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Recent Presentations

2022

Tiani, A. G., Carunungan, M. F., & Larkin, K. T. (2022). Sleep and cardiovascular reactivity to an acute virtual stressor. Paper accepted for presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

Frazier, A., Pino, E., Stephenson, D., & Larkin, K. T. (2022) Does Emotion Regulation Mediate the Association between Optimism and Exercise? Paper accepted for presentation at the 43rd Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Baltimore, MD.

2021

Goulet, C., Tiani, A. G., Brown, L. A., Frazier, A. K., Carunungan, M. F., & Larkin, K. T. (2021). Breast and testicular cancer self-examination: The role of sex and the Health Belief Model. Paper presented virtually at the Annual Meeting & Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine (Research Spotlight)

2020

Tiani, A. G., Sparks, S., Folio, F., & Larkin, K. T. (2020). Dispositional empathy and autonomic reactivity during a comfort interaction. Paper accepted for presentation at the 78th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Conference Cancelled for COVID-19).

Sparks, S., Tiani, A. G., Folio, F., & Larkin, K. T. (2020). Distress tolerance and cardiovascular reactivity during a comfort interaction. Paper presented online at the 78th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Conference Cancelled for COVID-19).

Tiani, A. G., Brown, L. A., Frazier, A., Sparks, S., Folio, F., & Larkin, K. T. (2020). Task order effects on cardiovascular reactivity and behavior. Paper presented online at the 78th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society (Conference Cancelled for COVID-19).

2019

Stephenson, D., Brown, L., Tiani, A., Underwood, S., & Larkin, K. (2019). Dispositional optimism and cardiovascular reactivity to tasks varying on difficulty. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC.

Stephenson, D., Tiani, A., Brown, L., Underwood, S., & Larkin, K. (2019). Personality predictors of cardiovascular reactivity to a stress task. Paper presented at the 77th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Vancouver, BC.

2018

Tiani, A., Stephenson, D., Underwood, S., Brown, L., & Larkin, K. (2018). Cardiovascular reactivity and task difficulty: Looking beyond heart rate and blood pressure. Paper presented at the 76th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Louisville, KY.

Larkin, K. T. (2018). The future of health service psychology: The science of supervision. Invited paper presented at the Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Council of Clinical Health Psychology Training Programs, Nashville, TN.

Larkin, K. T. (2018). The future of health service psychology: The science of supervision. Invited paper presented at the Annual Midwinter Meeting of the Council of University Directors of Clinical Psychology, Nashville, TN.

2017


Stephenson, D. J., & Larkin, K. T. (2017). Neuroticism and openness to experience predictive of cardiovascular reactivity to a stress task. Paper presented at the 38th Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA

Cavanagh, C. E., & Larkin, K. T. (2017). Do positive emotions promote cardiovascular recovery from stress? Paper presented at the 38th Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, San Diego, CA.

2016

Goulet, C., & Larkin, K. T. (2016). Psychosocial predictors of breast awareness behaviors. Paper presented at the 36th Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Attarabean, O. F., Sambamoorthi, U., Larkin, K. T., & Kelly, K. M. (2016). Factors associated with cancer worry among rural Appalachian women.  Paper presented at the 36th Scientific Sessions of the Society of Behavioral Medicine, Washington, DC.

Stephenson, Larkin, K. T., & Rice, B. (2016). Type of apology influences recovery of heart rate variability response to interpersonal stress. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Psychosomatic Society, Denver, CO.

Attarabean, O. F., Sambamoorthi, U., Larkin, K. T., & Kelly, K. M. (2016). Cognitive and emotional representations of colorectal cancer screening in rural Appalachia.  Paper presented at the Van Liere Research Day, Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center, Morgantown, WV.

2015

Larkin, K. T. (August, 2015). Adopting a common vision of health service psychology: Enhancing supply or reducing demand? Paper presented at the Annual Convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, Canada.

Stephenson, D., Graybeal, N., & Larkin, K. T. (2015). Trait forgiveness as a predictor of heart rate reactivity to mental stress. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.

Stephenson, D., & Larkin, K. T. (2015). What does a forgiving person look like? Paper presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY

Cavanagh, C. E., & Larkin, K. T. (2015). Coping styles differentially mediate the relations between anxiety and hostility with health. Paper presented at the 27th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science, New York, NY.