Psychology Department
News of Note
January/February 2013
Faculty Awards/Appointments/In the News
- Todd Kashdan is the Co-creator (with Robert Biswas-Diener) of Social Success program for MentalWorkout- http://www.mentalworkout.com/store/programs/social-success/
- Todd Kashdan was featured in the following:
- The Dream Share Project- featured in documentary: http://thedreamshareproject.com/
- Positive Psychology News Daily (1/25/12)- play and curiosity: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/thomas-heffner/2013012525305
- Positive Psychology News Daily (1/29/12)- curiosity as a backdoor route to managing anxiety: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/irem-gunay/2013012925309
Student Activities
- ADP doctoral student Kate Zinsser, has accepted a tenure-track position starting next year at University of Illinois Chicago;
- Clinical doctoral student Kelly Moore has been awarded a predoctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Implications of Jail Inmates’ Perceived Stigma for Post-release Substance Dependence, Recidivism, and Functioning. F31 Predoctoral Fellowship. 01/03/13-08/30/2015 $42,232 direct.
Bailey, C., Denham, S. A., & Curby, T. (2013). Questioning as a component of scaffolding in predicting emotion knowledge in preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 183, 265-279.
Denham, S. A., Bassett, H. H., Sirotkin, Y. S., & Zinsser, K. (in press). Head Start preschoolers' emotional positivity and emotion regulation predict their social-emotion behavior, classroom adjustment, and early school success. NHSA Dialog.
Herndon, K. J., Bailey, C. S., Shewark, E., Denham, S. A., & Bassett, H. H. (in press). Preschoolers’ emotion expression and regulation: Relations with school adjustment. Journal of Genetic Psychology
Kashdan, T.B., Dewall, C.N., Pond, R.S., Silvia, P.J., Lambert, N.M., Fincham, F.D., Savostyanova, A.A., & Keller, P.S. (2013). Curiosity protects against interpersonal aggression: Cross-sectional, daily process, and behavioral evidence. Journal of Personality. 81, 87-102.
Yarbro, J., Mahaffey, B., Abramowitz, J., & Kashdan, T.B. (2013). Recollections of parent-child relationships, attachment insecurity, and obsessive-compulsive beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 355-360.
Alumni Activities
Denham, S. A., Bassett, H. H., Sirotkin, Y. S., & Zinsser, K. (in press). Head Start preschoolers' emotional positivity and emotion regulation predict their social-emotion behavior, classroom adjustment, and early school success. NHSA Dialog.
Faculty Publications/Presentations
Bailey, C., Denham, S. A., & Curby, T. (2013). Questioning as a component of scaffolding in predicting emotion knowledge in preschoolers. Early Child Development and Care, 183, 265-279.
Denham, S. A., Bassett, H. H., Sirotkin, Y. S., & Zinsser, K. (in press). Head Start preschoolers' emotional positivity and emotion regulation predict their social-emotion behavior, classroom adjustment, and early school success. NHSA Dialog.
Herndon, K. J., Bailey, C. S., Shewark, E., Denham, S. A., & Bassett, H. H. (in press). Preschoolers’ emotion expression and regulation: Relations with school adjustment. Journal of Genetic Psychology
Kashdan, T.B., Dewall, C.N., Pond, R.S., Silvia, P.J., Lambert, N.M., Fincham, F.D., Savostyanova, A.A., & Keller, P.S. (2013). Curiosity protects against interpersonal aggression: Cross-sectional, daily process, and behavioral evidence. Journal of Personality. 81, 87-102.
Yarbro, J., Mahaffey, B., Abramowitz, J., & Kashdan, T.B. (2013). Recollections of parent-child relationships, attachment insecurity, and obsessive-compulsive beliefs. Personality and Individual Differences, 54, 355-360.
May 07, 2013