IARR Mini-Conference 2023

 

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

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

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

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

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

 

3–5 p.m.
Conference check-in

 

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

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

 

 

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

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)

 

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!