Aglaia Margaris, M.A.

 Biographical Sketch

Aglaia (she/her) is a first-year student in the Clinical Psychology Ph.D. program. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with her B.S. in Psychology in 2020 and her M.A. in Clinical Psychology in 2023. During her time at UCF, she worked under the supervision of Dr. Brian Fisak and Dr. Steven L. Berman. Her previous work has focused on the efficacy of anxiety and depression interventions for young children as well as theoretical models pertaining to trauma and identity in college students. Her current interests include PTSD symptomatology and interventions as they relate to military personnel and veteran populations. 



 Recent Publications & Presentations

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Fisak, B., Penna, A., Lamoli, L., Margaris, A., Mian, N. D., & Dela Cruz, S. (May 2023). The effectiveness of anxiety interventions for young children: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 32, 2546–2557. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10826-023-02596-y

Margaris, A., Russell, M., Branch, R., & Berman, S. (April 2023). Personality functioning effects on misconduct, substance use, and psychological symptoms. Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) 69th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.

Margaris, A., Russell, M., Penna, A., Williams, C.-M., & Fisak, B. (April 2023). The effectiveness of depression interventions for young children: A meta-analytic review. Poster to be presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) 69th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Garcia, J., Margaris, A., Branch, R., & Berman, S. (April 2023). Parentification and identity distress in ethnic minority and non-minority groups. Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) 69th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana. 

Eible, A., Margaris, A., Penna, A., Garcia, J., & Fisak, B. (April 2023). Does the mood-as-input hypothesis apply to post-event processing? Poster presented at the Southeastern Psychological Association (SEPA) 69th Annual Meeting. New Orleans, Louisiana.




 Education and Training

Doctor of Philosophy, (in progress)

Clinical Psychology

The University of Memphis 


Master of Arts, (2023)

Clinical Psychology

University of Central Florida 


Bachelor of Science, (2020)

Psychology

University of Central Florida