January/February 2013 News of Note

Psychology Department

News of Note

January/February 2013

 

 

Faculty Awards/Appointments/In the News

 

  1. Todd Kashdan is the Co-creator (with Robert Biswas-Diener) of Social Success program for MentalWorkout- http://www.mentalworkout.com/store/programs/social-success/
  2. Todd Kashdan was featured in the following:
    1. The Dream Share Project- featured in documentary: http://thedreamshareproject.com/
    2. Positive Psychology News Daily (1/25/12)- play and curiosity: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/thomas-heffner/2013012525305
    3. Positive Psychology News Daily (1/29/12)- curiosity as a backdoor route to managing anxiety: http://positivepsychologynews.com/news/irem-gunay/2013012925309

 

Student Activities

 

  1. ADP doctoral student Kate Zinsser, has accepted a tenure-track position starting next year at University of Illinois Chicago;
  2. 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.