Psychology Department
News of Note
January 2012
Faculty Awards/Appointments/In the News
- Dr. Todd Kashdan was cited in:
- 435 South Magazine (January, 2012)- on curiosity and goal-setting.
- Connection Newspapers (for all areas in Northern Virginia) (January, 2012)- on sustainable new year resolutions.
- USA Today (December, 2011)- on media’s tendency to focus on negatives during holiday season.
- Connection Newspapers (for all areas in Northern Virginia) (November, 2011)- on teaching children gratitude during holidays.
- Dr. Tim Curby was awarded a subcontract through the University of Virginia from the DuBarry Foundation. “Quantitative support for the Student Engagement Study.” 2012. Role: Principal Investigator for Subcontract, $32,750
- Dr.’s Raja Parasuraman and Pam Greenwood are expecting a book out in March titled: “Nurturing the Older Brain and Mind”
Student Activities
Denham, S. A., Bassett, H. H., & *Zinsser, K. (in press). Early childhood teachers as socializers of young children's emotional competence. Early Childhood Research Journal.
Renshaw, K. D., & *Campbell, S. B. (2011). Combat veterans’ symptoms of PTSD and partners’ distress: The role of partners’ perceptions of veterans’ deployment experiences. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 953-962.
Publications/Presentations
Boden, M.T., Bonn-Miller, M.O., Kashdan, T.B., Alvarez, J., & Gross, J.J. (2012). The interactive effects of emotional clarity and cognitive reappraisal in posttraumatic stress disorder. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 26, 233-238.
Denham, S.A., Bassett, H.H., & Zinsser, K. (in press). Early childhood teachers as socializers of young children's emotional competence. Early Childhood Research Journal.
Maddux, J. E. & Winstead, B. A. (Eds.) (2012). Psychopathology: Foundations for a contemporary understanding (3rd ed.). New York: Talyor & Francis.
Maló-Machado, P, Verissimo, M., Denham, S. (in press) O teste de Conhecimento das Emoções para crianças de idade pré-escolar. Revista Iberoamericana de Diagnóstico e Avaliação Psicológica .
Renshaw, K. D., & *Campbell, S. B. (2011). Combat veterans’ symptoms of PTSD and partners’ distress: The role of partners’ perceptions of veterans’ deployment experiences. Journal of Family Psychology, 25, 953-962.