Paper Session A
RD 202, 9:00 – 10:00 am
Applied Personality & Cognition
4 papers, 15 min/paper
Moderator: Karla Mendoza
1. Hannah E. Mandujano & Selena De Los Santos. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Health Outcomes.
School: Christian Brothers University
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maureen E. O’Brien
We examined the relationship between Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and physical and mental health outcomes. We found a negative correlation between ACEs and health outcomes. and positive correlations between depression and ACEs and anxiety and ACEs. In addition, unhealthy emotional regulation mediated the relationship between ACEs and health outcomes.
2. Rivers Abshere, Chloe Perkins, Makenna Tiffany, Eliana Isom, & Sydney Coffman. Personality as a Predictor of Empathy and Reading Flow.
School: Union University
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Luke Walden
The study investigated the relationship between personality, empathy, and reading flow. Results suggest that extroversion predicts identification and suspense in readers while agreeableness and extroversion predict empathy.
3. KaTeria Scullark. The Relationship Between Worrying, Pessimistic Thinking, and Academic Dishonesty.
School: University of Tennessee at Martin
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Angie MacKewn
Worrying, along with pessimistic thinking, can have an impact on the academic dishonesty a college student engages in. This study aims to find the relationship between worrying, pessimistic thinking, and academic dishonesty.
4. Verónica Mirth, Anita Etts, & Abigail Garrison. The Correlation Between Stereotype Threat, Self-monitoring, Neuroticism, and Intrinsic Motivation.
School: Christian Brothers University
Faculty Advisor: Dr. Maureen E. O’Brien
We found positive correlations between stereotype threat and neuroticism and between self-monitoring and neuroticism, supporting the idea that individual differences (e.g. neuroticism level) are defining factors on people’s reactions to social interactions that might make stereotypes salient. However, the positive correlation between stereotype threat and self-monitoring was not significant.