Self & Relationships Lab

Recent Poster Presentations

*Graduate student co-presenter; †Undergraduate student co-presenter

Day, L.*, Webb, I. †, & Blackhart, G. (2025). First generation college students: Burnout and feelings of fraud. Data blitz presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, St. Petersburg, FL.

Hodges, Q.*, Gass, A. †, & Blackhart, G. (2025). The impact of ambivalent sexist language and gender on self-esteem, anxiety, and self-objectification. Poster presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, St. Petersburg, FL.

Purgason, R. †, & Blackhart, G. (2025). “It’s a conspiracy!” Self-reported conspiracy theory beliefs, dichotomous thinking, and political extremism following ostracism. Poster presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, St. Petersburg, FL.

Tenney, S. †, Purgason, R. †, Rusielewicz, D., Bennett, A. †, Hodges, Q.*, & Blackhart, G. (2025). Preliminary data for political extremism and identity fusion’s relationship with partisan schadenfreude and dehumanization. Poster presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, St. Petersburg, FL.

Bisio, I. †, & Blackhart, G. (2025). Dating apps and dehumanization: How dating app use alters college students’ perceptions of potential dating partners. Poster presented at the 2025 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Denver, CO.

Bennett, A. †, Purgason, R. †, Rusielewicz, D. †, & Blackhart, G. (2024). But all my friends are leaves: Evaluating the effectiveness of various attention check items across psychological surveys. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Memphis, TN.

Day, L.*, & Blackhart, G. (2024). Am I good enough? The link between imposter phenomenon and undergraduate burnout. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Memphis, TN.

Painter, H. †, Bisio, I. †, Hodges, Q.*, Iboy, E. †, & Blackhart, G. (2024). Rejection sensitivity and self-disclosure through creativity in online and in-person contexts. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Memphis, TN.

Purgason, R,†. & Blackhart, G. (2024). “It’s a conspiracy!” Self-reported conspiracy theory beliefs, dichotomous thinking, and political extremism following ostracism. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Southeastern Social Psychologists, Memphis, TN.

Dismuke, A.*, Blackhart, G. C. (2024). Objectively neutral feedback predicts feelings of rejection. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San Diego, CA.

Bisio, I. †, Malibari, J. †, Blackhart, G. C., Exploratory research on predictors of conspiracy theory beliefs in college

students. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Personality and Social Psychology, San

Diego, CA.

Day, L.*, Blackhart, G. C. (2024). The link between ACEs and imposter phenomenon and their effect on

undergraduate academic burnout. Poster presented at the 2024 annual meeting of the Society for Personality &

Social Psychology, San Diego, CA. 

Malibari, J. †, Bisio, I. †, & Blackhart, G. C. (2023). Exploratory research on predictors of conspiracy theory beliefs in

college students. Poster presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists,

Charlotte, NC.

Day, L. R.*, & Blackhart, G. C. (2023). The indirect link between adverse childhood experiences and imposter

phenomenon. Poster presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of Southeastern Social Psychologists,

Charlotte, NC.

Dismuke, A. N.*, Day, L. R.*, & Blackhart, G. C. (2023). Neutral isn’t neutral: Examining the impacts of neutral

feedback on participants’ affective reactions. Poster presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society of

Southeastern Social Psychologists, Charlotte, NC.

Blackhart, G. C., Castelblanco, S. A.*, & Dismuke, A. N.* (2023). Emotion dysregulation and attachment anxiety a

mediators of the relationship between adverse childhood cxperiences and social health. Poster presented at the

2023 meeting of the International Convention of Psychological Science, Brussels, Belgium.

Dismuke, A. N.* & Blackhart, G. C. (2023). Rejection sensitivity mediates the relationship between impression

efficacy and social anxiety. Poster presented at the 2023 annual meeting of the Society for Personal and Social

Psychology Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA. 

Castelblanco, S. A.*, & Blackhart, G. (2022). The effects of virtual nature exposure on state social motivation. Poster

presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Personal and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San

Francisco, CA. 

Castelblanco, S.*, Parish, A.†, & Blackhart, G. (2021). The role of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in social

functioning through emotion dysregulation and attachment anxiety. In S. Castelblanco (Chair), How Trauma,

Discrimination, Family Conflict, and Resilience Impact Health [Symposium]. Paper presented at the 2021 annualmeeting of the Society for Personal and Social Psychology, Washington, DC.