Psychology

Array ( [0] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 97848 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:19:11 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:19:11 [post_content] => Research Interests: Social Development in Children with Developmental Disabilities: Research has indicated that children and adolescents with developmental delay experience difficulties in their social interactions with others, particularly in the area of making and maintaining friendships. My research is aimed at understanding how aspects of the individual (intelligence, type of disability, language abilities) influence their acceptance by peers.   Read More [post_title] => Kirsten Li-Barber [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => kirsten-li-barber [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:23:35 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:23:35 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=97848 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [1] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 97578 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:12:12 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:12:12 [post_content] => [post_title] => David Bergen [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => david-bergen [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-08-16 08:53:47 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-08-16 12:53:47 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=97578 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [2] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 94356 [post_author] => 62 [post_date] => 2021-05-25 15:41:01 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-05-25 19:41:01 [post_content] => Research Interests: My main research interest focuses on identifying the psychosocial factors that contribute to a “failure to recover” after injury or illness. Specifically, I have focused on examining symptom exaggeration, performance validity, and malingering on measures of neuropsychological and psychological functioning in traumatic brain injury and chronic pain populations. Currently, my focus of research has moved toward looking at the specific psychological factors (e.g., somatization, anxiety, and depression) that contribute to persisting cognitive problems (e.g., working memory and processing speed) in these populations. In the future, I will continue to examine the relationship between psychosocial factors and chronic illness or disease.   Read More [post_title] => Kelly Curtis [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => dr-kelly-curtis [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:18:02 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:18:02 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?post_type=faculty-staff&p=94356 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [3] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 97587 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:12:32 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:12:32 [post_content] => Research Interests: General research interests focus on the interaction between work and family roles, gender influences on work and life experiences, and social perception in work situations. Two current research projects include:   1. Work-Family Experiences Project:  This research examines a variety of factors and variables relating to working parenthood.  I am examining how personality, childcare, organizational practices, and job variables relate to parents’ psychological well-being, separation anxiety, stress, and handling of the parent/employee role conflict. 2. Weight Discrimination and Employee Selection: The effects of obesity, personality, and job characteristics are being examined to determine how these impact evaluations of job applicants and hiring decisions. 3. Power and Interpersonal Behavior: This research investigates the effects of having decision-making power and control on how people interact with others, including the extent to which people are able to read and respond to interpersonal social cues.   Read More [post_title] => Deborah Danzis [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => deborah-danzis [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:16:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:16:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=97587 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [4] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 98127 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:22:51 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:22:51 [post_content] => Research Interests: My research program focuses on the study of close relationships.  More specifically, I have centered my investigations on the conflict people experience between the goal to seek closeness and the goal to self-protect against rejection. My work builds from the idea that people have a fundamental need for connection.  To satisfy this need, people must ultimately risk rejection.  For instance, creating and maintaining satisfying relationships requires people to take a leap of faith or disclose private feelings.  In a perfect world, partners would always respond with acceptance and love.  Unfortunately, people sometimes find that making themselves vulnerable can lead to hurt, embarrassment, or rejection.  I am fascinated by how people negotiate the competing drives for connection and protection when navigating romantic life.   Read More [post_title] => Sadie Leder Elder [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => sadie-leder-elder [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:27:03 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:27:03 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=98127 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [5] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 98139 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:23:34 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:23:34 [post_content] => Research Interests: The highest level goal of my program of research is to promote student learning. One way to improve student learning is to help children develop their ability to monitor what they know. It is important to understand when and how metacognitive monitoring develops. Previous research has shown that young children are overconfident when making predictions about their memory. This is problematic because students need to learn to distinguish between well-learned and less well-learned information to do well in school. Accurate monitoring of memory will help students allocate study time appropriately because they will know which items need to be studied further. I am interested in examining factors that may help young children monitor their memory and make good study decisions.   Read More [post_title] => Stacy Lipowski [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => stacy-lipowski [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:29:21 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:29:21 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=98139 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [6] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 99435 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-04 13:24:19 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-04 17:24:19 [post_content] => Courses Taught

• Introduction to Psychology
• Abnormal Psychology
• Counseling and Psychotherapy

  Research Interests My research focuses on borderline personality disorder and related phenomena such as self-criticism, rumination, and non-suicidal self-injury.  I also study how mindfulness and related constructs like self-compassion can serve as a protective factor against and as a treatment for mental health issues.   Selected Publications Nagy, L. M. & Baer, R. A. (2017). Mindfulness: What should teachers of psychology know? Teaching of Psychology, 44(4), 353-359.   Peters, J. R., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., & Smart, L. M. (2016). Mindfulness and rejection sensitivity: The critical role of nonjudgment. Personality and Individual Differences, 93, 125-129.   Smart, L. M., Peters, J. R., & Baer, R. A. (2016). Development and validation of a measure of self-critical rumination. Assessment, 23(3), 321-332.   Peters, J. R., Smart, L. M., Eisenlohr-Moul, T. A., Geiger, P. J., Smith, G.T., & Baer, R. A. (2015). Anger rumination as a mediator of the relationship between mindfulness and aggression: The utility of a multidimensional mindfulness model. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 71(9), 871-884.   Peters, J. R., Smart, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2015). Difficulties in emotion regulation mediate the cross-sectional relationship between rejection sensitivity and borderline personality features. Journal of Personality Disorders, 29(2), 231-240.   Peters, J. R., Geiger, P. J., Smart, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2014). Shame and borderline personality features: The potential mediating roles of anger and anger rumination. Personality Disorders: Theory, Research, and Treatment, 5(1), 1-9.   Selected Presentations (*Denotes undergraduate mentee) Nagy, L.M. (2017, October). The Timeline Project: An activity for teaching personality theories in an historical context. Poster presented at the Society for Teaching Psychology’s 16^th Annual Conference on Teaching, San Antonio, TX.   *Hall, K., *Armstrong, C., *Hudson, R., *Wakefield, J., Nagy, L.M., Baer, R. A. (2017, April). Investigating the role of rumination in borderline personality disorder and self-injury: A moderated mediation analysis. Poster presented at the Kentucky Psychological Foundation Spring Academic Conference, Louisville, KY.   Nagy, L. M., *Shanahan, M. L., Caldera, L. A., & Baer, R. A. (2016, November). Examining the Self-Injury Implicit Association Test in an undergraduate population. Poster presented at the 50^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York City, NY.   Caldera, C. A., Nagy, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2016, November). Comparing the effects of mindfulness meditation to relaxation in a brief laboratory induction. Poster presented at the 50^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, New York City, NY.   Caldera, C. A., Smart, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2015, November). Deficits in mindfulness facets partially mediate the relationship between features of borderline personality disorder and self-injury. Poster presented at the 49^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Chicago, IL.   *DeMuth, M. L., Smart, L. M., Kniffin, T. C., & Baer, R. A. (2015, May). An examination of the relationship between perfectionism and non-suicidal self-injury. Poster presented at the 87^th Midwestern Psychological Association’s Annual Convention, Chicago, IL.   Smart, L. M. & Baer, R. A. (2014, November). The role of self-critical rumination in borderline personality disorder and non-suicidal self-injury. Poster presented at the 48^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Philadelphia, PA.   Peters, J. R., Smart, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2013, November). Difficulties in emotion regulation mediate the cross-sectional relationship between rejection sensitivity and borderline personality features. Poster presented at the 47^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, Nashville, TN.   Smart, L. M., Peters, J. R., & Baer, R. A. (2012, November). Mindfulness and aggression: Anger rumination as a potential mediator. Poster presented at the 46^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, National Harbor, MD.   Peters, J. R., Geiger, P. J., Smart, L. M., & Baer, R. A. (2012, November). The roles of experiential avoidance and anger rumination in responses to shame in borderline personality disorder.  Poster presented at the 46^th Association of Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, National Harbor, MD.   Flowers, K., Smart, L. M., Salami, T., Carter, S., & Walker, R. (2012, April). Gender differences in impulsivity and emotion regulation among college students with and without a history of deliberate self-harm. Poster presented at the 45^th Annual Conference of the American Association of Suicidology, Baltimore, MD.   Selected Awards & Recognitions University of Kentucky Provost’s Outstanding Teaching Award   University of Kentucky Arts & Sciences Certificate for Outstanding Teaching   Kentucky Psychological Foundation Outstanding Undergraduate Mentor Nominee   Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools Excellence in Teaching Award Institutional Nominee   University of Kentucky Award for Exceptional Clinical Performance   Jesse G. Harris Scientist-Practitioner Award [post_title] => Laura Nagy [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => laura-nagy [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-07-30 11:19:43 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-07-30 15:19:43 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?post_type=faculty-staff&p=99435 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) [7] => WP_Post Object ( [ID] => 97803 [post_author] => 53 [post_date] => 2021-06-03 16:15:31 [post_date_gmt] => 2021-06-03 20:15:31 [post_content] => Research Interests: Personality Judgments:  Involves studying the content of social judgments, determining the accuracy of personality judgments, and identifying moderators of judgmental accuracy. Personality and Daily Life Experience:  Using experience sampling methods, focuses on identifying the coherent links between personality and everyday behavior and emotion.  Emphasis is placed on determining the role of personality in the selection and enjoyment of everyday activities. Personality and Interpersonal Relationships:  Identifying the personality traits that underlie the ability to develop and maintain interpersonal relationships and commitments.   Read More [post_title] => Jana Spain [post_excerpt] => [post_status] => publish [comment_status] => closed [ping_status] => closed [post_password] => [post_name] => jana-spain [to_ping] => [pinged] => [post_modified] => 2021-09-01 14:15:23 [post_modified_gmt] => 2021-09-01 18:15:23 [post_content_filtered] => [post_parent] => 0 [guid] => https://www.highpoint.edu/?p=97803 [menu_order] => 0 [post_type] => faculty-staff [post_mime_type] => [comment_count] => 0 [filter] => raw ) )