Intermodal discrepancy as a feature of trauma: Mothers who were pregnant and widowed on 9/11, and their infants

Beatrice Beebe, PhD, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center
Sang Han Lee, PhD, The Nathan Kline Institute; Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, New York University Grossman School of Medicine
Hannah Lubowitz, BA, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center
Katherine McKane, BA, New York State Psychiatric Institute, Columbia University Medical Center
Michael Jasnow, PhD, Washington-Baltimore Center for Psychoanalysis

Attachment, Mentalization and Psychological Distress among Substance Using Adults

Mark A. Teles, Ph.D., San Diego State University
Irwin F. Rosenfarb, Ph.D., Alliant International University, San Diego
Patricia A. Judd, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
Alexander O. Hauson, Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Sacred Resistance and Wellbeing: A Mixed Method’s Study of LGBTQ+ Emerging Adults’ Negotiations with Religion & Spirituality

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Rhyan Toledo, PhD (Confirmed Sep 2025), Columbia University Irving Medical Center - Gender & Sexuality Program (GSP)
Jules Sostre, PhD (Confirmed 2025), Montefiore Medical Center
Tatianna Dugue, Student/PhD Candidate, The City College of New York

Sexual Scripts and Mental Health: Brazilian Men’s Reflections on Pornography, Desire and Sexual Initiation

Award Winner

Maria Marchesi, MA - Pace University
Juliana Riccardi - The New School
Kyle Pritz - Pace University

`Lisa Rosenthal, PhD Pace University, Christopher Godfrey PhD Pace University; Pantea Farvid PhD The New School for Public Engagement 

A Qualitative Study Exploring Palestinian Community Health Workers’ Perspectives of their Training Process on Decolonial Healing: Narratives of Transformation from a West Bank Refugee Camp Context

Sarah Farhan, B.A., University of Massachusetts - Boston

Reclaiming Self-Regulation and Authentic Subjectivity through “Textual Healing;” : A qualitative pilot study of a mindfulness intervention app

Kyle T. Pritz, BS Psychology, Pace University
Zachary M. Hubert, PsyD, Pace University
Gianna Todaro, MA, Pace University
Tyrel J. Starks, PhD, CUNY
Leora Trub, PhD, Pace University

A Systematic Literature Review of Psychoanalytic Factors and the Workplace: An Uncommon but Essential Pairing

Shannon McIntyre, PhD, Antioch University of New England
Justin Sandler, BA, Antioch University of New England

From Scrolling to Self-Diagnosing: The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on College Students’ Self-Diagnostic Behaviors

MC Williams, Psychology Bachelor's Degree, Pace University
Dr. Leora Trub, Clinical Psychology Ph.D., Pace University
DaSean Young, Psychology Ph.D., Pace University

No Laughing Matter: Borderline Personality Traits and Sensitivity to Affiliation and Dominance Cues in Laughter

Michaela W. Flum, MA, Long Island University-Brooklyn
Yuheiry Rodriguez, MPH, University of Pennsylvania
Rista C. Plate, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Kevin B. Meehan, Ph.D., Long Island University-Brooklyn
Rebecca Waller, DPhil (Ph.D.), University of Pennsylvania

Performing Under the Influence (of Instagram)?: The Unconscious Influence of Social Media on Performance Anxiety in Athletes and Performing Artists

Sydney N. Lee, BA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Jack Besser, BA, Teachers College, Columbia University
Maxwell Bergner, BA, Teachers College, Columbia University
George C. Nitzburg, Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

Social media: The good, the bad, and the ugly

Kyung-Ah Judy Chang, MSEd, Pace University
Leora Trub, PhD, Pace University
Nils Myszkowski, PhD, Pace University

The False Self as a Moderator of Ableism and Disability Identity on Well-Being:  Navigating Misattunement as Disabled Medicaid Home Care Users

Nina Bakoyiannis, PhD, LIU Brooklyn
Lisa W. Samstag, Ph.D LIU Brooklyn
Sara C. Haden, Ph.D LIU Brooklyn
Elizabeth Kudadjie-Gyamfi, PhD LIU Brooklyn

Affective and Social-Cognitive Dimensions of Early Memories as Predictors of Attachment Security

Eugenia Zhukovsky, MA, Long Island Unviersity-Brooklyn Campus
Johnny Wong, PhD, Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus
Philip Wong, PhD, Long Island University-Brooklyn Campus

Clinician as Institution: Power, Goodness, and the Violence of Help

Danielle Di Benedetto, Ph.D. Candidate in Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute

Effortful Control’s Impact on Interpersonal Distress Among Undergraduates: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem Instability

Abigail Hopkins, B.S., Long Island University-Brooklyn
Julia Sowislo, Ph.D., Weill Cornell Medicine
Nicole M. Cain, Ph.D., Rutgers University

Outcomes of Brief Dynamic Interpersonal Therapy for Depression and Anxiety among Veterans

Cory K. Chen, PhD, Long Island University - Brooklyn
Emily Villeneuve, MA, VA New York Harbor
Parker Liaw, BA VA New York Harbor
Nicholas Illenberger, PhD New York University Dept. of Population Health, Div. Biostatistics
Shawn Sorge, PhD VA New York Harbor, New York University, Dept. of Psychiatry

The Effects of Effortful Control, Interpersonal Distress, and Rejection Sensitivity on Eating Disorder Symptoms in College Students: A Moderated Mediation Model

Julia Jurist, BA, Long Island University Brooklyn
Irene Generali, University of Parma
Chiara De Panfilis, MD, University of Parma
Nicole M. Cain, PhD, Rutgers University
Kevin B. Meehan, PhD, Long Island University Brooklyn

A Moderation Analysis of the Influence of Therapist’s Self Disclosure on The Real Relationship within the Attachment Framework

Amelia Patsalos-Fox, MA, Long Island University
Lisa Samstag, PhD, Long Island University
Sarah Mitty, MA, Long Island University

Concern for Face on the Impact of Family Enmeshment and Stress Levels Among Arab Americans

Tiffany Elchoueiri, M.A., Long Island University
Sahar Kaouk, M.A., Long Island University
Phil Wong, Ph.D, Long Island University

Therapist and Patient Experiences of Distraction in Remote Psychotherapy

Jake Siegal, BS, Teachers College, Columbia University
Kyle Pritz, BS, Pace University
Sanah Fatima Khan, BA, Pace University
Leora Trub, PhD, Pace University