List of works
Poster
Rehabilitation or Ruse?: Exploring "Shame-Based" CBT for Domestically Violent Offenders
Date presented 04/18/2024
Student Scholars Symposium and Faculty Research Showcase, 04/18/2024, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Intervention programs for domestic and intimate partner violence (IPV) are a growing focus of the psychological sciences (Murphy et al., 2020). Support services and comprehension of the social problem have progressed over the years, leading to advanced knowledge and therapeutic programs interventions. Offenders are most often court-ordered to complete traditional cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT; Hollon, 1998). However, high rates of recidivism have cultivated interest in improving potential treatment modifications and interventions (Radatz & Hilton, 2022). Recent experimental strategies prompt shame-focused exploration and training within CBT sessions (Loeffler et al., 2010). As a result, shame-focused CBT has emerged. Legitimacy concerns regarding the treatment have arisen. Shame-based CBT holds potential as an intervention method for domestically violent offenders based on standing literature, related concepts and constructs, and current empirical support.
Poster
Strike a Pose! Evaluating Power Posing as Pseudoscience
Date presented 04/20/2023
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase, 04/20/2023, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Purpose
This research explores the reported failure to replicate Amy Cuddy’s findings that the power pose can produce improved workplace outcomes. The analysis examines Cuddy’s claims from the standpoint of the characteristics of pseudoscience.
Research Questions:
What was the origin of the power pose concept?
Why does Cuddy’s research not replicate?
Can any aspect of her findings have value for self-improvement?