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Youth Coping With Oppression In Arab Spring And Its Psychological And Socio-Political Dynamics: The Example Of Palestinian Youth, Ibrahim Aref Kira, Abdul-Wahab Nasser Alawneh, Sharifa Aboumediene, Linda Lewandowski May 2013

Youth Coping With Oppression In Arab Spring And Its Psychological And Socio-Political Dynamics: The Example Of Palestinian Youth, Ibrahim Aref Kira, Abdul-Wahab Nasser Alawneh, Sharifa Aboumediene, Linda Lewandowski

International Symposium on Arab Youth

Arab Spring exemplified how distress due to cumulative dynamics of oppression, poverty and chronic stress can result in mental health events that prime shared distress and trigger socio-political uprisings. Further, Islamist parties won the elections that followed the uprisings. Additionally resiliency of youth and will to survive is the source of their positive coping with oppression. Unfortunately, most of our understanding of and interventions with trauma are focused on past traumas perpetrated by individuals, current and ongoing traumas perpetrated by social groups, such as oppression and discriminations are mostly ignored. Why Arab Spring? And why religious groups became the dominant …


Help Seeking Behaviours And Depressive Symptoms In Arab Canadian And European Canadian Adolescents, Emily M. Johnson, Emily Kear, Julie Norman, Erin Romanchych, Rosanne Menna May 2013

Help Seeking Behaviours And Depressive Symptoms In Arab Canadian And European Canadian Adolescents, Emily M. Johnson, Emily Kear, Julie Norman, Erin Romanchych, Rosanne Menna

International Symposium on Arab Youth

Objectives. The aim of the present study was to examine the relations between help-seeking behaviours and mood problems among Arab Canadian and European Canadian adolescents. Method. Participants were 12 Arab Canadian adolescents (six males and six females; M = 15.75, SD = 1.42) and 12 European Canadian adolescents, matched for age and gender (six males and six females; M = 15.75, SD = 1.42) from three demographically diverse high schools in a midsized city in Ontario, Canada. Participants completed questionnaires assessing depressive symptoms, stressful life problems, sources of help, and barriers to seeking help for a stressful problem. Results. Youth …


Study Of Employment Retention Veterans (Serve): Improving Reintegration Of Oregon National Guard And Reserves In The Workplace, Gilbert Patrick Brady, Jr., Leslie B. Hammer May 2013

Study Of Employment Retention Veterans (Serve): Improving Reintegration Of Oregon National Guard And Reserves In The Workplace, Gilbert Patrick Brady, Jr., Leslie B. Hammer

Student Research Symposium

This presentation will provide an overview of the recently funded Department of Defense grant (Principal Investigator, Leslie Hammer, Ph.D.). Since 9/11 over 2.8 million United States military personnel have served in and around Iraq and Afghanistan. By 2018, the number of post-9/11 veterans is projected to top 3.1 million. Of these most recent veterans, 18% have difficulty holding a job and many experience family difficulty. Presently, a third or more of these post-9/11 veterans – some 874,728 service members and counting – have deployed to various global hotspots as active-duty reservists of the U.S. armed forces. Unemployment, underemployment and mental …


Navigating Educational And Behavioral Services: What Parents Of Children With Asd Need To Know, Jennifer A. Mclaren, Eric Mitchell May 2013

Navigating Educational And Behavioral Services: What Parents Of Children With Asd Need To Know, Jennifer A. Mclaren, Eric Mitchell

Annual Foundations Behavioral Health/La Salle University Autism Spectrum Disorders Conference

Navigating service systems can be difficult. Parents are often unaware of where educational services end and where behavioral health services begin. This interactive panel will aid in navigating the complex matrix of school, BHRS, STS, outpatient, and psychiatric services for school-aged children with an ASD. It will teach parents how to create a collaborative team which aids in providing consistency in all environments. Additionally, parents will gain information about effective advocacy for services in the school, home, and community. The discussion will provide an overview of considerations family need in order to identify supports and advocate for their children.


Media Framing Analysis As A Tool For Bridging The Gap Between Community And Clinically Based Research, Coleen Conner Mar 2013

Media Framing Analysis As A Tool For Bridging The Gap Between Community And Clinically Based Research, Coleen Conner

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Moderating Effects Of Individual Characteristics On The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma And Paranoia In Young Adulthood, Alessandra Bhansali Mar 2013

The Moderating Effects Of Individual Characteristics On The Relationship Between Childhood Trauma And Paranoia In Young Adulthood, Alessandra Bhansali

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Additive Role Of Body Image Flexibility In Explaining Disordered Eating Behavior, Makeda W. Moore, Akihiko Masuda Mar 2013

The Additive Role Of Body Image Flexibility In Explaining Disordered Eating Behavior, Makeda W. Moore, Akihiko Masuda

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


Discrepant Relations Of Client Expectancy To Global Improvement Across Clinicians And Their Clients Following Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Social Phobia, Marjorie J. Freggens Mar 2013

Discrepant Relations Of Client Expectancy To Global Improvement Across Clinicians And Their Clients Following Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy For Social Phobia, Marjorie J. Freggens

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

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Associations Between Empathy And Social Anxiety In Young Adults, Kristie M. Voyles, Michael A. Mcgadney, Alyssa M. Ames Mar 2013

Associations Between Empathy And Social Anxiety In Young Adults, Kristie M. Voyles, Michael A. Mcgadney, Alyssa M. Ames

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Psychological Flexibility In Mental Health Stigma And Psychological Distress For The Stigmatizer In An African American College Sample, Chantel M. Sims, Akihiko Masuda Mar 2013

The Role Of Psychological Flexibility In Mental Health Stigma And Psychological Distress For The Stigmatizer In An African American College Sample, Chantel M. Sims, Akihiko Masuda

Georgia State Undergraduate Research Conference

No abstract provided.