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Ochoa Hernandez, D., Borges, V., Chen, J., Sui, X., Cortright, C., & Borowski, S. K. (accepted)Autonomic physiological reactivity, emotional reactions to friendship interactions, and adolescents’ depressive symptomsPoster accepted the Annual Conference of the Eastern Psychological Association. Philadelphia, PA.

Replicated an existing study: Malter, M. S., Kim, S. S., & Metcalfe, J. (2021). Feelings of culpability: just following orders versus making the decision oneself. Psychological science, 32(5), 635-645. and tested its results validationIn a group of four, we wrote IRB proposal, designed survey on Qualtrics, analyzed the data in Excel and SPSS, wrote a research paper and presented our findings in classOur finding aligned with the original study and revealed that participants in the low-agency condition felt more morally culpable in moral dilemma.

Created social media accounts on different platforms, including WeChat, TikTok, and Red, for distributing surveys and collecting dataDesign online survey using Qualtrics, data analysis by Excel, presentation of collected dataTwo-week’s problem-based learning research course about social media influence on adolescents. We found that the level of social media engagement is related to many factors, such as self-esteem, body-image, and mental health.

Designed a survey to investigate the correlation relationship between students’ sleep quality and their GPACollected the data from 40 participants from different gradesAnalyzed the data using statistical knowledge and made visualizations of the data, gave a presentation to the class

Project: Friendship Interactions during Adolescence: An Observational and Physiological Assessment.Data cleaning and organizing of physiological data (heart rate and skin conductance) Transcribed interactions of adolescents disclosing problems for further analyses of the association between their problem talking and their physiological reactionsAssist with a literature search for a meta-analysis on gender differences in friendshipsCoauthor on a poster submission for an academic conferenceIn 2024, will continue to work on processing data and conduct an independent literature review on skin conductance reactivityMountaintop Program: Data collection of teenagers’ Instagram profiles and recorded information about social media posts

Education record

Bachelor Of Arts, Psychology

College of Arts & Sciences Major: Psychology, Minor: Philosophy Current Coursework: Peer Relationship and Development in Childhood.

School Of Arts, Humanities, And Social Sciences, Psychology

Coursework: Cognitive Psychology, Abnormal Psychology, Ethics and Moral Problems