Description: This presentation discusses research on vitality in HIV+ adults. The authors hypothesized that HIV+ adults with higher levels of social support and life regard will correspondingly report higher levels of vitality. A linear regression analysis supported the authors' hypothesis that social support (t = 2.1, β = 0.21, p - .05), and life regard (t = 5.7, β = 0.04, p = .001) were significantly associated with vitality, accounting for 40% of the variance in the authors' model (Adj. R2 = 0.40, F(5, 57) = 9.33, p = .001)

Description: This presentation discusses research on academic acculturation stress and first generation students. First generation undergraduates face greater challenges than do students from college educated families. The authors hypothesize that academic acculturation stress due to being a first generation college student is related to psychological well-being.

Description: This poster discusses research on ignorance towards male rape and the psychological toll on victims. The author looks at the psychological effects of male rape, why it is often not reported, and how this is portrayed in the media and to the public.

Description: This presentation discusses the authors' research study examining the relationship of heterosexist harassment, rejection and discrimination, state anger, and maladaptive coping to depression in the LGBT population. A hierarchical linear regression analysis of the authors' model accounted for 34.9% of the variance in depression, with state anger and maladaptive coping being the strongest predictors. Health disparities exist within the LGBT population, including depression and increased suicide ideation. Knowing the predictors of depression specific to this community could prove invaluable in guiding therapists to more accurately assess risks to mental health among LGBT individuals and potentially lead to developing interventions that target healthier coping alternatives.

Description: This poster discusses research on self-motivation among college students who have experienced the death of a parent. Experiencing the death of a parent is time-stopping, life-altering, and most of all, hard to overcome. Each year a significant number of people undergo a tragedy that most do not know how to conquer. In the United States about 3.5% of children experience the loss of a parent (Mireault & Bond, 1992). This study will examine potential variables that arouse the motivation in individuals who have experienced the death of a parent. It will look at variables such as gender of the deceased parent, the quality of the child's relationship with the living parent, and the child's locus of control, resilience, valuing, and social support. A total of 50 individuals will be recruited into this project. All subjects must complete a voluntary consent form in order to participate in this study. Each participant will take the assessment and correlational analyses will be done to examine relationship among variables.