Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches and Lectures
This is a select list of works produced by the faculty of the College of Psychology at Nova Southeastern University
Submissions from 2020
Appropriate Counseling for African, Haitian, Jamaican Americans and Americans of African Descent, John Lewis
The Role of Apathy on Executive Functioning After Stroke, Ana Lopez, Daniella Lopez Palacios, Alan Quintana, D. P. Gibson, and Soledad Arguelles-Borge
Association between Walking and Depression: A Correlational Study with Mexican American Older Adults, Ana Lopez, Daniella Lopez Palacios, Janely Rodriguez, and Soledad Arguelles-Borge
rCBF in an Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder Sample and its Relationship to Shyness and Self-Esteem In Children: A SPECT Study, Daniella A. Lopez-Palacios, Ana Lopez, Soledad Arguelles-Borge, and Daniel Amen
Examining the Performance of Depressed Patients with Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA) on Delayed Memory Task, Daniella A. Lopez-Palacios, Ana Lopez, Alan Quintana, D. P. Gibson, and Soledad Arguelles-Borge
A Pilot Investigation into Differences in Language Use and Style in People Living with Chronic Pain, Jodie E. B. Maccarrone, Steven Carlsson, Julia Iannucci, and Barry Nierenberg
Differences in Autonomic Reactivity in People Living with Chronic Pain Before and After Opioids, Jodie E. B. Maccarrone, Julia Iannucci, Steven Carlsson, and Barry Nierenberg
Complex Posttraumatic Stress Disorder and Chronic Pain’s Influence on Behavior, Health and the Self: A Proposed Study, Jodie E. B. Maccarrone, Barry Nierenberg, and Leslie Darnell
Individual Differences in the Dynamic Upregulation of Cognitive Control, Anum Mallick, Alexandra C. Nieto, Alyssa Parisi, Joanna Witkin, Amishi Jha, and Jonathan B Banks
Lost in Flames: Psychological Effects of the 1984 Genocide & Other Human Rights Abuses on Sikhs, Jasmin Mangat, Alexandria Nuccio, Ashley M. Stripling, and John Lewis
Assessing Therapist Adherence and Competence in Delivering Videoconferenced Group Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management: Adaptation and Application of a RAND Corporation Fidelity Coding System, Marcella May, Molly Ream, Sara Milrad, Dolores M. Perdomo, Sara Czaja, Mary Ann Fletcher, Devika Ruth Jutagir, Daniel Hall, Nancy G. Klimas, and Michael Antoni
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Adults with Autism, B McDonald, Charles Golden, Kristen Willeumier, and Daniel Amen
Regional Cerebral Blood Flow in Schizophrenia and Psychosis, B McDonald, Ana Lopez, Daniella Lopez-Palacios, Scott Harcourt, Lisa K. Lashley, Charles Golden, Kristen Willeumier, and Daniel Amen
Strategies for Offering Orientation and Training to School Counseling Site Supervisors, William B. McKibben, S. Logan-McKibben, Eric S. Thompson, and Elda Veloso-Kanski
A Study of Attachment to Supervisor, Affect, and the Supervisory Relationship, William Bradley McKibben, K Gallo, Yekaterina Sorsher, and Sandra Logan-McKibben
Exploring How Counselor Education Programs Support Site Supervisors, William Bradley McKibben, A L. George, and O Gonzalez
Connecting Home, Community, and School Literacy Using a Cultural Modeling Framework, Aline Milfort, A Bolston, and Angela Waguespack
Does Creatine Supplementation Alter Total Body Water?, Paige Napolitano; H Watters; Jonathan Banks; Rithin Manimaleth; Jaime L. Tartar; J Garcia; Paulina Czartoryski,; C Weaver; Lia M. Jiannine; Corey Peacock; Alexsandra Alvarez-Beaton; Alexandra C. Nieto; C Weber; A Patel; and Jose Antonio
Interview Training Model: Assessing For Suicidality, Threat, and Abuse, Corin L. Osborn and Ralph E. Cash
School- Based Mental Health Services for Children and Families, Anna Katharine Owens
Self-Reported Training, Weight, and Mental Well-Being during COVID-19 Lockdown in Professional Mixed Martial Artists, Corey Allen Peacock, A Ali, G J. Sanders, Jose Antonio, T A. Silver, and Jaime L. Tartar
Mastering the Therapeutic Relationship: Where Art and Science Converge, Paul R. Peluso, P D. Diaz, A B. Baker, Robert R. Freund, and A Ghaness
Exploring the Moderating Influence of SelfEsteem on the Links between Parent-Child Relationships and Emerging-Adulthood Identity Dimensions, Sophia Perez, Vishal Akula, Simran Patel, and Madhavi Menon
State and Trait Anxiety in Mixed Martial Artists and Its Relation to Performance, Julian Pino, Jordan Kwamanakweenda, Olivier Van Hauwermeiren, Corey Allen Peacock, and Jaime L. Tartar
Crime Scene Investigators: An Analysis of Psychological Functioning, Brittany Plombon, Caroline Haskamp, T Bryant, Barry A. Schneider, Ryan A. Black, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
Assessment of Stress, Burnout, and Resilience in Crime Scene Investigators, Brittany Plombon, Caroline Haskamp, Bailee B. Schuhmann, T Bryant, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
The Law Enforcement Officer Stress Survey (LEOSS), Brittany Plombon, Caroline Haskamp, Vincent B. Van Hasselt, and Ryan A. Black
Suicide Prevention Training as a Strategy to Improve Interviewing Skills, N Ramirez, Melissa Barroso, Pamela Hirsh, Melody Schmaltz, Ivanna Juliusburger, Ralph E. Cash, and Sarah A. Valley-Gray
Best Practices in School Reintegration after Psychiatric Hospitalization, N Ramirez, Melissa Barroso, and Sarah A. Valley-Gray
Discipline Strategies and Routines to Manage Your Strong-Willed Child in Stressful Times, David Reitman
Time Out: The Controversy That Just Won't Quit, David Reitman
Impact of Face Memory, Response Latency, and Confidence on Eyewitness Accuracy, Kelly Reyes and W. Matthew Collins
Comfort Foods are no Comfort: Exploring Stress Eating on Older Adult’s Psychological Wellbeing, J Rodriguez, Alexandria Nuccio, Emily M. Cnapich, and Ashley M. Stripling
Assessment of Stress and Resilience in Police Officers, S Rodriguez, Bailee B. Schuhmann, Ryan A. Black, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
Cultural and Linguistic Considerations in Determining Competency in Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Defendants, Elizabeth Romero, David Feldman, and Paul Silvasi
Reliability of a Timeline Followback Measure of Caffeinated Coffee Consumption, Alejandro Sanchez and Linda C. Sobell
An Analysis of Emotional Self-Regulation in Professional Mixed Martial Artists and its Relation to Weight Class, G J. Sanders, Jordan Kwamanakweenda, Olivier Van Hauwermeiren, Julian Pino, Corey Allen Peacock, Jose Antonio, T A. Silver, and Jaime L. Tartar PhD
“Last Name Ever, First Name Greatest”: Racial Differences in Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Stephanie Sardinas, Ashley M. Stripling, and John Lewis
Effective Clinical Interviewing Skills: Student Variables That Lead To Effectiveness, Melody Schmaltz, Ivanna Juliusburger, Pamela Hirsh, Melissa Barroso, N Ramirez, Sarah A. Valley-Gray, and Ralph E. Cash
Knowledge of Suicide Risk Assessment: Possible Differences in Skill Acquisition, Melody Schmaltz, Ivanna Juliusburger, Pamela Hirsh, N Ramirez, Melissa Barroso, Ralph E. Cash, and Sarah A. Valley-Gray
Perfectionism’s Role in the Acquisition of Clinical Interviewing Skills Among Psychology Trainees, Melody Schmaltz, Ivanna Juliusburger, Natalia Maria Ramirez, and Maria Barroso Cue
Marital Distress and Older Adults, Elizabeth Schreiber, Alexandria G. Nuccio, Ashley M. Stripling, and Emily Georgia Salivar
The Firefighter Assessment of Stress Test (FAST): An Evaluation of Psychometric Properties, Bailee B. Schuhmann, S N. Henderson, Ryan A. Black, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
Sex, Drugs, and Therapy: A Critical Examination of Moderating Factors Affecting CBT Treatment Outcomes for Reducing HIV and SUD Risk Behaviors Among Gay and Bisexual Men, Neil D. Schwartz, Benjamin F. Shepherd, and Thomas C. Ingram
Whose Side am I On? Examining Conflicts in Allegiances as a Mediator Between Intersectional Discrimination and Mental Health Among Latinx Sexual Minority Adults, Benjamin F. Shepherd
Barreras Enredadas (Tangled Barriers): An Examination of Unique and Common Risk Factors Linked to Substance Use among Sexual and Gender Minority Latinx Individuals, Benjamin F. Shepherd and Paula M. Brochu
Tired and Hungry: A Critical Examination of Risk Factors Linked to Depressive and Eating Disorder Symptomology in Hispanic/Latinx LGBTQ Adults, Benjamin F. Shepherd and Paula M. Brochu
It Gets Better? An Examination of Protective Factors Associated With Coming Out During Adolescence, Benjamin F. Shepherd, Paula M. Brochu, and Alexandria G. Nuccio
Eating Up Hate: A Proposed Model for Understanding Eating Disorders in Sexual Minority Adults, Benjamin F. Shepherd, Paula M. Brochu, Alexandria G. Nuccio, John Lewis, and Ashley M. Stripling
Cultural and Linguistic Diversity of Deaf and Hard-of Hearing Defendants, Paul Silvasi, David Feldman, and Elizabeth Romero
An Analysis of Anxiety in Professional Mixed Martial Artists and Its Relation to Weight-Class, T A. Silver, Julian Pino, Jordan Kwamanakweenda, Olivier Van Hauwermeiren, G J. Sanders, Jose Antonio, Corey A. Peacock, and Jaime L. Tartar
Feasibility of Training Peers to Deliver Motivational Interviewing Via Telehealth to Male Survivors of Sexual Assault, Vanessa Simiola, Amy E. Ellis, Sharon Ann Martino, and J M. Cook
Resilience and Posttraumatic Growth in Cancer Patients: A Literature Review, Hilary Sircus and Barry Nierenberg
Distinguishing Memory Functioning Between Depressed and Anxious Patients, Samantha Spagna, Justn Burgess, and Charles Golden
Psychological Correlates of Arbovirus Preventive Health Behaviors, R Weylin Sternglanz, Madhavi Menon, and Bindu S. Mayi
Psychological Correlates of Arbovirus Preventive Health Behaviors, Weylin Sternglanz, Madhavi Menon, and Bindu Mayi
Longitudinal Associations among Family Acceptance, Community Acceptance, and Symptoms of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder among Former Child Soldiers, S Su, Christopher M. Layne, A Desrosiers, R T. Brennan, C. Betancourt, and T S. Betancourt
How to Manage a Misbehaving Brain, Jaime L. Tartar
An Analysis of the Dark Triad Scores in Professional Mixed Martial Artists and its Relationship to Weight Class, Jaime L. Tartar, Olivier Van Hauwermeiren, Julian Pino, Jordan Kwamanakweenda, Jose Antonio, T A. Silver, G J. Sanders, and Corey Allen Peacock
A Creative Partnership: Clinical, Practical, and Ethical Considerations in Animal-Assisted Therapy in Counseling, C Taylor and Ariann Evans Robino
Multisensory Trauma-Focused Interventions for Elementary School Children with Developmental Disabilities, Vanessa Teixeira, L Davis, H Lawson, and R Zide
Ethics Renewal: What Should We Know About Working Remotely With Clients?, Mercedes Ballbé ter Maat
How Clinical Psychology Can Be Used To Enhance Sports Performance: Basic Principles and Other Influential Factors, Kayla K. Thayer
A Program Pilot Study on Burnout Prevention and Self-Care for Practicum/Internship School Counseling Graduate Students, Eric S. Thompson, Anna Owens, and Tara S. Jungersen
Examining the Relationship between Learning Diagnoses and Social Skills Deficit Subscales within the Personality Inventory for Children, Second Edition, Brizel Trinidad, Lisa Stibbens, and Charles Golden
SPECT Cerebral Blood Flow Differences between Self-Reported Low and High Feelings of Pessimism, Brizel Trinidad, Lisa Stibbens, and Charles Golden
Do Negative Automatic Thoughts Moderate The Relationship Between Different Types Of Stress And Depression In Ethnically Diverse Youth?, Karina Tuohy, A Harris, and Lourdes Suarez-Morales
The Effects of Acculturation Stress, Life Events, and Daily Hassles on Automatic Thoughts in Latinx Children, Karina Tuohy and Lourdes Suarez-Morales
The Impact of Cultural Barriers in the Diagnosis and Treatment of Personality Disorders among Hispanics, Carolina Vega Suarez and Kayla K. Thayer
Connecting Functional Impairment with Emotional Dysregulation in Frontotemporal Dementia, Gregory John Vitale, Jose Garcia, Victor Tran, Kimberly Capp, and Ashley M. Stripling
Angry Boomers & Incels: Violence as an Expression of Undiagnosed Male Depression, G Watson, John Lewis, and Ashley M. Stripling
Impact of Creatine on Cognitive Functioning: Does Exercise Frequency Matter?, C Weber, Alexsandra Alvarez-Beaton, A Patel, Paige Napolitano, H Watters, J Garcia, Rithin Manimaleth, Jose Antonio, and Jonathan Banks
Mindfulness, Anxiety, Mind Wandering, and Self-Reported Cognitive Functioning: A Latent Variable Examination, Matthew S. Welhaf, Audrey Hood, Keith Hutchinson, Jonathan Banks, and Adriel Boals
Suicide Among Physicians: Attitudes Toward Mental Health Treatment, L Wiiliams, A Ramos, Maria Lusso, and Barry Nierenberg
Parental Stressors in Families of Pediatric Short Bowel Syndrome Patients Undergoing Intestinal Rehabilitation at “FIRST” Florida Intestinal Rehabilitation Support and Treatment Program, Chelsea Wilcocks, Jacklyn Stellway, Jessica M. Valenzuela, and D Duro
Effects of Altered TPP1 Expression in Human Neural Progenitor Cells, Alana Williams, Aisha Abdool, Diane-Marie Brache-Smith, and James R. Munoz
Submissions from 2019
Burnout and Secondary Trauma Among Forensic Psychologists, Korey Abbriano, Kristi M. Wong, and Haylee Davis
SPECT Differences Between Groups With High and Low Self-Reported PTSD Symptoms, Huda Abu-Suwa, Jessica C. Hanson, Charles J. Golden, Daniel Amen, Kristin Willeumier, and Derek Taylor
Aggressive Presentation of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A SPECT Study, Erica Ailes, Alison Datoc, Meghan Gilmore, Charles J. Golden, Daniel Amen, Kristen Willeumier, and Derek Taylor
The Relationship of HY on the MMPI-2 to the MCMI-III, Erica Ailes, William Goulart, Seniz L. Warner, and Charles J. Golden
Links between Parent-Child Relations and Adjustment (self-esteem): Exploring the Moderating Effects of Ego Identity-Exploration, Vishal Akula, Simran Patel, and Madhavi Menon
Post-Exoneration Struggles: Available Programs for Reintegration, Ana C. Alberti, Lyndsey Silva, Ali Pursel, and Thomas D. Kennedy
Innovative Practices and Promising Results in Psychiatric Rehabilitation, Raquel Andres-Hyman and Kayla K. Thayer
Inhibitory Control: Learning a Second Language Enhances Executive Function, J Arau, M Morales, E Ruiz, and Mercedes Fernandez
Vicarious Post-traumatic Growth in Therapists Working With Severe Mental Illness, Zachary Arcona, Melissa LaCelle, Christian DeLucia, and Sheila Santiago Schmitt
Best Practices in Preparing School Psychologists to Assess for Suicidality, Kelley Aucello, Alexandra Licata, and Sarah Valley-Gray
The Relationship Between the TOPF and Performance on the NFL Concussion Battery, Vijay Bajnath, Ryan Bennett, Jason Jimenez, and Charles J. Golden
Suicide Assessment Training Using Standardized Patients, A. Beck, Samantha M. Guy, Frances Bigay, Ralph E. Cash, and Sarah A. Valley-Gray
Effects of Diversity and Neuropsychological Performance in an NFL Cohort, Ryan D. Bennett, Alison Datoc, and Charles J. Golden
Beyond the School: Opportunities for School Psychologists in Community Change, Alyssa Boltson, Aline Milfort, and Angela M. Waguespack
Depression Severity and Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Older Adults, Nicholas C. Boston, Ryan Bennett, Nikolas Cirillo, Andrew Solow, Nicole Fornalski, and Ashley Stripling
Memory and Attention while SCUBA Diving at Shallow and Deep Depths: An Open Water Study, Leanne Boucher, W. Matthew Collins, Joshua S. Feingold, Kelly A. Concannon, Jaime L. Tartar, Stephanie Talavera, and Anastasia Zwenger
Lessons Learned from an Introductory Psychology Poster Conference, Leanne Boucher, W. Matthew Collins, Timothy Razza, and Aya Shigeto
Walkabout Cognition, Andrew Bowen, W. Matthew Collins, and Leanne Boucher
Meta-Analyses on Deception Detection: Researchers’ Answers to the Big Questions, Joshua Braverman, W. L. Morris, M. Morrow, and Weylin Sternglanz
Applying the Attribution-Value Model of Prejudice in Fat Pedagogy, Paula M. Brochu
Family Support Treatment Manual for Law Enforcement Officers: The Impact of PTSD, Bethany L. Broj, Gabriela Figueras, Amanda E. Landwehr, and Vincent B. Van Hasselt
Rejection Sensitivity as a Mediator of Perceived Social Acceptance of LGBTQ Older Adults, Kirenia Brunson, Sarah N. Morehouse, and Ashley Stripling
Distinguishing Performance on Tests of Executive Functions Between Those with Depression and Anxiety, Justn Burgess, J Burgess, and Charles J. Golden
Comparing Executive Function Between Outpatient Psychiatric and Neuropsychological Patients, Justn Burgess and Charles J. Golden