Resilience in Interpersonal and Social Environments

IARR Mini-Conference 2023

 

 

IARR Mini-Conference Schedule

 

New Scholar Workshop 

ASU West Valley campus, La Sala Ballroom

8 a.m.
Shuttle departure from Westin-Tempe to ASU West Valley campus. 

9 a.m.–12 p.m.
Workshop check-in (those who check in for the New Scholars Workshop will automatically be checked in for the main conference)

9–9:30 a.m.
Welcome mixer

9:30–10:30 a.m.
Panel: Tips for Teaching 
Moderator: Brian Ogolsky

Topics Speakers
Improving Student Engagement Chalandra Bryant, Human Development, University of Minnesota
Re-thinking Assessment Samuel H. Taylor, Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago
Incorporating DEI in the Classroom Casey Totenhagen, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama



10:30 a.m.–12 p.m.
Round tables: Navigating the Job Market/Applying to Graduate School

Topics Speakers
Preparing Application Materials Jenn Theiss, Communication, Rutgers
On-campus Interviews Xi Tian, Communication, University of Delaware and Kellie Brisini, Communication, Louisiana State University
Negotiating Offers TeKisha Rice, Human Development and Family Sciences, Virginia Tech
Giving a Job Talk Lisa Neff, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas at Austin and Bill Chopik, Social Psychology, Michigan State University
Applying to Graduate School Masumi Iida, Human Development, Arizona State University



12–1:30 p.m.
Lunch – Ask Me Anything
 

1:30–2:30 p.m.
Panel: Tips for the Publication Process
Moderator: Brian Ogolsky

Topics Speakers

Framing the Manuscript: Introductions/Discussions

Jenn Theiss, Communication, Rutgers
Publishing in JSPR/PR Melissa Curran, Editor of JSPR, and Ashley Randall, Editor of PR
Responding to Reviewers Casey Totenhagen, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Alabama

 

2:30–4 p.m. 
Round tables:
Navigating the Job

Topics Speakers
Pre-Registered Studies Samuel H. Taylor, Communication, University of Illinois at Chicago and Lisa Neff, Human Development and Family Studies, University of Texas at Austin
Translating Research/Science to the Media and Public Terri Orbuch, Department of Sociology, Oakland University
Managing a Research Team Chalandra Bryant, Human Development, University of Minnesota and Xi Tian, Communication, University of Delaware
Establishing Collaborations Bill Chopik, Social Psychology, Michigan State University
Navigating Grad School Brian Ogolsky, Human Development and Family Sciences University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

 

Westin-Tempe (1st floor lobby)

3–5 p.m.
Conference check-in

 

Opening Reception

Mirabella in Tempe

5:30–6:45 p.m.
Happy hour

7–8 p.m.
Keynote Speaker: Silvia Donato
Forging Resilience: Dyadic Coping across the Lifespan from Young Adults to Older Couples

Westin-Tempe (2nd floor)

8 a.m.–4 p.m.
Conference check-in (2nd floor lobby)
 

8–9 a.m.
Breakfast (Sunstone Terrace)
 

9–10:15 a.m.

Session 1: Resilience (Opal East)
  • Jorlanditha T. Austin & Jennifer A. Theiss
    • Understanding the Role of Resilience in Military Couples’ Romantic Relationships
  • Lydia Emery, Nicole Stephens, & Eli Finkel
    • "We're Each Other's Rock": Resilient Couple Identities in Lower Social Class Contexts
  • Kelly Rossetto, Eric Martin, & Jian Jiao
    • The Impact of Resilience, School Belonging, and Loneliness on College Students' Psychological Wellbeing Pre- and during COVID-19
  • Amanda Cooper
    • Family Caregivers’ Experiences with Dementia and Resilience
    Vincent Waldron & Megan Jacobs Farnworth
    • Talking Relational Resilience into Being: Midlife Couples Describe Thriving After Adversity

  Session 2: Methods (Opal West)

  • Viktorija Čepukienė
    • The Role of Differentiation of Self and Couple Relationship Satisfaction on Partners’ Emotional Health: Actor-Partner Interdependence Model
  • Ashley Kuelz, Savannah Boyd, & Emily Butler
    • Emotion and Stress: Simplifying the Modeling of Interpersonal Dynamics Over Time
  • Andrea Savord
    • Using Dynamic Structural Equation Models for Intensive Longitudinal Dyadic Data
  • Mengya Xia
    • Constellations of Social Connection and Typologies of Well-Being: Understanding Social Resilience in a Holistic Perspective
  • Hyewon Yang, Rebekka Weidmann, Mariah F. Purol, & William J. Chopik
    • Modeling Actor, Partner, and Similarity Effects of Adult Attachment on Health and Well-Being

 

  10:15–10:30 a.m.
  Morning break (2nd floor lobby)

 

  10:30–11:45 a.m.

  Session 3: Trauma (Opal East)

  • Anita Barbee, Michael Cunningham, Lisa Purdy, & Becky Antle
    • Workplace Environmental Factors Contributing to Secondary Traumatic Stress
  • Kristen Carr
    • Toward a Theoretical Model of Generative Resilience
  • Paige von Feldt, Sandra Wood, Yu Lu, & Jonathan Pettigrew
    • Adolescent Resilience Post Civil Unrest: Prevalence, Correlates, and Predictors of Self-Reported Depression and Post-Traumatic Stress among Nicaraguan Youth

  Session 4: Gratitude/Forgiveness/Mindfulness (Opal West)

  • Laura K. Guerrero & Brianna L. Avalos
    • Fragile or Flexible? Predicting Forgiveness and Friendship Stability After Relational Transgressions
  • Chelom Leavitt, Amber A. Price, Naomi F. Inman, McKayla Lee, AnnMarie Sandridge, Zoie Harrison, Alyssa Brown, Jeremy B. Yorgason, & Erin K. Holmes
    • Loneliness Within a Relationship: Do Gratitude and Forgiveness Mediate Loneliness and Relational and Sexual Wellbeing?
  • Katherine Nelson-Coffey & John Coffey
    • Gratitude Improves Parents’ Well-Being, Parent-Child Relationship Quality, and Family Functioning
  • Alison Shapiro & Masumi Iida
    • Relational Mindfulness: Measure Validation and Associations with Resilience in Couple Relationships
  • Lifan Yu
    • Forgiveness toward Parents in Chinese and American Families: The Influence of Filial Piety and Attribution of Responsibility

 

  11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
  Lunch (Sunstone Terrace)

  • Collaborative Working Groups Methods Discussion Meeting (Topaz)

 

  1–2:15 p.m.
  Keynote Speaker: 
Amie Gordon (Opal East)
  External Stress in Romantic Relationships: Considering Risk and Resilience 
 

  2:15–2:30 p.m.
  Afternoon break (2nd floor lobby)

 

  2:30–3:45 p.m.

  Session 5: Discrimination/BIPOC (Opal East)

  • Chalandra M. Bryant, Kadija Mussa, & Doneila McIntosh
    • Resilience as a Process in the Context of Racial Discrimination
  • August I. C. Jenkins, TeKisha M. Rice, Shardé McNeil Smith, Allen W. Barton, & Steven R.H. Beach
    • We Gon' Be Alright: Examining Culturally-Relevant Coping Strategies as Protective Factors for Black Romantic Relationships
  • Citlalli Hernandez & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Bilingualism with Sense of Belonging and the Role of Identity and Life Satisfaction
  • Alisha Powell & Christopher Christo
    • Assisting African American Female Clients in Creating a Successful Dating Strategy
  • Selin Saka & Lydia HaRim Ahn
    • Mothers’ Promotion of Equality Messages, Ethnic Identity, and Self-Esteem among Asian American College Students

  Session 6: Communication/Mental Health (Opal West)

  • Maria Venetis, Skye Chernickhy-Karcher, Helen Lille, Jorlanditha Austin, Haley Nolan Cody, & Kristina Scharp
    • Examining Communication Theory of Resilience Processes in Dyads Managing Cancer
  • Oluwadamilola Opayemi
    • The Menopause Transition: Uncertainty, Relational Communication, and Identity (Re)Construction
  • Hayley Seely & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Parental Emotion Regulation and Offspring Mental Health
  • Paige A. Von Feldt
    • Communicating Mental Illness Diagnoses Through Metaphors: An Exploration of Internalized Stigma and Self-Disclosure

  3:45–5 p.m.

  Data Blitz Session (Topaz)

  • Alexandra Black
    • Empirically Testing the ASEM: Specific Routes to Promote Momentary Security for Insecure Partners
  • Tricia Burke, Valerie Young, & Analisa Arroyo    
    • Positive Health Promotion in Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • R. Amanda Cooper
    • Individual and Relational Resilience of Dementia Family Caregivers
  • Emily Diamond, Wendy Mendes, & Amie Gordon
    • Can Positivity Outweigh Negativity in Romantic Relationships? Examining Emotional Experiences during Gratitude and Conflict Discussions
  • Melissa V. Gates, Jessica Hill, & Christina Balderrama-Durbin
    • Examining the Implications of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Romantic Relationship Functioning among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Individuals: A Scoping Review
  • Jeremy Kanter, Terri Orbuch, Arthur Aron, Susan Sprecher, & Irene Tsapelas      
    • Understanding the Longitudinal Course of Overall Marital and Sexual Excitement over 16 Years of Marriage
  • Connor Leshner
    • Technically in Love: Individual Differences in Desire for Intimacy with Robots
  • Atara Lonn & Cheryl Harasymchuk
    • When Do We Seek Security From Our Partners in Tough Times? The Moderating Effects of Perceived Partner Responsiveness
  • Mariah Purol & William Chopik
    • Post Traumatic Growth: The Role of Partners, Events, and Belief
  • Maximiliane Uhlich, Daniel Bojar, & Samantha Joel
    • Why Do Things End in a Heartbreak? Identifying Important Variables that Predict Break-Up Using Machine Learning

 

 

Carson Ballroom at Old Main, ASU Tempe campus

ASU Tempe map

4:45–6 p.m.
Poster session and Happy Hour

  • Grace Aroz, Ashley Kuelz, Melissa A. Curran, & Mahek N. Shah
    • Couple’s Reasons for Cohabitation Linked with Satisfaction with Sacrifices
  • Natali Barragan, Adel Geow, Deborah Hall, & Yasin Silva
    • Are Instagram Users More Anxious? An Investigation of Between-Platform Differences in Mental Health and Social Media Use Motives
  • Oyku Ciftci, Marci Gleason, Lisa Neff, & Erin Crockett     
    • The Buffering Role of Emotional Capital against Relationship Threats during a Major Life Stressor
  • Sara Cloonan, Lara Ault, Karen Weihs, & Richard Lane
    • Examining Associations between Interpersonal Emotion Regulation, Positive Affect, Relationship Satisfaction, and Attachment Style among Individuals in Romantic Relationships
  • Stephanie Cottam, Ana Maria Meléndez Guevara, & Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
    • Relationships with Elementary Education as Critical for Dropout Prevention
  • Liliane Efinger, Anik Debrot, Maya Kheyar, Laurent Berthoud, & Valentino Pomini
    • Dealing with the Loss of the Partner: The Case of a French-Speaking Internet-Based Intervention
  • Manuel Faggiano, Ariela F. Pagani, & Silvia Donato
    • Sharing Love and Support: Couples’ Dynamics and Social Network Services
  • Courtney Goldenberg & Hayley Fivecoat
    • The Impact of Emotional Abuse on Closeness and Loneliness in Romantic Relationships: Examining the Moderating Effects of Self-Compassion, Optimism, and Relationship Gratitude
  • Callie Graham & Laura K. Guerrero
    • To Block or Not to Block? Differences in Recalled Toxic Relationship Experiences, Continued Focus on an Ex, and Post-Breakup Distress
  • Anisiasunta Guzelides & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Childhood Trauma and Attachment: Mediating Role of Parental Bonding
  • Quinn Hendershot & Matthew D. Johnson
    • Dyadic Bicultural Competence: Reconceptualizing Cultural Functioning and Strain in Intimate Relationships
  • Jessica E. Hill, Leanna Poole, Juliana Quigley, Melissa V. Gates, & Christina Balderrama-Durbin
    • Support Behaviors Elicited Within Romantic Couples Following a Laboratory Acute Stress Induction
  • Lauren Hocker & Ashley K. Randall
    • Addressing Gaps in Literature: Posttraumatic Growth and Surviving IPV
  • Daniel Hubler, Nathan Bingham, Jakob Fuhriman, & Rachel Hubler
    • A Visual Exploration of Multiple Dyadic Data Collection Methods
  • Kaitlen Johnson
    • Communicating Through Symbols
  • Olivia Maras, Thao Ha, Selena I. Quiroz, Maciel M. Hernández, & Olga Kornienko
    • Does Late Adolescents’ Romantic Jealousy Amplify the Association between their Alcohol Use and Digital Dating Abuse?
  • Alexis Mostoller & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Selfies and Soul-Searching: Effects of Self-Objectification on Social Media Use and Life Meaning
  • Morgan Nance
    • Examining Buffering Effects of Post-Traumatic Relationship Growth on Combat Exposure and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms
  • Selena Quiroz, Thao Ha, Emma Calveri, & Shea Saysavanh
    • Analyzing Digital Dating Abuse among Young Adults Using Novel Coding System of Smartphone Screenshots
  • Lizette Sanchez & Christina Balderrama-Durbin
    • Economic Strain and Personal Distress: An Exploration of Relationship Quality as a Moderator
  • Hayley Seely, Kristin Mickelson, & Patrick Pössel
    • The Emotionality Stigma Scale: Measurement Development, Reliability, and Validity
  • Mahek Nirav Shah, Ashley Kuelz, Melissa A. Curran, & Grace Aroz
    • Attachment Patterns and Satisfaction with Sacrifices and their connections to Relationship Satisfaction in Couples
  • Geoff Thomas
    • Insecure Attachment and Relationship Resilience in the Workplace
  • Aikaterini Vafeiadou, Natalie C Bowling, Claudia Hammond, & Michael J Banissy
    • Positive Touch Attitudes and Anxious Attachment Style are Risk Factors for Wellbeing and Loneliness during Periods Lacking Intentional Touch
  • Julie Verette-Lindenbaum
    • Scaffolding Resilience in Undergraduate Students
  • Vincent Waldron & Catalina Cayetano
    • Turning points in Latinx Father-Offspring Relationships: Cultural and Communicative Sources of Relational Resilience
  • Ellie Weaver & Ioana Cionea
    • Coping with Political Differences in Interpersonal Relationships
  • Haoyang Zhang & Diane Felmlee
    • Love and Friendship: Romantic Relationship Homophily and Adolescent Friendship Networks
  • Yunzhi (Ariel) Zheng, Hannah Williamson, & Lisa Neff
    • “We” are in this Together: Problem Severity and the Benefits of We-Talk among Lower and Higher SES Couples

Westin-Tempe (2nd floor)


8–9 a.m.
Breakfast (Sunstone Terrace)

9–10:15 a.m.

Session 7: Communication in Relationships (Opal East)

  • Michele Acker
    • Letters To Juliet: Self-Worth and Hope in the Context of Relationship Distress
  • Maggie Bennett-Brown & Rhett Downing
    • Sexual Communication Self-Efficacy’s Influence on Communication during Sex for Young Adults in Romantic Relationships
  • Adira Daniel & John Sakaluk
    • Intercultural Couples Use of Communication Strategies as a Relationship Maintenance Technique: A Qualitative Analysis
  • William J. Chopik, Louis Hickman, Rebekka Weidmann, Mariah F. Purol, & Hyewon Yang
    • Lost in Translation: Matching on Love Languages Rarely Explains Variation in Personal and Relational Outcomes
  • Danielle Weber, Justin Lavner, & Steven Beach
    • Couples’ Communication Quality Varies across Different Stressors: Implications for Understanding Resilience in Stressful Contexts
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  Session 8: Relationship Maintenance/Satisfaction (Opal West)

  • Karissa Beesley & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Remote Work and Professional Relationships in Relation to Well-Being
  • Yifan Hu, Brian G. Ogolsky, & Laura Stafford
    • The Role of Individual- and Interactive-Level Relationship Maintenance on Married Couples’ Commitment
  • Catherine (Cate) Marken, Nicole Roberts, Lori Burmeister, & Sarah Lindstrom Johnson
    • Association of Marital Quality with Mental Health in Police Wives

 

  10:15–10:30 a.m.
  Morning break (2nd floor lobby)

 

  10:30–11:45 a.m.

  Session 9: Coping/Emotional Support (Opal East)

  • Kiffer Card
    • Developing Canadian Social Connection Guidelines
  • Beverley Fehr, Atara Lonn & Cheryl Harasymchuk
    • How Helpful was it to Turn to Friends during the Pandemic?
  • Thao Ha & Masumi Iida
    • Daily Support Dynamics and Relationship Quality in Adolescent Romantic Relationships: A Dyadic Ecological Momentary Assessment Study
  • Erika Lawrence, Hayley Fivecoat, Callie Mazurek, Hollen N. Reischer, Quinn E. Hendershot, Rachel Kritzik, Kanai Ghandi, & Chrishane N. Cunningham
    • Dyadic Processes as Predictors of Stress Adaptation during a Pandemic: Testing the Vulnerability-Stress-Adaptation Model with Mexican American Couples
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  Session 10: Parenthood/Family Dynamics (Opal West)

  • Jorlanditha T. Austin, Salvador Guzman, & Jennifer A. Theiss
    • Sources of Relational Turbulence and Practices of Resilience in Romantic Relationships Following the Birth of a Child
  • Tricia Burke
    • Tensions and Resilience in Parent-Caregivers of Medically Complex Children
  • Natacha Godbout, Alison Paradis, Camille Andrée Rassart, & Catherine Herba
    • Childhood Interpersonal Trauma and Postpartum Depressive Symptoms: Mindfulness as a Resilience Factor
  • Salvador Guzman & Jennifer Theiss
    • The Experience of New Fathers during the Transition to Parenthood: Associations between Depressive Symptoms and Relational Functioning
  • Kleanthis Neophytou
    • Relational Entrapment into One’s Family of Origin: The Impact on Youth Resilience across Two Empirical Studies

 

  11:45 a.m.–1 p.m.
  Lunch (Sunstone Terrace)

  • Collaborative Working Groups Methods Discussion Meeting (Topaz)

 

  1–2:15 p.m.

  Session 11: Minority Health/Intervention (Opal East)

  • Rebecca Carey, Lydia Emery, Nicole Stephens, & Hazel Markus
    • Social Wealth and Health: Close Relationships Mitigate Socioeconomic Health Disparities
  • Emma Calveri, Ashley K. Randall, Casey J. Totenhagen, Mel Holman, Courtney Irwin, Guy Bodenmann, Karissa Greving, & Sherry Rostosky
    • The Couples Coping Enhancement Training – Sexual Minority Stress (CCET-SMS) Relationship Education Program: Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Efficacy
  • Esther Liekmeier, Emma Calveri, Kai Graham, Casey Totenhagen, & Ashley K. Randall
    • Applying Dynamic Dyadic Systems Analysis to Sexual Minority Couples’ Conversations
  • Terri Orbuch, Adam Galovan, David Schramm, Jae N. Beckmeyer, & Minyeong Cho
    • Interventions for Couples: A Systematic Review of the Research in the Last 20 Years
  • Sarah Whitton, Elissa Sarno, Christina Dyar, & Michael Newcomb
    • Romantic Relationships: Protective Factors for Psychological Health among Sexual and Gender Minorities Facing Minority Stress?
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  Session 12: Social-Environmental Factors (Opal West

  • Matthew Rivas-Koehl & Brian G. Ogolsky
    • Is Exercise Sexy? Examining Daily Associations between Exercise Behaviors and Relationship Outcomes in a Sample of U.S. Heterosexual Adults
  • Albina Letniku & Kristin D. Mickelson
    • Understanding the Link between Social Media and Body Image
  • Madeline Jupina & Denise Solomon
    • Parental Incarceration as a Factor Impacting Child Wellbeing
  • Rebekka Weidmann & Richard E. Lucas
    • Examining the Environmental Influence on Well-Being Similarity in Romantic Couples: Evidence of Five Panel Household Studies
  • Veronica Lamarche
    • “All for one and one for all”: The Influence of Sociorelational Safety on Perceived Importance of COVID-19 Precautions and Trust in Government Responses

 

  2:15–5 p.m.
  Afternoon break (2nd floor lobby)

 

Closing Reception, Dinner and Dance

Desert Botanical Garden

5–10 p.m.
Check-in: Dorrance Conference Room

  • Shuttle information: There will be two shuttles departing for the Desert Botanical Garden from the Westin-Tempe at 4:30 p.m. and 5 p.m. There will be two return times – one at 9:15 p.m. and again at 9:50 p.m.
     
  • Parking: Recommended parking for those driving are lots P5, P6, or P7. Enter through the main entrance to the Desert Botanical Garden. 
     
  • Agenda:
    • 4:30 p.m.  Shuttle 1 leaves from Westin-Tempe

    • 5 p.m.       Shuttle 2 leaves from Westin-Tempe

    • 5-6 p.m.    Happy Hour & Explore the Gardens

    • 6-7 p.m.    Dinner (Dorrance Conference Room)

    • 7-8 p.m.    Award Presentations and Keynote Speaker Alycia de Mesa, Cultivating Intergenerational Resilience in Urban Communities

    • 8-10 p.m.  Dancing & Music

    • 9:15 p.m.  Shuttle leaves for Westin-Tempe

    • 9:50 p.m.  Final shuttle departure for Westin-Tempe

 

9 a.m.
Depart Westin-Tempe

  • Option 1: Self-guided day tour to Sedona*
    • Transportation and gratuity included
    • Lunch not included
       
  • Option 2: Tour of Northern Arizona Wineries*
    • Transportation and gratuity included
    • Lunch included
      Tastings are pay as you go

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  5 p.m.
  Return to Westin-Tempe                                              *Seating is limited!