Learning does not have to end along with the regularly scheduled school day. Community Psychology senior capstone professor Dr. Paul Flaspohler was approached by Project Experience and Boys and Girls Club for help about how to better their programs. Experiential learning, or learning through reflection on doing, has been shown to be successful in the […]
C70: Sex differences in alcohol seeking behavior in four-core genotype mice
The purpose of our study is to determine whether hormones or chromosomes have a greater impact on the motivation to seek alcohol in a mouse model. Studies have found that sex differences exist for alcohol consumption between both humans and rodents, and female rodents consistently consume more alcohol than males (Füllgrabe et al., 2007). The […]
C69: Influence of Sex in the Alcohol Drinking Behaviors Using the Four Core Genotype Mouse Model
Differences in addiction behavior between the sexes is a topic of great interest in both the behavioral neuroscience field and to the general public. In alcohol use disorder, women often consume greater volumes of alcohol and may be more susceptible to stress-induced relapse. To investigate behaviors such as these and their causes, a transgenic mouse […]
C85: Individual Difference Model of Stress Eating
College students undergo a lot of stress throughout the school year, and this can negatively impact their health in a variety of ways, notably their eating habits. Here we investigated how acute stressors, similar to that of college students’ every day lives, impact their eating behaviors, and whether individual differences are related to how they […]
B83: The Relationship Between Oral Health Practices in Adolescence and Type II Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease in Adulthood: A Retrospective Global Health Study
Introduction: The purpose of this research study is to determine if there is a relationship between poor oral health, type II diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease. Factors that are discussed include the barriers some patients face when attempting to access dental care, the connection between poor oral health, type II diabetes, and […]
B70: A Visual Laxative: Current Public Toilets in Rural Gambia Contribute to Disease and How to Change the Outcome
Diarrheal diseases, like cholera, are still impacting developing countries worldwide. New interventions, along with an addition of stronger epidemiologic surveillance needs to be considered in order to determine what methods are best for reducing the prevalence rates of these conditions. This article discusses the impact of diarrheal diseases, particularly cholera, and a new intervention strategy […]
B75: A Comparison Ohio Universities’ Sexual Misconduct Policies
Prevalence rates of sexual assault on college campuses vary from 1% to 25% of college students, making it imperative that universities have extensive, yet easily accessible student misconduct policies to help prevent violence and provide resources to survivors. This poster describes attempts to determine how well universities are matching the recommendations made by the Obama […]
A91: Pap Smear Access in Lima, Peru: Societal, Financial, and Structural Barriers
Low-income countries are disproportionately impacted by preventable cancers such as cervical cancer. Cervical cancer has even been identified as the top cause of cancer morbidities in Peru. Screening for cervical cancer can be done via pap smears. In the beautiful city of Lima, Peru, inequality in healthcare access is an everyday problem for women. Within […]
A64: Experience Learning: How to Increase Volunteer Engagement
The MUSCRAT Community Psychology lab works with the Experience program at the Boys and Girls Club of Hamilton to provide guidance for the effectiveness of their programs. This is an organization that depends on volunteers to provide their services. Volunteers are essential to many organizations that serve to help the community. Additionally, there are many […]
B80: Sports as a Medium for Positive Youth Development: A Review of the Literature
My community psychology capstone group studied positive youth development (PYD) theory, an approach to youth development focused on the promotion of a child’s strengths rather than the purging of their problems. This theory is directly applicable to our class’s work with The Boys and Girls Club (BGC) of Hamilton. Because we found that much of […]
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