Undergraduate Research Day 2020

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With students involved in so many research opportunities, Undergraduate Research Day provides the perfect opportunity for them to share their work with the campus community. Held each April, Undergraduate Research Day showcases current research, scholarship, and artistic endeavors.

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    Enhancing Undergraduate Students’ Responses to Bereaved Peers: An Innovative Online Intervention
    (2020) Hill, Erin; O'Brien, Karen; Herman, Micah; Khibovska, Anastasiia; Ashai, Shereen; O'Brien, Karen
    The purpose of this study was to conduct a randomized controlled trial to assess the efficacy of CARES, an online intervention developed to educate undergraduate students about how to communicate with friends who experienced the death of someone close to them. College students (N=231) were randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) the CARES intervention, (2) a website containing information about grief and loss, or (3) a control condition. Results indicated that students who participated in the CARES intervention had the greatest knowledge regarding grief and appropriate communication with grieving peers when compared to participants in the website and control conditions. In addition, students receiving the intervention were more confident in their ability to help a grieving peer and had the greatest skill in communicating with a grieving peer. Thus, the CARES intervention has potential for educating undergraduates about effective communication with their grieving peers.
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    College Dating Violence: Evaluating an Online Intervention
    (2020) Herman, Micah; O'Brien, Karen M.; O'Brien, Karen M.
    The purpose of this study will be to replicate and extend a randomized controlled trial that tested the effectiveness of an online bystander intervention educational program (STOP Dating Violence; O'Brien, Sauber, Kearney, Venaglia, & Lemay, 2019). Specifically, the intervention was modified and converted into an engaging animated video and then tested for its effectiveness. College students will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: (1) the STOP intervention, (2) a website containing information about dating violence, and (3) a control condition. Data collection is currently underway. Preliminary data analyses (N=39) suggest that there is a difference in post test scores on the knowledge of bystander interventions measure across conditions (F(2, 36) = 3.876, p <; .03, η 2 = .18). This study will advance knowledge regarding how counseling psychologists might cost-effectively and successfully educate undergraduates about dating violence.