding. Pursue those outlets but remember a small percentage of people actually obtain this funding; there are other opportunities that may be better for what you need.
· In my experience so far, one adage remains consistent throughout my training, and was just reiterated by several researchers during a conference this weekend:
o Opportunities come when hard work meets serendipity. Hard work comes from staying on top of your research field, having ideas/results to discuss, and being able to use that information in a chance meeting at a with a collaborator, or guest speaker at a conference.
o Do not underestimate the impact of these opportunities. My external research position was the result of me speaking casually to a faculty member looking to bolster her collaborative work, and following through with my interest. It was the best choice I could’ve made.
· “Doing well’ goes far beyond saying the right thing in front of your mentors. Say wrong things, get clarification. If/when you commit to something, give that responsibility its proper due. Strive for perfection, expect to mess up. Own your mistakes. Play around with multiple designs or analyses, see what becomes your bread and butter. Graduate school is that time for trial and error, so when your fellowship comes, you know from your mistakes (as well as your successes) what you can confidently do.
What's the most surprising thing you’ve learned since you have left?
· There are more opportunities for experimental psychologists in the community or clinical world than I realized, particularly in the realm of longitudinal work and big data. Do not believe that you can’t belong in an applied world if your heart is there.
· You will hear this a lot, but I now I experience this everyday: Network. If that word is off-putting, then don’t settle for just attending a conference or showing up to a person’s talk. Encourage yourself to join committees or take leadership positions in associations. Not only does it get your name out there, but it also exercises those interpersonal soft skills that are often ignored.
· Mentors, I find that making a point to introduce your students to other collaborators is invaluable for mentees. I had no idea that “jumping on a phone call with my colleague Ron if I was interested” actually meant “helping put together results for Ron Kessler”!! (I research-fangirled like an idiot.) Encouraging that kind of connection, especially from third year to dissertation defense and beyond, really helps.
Favorite part of your work right now?
The free structure, one I’m soaking up while I have it. Because I already work with collected data, I determine my own schedule here, and have on other obligations outside volunteering with the Postdoc Association. But it also means I am personally responsible for my productivity, and that productivity is directly associated with my utility here in San Diego. So, in many ways I work harder than I did while at graduate school because I’m intrinsically motivated to do so.
What's it like to be out of the program working?
I love it! See above. I am at a research university that is predominately life sciences, and while I’m not out of the academic bubble, conversing and befriending postdocs from across the scientific spectrum has been both humbling and motivating.
Any info you want to pass on to current students?
· If the road from no grant experience to writing an F31 is (appropriately) daunting, start small with student or foundation grants! They will at least jumpstart a working draft of your materials.
· If you fit under the eligibility criteria for an award in your given division or association, apply. Applying is professional development and networking in itself, and the materials you’re forced to create will save time later down the road.
· Utilize those department and graduate school student awards!! Don’t take their presence for granted.
· I’ve found having a trackable record of my progress and goals keeps both me and my mentor on task. If you haven’t already, consider utilizing an Individual Development Plan. It also saves time: NIH requires you to put one together anyway if you apply for a training grant.
· Fellowships are often passed along through listservs only, with the occasional few appearing in national databases like APS Employment Network. If you haven’t yet, join the listservs of your relevant associations to find the best postdoc opportunities. It’s how I found mine!
Contact Us!
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Website: https://psychology.unt.edu/graduate-programs/behavioral-science
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Catching up with an Alumni
Dr. Johnathan Banks
- I am now an Associate Professor at Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale, FL and the program director for the M.S. in Experimental Psychology program. A large part of my time is spent teaching and conducting research. Outside of work, I spend as much time as possible with my wife and almost 8 year old son. My son was born before my last year at UNT and I can’t believe he is almost 8! I also enjoy riding my road bike and playing classical and electric guitar. Having a life outside of academia helps me to keep everything in focus and reduces the stress that can come with an academic job.
- Going directly from graduate school to a faculty position was an adjustment. While I was very busy in grad school, adjusting to the multiple demands of a faculty position--teaching four classes a semester, running my own lab, mentoring undergraduate and graduate students, and committee work-- took a little while. One of the first times that it hit me that I was now running my own lab occurred when I was deciding which of three possible studies I wanted to run first at NSU. My first instinct was to call Adriel and get him to approve of the choice I made. While I did talk with him about the possible studies, he made it clear that it was my call. I think that the only way that I was able to go directly to a faculty position was that 1.) I had an amazing advisor for my PhD! And 2.) Prior to attending UNT, I worked at the University of North Carolina as a program director for a federally funded research center. The mentoring that I received at UNT and at UNC were critical to my development as a researcher and a faculty member.
- The most surprising thing that I have found recently in my field is the rapid increase the emphasis on large scale replications. I have been fortunate to be involved with one of the “Many Labs” Projects that attempted to replicate several prior findings. My involvement in the project occurred because a former undergraduate student in Dr. Boals’ lab reached out to me about it since her lab in graduate school was helping to lead the project.
- The best recommendation that I have for first year students is to watch successful senior graduate students and faculty. I often see first year graduate students assume that what made them good students as undergraduates will make them good graduate students. As a first year graduate student, I learned that being on campus from 8-5 and then working from home/studying in the evening resulted in the greatest levels of productivity. I would also tell first year students to schedule time in their day to read new research articles and to write. The same advice works for senior graduate students. It can be very easy to put off writing (or work on your dissertation) as other work will get in the way. The best technique that I have found to fix this is to schedule time to write and keep it in your calendar in the same way that you would a class. This always forces me to sit down and write, even if I “don’t feel like writing”.
- One thing that I knew during my first year of graduate school but wish I had focused on more was making connections to individuals working in my area outside of UNT. I was able to make connections with faculty at other universities during my later years. Now, in addition to having Dr. Boals as a colleague, I have colleagues at other universities that I can collaborate with and to ask for feedback on current research. I am also grateful for my friends from grad school at UNT. Those connections can continue well past graduate school!
Other random thoughts:
- My time at UNT was amazing and I was very lucky to have amazing faculty and the best possible mentor that I could imagine. The impression that I always had at UNT was that the faculty got along with each other. In looking for a faculty position, one of the things that I was looking for was a department that in general got along. I was lucky to be hired in a department in which we all truly get along and are happy when anyone in the department succeeds.
- The transition from graduate school to a faculty position was interesting as I had to get used to undergraduate and graduate students asking me the same types of questions that I asked my undergraduate and graduate advisors. The shift from student to faculty is an exciting one but you also realize that you are now the one dispensing the advice that was so critical to you as an undergrad or grad student.
- When I entered the program at UNT my primary focus was to develop as a researcher. During my time in the program, I had the privilege of helping to mentor several undergraduates in Dr. Boals Lab. One of the pieces of my current faculty position that I enjoy most, outside of my research, is mentoring undergrads and grad students in the lab. I love watching students discover their passion for research and develop as researchers.
- While I am happy to now live in Florida and not have to shovel snow, I do truly miss Texas weather, Bluebonnets in the spring, and Texas BBQ!
Spotlight : 9/2017: Dr. Heidimarie Blumenthal
Dr. Blumenthal was awarded a $430,000 R15 grant from the National Institute of Health/NIAAA
~Individuals with elevated social anxiety (SA) are at risk for problematic drinking, and recent work suggests that this relation may be specific to women; however, alcohol use among adolescent girls is severely understudied, and mechanisms underlying the SA-alcohol use relation remain unclear. Thus, understanding how these factors are linked will be critical to designing effective intervention programs.
~Girls, (14-17 years) with high and low SA will be randomly assigned to either rejection or non-social stress task. Evaluating the indirect effects of key cognitive and psychobiological variables in the relationship will be essential .
~The primary research goal is to test whether acute social stress (i.e. rejection), as compared to non-social stress, elicits greater alcohol-relevant cognitions (i.e. approach to alcohol-relevant cues; desire to drink) among socially anxious female adolescents.Given the social nature of youth drinking contexts, learning to use alcohol in an effort to reduce socially-oriented negative affect may be particularly problematic. It is expected that a significant proportion of the relation between SA and the alcohol indices will be accounted for by the indirect effects through disengagement coping (e.g., desire to escape), and psychobiological stress responding (i.e. salivary alpha amylase/cortisol ratio), and that these relations will be primarily driven by those in the rejection condition.
~The study uses a convergence of sophisticated laboratory procedures to examine relevant mechanisms that may underlie alcohol use among socially anxious girls. The project offers a rich training experience for student researchers, providing hands-on, guided exposure to an array of advanced research techniques, embedded within a successful, dynamic, and highly collaborative research program. This significant, innovative, and clinically relevant project will provide an excellent springboard for developing prevention-oriented programs as it seeks to better understand risk factor processes related to adolescent alcohol use, SA, and their co-morbidity; all of which represent key public health concerns.
Renee Cloutier
Not only is she presenting a symposium at APA in San Francisco (August) , she is currently on year two of collecting data for my dissertation/F31 grant (1F31DA041105), received the Ernest H. Harrell Memorial Scholarship for Spring 2018, Was selected to serve as the APAGS Science Committee Chair from 2017-2019, and served as an action editor for the APA Journal Translational Issues in Psychological Science special issue on Marijuana research.
Nathan Kearns
Shoutout to Nathan Kearns to absolutely diving straight into research this year by submitting a grant to National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism - Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) (Title: Effect of Trauma-Related Stress During Acute Alcohol Intoxication on Driving-Related Risky Decision-Making.
(Co-)Sponsors: Blumenthal, H. (Sponsor), Taylor, D. J. (Co-Sponsor), Ham, L. S. (Co-Sponsor), Read, J. P. (Off-Site Sponsor), Feldner, M. T. (Off-Site Sponsor).
Role: Principle Investigator
Amount: $95,241); having several manuscripts published and presented several presentations
Ivan Carbajal
2017-2018 Publications and more...
Publications :
Bedford, L.A.*, Dietch, J.R.*, Taylor, D. J., Boals, A., & Zayfert, C. (in press). Computer-guided problem-solving treatment for depression, PTSD, and insomnia symptoms in student veterans: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Behavior Therapy.
Boals, A., & Lancaster, S. (in press). How is religious comfort and religious strain related to mental health outcomes? An examination of the mediating roles of event centrality, negative affect, and social support in military veterans. Military Behavioral Health.
Boals, A. & Schuler, K.L.* (in press). Shattered cell phones, but not shattered lives: Reports of illusory posttraumatic growth. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy.
Boals, A. & Liu, K.* (in press). Illusory reports of posttraumatic growth in response to a non-traumatic event. Journal of Loss and Trauma.
Boals, A. (in press). Trauma in the eye of the beholder: Objective and subjective definitions of trauma. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration.
Boals, A. & Schuler, K.* (2018). Reducing reports of illusory posttraumatic growth: A revised version of the Stress-Related Growth Scale (SRGS-R). Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 10, 190-198.
Boals, A., Trost, Z., Berntsen, D., Wheelis, T.** & Monden, K. (2017). Event centrality as a unique predictor of posttraumatic stress symptoms and perceived disability among
individuals following spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord, 55, 1023-1027.
Kearns, N. T., Villarreal, D., Cloutier, R. M., Baxley, C., Carey, C., & Blumenthal, H. (2018). Perceived Control of Anxiety as a Moderator in the Relationship between Anxiety Sensitivity and Problematic Alcohol Use in Adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 63, 41-50. doi:10.1016/j.adolescence.2017.12.009
Kearns, N. T., Jackson, W. T., Elliott, T. R., Ryan, T., & Armstrong, T. W. (2018). Differences in level of upper limb loss on functional impairment, psychological well-being, and substance use. Rehabilitation Psychology, 63(1), 141. doi:10.1037/rep0000192
Kearns, N. T., Blumenthal, H., Rainey, E. E., Bennett, M. M., Powers, M. B., Foreman, M. L., & Warren, A. M. (2017). Discrepancy in caregiving expectations predicts problematic alcohol use among caregivers of trauma injury patients six months after ICU admission. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 31(4), 497-505. doi:10.1037/adb0000282
McLaughlin, C., Kearns, N. T., Bennett, M. M., Roden-Foreman, J., Roden-Foreman, K., Rainey, E. E., Funk, G., Powers, M. B., & Warren, A. M. (2017). Alcohol and drug toxicology screen at time of hospitalization does not predict PTSD or depression after traumatic injury. The American Journal of Surgery, 214(3), 390-396. doi:10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.06.026
Parsons, T. D., Schermerhorn, P., McMahan, T., Asbee, J., & Russo, N. (2017). An Initial Validation of Virtual Human Administered Neuropsychological Assessments. Annual Rreview of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2017, 123.
Talarico, J., Kraha, A.*, Self, H.**, & Boals, A. (in press). How did you hear the news? The role of traditional media, social media, and personal communication in flashbulb memory. Memory Studies.
Trost , Z., Scott, W., Buelow, M., Nowlin, L., Turan, B., Boals, A., & Monden, K. (2017). The association between injustice perception and psychological outcomes in an inpatient spinal cord injury sample: The mediating effects of anger. Spinal Cord,55, 898-905.
Parsons, T. D., Schermerhorn, P., McMahan, T., Asbee, J., & Russo, N. (2017). An Initial Validation of Virtual Human Administered Neuropsychological Assessments. Annual Rreview of Cybertherapy and Telemedicine 2017, 123.
Rodriguez, L.**, Agtarap, S.*, Boals, A., Kearns, N.*, & Bedford, L.* (in press). Making a biased jury decision: Psychosocial influences in the Steven Avery murder case.Psychology of Popular Media Culture.
Wang, S., Hsu, J., Trent, L., Ryan, T., Kearns, N. T., Civillico, E., & Kontson, K. (in press). Evaluation of performance-based outcome measures for the upper limb: a comprehensive narrative review. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (February, 2018). doi:10.1016/j.pmrj.2018.02.008
Zawadzki, M.J., Boals, A., Mathews, N.**, Schuler, K.L.*, Southard-Dobbs, S.*, & Smyth, J.M. (in press). Perseverative cognitions, PTSD, and mental and physical health among college students. Cogent Psychology.
Conference Presentations:
Agtarap, S., Warren, A. M., Boals, A., Roden-Foreman, K., Rainey, E. E., Kearns, N. T. Powers, M. B., Foreman, M. L. (2017). Trajectories of burden and depression in caregivers following traumatic injury: the role of resilience. Poster accepted to the annual meeting of Anxiety and Depression Association of America (Washington DC, MD, 2018)
Anam, M., Wike, A., Garner, A., Nowlin, L., Wheelis, T., Monden, K., Boals, A., Trost, Z. (2018, April). The impact of injustice appraisals on pain and psychosocial outcomes in an inpatient spinal cord injury rehabilitation program. Abstract submitted for the 2018 Society of Behavioral Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Cloutier, R. M., Anderson, K. G., Bonn-Miller, M., Kearns, N. T. & Blumenthal, H. (2017). Experimental Tests of Marijuana Use Willingness as a Function of Social Anxiety and Peer Rejection. Symposium accepted for presentation at the annual American Psychological Association, (San Francisco, CA, 2018)
Cloutier, R. M., *John, J., *Adams, M., Kearns, N. T., *Chambers, D., & Blumenthal, H. (2017). The varying role of adolescent affect in acute alcohol desires following different social stressors. Poster preesnted at the 51st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies, (San Diego, CA, 2017)
Cloutier, R. M., Kearns, N. T., Douglas, M., *Fresnedo, M., Blumenthal, H. (2017). Racial/Ethnic Differences on Emerging Adulthood Experiences and Substance Use. Paper accepted to the 17th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, (Minneapolis, MN, 2018)
Conyers, D., Miguelez, J., & **Kearns, N. (2017). Demographic and Condition-Related Factors Influencing Long Term Prosthesis Use in Upper Limb Loss Patients. Poster presented at the Myoelectric Controls (MEC) Symposium, (Fredericton, New Brunswick,
2017)
Dietch, J.R.*, Agtarap, S.*, Kearns, N.*, Blumenthal, H., Boals, A., Taylor, D.J., & Pruiksma, K. E. (2017, November). Directionality of nightmares, insomnia, and suicidal ideation among trauma-exposed college students. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, San Diego, CA.
Dietch, J.R., Agtarap, S., Kearns, N., T., Blumenthal, H., Boals, A., Taylor, D. J., & Pruiksma, K. E. (2017, November). Directionality of nightmares, insomnia, and suicidal ideation among trauma-exposed college students. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, (San Diego, CA, 2017)
*Jackson, B., Cloutier, R. M., *Miller, Q. K., Kearns, N. T., & Blumenthal, H. (2017). Protective behavioral strategies and cannabis use problems: The moderating role of gender. Poster accepted to the 126th annual convention of the American Psychological Association, (San Francisco, CA, 2018)
Kearns, N. T., *Jackson, B., Cloutier, R. M., *Sandlin, J., *Payne, A., Carey, C., & Blumenthal, H. (2017). Association between Dimensions of Emerging Adulthood and PTSD among Trauma-Exposed College Students. Poster accepted to the 17th biennial meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, (Minneapolis, MN, 2018)
Kearns, N. T., Ryan, T., Powers, M. B., Jackson, W. T., Elliott, T. R. (2017). Posttraumatic stress disorder symptom clusters and substance use among patients with upper limb amputations due to traumatic injury. Paper presented at the annual American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) conference (Atlanta, GA, 2017)
Kearns, N. T., Blumenthal, H., Contractor, A. A., Guillot, C. R., & *Astorga, A. (2018). Effects of Bodily Arousal on Desire to Drink Alcohol among Trauma-Exposed Emerging Adult College Students. Poster submitted at the 52nd annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, (Washington DC, 2018)
Kearns, N. T., *Potts, A., Cloutier, R. M., *Chambers, D., & Blumenthal, H. (2017). Alcohol and Cannabis Polysubstance Use: Comparison of Posttraumatic Stress Symptom Profiles. Poster presented at the 51st annual meeting of the Association for Behavioral Cognitive Therapies, (San Diego, CA, 2017)
Kearns, N. T., Becker, J., Roden-Foreman, K., Bennett, M. M., Powers, M. B., Edgerton, J., & Warren, A. M. (2018). Spirituality and Posttrauamtic Growth: Impact on Individuals Following Cardiovascular Surgery. Poster submitted to the 65th annual meeting of the Southern Thoracic Surgical Association, (Amelia Island, FL, 2018)
Kearns, N. T., Peterson, J., Walters, L. S., Jackson, W. T., Miguelez, J., & Ryan, T. (in press). Development and Psychometric Properties of Capacity Assessment of Prosthetic Performance for the Upper Limb (CAPPFUL). Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (April, 2018).
Kelly, M. E., Guillot, C. R., Kearns, N. T., Zvolensky, M. J., & Schmidt, N. B. (2017). Anxiety sensitivity moderates the association of relationship status with cigarette smoking heaviness and dependence. Poster accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the College on Problems on Drug Dependence, (San Diego, CA, 2018)
Monden, K.R., Boals, A., Wheelis, T.**, Nowlin, L.**, Schofield, T.**, Holtz, K.**, Olguin-Aguirre, R.**, Anam, M., & Trost, Z. (2017, September). Perceived injustice and depressive symptoms following spinal cord injury. Poster accepted for presentation at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Academy of Spinal Cord Injury Professionals. Denver, CO.
Olguin-Aguirre, R.** & Boals, A. (2018, February). Impact of potential changes in U.S. immigration policies on distress levels and academic performance. Paper presented at the Annual Texas National McNair Scholars Research Conference, Denton, TX.
*Payne, A., Kearns, N. T., Cloutier, R. M., *Miller, Q., Blumenthal, H. (2018). Race/Ethnicity as a Moderator in the Association between PTSD Symptom Severity and Cannabis Use. Poster submitted for presentation at the 52nd annual convention of the Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, (Washington DC, 2018)
*Payne, A. C., *Astorga, A., Kearns, N. T., Barrett, S. L., & Kaminski, P. L. (2018). Overall Family Functioning As a Moderator of the Relationship between Frequency of Childhood Abuse and PTSD Symptoms. Poster accepted for presentation at the 30th annual meeting of the Association for Psychological Science (San Francisco, CA, 2018)
Rodriguez, L., Agtarap, S., Boals, A., Kearns, N. T., & Bedford, L. (in press). Making a Biased Jury Decision: Using the Steven Avery Murder Case to Investigate Potential Influences in Jury Decision-Making. Psychology of Popular Media Culture (April, 2018).
Rodriguez, L., Agtarap, S., Boals, A., Kearns, N. T., & Bedford, L. (in press). Making a Biased Jury Decision: Using the Steven Avery Murder Case to Investigate Potential Influences in Jury Decision-Making. Psychology of Popular Media Culture (April, 2018).
Ryan, T., Miguelez, J., & **Kearns, N. (2017). Differences in Residual and Phantom Limb Pain between Body-Powered and Electrically-Powered Prosthetic Users. Poster presented at the Myoelectric Controls (MEC) Symposium, (Fredericton, New Brunswick, 2017)
Wheelis, T., Agtarap, S., Trost, Z., Boals, A. & Monden, K. (2017, February). Predicting blame attributions following spinal cord injury: Findings from an inpatient rehabilitation cohort. Abstract to be presented at the 19th Annual Rehabilitation Psychology Conference, Albuquerque, NM.
Wike, A., Garner, A., Wheelis, T., Monden, K., Boals, A., Olguin-Aguirre, R., Warmann, J., Schofield, T., Trost, Z. (2018, March). Examining the role of pain catastrophizing and fear of pain/(re)injury among individuals with recent spinal cord injury. Abstract submitted to the 2018 American Pain Society Scientific Summit, Anaheim, CA.
Conferences and Presentations
Past
Association for Psychological Science (Boston)
Society for the Study of Motivation (Boston)
European Association of Social Psychology (Granada, Spain)
Psychonomics (Vancouver, BC)
College on Problems of Drug Dependence
Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
Collaborative Perspectives on Addiction (APA Division 50: Society of Addiction Psychology)
Cognitive Neuroscience (CNS)
Upcoming
American Psychological Association (San Francisco, CA)
American Association of Behavioral and Social Sciences (Las Vegas, Nevada)
American Psychology Association
Wednesday, Aug 8, 2018, 05:00 PM
San Francisco, CA, USA
Welcome Incoming BSci Students!
Welcome to our three incoming students in August 2018! Cannot wait to start the incredible journey with you!!!
~Chris Alkire
~Heather Lucke
~Kirby Doshier
Coping and Fun at UNT
Brisket and BBQ
Cookies <3
Pizza and finger foods
Behavioral Science Program
Dr. Adriel Boals, Behavioral Science Program Chair
Nathan Kearns, Behavioral Science Program Representative
Ivan Carbajal, Behavioral Science Program Representative
Karolina Wartalowicz, Behavioral Science Program Research Assistant