They are being honored for research that they conducted with members of the college’s psychology faculty.  They will receive the awards during the annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association, which will run Thursday-Saturday, April 22-24, and is being held virtually due to the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic.

Hope students have won the highly competitive awards during 18 of the past 22 years, with multiple awards in 10 of those years.  Only 24 entries were honored this year from among more than 600 submissions.

The team of Anna Hagner of Beverly Hills, Ashley Hayden of Lapeer and Katrina Beltz of Holland is receiving two of the awards.  The three students are being honored for their research projects “Empathy, self-regulation, accountability, and flourishing: the impact of mindset on receiving feedback” and “Who welcomes accountability? The importance of self-regulation and the gender-empathy link.”  They conducted the work mentored by Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet, who is the Lavern ’39 and Betty DePree ’41 Professor of Psychology, and Dr. Lindsey Root Luna, associate professor of psychology.

A group of 11 students is being honored for the research project “Forgive to rest: implications of rumination and compassionate reappraisal for improving sleep quality and quantity.”  The students are Timothy Boyce of Rochester, Minnesota; Bridget Bateman of Portage; Sabrina Blank of Traverse City; Jackson Davenport of Jackson; Karsten Galyon of Saint Anthony, Minnesota; Haley Katenin of Quincy, Illinois; Emily Lambert of Grand Rapids; Lindsey Medenblik of Mc Farland, Wisconsin; Addison Panse of Holland; Kimberly Paquette of Holly; and Julia Wilson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania.  They were mentored by Dr. Andrew Gall, assistant professor of psychology, and Dr. Charlotte vanOyen Witvliet.

The award-winning teams are among 15 student teams from Hope that will make research presentations during the event.

Hope College 2021 PSI CHI/MPA conference student-research presentations. Note: The faculty members who mentored the research are listed in parentheses.

“Cardiac Vagal Tone predicts Selective Attention with Other-Race Faces under High Load”
Alex Thompson
(Gwen Park)

“Religious change: Who stays and who goes?”
Alissa Sweeney; Yuki Kojima; Carolyn Priebe; Matt Severino; Taylor Richmond
(Daryl Van Tongeren)

“Religious deidentification predicts risky health behaviors and mental health diagnoses”
Amy Osterbaan
(Alyssa Cheadle; Daryl Van Tongeren)

“Empathy, self-regulation, accountability, and flourishing: the impact of mindset on receiving
feedback”
Anna Hagner; Ashley Hayden; Katrina Beltz
(Charlotte VanOyen Witvliet; Lindsey Root Luna)

“What predicts compliance with COVID-19 guidelines: evaluating the relative roles of self-
regulation, working memory, and heart rate variability”
Anna Hagner; Paulina Kozan; Eliese Moelker; Abigail Przekop; Avery Slancik; Jason Veldman; Haley
Balkema; Ashley Hayden; Ryon Hinga; Linnea Johnson; Lindsey Mendenblik; Jimmy Tran
(Lindsey Root Luna)

“Who welcomes accountability? The importance of self-regulation and the gender-empathy link”
Ashley Hayden; Anna Hagner; Katrina Beltz
(Charlotte VanOyen Witvliet; Lindsey Root Luna)

“Evaluating the relationship between religiousness and health outcomes: Investigating heart rate
variability and self-regulation as possible mediators”
Ashley Hayden; Lindsey Mendenblik; Haley Balkema; Linnea Johnson; Ryon Hinga; Jimmy Tran; Anna
Hagner; Paulina Kozan; Eliese Moelker; Abigail Przekop; Avery Slancik; Jason Veldman
(Lindsey Root Luna)

“The Effect of Religious Priming on Attitudes Towards Immigrants”
Carolyn Priebe; Taylor Richmond; Matt Severino; Alissa Sweeney; Yuki Kojima
(Daryl Van Tongeren)

“Like father, like partner? The influence of parental traits on implicit and explicit mate
preferences”
Emily Dodge; Alexx Irwin
(Carrie Bredow)

“Do Religiousness and Spirituality Predict COVID-19 Health Behavior Compliance During the
Pandemic?”
Kimberly Paquette
(Alyssa Cheadle)

“College life and religious change”
Matt Severino; Carolyn Priebe; Alissa Sweeney; Yuki Kojima; Taylor Richmond
(Daryl Van Tongeren)

“The link between religious affiliation and weight-based-rejection-sensitivity on body esteem”
Megan Chan; Maya Newell; Alyssa Iehl
(Mary Inman)

“The role of mental health and religion in managing existential concerns in first responders”
Taylor Richmond
(Daryl Van Tongeren)

“Forgive to rest: Implications of rumination and compassionate reappraisal for improving sleep
quality and quantity”
Timothy Boyce; Bridget Bateman; Sabrina Blank; Jackson Davenport; Karsten Galyon; Haley Katenin;
Emily Lambert; Lindsey Medenblik; Addison Panse; Kimberly Paquette; Julia Wilson
(Andrew Gall; Charlotte VanOyen Witvliet)

“A virtue of success: exploring the role of humility in leadership, relationship, and society”
Yuki Kojima; Alissa Sweeney; Taylor Richmond; Carolyn Priebe; Matt Severino
(Daryl Van Tongeren)

Psi Chi is an international organization of professionals, scientists, faculty, students, and alumni whose mission is to recognize and promote excellence in the science and application of psychology.  Founded in 1929, the society has chartered more than 1,200 chapters at colleges and universities across the United States, three U.S. territories and 17 additional countries. The honor society’s chapters are grouped within six regions: Eastern, Midwestern, Rocky Mountain, Southeastern, Southwestern and Western. The Midwestern Region includes Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin and Ontario, Canada.

Hope’s chapter was chartered in 1965.  Dr. Lindsey Root Luna, who advises the college’s chapter, is vice president of the Midwestern Region, with responsibilities that include planning the Psi Chi programming during the MPA convention.

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