Confidentiality and Reproductive Health The Council passed a policy asserting that confidentiality is central to the practice of psychology, and that psychologists should follow the APA Ethics Code when it comes to patient confidentiality surrounding reproductive health. The policy reaffirms “that a psychologist’s allegiance to the Ethics Code, including ethical standards related to patient confidentiality,…
APA’s Council of Representatives held a hybrid meeting, with most Council members convening in person in Minneapolis, coinciding with APA 2022, the association’s annual convention. APA adopts racial equity action plan, outlining next steps to operationalize racism resolution The APA Council adopted a Racial Equity Action Plan that outlines the next steps the association and…
News Media, Public Education, and Public Policy Committee Christopher J. Ferguson (Chair), Malte Elson, Mary Gregerson, Jerri Lynn Hogg, Jimmy Ivory, Dana Klisanin, Patrick Markey, Deborah Nichols, Shahbaz Siddiqui, and June Wilson Submitted to Council March 2, 2020 Dear APA Council of Representatives: We are writing in reference to the recent 2019 review of the…
Click on the following link for the APA Division 46: Society of Media Psychology and Technology program for APA 2019, in Chicago, over August 8-11, 2019: https://div46amplifier.files.wordpress.com/2019/06/division-46-2019-chicago-convention-program.pdf
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ppm/ 2019 Volume 8 (1) January Editor’s introduction. Development and validation of the Problematic Media Use Measure: A parent report measure of screen media “addiction” in children. Nighttime notifications and compulsivity illuminate the link between emerging adults’ cellphone use and sleep-related problems. “Let me take another selfie”: Further examination of the relation between narcissism, self-perception,…
Helen Friedman, PhD is the new president of the St. Louis Psychological Association. She also serves as media chair. Dr. Friedman continues to make appearances on television, radio, and in print. A recent example is https://groknation.com/relating/tips-for-raising-mentally-healthy-and-resilient-kids/ In addition to her private practice, she is an associate clinical professor in the Department of Community and Family…
Chrysalis L. Wright University of Central Florida Chrysalis.Wright@ucf.edu Francesca Dillman Carpentier University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill francesca@unc.edu Lesley-Ann Ey University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia Lesley-Anne.Ey@unisa.edu.au Cougar Hall Brigham Young University Cougar_hall@byu.edu Megan Hopper Illinois State University khopper@ilstu.edu Wayne Warburton Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia Wayne.warburton@wq.edu.au The 2018 report of the Division 46 Task…
Members Chrysalis L. Wright, PhD University of Central Florida, Chrysalis.Wright@ucf.edu Francesca Dillman Carpentier, PhD University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill francesca@unc.edu Lesley-Ann Ey, PhD University of South Australia Adelaide, Australia Lesley-Anne.Ey@unisa.edu.au Cougar Hall, PhD Brigham Young University Cougar_hall@byu.edu K. Megan Hopper, PhD Illinois State University khopper@ilstu.edu Wayne Warburton, PhD Macquarie University Sydney, Australia Wayne.warburton@mq.edu.au…
Alan Entin’s photographs were exhibited on October 26 at artspace, Richmond, VA. Frank Farley, PhD, former President of APA and Division 46 was elected a Fellow of the International Association of Applied Psychology at its Convention in Montreal, Canada, June 2018. He also co-presented a session on Albert Ellis’s Legacy and Rational-Emotive Behavior Therapy with…
http://www.apa.org/pubs/journals/ppm/ 2018 Volume 7 (3) July Editor’s introduction. A meaner, more callous digital world for youth? The relationship between violent digital games, motivation, bullying, and civic behavior among children. Learning to love guns? Gun-based gameplay’s links to gun attitudes. Play to win over: Effects of persuasive games. Reexamining differences between fandom and local sense…
News Media, Public Education and Public Policy Committee Committee Chair: Chris Ferguson, PhD cjfergus@stetson.edu **Disclaimer: This statement is an official statement of The Society for Media Psychology and Technology, Division 46 of the American Psychological Association, and does not represent the position of American Psychological Association or any of its other Divisions or subunits. Committee Members: Dana…
Chair: Kathryn Stamoulis, PhD The Nominations and Elections committee is pleased to report the election of V. Krishna Kumar, PhD, as President-Elect. In addition, Frank Farley, PhD, and Jerri Lynn Hogg, PhD, have both been elected to serve as Member-at-Large. Many thanks to those who ran and voted in the 2018 elections.
Mary Gregerson, PhD Media First Response Special Interest Group Chair mary.gregerson@aol.com Division 46 Outreach Since 2014 when I was elected to the American Psychological Association (APA) Division 46 Presidential pipeline, I have led an effort called “Media First Response” (MFR). In this trans-Divisional effort, key Division 46 Members have collaborated with other APA Divisions’ key…
Mary Gregerson, PhD Heartlandia Psychology, Leavenworth, KS mary.gregerson@aol.com In 2014 the Media First Responder (MFR) Corps launched. A baker’s dozen psychologists from around the world “trained the trainers” before the 2015 APA Convention in Toronto, Canada. Each provided her or his area of expertise to increase the crisis management skills of all. In 2016, Leavenworth,…
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