2025 PSY PRO

1. Sara Finney, Professor, James Madison University, USA.
   Riley Herr, PhD Student, James Madison University, USA.
   Mara McFadden, PhD Student, James Madison University, USA.
   Title: Effectiveness of an Intervention to Train Faculty and Staff on Equitable Programming and Assessment.
2. Lan Jiao, Professor, Ningbo University, China.
   Yun Chen, Postgraduate Student, Ningbo University, China.
   Yang Cao, Postgraduate Student, Ningbo University, China.
   Linlin Shi, Postgraduate Student, Ningbo University, China.
   Baoge Zhang, Professor, Ningbo University, China.
   Title: The Influence of Congruence in Followership Prototype on Teacher-Student Relationships in Secondary School Students: Based on a Response Surface Analysis.
3. Ronit Shalev, Head of Education Department and Educational Counselling Department, The Max Stern Yezreel Valley College, Israel.
   Tal Pasternak Magnezi, Lecturer, School for Social Workers, Ministry of Welfare, Israel.
   Title: Engraved in the Body: Memory Tattoos as an Expression of Grief and Commemoration Embodied in the Body.
4. Kamilah Legette, Assistant Professor, University of Denver, USA.
   Yoli Anyon, Associate Professor, San Jose State University, USA.
   Title: A Systematic Review of Race Conscious Policies and Practices to Reduce Discipline Disparities.
5. Nikolaos Souvlakis, Senior Lecturer, University of Westminster, UK.
   Title: Psychology in the Queer Era: Destigmatizing Queer Identities and Queering the Curriculum.
6. Jay Sweifach, Professor, Yeshiva University, USA.
   Title: Abstinence Only Sex Education and Pornography: The Lure of Forbidden Fruit.

1. Asta Adler, Associate Professor, Vilnius University, Lithuania.
   Title: The Role of Personality Functioning and Mental Distress in the Link Between Childhood Maltreatment and Eating Disorder Symptoms: A Parallel Mediation Analysis.
2. Veselin Veselinov, Assistant Professor, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria.
   Emil Andreev, Researcher, New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria.
   Title: The Ethical Imperative in the Theoretical Modelling of the Concept of Psychosis: Historical Review and Contemporary Assessment.
3. Begum Serim-Yildiz, Assistant Professor, TED University, Türkiye.
   Selin Onayli, Assistant Professor, TED University, Türkiye.
   Title: Need Analysis for Development of Trauma Informed Care Model for Veterinarians.
4. Claudia Simone Dorchain, Postgraduate Researcher, ILS Institute for Learning Systems, Germany.
   Title: Philosophical Counselling & Trauma Healing.
5. Emanuele Maria Merlo, Researcher, University of Messina, Italy.
   Gabriella Martino, Professor, University of Messina, Italy.
   Title: Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Alexithymia, Intolerance to Uncertainty and Psychopathology Affecting Subjects’ Disease Course.
6. Elif Torun, Researcher, TED University, Türkiye.
   Begüm Serim-Yıldız, Faculty Member, TED University, Türkiye.
   Title: Relationship between Posttraumatic Growth and Unfinished Business among Earthquake Survivors.

1. Edward Johnson, Professor, University of Manitoba, Canada.
   Title: Embodied Intersubjective Attunement as the Ground of Therapeutic Empathy.
2. Susan Birch, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Taeh Haddock, Parent Support Coach, Canadian Mental Health Association, Canada.
   Charlotte Stewardson, Graduate Student, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Kate Rho, Researcher, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Shannon Craig, Honours Student, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Ashali Kataria, Research Coordinator, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Title: The Case for Fostering Social Cognition to Enhance Social Emotional Competence.
3. Otto Linderborg, Researcher, Mid Sweden University, Sweden.
   Title: The Madness of Demeter: A Foucauldian Reading of the Hymn to Demeter.
4. Shannon Craig, Honours Student, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Susan Birch, Associate Professor, University of British Columbia, Canada.
   Title: Changing Lives by Changing Minds: A Multi-Faceted Evidence-Based Approach to Enhancing Social Emotional Health.
5. Christos Charis, Private Practice: Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Germany.
   Title: Case Study of a 33-Year-Old Patient with a Panic Disorder, a Moderate Depression on the Basis of a Recurrent Depressive Disorder (ICD-10 F41.0 / F33.1) and Emetophobia (ICD-10 F40.2) from a Psychodynamic Point of View.
6. Toni Smith, Undergraduate Student, Howard University, USA.
   Debra Roberts, Principal Investigator, Howard University, USA.
   LaTanya Brown-Robertson, Associate Dean, Office of Academic Innovation and Student Success, Howard University, USA.
   Elle K. Butler, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Title: Efficacy of Mental Health Resources Across the African Diaspora.

1. Riley Herr, PhD Student, James Madison University USA.
   Paul Mabrey, Director James Madison University USA.
   Title: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Suspension Warnings and Academic Probation for First-Year College Students: A Regression Discontinuity Approach.
2. Jeremie Bonneau, PhD Student, University of Tours, France.
   Title: Bringing Change in Behavioural Disorders in Children and Adolescents Attending ITEP Institution (Institute Thérapeutique Éducatif Et Pédagogique) through Equine Assisted Therapy.
3. La Toya Abrams, Assistant Professor, Chicago State University, USA.
   Title: Imposter Syndrome among Black Counselor Educators in Higher Education.
4. Elle K. Butler, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Debra Roberts, Principal Investigator, Howard University, USA.
   Camille Warner, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Nailah Dillard, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Amaria Clark, Undergraduate Student, Howard University, USA.
   Darby Mutagoma, Student, Howard University, USA.
   Toni Smith, Undergraduate Student, Howard University, USA.
   Title: The Pursuit of Purpose: Developmental Implications of Psychosocially Toxic Environments on Black Emerging Adults’ Risky Behaviour Involvement and Self-Actualization.
5. Amaria Clark, Undergraduate Student, Howard University, USA.
   Elle K. Butler, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Debra Roberts, Principal Investigator, Howard University, USA.
   Title: More Than a Statistic: A Narrative and Statistical Analysis of the Black Mind Post-Incarceration.

Moderator: Gregory T. Papanikos, President, Athens Institute.

1. Joyce Mary Adam, Full Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil.
   Title: School Climate and Institutional Bond of Former Students and Teachers in Brazilian Schools.
2. Andreia Osti, Associate Professor, São Paulo State University (UNESP), Brazil.
   Title: Didactic Games for the Development of Reading and Writing in Students with Learning Difficulties: Proeduca Program.
3. Kamyar Nowidi, Lecturer, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany & Psychiatrist, C. G. Jung Institute, Zürich, Switzerland.
   Title: Bret Easton Ellis “American Psycho” and Alfred Hitchcock’s “Psycho”: Dramatic Irony, Iconography of a Modern Psychopathy or the Legacy of American Transcendentalism as the First Philosophy of the American Continent.
4. Cornelius Nevradakis, Psychodynamic Psychotherapist/Psychiatrist in Private Practice, Former Honorary Senior Lecturer, University of Sheffield Medical School, UK.
   Title: H.Ey’s Organodynamic Model of the Mind and Psychosis and J.Lacan’s Critique in the 1946 Bonneval Conference. Is the Debate still Relevant?

1. Charity Akotia, Professor, University of Ghana, Ghana.
   Laura-Lisa Larsey, MPhil Student, University of Ghana, Ghana.
   Angela Anarfi Gyasi-Gyamerah, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, Ghana.
   Christabel Quansah, Social Psychologist, Dialogue Genitalia Ghana, Ghana.
   Title: I’m Not the First, and I Won’t be the Last: Exploring Women’s Coping Strategies in Cohabiting Relationships in Ghana.
2. Lebogang Sithole, Lecturer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa.
   Title: Exploring the Role of Meaning in Life as a Moderator between Intimate Partner Violence and Antiretroviral Therapy Adherence.
3. Montserrat Gomez Garcia, Clinical Psychologist, CSMA L’Hospitalet & Associate Professor, University of Barcelona, Spain.
   Title: Dual Pathology and Women: Peculiarities of Its Detection and Therapeutic Approach.
4. Ioannis Spyropoulos, PhD Student, London Kingston University, UK.
   Title: Criminal Thinking Predicting Decision Making Style, Competence and Outcomes.

1. Mark Ludorf, Professor, Stephen F. Austin State University & Senior Editor, Journal of Leadership Studies, USA.
   Title: How Much is a Lecture Worth? Immediate Student Feedback.
2. Marcel Meyer, Professor, University of Navarra, Spain.
   Title: Virtuous Leadership: Hope and Optimism in Business.
3. Sevval Ozkan, Research Assistant, TED University, Türkiye.
   Olcay Yilmaz, Faculty Member, TED University, Türkiye.
   Title: Exploring the Effect of Career Commitment in School to Work Transition: College Graduates’ Career Commitment and Career Adaptability.
4. Mara McFadden, PhD Student, James Madison University, USA.
   Sara Finney, Professor, James Madison University, USA.
   Title: Evaluating the Generalizability of the Question-Behavior Effect on Test-Taking Behavior.
5. Camille Warner, PhD Student, Howard University, USA.
   Debra Roberts, Principal Investigator, Howard University, USA.
   Title: Exploring the Connection between Academic Competence and Academic Self-Efficacy: Insights from African American College Students.

1. Selma Senel, Associate Professor, Balıkesir University, Türkiye.
   Bilge Nuran Aydoğdu, Researcher, Balıkesir University, Türkiye.
   Caner Doğan, Researcher, METU Research Center, Türkiye.
   Title: Adaptation of BECK Depression Scale to D/deaf Culture.
2. Jila Behnad, Adjunct Faculty, Palo Alto University & PhD Candidate, National University, USA.
   Title: Artificial Intelligence and Human Therapy Supervisors are Interchangeable.
3. Angela Anarfi Gyasi-Gyamerah, Senior Lecturer, University of Ghana, Ghana.
   Kwasi Gyasi-Gyamerah, Regional Director, Operations CIEE Africa and Middle East, Council on International Educational Exchange (CIEE), Ghana.
   Evans Sakyi Boadu, Lecturer, University of Environment and Sustainable Development, Ghana.
   Title: Continental Differences in International Students’ Acculturative Stress: Sources, Social Support, Assertiveness, and Self-Efficacy.
4. Emine Akman Direkci, Research Assistant, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Türkiye.
   Betül Dilara Şeker, Associate Professor, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Türkiye.
   Tubanur İnanç Bozkurt, Research Assistant, Van Yüzüncü Yıl University, Türkiye.
   Title: Investigating the Effect of Social Cognitive Structures on Cognitive Prediction of Post-Earthquake Psychological Symptoms.
5. Margarida Oliveira, Junior Researcher, Lusófona University, Portugal.
   Title: Evaluation of a Cognitive Stimulation Program using Virtual Reality for People with Intellectual Development Disorder.
6. Sandra Velez-Candelario, CEO/Consultant, Family Organizational Psychology, LLC, USA.
   Title: Qualitative and Quantitative Study to Understand the Family Leaders Management Style and Performance Applied to a USA Group of Active and Successful Young Adults Human Resources Using a Focal Group, Semi-structural Interview and the FOAF Scale.