Selected Conferences

Selected Professional Conference Presentations

DePalma, M.T., Hewlett, D., & Boydston, S. (2007). The relationship between conceptions of illness causality and diabetes self-care activities. 58th Annual Meeting of the Society for Public Health Education (in partnership with CDC’s Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health Care), Alexandria, VA, November, 2007.

DePalma, M.T., Hewlett, D., & Boydston, S. (2007). Diabetes self-efficacy predicts diabetes self-care. 67th Scientific Sessions of the American Diabetes Association, Chicago, IL, June, 2007.

DePalma, M.T., Rollison, J., Bona, J. & Camporese, M. Perceptions of responsibility for diabetes onset and illness intrusiveness. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Baltimore MD, March 2006.

DePalma, M.T., Prone, L., Ditt, J., Bona, J. & Anderson, J. The effects of mitigating circumstances and outcome magnitude on perceptions of blame. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston MA, March 2005.

DePalma, M.T., Rollison, J. & Sosler, C. Psychometric properties of internet and standard administration versions of four Just World scales. Poster presentation at the Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston MA, March 2005.

Shepard, D., & DePalma, M.T. Integrating the theories of counterfactual thinking and judgments of responsibility. Presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, February, 1998.

Charlton, A., DePalma, M.T., & Madey, S.F. Perceived responsibility for illness onset and the allocation of scarce resources. New England Psychological Association 34th Annual Meeting, Hamden, CT, October, 1994.

DePalma, M.T., Borack, J., Madey, S.F. Perceived responsibility and retention of HIV/AIDS information. Paper presented at The Society of Behavioral Medicine Fifteenth Annual Scientific Sessions, Boston, MA, April, 1994.

DePalma, M.T., Madey, S.F, & Spost, M., Cole, R., Diakakis, J., Tillman, C., Borack, J., Hinkis, A., Belmont, H., & Meshnick, J. The effect of perceived patient responsibility on commitment to help. Presented at the 64th Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Arlington, VA, April, 1993.

DePalma, M.T. Attributions of responsibility for disease onset effect quality of care ratings. Ithaca College Spring Faculty Development Conference, May 1992.

Madey, S.F., DePalma, M.T., Bahrt, A.E. & Beirne, J. Attributions of responsibility and observer characteristics on the perception of patients. Presented at the 63rd Annual Meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, MA, April, 1992.

Student Conference Presentations

Baum, J. Broadwell, K., Burnett-Tubbs, L., Burns, M., Calabrese, L., Goeta, A., Levine, S., MacDonald, K., McAtee, C., Metzger, J., Moreau, K., Passalugo, J., Phillips, C., Wong, M., Zaremba, B. The relationship between self-efficacy and diabetes management in a latino population. Twenty Fourth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2009.

Baum, J. Broadwell, K., Burnett-Tubbs, L., Burns, M., Calabrese, L., Goeta, A., Levine, S., MacDonald, K., McAtee, C., Metzger, J., Moreau, K., Passalugo, J., Phillips, C., Wong, M., Zaremba, B. The relationship between self-efficacy and diabetes management in a latino population. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, April 2009.

Hewlett, D., & Boydston, S. The effects of perceived negative social support on diabetes management in Native Americans. Paper presentation at the Twenty Second University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2007.

White, L., & Trinker, A. (2007). The effects of perceived negative social support on diabetes management in Native Americans. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, April 2007.

Bussolini, K., Eliza, J., Nankin, B., & Wagner, A. (2007). The effects of perceived negative social support on diabetes management in Native Americans. State Society on Aging Student Conference, March, 2007.

Hewlett, D., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Trinker, A., & Veillux, C. The relationship between race, diabetes status, and the believability of health information sources. Poster presentation at the Twenty First University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2006.

Hewlett, D., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Trinker, A., & Veillux, C. The relationship between race, diabetes status, and the believability of health information sources. Poster presentation at the James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, April 2006.

Abraham, E., Armstrong, A., Boydston, S., Camporese, M., Gillman, K., Keilson, A., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Wachtler, M., Walczynski, K., Wolff, A., Bona, J., Rollison, J., & M.T. DePalma. The effects of judgments of responsibility on quality of life for people with diabetes. Twentieth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2005.

Camporese, M., Walczynski, K., Bona, J., Rollison, J., Abraham, E., Armstrong, A., Boydston, S., Camporese, M., Gillman, K., Keilson, A., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Wachtler, M., Walczynski, K., Wolff, A., & M.T. DePalma. The effects of judgments of responsibility on quality of life for people with diabetes. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, April, 2005.

Hewlett, D., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Trinker, A., & Veillux, C. The relationship between race, diabetes status, and the believability of health information sources. Poster presentation at the Twenty First University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2006.

Hewlett, D., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Trinker, A., & Veillux, C. The relationship between race, diabetes status, and the believability of health information sources. Poster presentation at the James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, April 2006.

Camporese, M., Walczynski, K., Bona, J., Rollison, J., Abraham, E., Armstrong, A., Boydston, S., Camporese, M., Gillman, K., Keilson, A., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Wachtler, M., Walczynski, K., Wolff, A., & M.T. DePalma. The effects of judgments of responsibility on quality of life for people with diabetes. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, April, 2005.

Abraham, E., Armstrong, A., Boydston, S., Camporese, M., Gillman, K., Keilson, A., Lyko, D., Robertson, A., Wachtler, M., Walczynski, K., Wolff, A., Bona, J., Rollison, J., & M.T. DePalma. The effects of judgments of responsibility on quality of life for people with diabetes. Twentieth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2005.

Bona, J., & Rollison, J. The association between judgments of responsibility and disease management for people with diabetes. Paper presentation at the Twentieth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2005.

Bona, J., & Rollison, J. Higher order interactions influencing disease management. Poster presentation at the Twentieth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 2005.

Anderson, J., Bona, J., Brzozowski, H., Ditt, J. Eastman, K., Green, E., Keilson, A., Kokoszki, M., Miceli, K., Prone, L., Sawyer, S., Silvaggio, M., Socci, N., Walczynski, K., Wolff, A. & DePalma, M.T. (2004). The effects of Belief in a Just World and outcome magnitude on perceptions of blame. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, March 2004.

Heim, A. & Sosler, C. Using reality TV as a context for studying the effect of outcome magnitude and mitigating circumstances on judgments of responsibility. Eastern Colleges Science Conference, Ithaca, NY, April 2003.

Pearlman, M. & Perkins, J. Using reality TV as a context for studying the effect of outcome magnitude and mitigating circumstances on judgments of responsibility. James J. Whalen Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY, March 2003.

Pietrazewski, D., Kasow, C., Gates, S., Gomes, C., Steingart, L., DiNicola, S., Friedberg, M., Hempel, K., Reynolds, B., Rudy, A., Bowen, D. & DePalma, M.T. The relationship between responsibility, anger, and blame. Paper presentation at the Sixteenth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, February, 2001.

Tsetsi, A., Homeijer, D., Fehr, D., Gates, S., Kroeckel, D., McNamara, R., Williams, T., Gomes, C., Pietrazewski, D., Ryan, P., Steingart, L., & DePalma, M.T. The effect of mitigating circumstances and outcome magnitude on judgments of responsibility, blame, and anger. Paper presentation at the Fifteenth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, February, 2000.

Nelson, D., Shepard, D., Fleming, K., Goodstine, S., Almy, T., Anderson, S., Breloff, L., Mosher, L., & DePalma, M.T. The effect of judgments of responsibility on blame and anger. Paper presentation at the Thirteenth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, April, 1998.

Oswald, A. The effect of mitigating circumstances on judgments of responsibility, blame, and affect. President’s Academic Symposium, Ithaca College, Ithaca NY, March 1997.

Henehan, C., Newell, S., Politis, N., Hensle, M., Nelson, D., Oswald, A., Schwartz, J., Strauss, C., Almy, T., Fleming, K., Shepard, D., Vasile, B., & DePalma, M.T. The effect of mitigating circumstances on judgments of responsibility. Paper presentation at the Twelfth University of Scranton Psychology Conference, February, 1997.