Cody Reeves, Management, Marriott School of Business Evaluation of Academic Objectives The academic objectives are still in the process of being met as the research effort is ongoing. We had hoped to have an academic manuscript submitted during the Fall 2018 semester, however this proved impossible as the project timeline was set back due to the mental […]
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Do Support Groups for Medical Patients Reduce Risk for Mortality? A Meta-Analytic Review
Connor Workman, Dakota Jake, Daniel Rallison, Timothy Smith, PhD; Julianne Holt-Lunstad, PhD, Psychology Recent scientific findings show that loneliness is found among the highest predictors of mortality. This information could prove to be a major influence on future interventions for medical patients. However, the literature is inconclusive on how best to implement these findings in the real […]
Psychosocial Empowerment Group Creation and Implementation Among Malawi Women
Libby Evans and Benjamin Ogles, Psychology Research has shown that most women in Malawi will experience some form of trauma or adversity in their lifetime, and that such adversity can increase rates of mental illness and instability by as much as 15-20% (Saxena, 2017). Simple psychosocial groups and trainings have been shown to increase psychological […]
Modeling Main Group Metal Alkane Functionalization Reactions in Highly Acidic Carboxylic and Sulfuric Acid Solvents
Lily H. Carlson, Prof. Daniel H. Ess, Chemistry Department Our group is interested in identifying the unknown mechanisms of main-group C-H functionalization reactions. In the long term, our goal is to use computational chemistry tools to develop general principles on mechanisms, intermediates, reactivity, and selectivity for hydrocarbon C-H functionalization reactions by p-block main-group compounds as well […]
Giving Sunshine to Sunnyvale: Implementing a Recreational Therapy Group for Refugees
Allison Barnes and Ramon Zabriskie, Experience and Design Management Giving sunshine to Sunnyvale refers to bringing light and hope to the Sunnyvale community in Salt Lake City that is mainly comprised of refugees from many different countries. This project was to create a recreational therapy group for refugee children in this community. This took place […]
Exploring Ideocentrism: Ideology-Conflict and Out-Group Discrimination
Ryan Hemsley and Dr. Robert Ridge, Psychology Department Conflict has long been a topic of interest in the social sciences. There is considerable research that has examined conflict through bias, prejudice, out-group discrimination, and in-group preferential treatment. (see Burne et al, 1975; Hewstone et al, 2002; Kilduff et al 2016) However, the literature focuses disproportionately […]
Unleashing the power of undergraduates to unravel the impacts of water relations and CO2 levels on the photosynthetic plasticity of Agave sensu lato species: a group of desert succulents important to natural and human systems
PI: J. Ryan Stewart Evaluation of how well the academic objectives of the proposal were met Evaluation of the mentoring environment List of students who participated and what academic deliverables they have produced or it is anticipated they will produce Description of the results/findings of the project Description of how the budget was spent Evaluation […]
Refining a leaders use of the therapeutic relationship in small group treatments: The impact of Group Questionnaire and Outcome Questionnaire feedback
Gary Burlingame, Psychology What follows is brief summary of how we used the MEG funding to support a 3-year multi-site randomized clinical trial involving students in group treatment at three Utah counseling centers—BYU, SUU & USU. We’ve organized the summary using the five report guidelines listed on the ORCA website. Evaluation of how well the […]
Can Counter-Stereotypical Images Humanize an Outgroup?
James Martherus and Quin Monson, Department of Political Science Groups like Seeds of Peace that seek to promote conflict resolution often attempt to do so by humanizing an outgroup. For example, to reduce conflict in Israel, I might gather Jewish Israelis and Arab Israelis and have them engage in activities designed to produce mutual empathy […]
Skill Acquisition in the Identification of Symptoms Associated with Autism Spectrum Disorders Among Three Pre-Professional Groups
Kristi Hoover and Faculty Mentor: Blake Hansen, Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction The purpose of this study was to train three groups of pre-professional students on identification of behaviors associated with autism spectrum disorders. Johnson (2008) emphasized that “an increased awareness of early signs of autism can facilitate surveillance and enable [Professionals] […]
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