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2024 Association for Assessment and Research in Counseling Conference

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Duquesne University’s Counseling Program - Pittsburgh, PA
Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Indiana, PA
University of Nevada, Las Vegas - Las Vegas, NV

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8:00am EDT

Collaborating on Campus in the Study of Mindfulness WashingtonJennifer Rogers Common Research Implementation Challenges and Solutions WashingtonShana Gelin • Abdulkadir Haktanir • Jennifer Vinces-Cua Using Qualitative Interviews with Adolescents in Eating Disorder Research WashingtonWilliam Johnson • Tiffany Spisak A Content Analysis of Licensure/Residency Supervisors’ Supervision Considerations Cambria EastGulsah Kemer Change matters: Embracing longitudinal methods in counseling research Butler EastPeitao Zhu • Babatola Arogundade • Priyanka Jha Publishing Your Research in MECD and CORE. Cambria WestA. Stephen Lenz • Joshua Watson Using PhotoVoice as a Research and Teaching Tool in Counselor Education Butler WestAmber Pope • Yi-Yun Minnie Tsai Wellness Lounge Armstrong

9:00am EDT

"I feel like a fraud!" Student Struggles with Imposter Syndrome in Counseling Research and Assessment WashingtonKate Dorrough • Peeper McDonald Addressing sizeism in counseling: measuring experiences of weight discrimination and attitudes toward body size WashingtonAlec Prince • Sarah Streitmatter Community-Engaged Research: Utilizing Research for Social Change WashingtonAmber Letcher • Kristine Ramsay-Seaner The Professional Identity Scale in Counseling (PISC): Measurement Invariance across racial and ethnic groups WashingtonHannah Carter Toward Assessment and Research Competencies for Entry-Level Counselors WashingtonCasey Barrio Minton • Carrie Wachter After a Clinical Trial: An Implementation Science Strategy using the CFIR Framework Butler EastErika LeBlanc • Laura Shannonhouse Culturally Responsive Research Mentorship for International CES Graduate Students’ Researcher Identity Cambria WestPriyanka Jha Guiding Principles of Trauma-Informed Andragogy in Counselor Education: A Critical Analytic Synthesis Cambria EastJennifer Culver • Natalie Drozda Machine Learning Based Research Methods in Counseling Research and Assessment: A Practical Introduction Butler WestYusen Zhai

10:00am EDT

A phenomenological study of child maltreatment training experiences of school counselors-in-training WestmorelandMargiolis Lopez • Zachary Pietrantoni • Caroline Vollaro Amplifying the MSJCCs: Multicultural and Social Justice Counseling Competencies-Inventory WestmorelandMichael Floren • Thomas Killian • Harvey Peters Are you a robot? Navigating online participant recruitment to achieve high quality data WestmorelandClayton Brigance • Agata Freedle • Philip Waalkes Caregiver Engagement in Their Child's Mental Health Rehabilitation Services: Utilizing the Hoover-Dempsey and Sandler Model of Parental Involvement (2005) in Mental Health Counseling WestmorelandAndrew Holmgren Coping Strategies of Brain Cancer Patients WestmorelandLuliia Pacheco EMS Professionals: Unpacking Anxiety, Burnout, Depression, PTSD, and Social Support Perceptions WestmorelandJoy Hutchinson • Patrick Murphy Exploring the Intersectional Narratives of Asian American Youth: A Photovoice Study WestmorelandSzu-Yu Chen • Rachel Jacoby Help, Teach, Counsel: How Terminology Changes in the ProQOL-5 Impact Score Reliability WestmorelandJennifer Deaton • Megan Whitbeck Integrating Research and Teaching: Counselor Educators at Teaching Institutions WestmorelandErik Messinger • Shannon Shoemaker Mediation Effects of Resilience on Mental Health of Asian International College Students: A Use of Phantom Variables in Multiple Mediation Structural Equation Modeling WestmorelandSo Rin Kim • Yuima Mizutani • Mihee Woo Navigating Research Anxiety in the Counseling Profession: Perspectives Across Doctoral Students, New Professionals, and Tenured Faculty WestmorelandJusten Schroeder • Joshua Watson Research on career barriers among Cross-Cultural Kids: implication from the experiences of Cross-Cultural Kids WestmorelandKahyen Shin • Young-An Ra Sweeping Around My Front Door: Counseling Needs Assessment WestmorelandErwinique Brown The Writing Processes Among Tenured Faculty in Counselor Education: Implications for Scholarly Writing WestmorelandLucas Perez Validation of the COVID-19 Phobia Scale (C19P-S) in Counseling Trainees WestmorelandDasol Hwang • Carlos Zalaquett Accounting for Diversity and Subjectivity: An Introduction to Q Methodology WashingtonJennifer Hightower Bringing AARC Home: How to expand the influence of AARC's mission by starting a chapter in your home state WashingtonRJ Davis • Jessica Holm • A. Stephen Lenz • Justin Lockhart Designing LGBTQ+ Affirming Counseling Training through Action Research WashingtonBianca Augustine • Amber Pope Engaging Marginalized Populations in Research to Increase Representation WashingtonBrandee Appling • Malti Tuttle • Jessica Tyler Interest Network for Counseling Research and Assessment Pedagogy WashingtonDanielle Pester Boyd • Diane Walsh • Andrew Wood • Daisy Zhou Mixed Methods 101: A Primer for Counseling Researchers Butler WestStephanie Crockett • Cara Meixner Photography-based research methods in counseling Cambria EastMadelaine Romito Publication Ethics in Counseling Research: A Review of Key and Emerging Issues Butler EastCasey Barrio Minton • Christian Chan • Bradley McKibben Standardized Treatment for Non-Suicidal Self-Injury Cambria WestMandy La Guardia

11:00am EDT

Case Study Research Methods in Counselor Education: A Tool in Your Qualitative Tool Box WestmorelandAlexandra Frank • Serene Hasan • Tamara Makki • Dawson R. Hancock Cultivating Growth in Transgender and Gender-Diverse Client Work: The Mediating Roles of Self-compassion and Minority Stress in the Relationship Between Counselor Factors and Posttraumatic Growth WestmorelandAzadeh Ahmadi • Elizabeth Prosek Designing Cultural Humility Wellness Measurement: Sequential Mixed-Method Research WestmorelandMihee Woo Enhancing Counselor Competence: Integrating Competency Scales and Learning Contracts in Practicum and Internship Settings WestmorelandErik Messinger • Amber Samuels • Shannon Shoemaker Examining the Use of Play Therapy Assessments by School Based Mental Health Professionals WestmorelandEdward Hudspeth • Kyndel Tarzier • Amanda Winburn Exploring the Lived Experiences of Polyamorous Relationships of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Pansexual Individuals WestmorelandJiale Man Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis: Transgender Sexual Assault Survivors' Positive Counseling Experiences WestmorelandAdrienne Graham Mutual Aid: Examining Relationships Between Activism, Burnout, and Social Support WestmorelandAndrew Wood Navigating the Dissertation Journey: Strategies for Supporting Counselor Education Students WestmorelandRachel Jacoby • Lena Salpietro • Madeline Clark • Clark Ausloos School Counseling in Unprecedented Times: Addressing the Needs of Students and Families WestmorelandNeffisatu Celestine Dambo • Wendy Hoskins • Jungnam Kim • Chris Wood Wounded Healer or Impaired Professional? Assessing biases, stigma, and policies for self-hospitalization or inpatient treatment for counselor educators WestmorelandLindsay Lundeen • Alexis Isaac “I should be able to live my best life" WestmorelandRavza Nur Aksoy Eren • Javier Casado Pérez Applying generative AI tools in academic research WashingtonJusten Schroeder • Joshua Watson Exploring Counselor Bias: Using Analogue Research Design in Counselor Education and Supervision WashingtonJamian Coleman • Jordan Westcott Exploring International Faculty's Instructional Factors and Perspectives in the Education of Counselors WashingtonPaula Lazarim • LeAnn Wills Exploring Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM): A Powerful Analysis for a Small Sample Size WashingtonDania Fakhro Understanding Asian International Counseling Students' Imposter Feelings in Context: Preliminary Findings From a Phenomenological Study WashingtonYun-Ru Huang • Pao-Yin Huang AI Integration in Counselor Education: Opportunities, Challenges, and Best Practices Butler EastDonna Sheperis • Carl J Sheperis • Sandi Logan-McKibben Difference-in-Difference and Interrupted Time Series Analyses in Counseling Research Cambria EastYusen Zhai Rumor vs Reality: Dispelling Myths of the Qualitative Research Process Butler WestDanica Hays • Heather Dahl-Jacinto The Perception of Culturally Responsive Research Mentorship among Mentees in Counselor Education Cambria WestJung H Hyun • Nayoung Kim • Yoon Suh Moh

12:00pm EDT

AARC Graduate Student Luncheon and Meeting Bills Bar and BurgerChing-Chen Chen

1:30pm EDT

Assessing and Researching Positive and Adverse Childhood Experiences: Applying the PACE framework WashingtonIsak Kim Counseling Research Using Enhanced Critical Incident Technique for Data Collection: An Example from a Phenomenological Study WashingtonJunwei Jia • Shalini Mathew Exploring Creative Data Gathering and Analysis in Counseling WashingtonMinyi (Minnie) Li • Yuhsun (Ariel) Peng How to center the voices from community in counseling research: Ethical considerations in community-based participatory research in counseling WashingtonFan Fan • SungWon Yoon-Lee Use Institutional Ethnography to Understand Ruling Relations Embedded in CACREP-accredited Programs: Asian International School Counseling Students as the Standpoint Informant WashingtonPao-Yin Huang Are Advanced Counseling Skills REALLY Valued in Counselor Education and Supervision PhD Programs? Butler EastKristi Cannon • Kelly Coker • Robyn Simmons Concept Mapping: A Mixed-Methods Research Design for Counselor Education Cambria WestGulsah Kemer • Amber Pope Secondary data collection and social media: Ethical concerns Butler WestLindsay Lundeen • Alexis Isaac Strategies for culturally responsive item development for Latino/e/x and other multilingual populations Cambria EastScarlett Iglesias Hoyos • Mario Sobrino

2:30pm EDT

Conducting Research with Older Adult Participants: New Opportunities in Light of Revised Medicare Policy WashingtonJordan Westcott • Afroze Shaikh • Mary Chase Breedlove Mize Creating a Community of Research in Hybrid and Online Doctoral Programs WashingtonArlinda Blankumsee • Amber Hughes • Junwei Jia • Laura Bailey Smith Fairness and Cultural Bias in Standardized Testing for Counseling Students of Color: Evaluating the Counselor Preparation Comprehensive Examination WashingtonChing-Chen Chen • Madeline Clark • Heather Smith • Heather Dahl-Jacinto Humanizing the Research Classroom in Counseling WashingtonDaisy Zhou Using Machine Learning to train AI for Quantitative Behavioral Coding WashingtonYung-Wei Lin • Laura Shannonhouse • Yusen Zhai Best Practices for Associational Advocacy in the Counseling Profession Butler EastDanielle Pester Boyd • Matthew Nice • Danica Hays • A. Stephen Lenz Studying Counselor Effect and Center Effect Cambria WestFanghui Zhao The role of community and culture: Building belonging as women scholars in early career development Cambria EastYuima Mizutani • Meredith Moore • Aisha Khorana • Sarah Campbell

3:30pm EDT

A Qualitative Content Analysis of Clinical Supervisors of SEB Counselors who Practice in Spanish WestmorelandMaria Alayza • Hannah Carter • Daniel Dosal-Terminel Adlerian Integration of Religion and Spirituality in Counseling: The BIPOC Community WestmorelandKathy Altidor • Brandon Triche Anniversary Reactions in Social Service Providers WestmorelandPriyanka Jha • Kavita Khara • Timothy Schoonover Applying Critical Phenomenology to Uncover Diverse Narratives within Counseling Research WestmorelandLinzy Andre Assessing professional counseling dispositions: A temperature check of those who evaluate. WestmorelandKate Byrd Client Spirituality as a Mediator for Recovery Measured Through Emerging Assessments: Exploring the Phenomenology of Spiritual Diversity in Professional Counseling WestmorelandRyan Bowers • Brian Fritz Evaluating the Tex-CHIP program for Improving Integrated Behavioral Healthcare Preparation for Counselors-In-Training WestmorelandBethany Atkinson • James Ikonomopoulos • Sharon Mata Exploring the Efficacy of Counseling Services for Counselors WestmorelandArlinda M. Blankumsee • Amber Hughes Primed for burnout?: Utilizing cognitive and social methodologies to inform research WestmorelandAnastasha Earl School Counselor Perceived Grief and Loss Competencies: Implications for Practice WestmorelandKatherine Wood School Counselors’ Experiences Addressing the Mental Health of Students with Chronic Illness WestmorelandShelby Gonzales • Michael Russo Stories of Counselor Education Doctoral Dissertations: A Semantic Network Analysis Study WestmorelandHongshan Shao • Zhaopu Ken Xu • Mengyun Chen Supervising and scaffolding counseling students’ competence in addressing clients with self-injury and suicidal ideations WestmorelandRachel Jacoby • Karen Roller The Development of the Scholarly Self: Perspectives from Tenured Faculty Members on Research Identity WestmorelandKara Schneider Utilizing Interpretive Phenomenological Analysis within a Rural Sample WestmorelandLucas Perez Wellness and the Features of Emerging Adulthood as Predictors of Counseling Leadership Behaviors among Counselors-in-Training WestmorelandMatthew Nice • Holly Branthoover Collaborative Research in Group Work Research: A Case Example WashingtonRamona Grad • Peitao Zhu Demystifying Research Writing in Counseling: Culturally Responsive Approaches for Professional Life Balance WashingtonJamian Coleman • Franco Dispenza, PhD, CRC • Kyndel Tarziers GenAI for Dummies : Ethical Considerations and Best Practices for Integrating Artificial Intelligence in Counseling Research. WashingtonSaiber Shaikh Strategies for Relational and Supportive Research Teams WashingtonPhilip Waalkes • Daniel DeCino • Yuima Mizutani • Aisha Khorana • Meredith Moore • Ron Ray • Jacqueline Swank What’s your story? Narrative Inquiry methodology for framing lived experience WashingtonHaley Ault • Mary Wynn Incorporating Decolonization Tenets into Counseling and Counselor Education Research and Assessment Butler EastKalesha Jenkins • Peeper McDonald • Jyotsana Sharma Planning your Research Job Talk: Balancing Breadth and Depth Cambria WestSarah Henry • Harley Locklear • Corrine Sackett • Laura Welfare Strategies for increasing counselor identity, legislative change, and stronger counseling practices through the master’s level research course Cambria EastJennifer Cook • Lee Za Ong Understanding Forgiveness and Reconciliation through Quantitative and Autoethnographic Inquiry Butler WestRichard Balkin

4:30pm EDT

2nd Gen. Korean American College Students’ Experiences with Mental Health Supports: An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA) Study WestmorelandMia Kim Chang • Hannah Carter • Daniel Dosal-Terminel • Daun Kwag Anxiety symptoms post-divorce: Examining the impacts of high-conflict and low-conflict parental divorce on middle adolescent anxiety symptoms WestmorelandRachel Dugan • Ching-Chen Chen Assessment of Spiritual Attachment and Psychological Wellbeing: A Planned Examination of Between-Group Differences and ACEs WestmorelandMitchell Waters Developing a Research Identity: Research Experiences from an all Doctoral Student Research Team WestmorelandCarey Crawford • Lynell Williams • Brandee Appling • J’haria Dallas Echoes of Trauma: Exploring the Link Between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Adult ADHD Diagnosis in Women WestmorelandApril Johnson Examining Intervention Change Processes with Children and Adolescents Experiencing Relational Trauma: A Systematic Review WestmorelandJessica Rexrode • Leah Eckstrom Experiences of Muslim Students at Supportive Public High Schools: A Phenomenological Inquiry WestmorelandHulya Ermis • Agnes Luo • Jonathan Wiley Facilitating Role Understanding and Collaboration between Aspiring School Counselors and Principals: A Pilot Convergent Mixed-Methods Design WestmorelandShelby Gonzales Harmonizing Grief: Exploring the Therapeutic Role of Music in Coping with Loss WestmorelandJessica Wiener Hispanic ESL CITs Experiences of Foreign Language Anxiety: Results of a Qualitative Exploration WestmorelandSharon Mata Measuring Moral Injury: A Systematic Review and Psychometric Synthesis of Available Assessments WestmorelandA. Stephen Lenz • Michael Moreno Navigating the New Frontier: Integrating AI in Doctoral Research Education WestmorelandMonique Rodriguez • Lindsey Bell • Shing Yee Bay • Ali Cissey • Jude Chavez Pros and Cons of Randomized Control Trials in Counseling Research WestmorelandRyan Carlson • Violet Hodge • Annette Skeen Student Assessment and Gatekeeping in Counselor Education: Post-COVID Considerations WestmorelandShawn Spurgeon The Influence of Social Class and Mental Health on Vaccine Hesitancy WestmorelandWaleed Sami Bridging research-practice gaps: An innovative program to foster collaborative counseling research WashingtonHaley Ault • Adriana Labarta • Joshua Watson Designing and Implementing Rigorous Qualitative Research: The Role of Trustworthiness Strategies WashingtonChristian Chan • Nicole Silverio • Kelly Wester Empowering College Counseling with AI: A New Horizon in Ethical and Efficient Assessments WashingtonZhiqi Liu Let’s Get Ethical: A Content Analysis of the Frequency of Ethical/Legal Dilemmas that Counselors Experience WashingtonKatharine Sperandio • Jennifer Niles • Allison Dukes You’re telling me I have to complete how many assessments? A Humanistic Foundation in Assessment-Based Care for Individuals Experiencing Psychosis WashingtonChristie Kelly • LaDawn Myers A Longitudinal Study of the Psychometric Properties of the Perceived Stress Scale- Four (PSS-4) in Counselors Using Item Response Theory Cambria WestRyan Cook • Heather Fye • Stefanie Wind Adolescents? Yes, Please! How to Successfully Recruit Adolescent Participants for Research Studies. Butler EastAdrienne Backer • Maike Holleck • Patrick Mullen Including LGBTQ+ Participants in Research: Moving from Disparities to Promoting Wellness Butler WestAlexis Isaac • Jordan Westcott Single case just got bigger: Using SCRD with groups Cambria EastOlivia Lewis • Cian Brown • Evan Smarinsky • Mitchell Toomey

5:30pm EDT

Advancing your Wellness Research: An Exploration of Current Trends and Practices Butler WestMary K. Wynn • Michael Brubaker • Matthew Nice Creating Counterspaces in Research: Cross-Institutional Research Teams for Black Women Cambria EastJennifer Culver • Claire Martin • Alexanderia Smith • Ericka Cables • Rebecca George High agreement but low Kappa? Two recommended solutions for Kappa concerns Butler EastYung-Wei Lin • Katy Schroeder • Laura Shannonhouse International Panel WestmorelandAmanda Giordano • Szu-Yu Chen • Nedeljko Golubovic • Evon Chiu • Yoon Suh Moh • Peitao Zhu • Azadeh Ahmadi • Cheolwoo Park • Scarlett Iglesias Hoyos

6:30pm EDT

AARC Conference Reception Pennsylvania East & West

7:00pm EDT

AARC Committee Meet Ups Pennsylvania East & WestAmanda Giordano • Kelly Emelianchik-Key • Matthew Nice • Charmayne Adams • A. Stephen Lenz • Joshua Watson • Clark Ausloos • Jennifer Deaton • Jyotsana Sharma • Lindsay Lundeen • Jung H Hyun • Nathaniel N. Ivers