Staff Articles
- Positive Emotions and Academic Achievement
- Narrative Expression of the Emotional Experience of Breast Cancer Survivors
- The Impact of Zero Tolerance Policies on the Relation Between Educational Attainment and Crime
- Teachers’ Support of Preschoolers’ Emergent Literacy through Play
- Psychological Well-being of Refugees Throughout the Relocation Process
- The Effects of Sexual Objectification on Women’s Mental Health
- Gang Involvement as a Means to Satisfy Basic Needs
- Chinese Adolescents’ Self-Esteem and Mental Health Outcomes: The Role of Permissive Parenting
- Effects of Mentoring on Students’ Academic Success
- Exploring Parental Self-Efficacy and Preschoolers’ School Readiness
- Latino Parenting Practices and Preschoolers’ Self-Regulation Skills
- Measurement of Shame among Juvenile Justice-Involved Girls
- Peer Mentorship and the Well-being of Women with Breast Cancer
- Positive Emotions and Academic Achievement
- System Justification and Mental Health Outcomes in Juvenile Justice-Involved Youth
- The Combined Influence of Parenting and Early Puberty on Disruptive Behavior Problems in African American Girls
- The Development of Internal State Language: The Role of Age, Gender and Context
New York University’s Applied Psychology Online Publication of Undergraduate Studies, also known asOPUS, has been a part of the NYU community since 2009. During these years, it has provided undergraduate students a forum through which they can share their independent work. OPUS is entirely written, edited, and designed by Applied Psychology undergraduates, and is one of the only undergraduate psychology journals in the nation.
This year we are thrilled to present our Spring 2016 issue at the NYU Applied Psychology Undergraduate Conference. We have featured abstracts of the independent projects and honors theses presented at the conference by Applied Psychology seniors. The varied and ambitious research projects and proposals of these seniors show what a unique program we are a part of and highlight the exciting futures of our peers.
The themes of the Spring 2016 issue reflect the diverse research interests of our writers. Our contributing writers this semester developed their interests in different social justice issues. Mila Hall and Emma Rooney both look at the mental health effects of specific marginalized populations: refugees seeking asylum and women who face sexual objectification, respectively. In addition, Laina Sonterblum examines the factors that influence youth to join gangs using Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs. Education is explored by several our staff writers in this issue, with Caitlyn Corradino and Katie Fogarty’s explanation of the benefits of positive psychology in academic settings and Cassie Wuest’s exploration of how teachers can foster preschoolers’ early literacy skills through play. Sarah Fox analyzes the narrative styles employed by breast cancer survivors when they share their emotional stories. Finally, our first ever case study, written by Jacqueline Yi and Mila Hall, delves into the story of a Holocaust survivor.
Each of these explorations into psychological constructs illustrate the varied and inspiring abilities of our writers, making for a diverse and engaging issue. We would like to thank our incredibly enthusiastic and talented writers for their contributions to the journal. We would also like to thank Dr. Gigliana Melzi for her continuous support of OPUS, and Dr. Mary Brabeck for her advisement on the case study this semester. Finally, we would like to thank our faculty mentor, Dr. Adina Schick, for her mentorship and dedication toOPUS, without whom this edition would not be possible.
Best wishes and thank you for reading,
Kaya Mendelsohn & Hope White
Editors-in-Chief