Research Poster Session

The research poster session is an opportunity to view and discuss the latest work in the marriage and family therapy field. Poster authors will be available to discuss their research and answer questions.

Full descriptions of each poster can be accessed HERE.

Addictions/Substance Abuse
1. Family Cohesion, Emotional Distress, Adolescents and Alcohol
Kristy Soloski
Micha Berryhill
Matthew Johnson
Marcos Mendez
Aaron Norton

Adoption/Foster Care
2. Foster Care and Mental Health: The Importance of Siblings
Armeda Stevenson Wojciak
Christine Helfrich
Lenore McWey

Aging
3. Marital Agreement Across the Life Course
Lexie Pfeifer
Richard Miller
Jeremy Yorgason
Fu Fan Chiang
Carol Kim

Assessment/Diagnosis
4. A Child of Down Syndrome: The Maternal Adjustment Process
Hannah Korkow
Hye Jin Kim
Nicole Springer

5. Binge Eating Behaviors in a College Population
Cynthia Dsauza
Anne Prouty
Heather Austin

6. Cultural Context of Diagnoses Given to County Youth
Gwenyth M. Poggi
Armando Gonzalez
Tatiana Glebova

7. Factor Structure of Instruments in a Training Clinic
Alyssa Jane Banford
Shayne Anderson
Rachel Tambling

8. The Internet Process Addiction Test: Validating a New Tool
Jason Northrup
Coady Lapierre
Jeffrey Kirk
Cosette Rae

Children/Adolescents
9. ADHD Treatment Outcome by Provider Type and Therapy Modality
David Fawcett
Ashley Maag
Dwayne Horton
D. Russell Crane

10. Adolescent Healthy Separation: A Longitudinal Perspective
Sujata Ponappa
Suzanne Bartle-Haring

11. BPS Changes in Families Participating in a Pediatric Obesity Program
Keeley Pratt
Angela Lamson

12. Child Temperament, Parental Stress, and Relationship Quality
Micha Berryhill
Kristy Soloski
Jared Durtschi
Rebekah Adams

13. Implicit Rules, Shame, and Prosocial and Antisocial Behaviors
Jeffrey Crane
James M. Harper

14. Mental Health Outcomes of Youth in Out-of-Home Care
Christine Helfrich
Armeda Stevenson Wojciak
Lenore McWey

15. Military Children's Experiences of Reintegration
Glenn Hollingsworth
Lydia Marek
Lyn Moore
Carissa D'Aniello

16. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy: A Treatment Outcome Review
Morgan Cooley
Amanda Veldorale-Brogan

17. Patterns in Relational Treatments for Preschoolers
Andrew Benesh
Andrea Meyer

18. Relational Prosocial Behavior for Adolescent Females
Brent Black
Roy Bean

19. School Engagement, Future Expectations, and Foster Care
Cicely Brantley
Armeda Stevenson Wojciak
Lenore McWey

20. Single Mothers’ Parental Engagement and Parental Stress
Micha Berryhill
Kristy Soloski
Rebekah Adams

21. Transmission of Shame from Mothers to Daughters
James Harper
Lisa Hansen
Karl Meng

Clinical Techniques
22. Family Intervention for African American Mothers with Cancer
Laura Lynch
Maureen Davey
Karni Kissil
La-Rhonda Harmon

23. What Clients say is Helpful in Single Session Therapy
Constantina Nanos-Bednar
Louise Oke
Geraldine VanEngen

Collaboration/Consulting
24. Prevalence of Relational Discord in Urban Primary Care
Sarah Woods
Jacob Priest
Jessica Fish
Jose Rodriguez
Wayne Denton

Couples
25. Attachment, Shame, and Covert Relational Aggression
Charity Kemp
James M. Harper

26. Couples’ Empathic Interactions and Physiological Linkage
Jillian Puckett
Erica Nordquist
Trent Parker
Kristyn Blackburn
Claire Kimberly
Ronald Werner-Wilson

27. Efficacy of EFT-Based Relationship Enrichment
Sara Blakeslee
Jaime Goff
Austin Brown
Priscilla Griffin

28. Facebook and Infidelity: When Poking becomes Problematic
Jaclyn Cravens
Kaitlin Leckie
Jason Whiting

29. Gender Differences in Marital Satisfaction: A Meta-Analysis
Jeffrey Jackson
Richard Miller
Megan Oka

30. Internet Boundaries for Social Networking: Impact of Trust and Satisfaction
Aaron Norton
Joyce Baptist

31. Locus of Control, Differentiation and Therapeutic Alliance
Rashmi Gangamma
Suzanne Bartle-Haring
Hana Yoo
Sujata Ponappa
Eugene Holowacz
Felisha Lotspeich Younkin

32. Mediating Mindfulness and Relationship Satisfaction
Kyle Horst
Sandra Stith
Marcie Lechtenberg

33. Moderating Effects of Attachment Style on PTSD
Laura Frey
Ronald Werner-Wilson

34. Partner Support and Adult Eating Disorder Symptom Distress
Lisa Zak-Hunter
Lee Johnson

35. Relationship Attribution and Conflict in Long-term Marriages
Joyce Baptist
David E. Thompson
Chelsea Link
Nathan Hardy
Kaleb Beyer

36. Role of Support in Spouses’ Experience of Deployment
Lyn Moore
Lydia Marek
Carissa D'Aniello
Kathleen ORourke

37. Self Satisfaction, Marital Satisfaction and Stability
Eugene Holowacz
Suzanne Bartle-Haring
Erica Hartwell
Samuel Shannon
Felisha Lotspeich Younkin

38. The Effects of Media Use in Romantic Relationships
Lori Cluff Schade
Jonathan Sandberg

39. Validating the Feminist Couple Therapy Scale
Christine McGeorge
Thomas Stone Carlson
Russell Toomey

40. Women's Experience of Attachment and Infidelity
Jenny Haines
Andrew Brimhall

Delivery Systems/Managed Care
41. Evaluating the Delivery of American Indian Couples Therapy
Waymon Hinson
C.J. Aducci
Jeremiah Whitebird
Lonnie Manuel
Julie Barchers
Cynthia Maynard

Depression
42. So Blue: Relationship Conflict and Depression in Young Women
Christine Ajayi

Divorce/Mediation/Custody
43. Predictors of Altruistic Love for Divorced Women
Joseph D'Ambrosio
Annatjie Faul

44. Role of Therapy in Women’s Divorce Decision Making Process
Erica June Weekes Kanewischer
Steven M. Harris

Education/Training/Supervision
45. Benchmark Characteristics of COAMFTE Accredited MFT Programs- CANCELLED
Charles Nichols
Craig w. Smith

46. Best Practices in Teaching Research Methods to CFT Students
Andrea Meyer
Mellonie Hayes
G. Bowden Templeton

47. Exploring Family of Origin Experiences and Neural Activation
Justin Bowling
Nathan Wood
Ronald Werner-Wilson
Trent Parker
Martha Perry
Melissa Dalton

48. Rural Mental Health: Fitting In and Developing New Skills
Paul Springer
Richard Bischoff
Allison Reisbig
W. David Robinson
Michael Olson

49. Supervisors' Use of Social Power in Supervision
Wan-Juo Cheng

50. The Effectiveness of Therapy Provided by MFT Trainees
Shayne Anderson
Andrew Rose
Alyssa Jane Banford
Rachel Tambling

Gender
51. Afro-Caribbean Single Women Parenting in the U.S.
Bertranna Abrams
Megan McCoy
Morgan Stinson
J. Maria Bermudez

52. Assessing Readiness to Change for Women Clients
Alexander Hsieh
Tauheedah Wallace
Lauren Barnes
Carly LeBaron
Lori Cluff Schade
Richard Miller

53. Daughters' and Maternal Loss: A Cross-Cultural Study
Taranjit Bhatia
Mudita Rastogi

54. Experiences of Hispanic-American Women and Career Choices
Annie Mecias

55. Factors of Female Romantic Relationship Experiences
Sabra Johnson
Jonathan Sandberg

56. How Materialism and Attachment Impact Women in Relationships
Colleen Young
David Ward

57. How Mexican-American Women Keep up with the Second Shift
Zoe Cornwell
Kourtney Vaillancourt

58. Predicting the Effect of Communication on Young Single Women
Sabra Johnson
Jonathan Sandberg

59. The Influence of Religion on Young Adult Dating Events
Dylan Cannon
Damon Rappleyea
Alan Taylor

60. Women and Mental Illness: Community Peer Support in Recovery
Francesca Duca

61. Women’s Resiliency to Overcome Pregnancy Decision Coercion
Amy Claridge
Casey Fisch

Medical/Physical
62. Family Resiliency during Breast Cancer Treatment
Anne Prouty
Violeta Kadieva
Chris Bedard
Mei-Ju Ko

63. Relationship Satisfaction and Health Care Planning
Kristyn Blackburn
Trent Parker

64. The Medical Offset Effect in an MFT Training Clinic
Jacob Christenson
D. Russell Crane

Practice Development
65. Adult Attachment and Technology Use in Dating Relationships
Damon Rappleyea
Jonathan Wilson
Alan Taylor

Race/Culture/Ethnicity/Class
66. Black-White Identity: Mothers Raising Biracial Children
Dana Stone
Megan Dolbin-MacNab

67. Differentiation and Korean Family Functioning
Hye Jin Kim
Anne Prouty
Mei-Ju Ko

68. Factors Related to Relationship Satisfaction For Latinas
Sergio Pereyra

69. Guiding MFT Practice According to the Voices of Latina Women
Jessica Anna Topor
Sudha Sankar
Reham Gassas
Jose Ruben Parra-Cardona

70. Intersectionality of Latinos, Gender and Conflict Resolution
Morgan Stinson
J. Maria Bermudez
Bertranna Abrams
Megan McCoy

71. Motherhood: Raising Successful Black Men
Teandra Gordon

72. Perinatal Distress Prevention for Mexican Immigrant Women
Jennifer Cates

73. Psychosocial Development in South Korean Couples and Its Effects on Marital Relationships
Hye Jin Kim
Jea-Eun Oh

74. Residuals of Slavery: African American Gender Roles
Erica Wilkins
Jody Russon
Allena Moncrief
Jason Whiting

75. Uncovering Messages of Marital Intimacy in Indian Couples
Manjushree Palit

76. Uncovering Post-Soviet Gender Roles and Femininity
Daria Diakonova-Curtis
Tatiana Glebova
Natalie Porter

Self-of-Therapist
77. Perceiving Couples: Family of Origin and Attachment Effects
Nathan Wood
Trent Parker
Ronald Werner-Wilson
Martha Perry

Severe Mental Illness
78. Implicit Process Rules in Eating Disordered Families
Lauren Barnes
James M. Harper

79. Mental Illness and Metaphor: How do Mothers Talk About It?
Anna Bohlinger

80. PDD Treatment Outcomes by License and Modality
Jaime Ballard
D. Russell Crane
David Fawcett

Sexual Orientation
81. A Systematic Review of Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Research
Erica Hartwell
Julianne Serovich
Sandra Reed

82. Best and Worst Experiences Disclosing HIV Status to Family
Erika Grafsky
Erica Hartwell
Julianne Serovich

83. Characteristics of Married Same-Sex Couples in Iowa
Parris Green
Mary Green
Megan Murphy
Markie Blumer

84. Sexual Orientation in MFT Training According to Core Faculty
Lindsay Edwards
Janet Robertson
Paula Smith
Nicole O'Brien

Sexuality/Sex Therapy
85. Attachment, Relational Aggression, and Sexual Satisfaction
Anthony Hughes
James M. Harper

86. Sexual Attitudes and Behaviors in Women of Somali Descent
Jennifer Connor
Beatrice Robinson
Amira Ahmed
Shanda Hunt
Megan Finsaas

87. The Use of Sexually Explicit Material in Sex Therapy
Gary Ratcliffe
Jared Anderson
Adryanna Siqueira Drake

Spirituality
88. Latino Couples' Spirituality, Coping, and Aggression
Mariana Falconier
Jennifer Austin

89. Women’s Religiosity, Wellbeing and Relationship Satisfaction
Martha Perry
Nichole Huff
Joann Lianekhammy

Trauma/Violence/Abuse
90. Couple Therapy and the Well-Being of Aggressive Couples
Sherylls Valladares
Norman B. Epstein

91. Dating Violence and Stay/Leave Decisions of Women in College
Sarah Lyon
Sandra Stith
Amber Vennum
Frank Fincham

92. Development and Validation of The Traumatic Stress Scale
Kyle Killian

93. Experiences Associated with PTSD in Military Spouses
Joel Ketner
Adrian Blow

94. Impacts of Maternal Trauma on Parenting and Child Distress
Emily Cook

95. Men’s Experiences in a Batterer Treatment Intervention
Jenna Scott
Emily Schmittel
Kendal Holtrop
Jose Ruben Parra-Cardona
Ana Rocio Escobar-Chew

96. Predicting Violence with Assessment Instruments
Jason Whiting
Jaclyn Cravens
Douglas Smith

97. Shame Mediates PTSD and Intimacy in Sexual Abuse Survivors
Tabitha Webster
Ashlee Sloan
Leslie Feinauer

98. Trauma Influence on Couple Distress and Therapy Outcomes
Matthew Brosi
Allison Williams