Students Present Research

The Florida Academy of Sciences (FAS) 71st annual conference was held on March 16 through March 17, 2007 at the University of South Florida, St. Petersburg, Florida. Several students from the psychology department presented at the conference:

Undergraduate students:

E. Kierce: Teachers’ self-efficacy as a predictor of job satisfaction and organizational commitment.
H.S. Saint-Eloi Cadely: An effectiveness trial: Life skills training and time wise.
C. McGowan & M. Major-Sanabria: Attribution as a predictor of fathers’ acceptance of their child with autism.
K. E. Lowe, R. Rodriguez, Y. M. Stahl, C Starratt, & G. Starratt: Further investigation of the association between alexithymia and facets of extraversion.
C. Marenco, A. Sullivan, T. Ackbarali, C, Starratt, & G. Starratt: Facets of neuroticism are predictive of the factors of alexithymia.

Graduate students:

I. Fredericks, L.T. Szuchman, & L.M. Peterson: Against all odds: Aggressive behavior and self-efficacy as the key factor for high-risk children’s resilience.
Shaun Ally & G. Wated: The help-seeking behavior of English-speaking Caribbean families.
J. Casani, M.R. Lopez, & C. Starratt: Treatment outcomes of parental interaction and development of children raised by depressed mothers.
K. Francis, C. Starratt, & M.R. Lopez: Moral disengagement and academic cheating in college.
M. Major-Sanabria & J. Lineman: Children with autism: Preference for a noneducational approach.
M. J. Merlini, S. W. Koncsol, & L. M. Peterson: Perceived physical attractiveness and self-esteem as determining factors in choosing a dating partner.
R. Parasram: Pediatric HIV/AIDS: An overview of school-aged children.
M. Major-Sanabria & J. Ries: Mothers’ perception of financial status in the choice of educational programming of their child with autism.

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