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Recent Conference Presentations

Mac Neil, B.A., & Sears, H.A. (2007, June). Adolescents' perceptions of negative life events: An evaluation of established and new appraisal domains. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

Vallely, J., & Sears, H.A. (2007, June). Adolescents' willingness to seek help from parents and from other adults. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON.

Mac Neil, B.A., & Sears, H.A. (2007, March). Adolescents coping with stressful events: The roles of optimism, negative mood, and event appraisals. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Child Development, Boston, MA.

Sheppard, H.M., & Sears, H.A. (2006, June). Predictors of mothers' problem recognition during early adolescence. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.

Simmering, M.G., & Sears, H.A. (2006, June). Adolescents' previous response to problems and their willingness to seek help from peers and from parents. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Calgary, AB.

Sears, H.A., Byers, E.S., & Price, E.L. (2006, March). Predictors of adolescents' concurrent use of psychologically, physically, and sexually abusive behavior in dating relationships. Poster presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Francisco, CA.

Murphy, S.M., & Sears, H.A. (2005, June). Interpersonal competence, friendship, and help-seeking intentions of adolescent girls. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC.

Byers, E.S., Sears, H.A., Voyer, S.D., Thurlow, J.L., Cohen, J.N., & Weaver, A.D. (2004, June). A middle school student perspective on sexual health education at school and at home. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, St. John's, NL.

Sears, H.A., Byers, E.S., Voyer, S.D., Thurlow, J.L., Cohen, J.N., & Weaver, A.D. (2004, June). A high school student perspective on sexual health education at school and at home. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, St. John's, NL.

Sears, H.A., Murphy, S.M., & Sheppard, H.M. (2004, June). "It's not manly to say you need help": Adolescent boys' ideas about turning to others for assistance. Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, St. John's, NL.

Sears, H.A., & Murphy, S.M. (2004, March). Youths who have no one: Do they differ from teens who view parents or friends as resources? Poster presented at Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, MD.