The class that I am learning about realism in is Social Psychology, taught by Professor Scott

Eidelman.
C.
1. Who is the author? Sasha Rojas
2. Name of theses and dissertation? “A Preliminary Investigation of Positive Imagery
Training to Reduce Risk for Suicidal Behavior Among Adolescent Girls.”
3. Year? 2016
4. What institution did the author go to? U of A
5. What was the purpose of the study? To determine what may prevent the risk of young
girls from developing suicidal tendencies.
6. Conclusion of the study? There was no clear pattern regarding the intervention effects
observed.
7. Why is this study important to my field? It is psychologist’s job to determine what causes
certain suicidal tendencies and prevent those from occurring.
8. Pretend that you want to do a similar study to this one. What would you do differently?
Why? I would change the factors used in the experiment and maybe try something else
that would prevent suicidal thoughts, considering the conclusion was not determined.
1. Who is the author? Jennifer Minarcik
2. Name of theses and dissertation? “Proposed treatment of problematic pornography use : a
cognitive-behavioral approac​h.”
3. Year? 2016
4. What institution did the author go to? U of A
5. What was the purpose of the study? To highlight the fact that people who heavily watch
pornography tend to have issues regarding sex addiction, trouble academically, and many ​more
issues, and to treat this problem.
6. Conclusion of the study? ​One exploratory question revealed the cognitive content of the
treatment protocol did not add incremental efficacy above and beyond the behavioral treatment
content. Another exploratory question demonstrated the treatment show specificity, such that
treatment gains were specific to sexual behaviors and not evidence in other measures of psychiatric
distress. The last exploratory question supported that baseline pornography use did not relate to
treatment outcomes, suggesting this treatment protocol was equally effective for low- and
high-frequency pornography users. Overall, this protocol was found to be effective at reducing
problematic pornography use. Future directions include conducting long-term follow ups of the
treatment efficacy and conducting dismantling studies to enhance understanding of the relative
impact of different treatment components
7. Why is this study important to my field? Psychologists determine what causes degradation in
mental health and how to fix it.
8. Pretend that you want to do a similar study to this one. What would you do differently? Personally,
I wouldn’t do anything differently. The study was very well-conducted and professional. It was very
interesting how a U of A student was interested in this and found how to treat the issue within her
experiment.
c . Pt. 2.
1. The professor is Dr. Jamie Lee Frala
2. This was published in 2012.
3. The title: "Worry Induction Among Adolescents: A Laboratory Evaluation"
4. Graduate of the U of A.
5. Finally, individual differences in metacognitive worry were not predictive of challenge
response. Results are discussed in terms of their convergence and divergence with the
adult literature, relevant developmental factors to consider, and future directions using
experimental psychopathology methodologies in order to better understand the
phenomenology and consequences of worry among youth.