Recent Conference Presentations

GSA is held every November in locations all over the US. The PHaD lab utilizes Midlife Development in the US (MIDUS) data to examine predictors of aging. 

*Chervenick, O. N., *Willard, M., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2025). Mortality across adulthood: the impact of cognitive change. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference. Boston, MA.

*Brown, T. J., *Miller, S. J., *Willard, M., Morrison, K. E., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2025). Exploring the physiological pathways connecting adverse childhood experiences to later life mortality risk. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference. Boston, MA.

*Miller, S. J., *Willard, M., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2025). Early life adversity predicts mortality risk through substance use in adulthood. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference. Boston, MA.

*Willard, M., Best, R., Morrison, K., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2025). Social support in adulthood buffers the effects of adverse childhood experiences on mortality risk: A person-centered approach. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference. Boston, MA.

Turiano, N. A., *Brown, T. J., *Miller, S. J., & *Willard, M. (November, 2025). Personality trait profiles of physiological dysregulation in adulthood. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual conference. Boston, MA.

*Alderson, J. E., *Miller, S. J., *Brown, T. J., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2024). The association between personality trait levels and change as predictors of allostatic load. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) conference. Seattle, WA.

*Willard, M. A., *Alderson, J. E., & Turiano, N. A. (November, 2024). Personality traits are associated with types of social support/strain: A latent profile analysis. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America (GSA) annual conference. Seattle, WA.

*Willard, M., *Pacetti, O., Best, R., Morrison, K., & Turiano, N.A. (November, 2023). The protective lifespan benefits of social support buffers childhood adversity. Poster presented at the Gerontological Society of America conference. Tampa, FL. 

The ARP conference is held every other summer, with the European Association of Personality Psychology (EAPP) conference being held in the other years. 

Turiano, N. A., *Willard, M., *Miller, S. J., *Brown, T. J., & Ó Súilleabháin, P. S. (June, 2025). Personality traits and profiles of behavior. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality (ARP) conference. Evanston, IL.

*Willard, M., *Miller, S. J., & Turiano, N. A. (June, 2025). Personality and perceived socioeconomic status predict perceived stress in college students. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality (ARP) conference. Evanston, IL.

*Miller, S. J., *Willard, M., & Turiano, N. A. (June, 2025). Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and stress eating: Pathways through personality. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality (ARP) conference. Evanston, IL.

*Brown, T. J., *Miller, S. J., *Alderson, J. E., & Turiano, N. A. (June, 2025). Traits buffer socioeconomic disadvantage in college student academic performance. Poster presented at the Association for Research in Personality (ARP) conference. Evanston, IL.

*Alderson, J. A. & Turiano, N. A. (July, 2023). Personality profiles predict academic and psychosocial functioning during the early months of the pandemic. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Research in Personality conference but was not presented due to student travel funds being withdrawn by West Virginia University. Evanston, IL.

*Miller, S. J. & Turiano, N. A. (July, 2023). The Big 5 personality traits predict sexual behaviors during the transition to college. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Research in Personality conference but was not presented due to student travel funds being withdrawn by West Virginia University. Evanston, IL.

*Willard, M. A. & Turiano, N. A. (July, 2023). Big Five personality traits predict marital quality over time. Poster accepted for presentation at the Association for Research in Personality conference but was not presented due to student travel funds being withdrawn by West Virginia University. Evanston, IL.

SRA is held every year in March/April. The PHaD lab utilizes College Student Transition data to explore how early life exposure influences substance use and mental health during the transition to college. 

*Miller, S. J., *Willard, M. A., *Alderson, J. E., & Turiano, N. A. (April, 2024). Childhood adversity predicts health-risk behaviors during the transition to college. Poster presented at the Society of Research on Adolescence conference. Chicago, IL.

*Alderson, J. E., *Willard, M. A., *Miller, S. J., & Turiano, N. A. (April, 2024). Rurality and sense of purpose in life interact to predict e-cigarette use in incoming college freshman. Poster presented at the Society of Research on Adolescence conference. Chicago, IL.

*Alderson, J. E., *Miller, S. J., & Turiano, N. A. (April, 2023). Personality prior to entering college predicts GPA across the first three years. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Diego, CA.

*Willard, M. A., *Alderson, J. E., & Turiano, N. A. (April, 2023). 11-factor childhood adversity model predicts change in purpose in life during the transition to college. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Diego, CA.

*Miller, S. J., Moilanen, K. L., & Turiano, N. A. (April, 2023). Childhood adversity predicts number of sexual partners before young adults begin college. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence. San Diego, CA.

Undergraduate students working in the PHaD lab are uncouraged to present their research at the EPA conference held in March. 

*Pacetti, O., *Willard, M., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2024). Exposure to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) predicts marital outcomes in adulthood. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) conference. Philadelphia, PA.

*Walker, A. J., *Alderson, J., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2024). Outdoor orientation programs predict lower perceived stress in first-time freshmen. Poster presented at the Eastern Psychological Association (EPA) conference. Philadelphia, PA.

*Francis, S., *Willard, M. A., & Turiano, N. A. (March, 2023). Chronic pain and mortality risk: The mediating role of affect. Poster accepted for presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association. Boston, MA. Student did not attend the conference due to restricted WVU travel funds.

*Allen, L., *Miller, S. J., *Batra, A., Gentzler, A., & Turiano, N. A. (March, 2023). Effects of parental attachment on student’s mental health during the transition to college. Poster accepted for presentation at the Eastern Psychological Association. Boston, MA. Student did not attend the conference due to restricted WVU travel funds.

*Basham, K. L., *Knight, K., *Damitz, R. L., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2021). Child adversity and perceived stress in college students: The mediating role of emotion regulation. Poster presented virtually at the Eastern Psychological Association conference.

*Knight, K., *Johnston, M., *Basham, K., *Damitz, R. L., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2021). Maternal attachment explains why familial adversity predicts perceived stress among college freshmen. Poster presented virtually at the Eastern Psychological Association conference.

*Lin, O., *Murphy, H., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2021). Predictors of personality change during the transition to college. Poster presented virtually at the Eastern Psychological Association conference.

*McCormick, M. N., *Damitz, R. L., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2021). Familial substance use increases the likelihood substance use prior to starting college. Poster presented virtually at the Eastern Psychological Association conference.

*Murphy, H., *Basham, K., *Lin, O., *Johnston, M., & Turiano, N. A. (February, 2021). Childhood adversity and negative life effects: Is a strong purpose in life helpful? Poster presented virtually at the Eastern Psychological Association conference.