Shape the Future Today

Shape the Future Today Fund in Psychology

Funds raised will be used for timely or most-pressing needs within the Department of Psychology. Most recently, the Shape the Future Today Fund has been used to support graduate student conference travel and research. Research support is also vital for graduate students who conduct independent pilot studies to help develop their dissertation proposals, purchase equipment, and/or pay subjects to participate in their research.

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Shape the Future Today Fund in Psychology

Funds raised will be used for timely or most-pressing needs within the Department of Psychology. Most recently, the Shape the Future Today Fund has been used to support graduate student conference travel and research. Research support is also vital for graduate students who conduct independent pilot studies to help develop their dissertation proposals, purchase equipment, and/or pay subjects to participate in their research.
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Tina Schweizer

Alumni Advisory Board Travel Award
Tina H. Schweizer
I am grateful to the Alumni Advisory Board for providing me with travel funds to support my attendance to the Annual Anxiety and Depression Conference. During a poster session, I presented my study that found that a common cognitive vulnerability representing general maladaptive thinking patterns (e.g., overly negative, self-focused beliefs) related to a breadth of mental health problems (depression, anxiety, aggression, conduct, attention issues), and particularly to symptoms that are specific to depression and anxiety among youth. This common cognitive vulnerability may be a transdiagnostic...