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Student Research

Research in Progress with Students

Coping flexibility during bereavement

Psychedelic Use and Death Anxiety

Publications

*Underlined indicates student collaborator

Sawyer, J. S. & Moore, A. N. (2022). Coping methods and college adjustment in a sample of U.S. undergraduate students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of American College Health. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2129976

Presentations

*Underlined indicates student collaborator

Alma College

Flores, B. F., Wallace, B. M., Kingsley, A. J., Ludden, A. E., & Sawyer, J. S. (2023, May). Coping and bereavement outcomes in a U.S. student sample. Poster presented at the annual Association for Death Education and Counseling Conference, Columbus, OH.

Penn State Mont Alto

Sibold, S. M., Stine, A. L., & Sawyer, J. S. (2022, May). Dream analysis and the unconscious. *Awarded 1st place in the information exhibit category.

Stine, A. L., Sibold, S. M. & Sawyer, J. S. (2022, May). Social media use and undergraduate mental health and adjustment during COVID-19.

Moore, A. N., & Sawyer, J. S. (2021, August). Coping flexibility and college adjustment in bereaved and non-bereaved students during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Virtual.

Drumm, B. R., & Sawyer, J. S. (2021, May). Prejudice and mental health. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto Academic Festival, Mont Alto, PA. *Awarded 1st place in the sustainability category.

Burgan, C. N., & Sawyer, J. S. (2021, May). Christian identity is associated with increased substance use for LGB individuals. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto Academic Festival, Mont Alto, PA.

Burgan, C. N., Moore, A. N., Drumm, B. R., Taylor, J. V., & Sawyer, J. S. (2020, May). A content analysis on the psychological impacts of school shootings: Current themes and directions for future research. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto Academic Festival, Mont Alto, PA. *Awarded 1st place in the research poster category and 2nd place in the sustainability category.

Moore, A. N., Hovis, R. M., Burgan, C. N. & Sawyer, J.S. (2020, February). The impact of social support and adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use and psychological distress in college students. Poster presented at the 37th Annual Winter Roundtable at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY.

Moore, A. N., Sawyer, J. S., & Hovis, R. M. (2019, April). The impact of social support and adverse childhood experiences on alcohol use and psychological distress in college students. Poster presented at the Pennsylvania State University, Mont Alto Academic Festival, Mont Alto, PA.