Psychology Seniors Accepted to WPA Research Conference in Portland
Each student in this year’s senior聽cohort of Psychology students has been accepted to present their capstone聽thesis research project at the –a regional professional conference attended annually聽by over 1,000 researchers, faculty, graduate students, and other professionals in the field. The review process involves a blind peer review of projects for excellence and merit.
This year’s senior聽projects include studies on聽narcissism and sensation-seeking聽among millennials, campus attitudes towards risky and unwanted sexual behaviors, and the聽relationship between parental involvement and student聽satisfaction with academic major. (See the complete list below.)
This April, these聽students, along with聽department聽faculty, will travel to Portland, OR, to engage in four days of eye-opening聽professional activity and development.聽 Students will be able to聽attend thought-provoking research symposia,聽make connections with other researchers in their areas of interest, explore potential聽graduate programs in a fun聽and聽immersive聽psychology聽experience.
This year’s perfect conference聽acceptance rate continues the Woodbury’s Psychology department’s outstanding聽record of sending聽strong聽thesis projects to WPA.聽 Over the past six years, 95 percent of the university’s Psychology聽student projects have been accepted to this very聽selective, peer-reviewed research聽conference.
Here are the students with the title of their thesis:
- Scholastica Cruz: Why We Hate to Wait: Predicting Academically Risky Behaviors through Impatient and Irritability Traits
- Autumn Davis:聽 Danger Seeking, Not Attention Seeking: Examining Narcissism in the Millennial Generation
- Andy Dukeshire:聽 Facebook Usage Intensity, Positive Reinforcement Sensitivity and Predictors of Wellbeing
- Zhanna Shahparonyan: How We Love: Parental Attachment and Preferred Communication of Affection
- Julie Torres: Parent Involvement: Academic Motivation and Academic Major Satisfaction
- Alejandra Villar: University Students鈥� Attitudes Toward Risky Sexual Behaviors and Misconduct: Comparing Campus Climates