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2025

3rd UPRC: 2025

For the complete 2025 program, including the abstracts please click here


1:00-1:15 p.m.  Check-in & presentation set up, Hallway outside Carter Hall

1:15-1:30 p.m.  Opening Remarks, Carter Hall 

 Dr. Urska Dobersek, Psi Chi Advisor, UPRC Chair

1:30-3:30 p.m.  Oral Presentations, Carter Hall & UC 226/227

3:30-4:00 p.m.  Poster Presentations, Carter Hall 

4:00 p.m.         Awards Presentation & Closing Remarks, Carter Hall

Dr. Urska Dobersek, Psi Chi Advisor, UPRC Chair


1:30-3:30 p.m.

ORAL SESSIONS

Carter Hall

1:30 – 1:45      Braden Ream, Ball State University

  • Common Factors Theory and Defining Subjective Support Group Success

1:50 – 2:05      George Trajanoski, Ball State University

  • Creating a Measure of Perceived Sexual Knowledge

2:10 – 2:25      Kaylyn Johnson, Ball State University

  • Sensory Perception and Sexual Behavior Interest

2:35 – 2:50      Christopher Hill, Ball State University

  • How Students Navigate Canvas

2:55 – 3:10      Madison Pierce-Holtzman, Ball State University

  • Socially Sanctioned Rape: How Individual Empathy is Undermined by Group Ideologies

3:15 – 3:30      Arianna Foster, Ball State University

  • The Impact of Social Support and Sense of Belonging on the Flourishing of Gender Nonconforming Individuals


1:30-3:30 p.m.

ORAL SESSIONS

UC 226/227

1:30 – 1:45      Emily Balassone, Purdue University Northwest

  • Analyzing the Effectiveness of Opioid Use Disorder Treatments

1:50 – 2:05      Saif Abdrabu & Kristina Yang, University of Evansville & University of Southern Indiana

  • The Impact of ACEs and First-Gen Status on Anxiety Symptoms in College Students

2:10 – 2:25      Toriana Garmon, Ball State University 

  • Predicting Insomnia Using Daytime Versus Bedtime Rumination

2:35 – 2:50      Logan Doyle, University of Southern Indiana

  • Examining Anxiety in College Students Who Use Substances

2:55 – 3:10      Mya Gregory, Ball State University

  • The Role of Self-Determination Theory in Psychedelic Treatment Effectiveness

3:30-4:00 p.m.

POSTER SESSION

Layla Brown 

University of Southern Indiana

Examining Parenting Styles in Relation to Mental Health

Emilee Shiver

University of Southern Indiana

The Influence of Combining Social Norms on Course Evaluation Participation

Kristina Yang

University of Southern Indiana

Development of the Social Self-Esteem Questionnaire

Oral Presentation Winners

Congratulations to Kaylyn Johnson from Ball State University for being voted for the best oral presentation!

Oral Presentation Winner

Congratulations to Toriana Garmon from Ball State University for being voted for the best oral presentation!

Poster Presentation Winner

Congratulations to Layla Brown from University of Southern Indiana for being voted for the best poster presentation!

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