https://nspb.net/index.php/nspb/issue/feed 2025-01-17T14:52:22-05:00 Editors [email protected] Open Journal Systems <p><em>NSPB</em> is a peer-reviewed journal run by and for graduate students in psychology. Published work includes theory, research, literature reviews, and commentaries on the field. <em>NSPB</em> considers articles from all schools of thought on all topics relevant to psychology. <em>NSPB</em> may be particularly attractive to authors whose work does not fit the missions of larger psychology journals, and those looking to gain exposure to academic publishing. <em>NSPB</em> prides itself on publishing the early work of new and budding scholars.</p> https://nspb.net/index.php/nspb/article/view/420 2025-01-17T14:17:27-05:00 Koret Munguldar [email protected]

<h1>Emerging adulthood is a unique period for the development of a woman's body image. Links between attachment relationships and body image are carried from childhood into emerging adulthood, a period when parents and culture factor prominently in the development of embodiment and the bodily self. This study reports on a racially diverse sample of twenty emerging adult women (age 18-23) who were interviewed using the Mirror Interview. Data were examined with reflexive thematic analysis. The five themes included pressure to adhere to the western body ideal, parental influence with the subthemes a) modeling after the parents and b) the influence of parental attitudes towards the child’s body, discomfort with one’s reflection, the need to continually change the body, and moving towards acceptance. Implications for emerging women’s embodiment and experiences of objectification are discussed. Our study expands upon body image literature by providing rich first-hand accounts of women’s experiences.</h1>

2025-01-17T10:45:55-05:00 Copyright (c) 2025 The New School Psychology Bulletin https://nspb.net/index.php/nspb/article/view/418 2025-01-17T14:17:27-05:00 Shane Graham [email protected]

<p>This paper applied a systematic review methodology to investigate the relationship between event centrality (EC) and posttraumatic growth (PTG). 5 databases were searched with 18 papers being included for review. Results indicated a robust, positive correlation between EC and PTG. Event centrality was also consistently observed to be positively associated with a maladaptive posttraumatic outcome, posttraumatic stress (PTS). Several cognitive factors were observed to differentiate pathways between PTG and PTS in cases of high EC: deliberate rumination was positively associated with PTG; intrusive rumination positively associated with PTS; psychological flexibility negatively associated with PTS; negative self-cognitions positively associated with PTS and negatively associated with PTG. Several of these relationships were not observed to be significant in cases of low EC, highlighting the clinical significance of these factors <em>within </em>the EC-PTG/PTS relationships. Results suggest that these cognitive factors may be useful targets for intervention within applied/clinical settings, pending further experimental research.</p>

2025-01-17T14:13:54-05:00 Copyright (c) 2025 The New School Psychology Bulletin https://nspb.net/index.php/nspb/article/view/406 2025-01-17T14:17:27-05:00 Zishan Jiwani [email protected] Evan Hentritze [email protected]

<p>The link between episodic autobiographical memory and the sense of the continuous self has been well documented. Research has demonstrated that individuals diagnosed with depression and PTSD show cognitive alterations and maladaptive processes associated with autobiographical memory. One of these impairments is the tendency to recall episodic autobiographical memory with decreased specificity, also known as overgeneralized memory (OGM). OGM is likely associated with a&nbsp;limited capacity to mentally “time travel” or re-experience the past with vivid sensory and perceptual details. This study aims to assess whether the micro-phenomenological interview (MPI) may be effective in improving overgeneralized memory &amp; access to sensory perceptual details. MPI assists participants in directing attention towards visual, auditory and affective dimensions of experience and focuses on a few seconds of experience within an autobiographical memory. It was hypothesized that the application of the MPI may increase the accessibility of episodic details, which in turn, would lead to the reduction of subsequently generated overgeneralized memory. The efficacy of MPI was assessed relative to the free recall of a positive memory using the Autobiographical Memory Test (AMT) and Autobiographical Memory Questionnaire (AMQ) with healthy adults between ages 24-30. Preliminary results indicate that the MPI led to a significant increase in memory specificity (p&lt;.05) and increases in the re-experiencing of visual imagery (p&lt;.05). These findings demonstrate the potential of the MPI as a clinical tool to improve memory specificity in populations suffering from disorders such as depression and PTSD.</p>

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