On March 28-30, undergraduate student and recent graduates Christina Personette, Emily Flesher, and Zoe Childers-Rockey Southwestern Psychological Association Convention in Little Rock, Arkansas!
Christina presented on adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and perinatal mental health. Her study expands research showing that conventional ACEs predict anxiety and depression in pregnancy by showing that (1) ACEs also predict prenatal anger symptoms and lower well-being and (2) this applies not only to conventionally examined ACEs, which occur in the home, but also expanded ACEs, which occur in the community.
Zoe and Emily presented on participant representativeness in an online study on mental health during pregnancy. Their research shows that recruiting pregnant participants online allows reaching participants that cannot be recruited via clinics and hospitals (such as those without access to prenatal care) and allows recruiting samples much faster than typically done in person – but that some limitations in terms of representativeness suggest the need to implement stratified sampling. Zoe received a graduate student poster showcase award for this poster!
