Students from the Center for Psychological Studies Present at National Conference

Left to right: Shannon Worton, Reeva Ramcharan, Gillian Cohen, Shane Lutchman

Gillian Cohen, Shannon Worton, Shane Lutchman, Reeva Ramcharan, and Ashley Simmons presented posters at two national conferences this summer: the Association for Psychological Science’s 22^nd Annual Convention and the 6^th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies-Translating Science into Practice. CPS assistant professor Shannon Ray, Ph.D, LMHC, NCC, CCMHC and Craig Marker, Ph.D., CPS adjunct professor, served as mentors for the students. Much of the student’s work is on predisposing factors of Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and was funded by the 2009-2010 President’s Grant.

Presentations:

Cohen, G. E., Worton, S. F., Lutchman, S., Ramcharan, R., Simmons, A. E., Ray, S. L., Marker, C. D. (2010, June). Family dynamics, imagination and obsessive compulsive disorder: A correlational examination of the effects of parenting on the development of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Translating Science into Practice, Boston, MA.

Lutchman, S., Worton, S. F., Ramcharan, R., Cohen, G. E., Simmons, A. E., Ray, S. L., Marker, C. D. (2010, June). An investigation of the characteristics that influence the development and maintenance of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Translating Science into Practice, Boston, MA.

Ramcharan, R., Simmons, A. E., Lutchman, S., Worton, S. F., Cohen, G. E., Ray, S. L., Marker, C. D. (2010, June). Investigation of the role of imagination and locus of control in the generation of noxious scenarios and disgust sensitivity in individuals with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Translating Science into Practice, Boston, MA.

Worton, S. F., Lutchman, S., Simmons, A. E., Ramcharan, R., Cohen, G. E., Ray, S. L., Marker, C. D. (2010, June). Impact of the interaction between locus of control and locus of responsibility on obsessive-compulsive symptoms. Poster presented at the 6th World Congress of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies: Translating Science into Practice, Boston, MA.

Cohen, G. E., Lutchman, S., Worton, S. F., Ramcharan, R., Simmons, A. E., Ray, S. L, Marker, C. D. (2010, May). Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder: Too much imagination? Poster presented at the 22nd Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Boston, MA.