Stander Symposium abstract book - University of Dayton

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narrows when using the cellular phone. Further, it has been shown that drivers experience the same degree of impairment whether using handheld
or hands-free devices. As such, prevention efforts to reduce the risks of motor vehicle collisions are greatly urged. This study aims to explore,
based on the Theory of Planned Behavior, which is the strongest predictor of cellular phone driving in a population of parents.
Privacy in Public: Personality and Eriksonian Theory as Applied to College Students’
Facebook Disclosure
Presenter(s): Claudia E Clark
Advisor(s): Melissa J Layman-Guadalupe, Carolyn R Phelps
Psychology - Honors Thesis
In recent years, Facebook has become an internet phenomenon. This has resulted in widespread use and various levels of disclosure. Previous
research has found that personality affects the amount and types of disclosure on users’ profiles, especially the traits of extroversion (a continuum
of energy from others or energy from self) and neuroticism (a continuum of anxiety and control-orientation vs. calmness and less emphasis on
control). Although research is fairly extensive on these traits and their effects on Facebook, it is conflicting. In addition, Erikson’s theory of psychosocial
development states that a person reaches specific life crises at different stages and must solve these in order to live successfully. Studies have
found that level of psychosocial development affects disclosure on one’s Facebook profile, but this research is scarce. This study will focus on the
crises of “Âidentity vs. role confusion,” in which a person must understand himself, and “intimacy vs. isolation,” in which a person connects with or
retracts from others. This thesis aims to find how the factors of personality and development specifically affect disclosure on Facebook profiles of
undergraduate college students. Participants were students enrolled in a psychology course. They took a questionnaire regarding Facebook use,
and they also filled out four validated surveys, each measuring one of the four factors of focus in this study: extroversion, neuroticism, identity, and
intimacy. The results of these surveys will be compared to the “information” section, last “status update,” and profile picture of each participant. I
believe that this study is important in understanding this age group and by creating a better awareness of self in order to exercise greater caution
when posting information on Facebook.
Recovery from Mental Illness: Further Development of a Measure of Recovery Constructs
Presenter(s): Jonathan Hentz
Advisor(s): Roger N Reeb
Psychology - Graduate Research
The primary objective of this study is to develop a theory-driven, empirically-based, brief psychometric instrument to assess recovery from mental
illness. Participants will include approximately 100 adult clients from a local community mental health agency at various levels of recovery from
mental illness. Clients will be asked to complete several self-report instruments which have been slightly revised to allow consistent formatting
between instruments. Based on the results of a preliminary study (Hintze, 2009), twenty-one of the most representative items from instruments
measuring the following constructs were selected to constitute the recovery psychometric battery: hope, purpose or meaning in life, coping
self-efficacy, empowerment, and self-esteem. In addition, participants will complete the following psychosocial criterion measures that assess
real-life functioning: A well-validated, brief measure of recovery will help mental health professionals to (a) quickly assess and understand the
clientâs level of progress in recovery and (b) identify specific factors (i.e., hope, purpose in life, or agentic control) that need to be targeted in order
to augment and promote recovery.
The Effect of Context Upon the Perception of Egocentric Distance Using a Walkable Human
Muller-Lyer Illusion
Presenter(s): Natalie L Anderson, Adam Barnas, Ryan N Fuentes, Kevin Longacre, Natalya N Lynn, Katherine
Y Peters, Nicole A Schlater, Jeremy T Schwob, Adam D Sitz
Advisor(s): Benjamin R Kunz
Psychology - Independent Research
The Muller-Lyer illusion is a well-known geometric illusion in which pairs of lines of the same length are perceived to be different because of forms
(e.g. “fins”) at the ends of the lines. This influence of context upon the perception of line length is well-established for 2-D illusions but has also
been demonstrated in larger-scale, three-dimensional spatial tasks (Wraga, Creem and Proffitt, 2000). Across three experiments, we utilized a
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