The Williamson lab will be well represented during the upcoming International Association for Relationship Research conference in Boston from July 5-8.
First, former Williamson lab post doctoral fellow Dr. Betul Urganci will be giving a talk on a collaborative project titled “Household Income Moderates Effects of Financial Strain on Relationship Quality Among African American Couples” on Sunday at 10:30am.
On Sunday afternoon at 2pm Dr. Williamson will be giving a talk about cultural biases in the study of couple communication during the Methodological Challenges in Relationship Science Symposium.
Dr. Inmaculada Valor-Segura will give a talk on collaborative research conducted during Dr. Williamson’s time as a Fulbright Scholar at the University of Granada. This talk is titled “Can positive couple relationship functioning buffer against the effects of socioeconomic status on health and well-being?” and will be on Sunday at 3:30pm.
Finally, graduate student Nick Chen will be presenting his project, titled “Examining the Role of Supportive Equity in Marital Relationships in Later Life” on Monday at 9am.
In addition, incoming PhD student Jayda Branch will be presenting her undergraduate research from the University of Houston, entitled “Examining Anxious Attachment as a Moderator between Emotional Jealousy and Psychological Abuse” during the Sunday morning poster session at 8am.
