UOFS2026: 39TH PSYCHOLOGY AND HEALTH STUDIES UNDERGRADUATE CONFERENCE
PROGRAM
Wednesday, April 8th

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09:45-10:45 Session 2A
Location: Edwards Room 3
09:45
Assessing Sexual Offense Risk Among Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: An Examination of the Static-99R and VRS-SO (abstract)
PRESENTER: Shae-Lynn Chabot
10:00
Perceptions of Adverse Childhood Experiences in Relation to Substance Use: An Interpretative Phenomenological Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Madison Taylor
10:15
Centering Autistic Student Voices in Academic Accommodation Design (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ketan Mann
10:30
Exploring Relationship Perceptions in Women Using Hormonal Contraceptives (abstract)
PRESENTER: Celina Brown
09:45-10:45 Session 2B
Location: Edwards Room 12
09:45
Canadian Undergraduate Students’ Preparedness for the Criminal Justice Field (abstract)
PRESENTER: Brooklyn Nugent
10:00
Images of the World: How University Students Experience and Relate to the World Around Them (abstract)
10:15
Perceptions of Patients Living With Multiple Sclerosis (abstract)
PRESENTER: Emil Vardanyan
10:30
An Investigation of the Relationship Between Headache Disorders & Academic Stress in Post-Secondary Students Across the Canadian Prairie Provinces (abstract)
09:45-10:45 Session 2C
Location: Edwards Room 44
09:45
Paws and Practice: Understanding Health-Care Students’ Perspectives of Service Dogs (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sophie Rock
10:00
Personality Traits and Relationship Satisfaction: The Mediating and Moderating Role of Trust. (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alaafia Plumptre
10:15
Attitudes Towards Animals in Saskatchewan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rylie Dancey
10:30
Influence of Parental Emotion Regulation on Adolescent Verbal and Non-Verbal Expressions of Pain (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sofie Jones
09:45-10:45 Session 2D
Location: Edwards Room 18
09:45
Investigating the Cortical Mechanisms of Object Tracking in a Motion Prediction Task (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kailey Beggs
10:00
Two Minds, One Task: Interpersonal Coordination and Joint Agency in a Collaborative Movement Task (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nicole Hofmann
10:15
Reading the Wag: Tail Laterality in Dog Social Interactions (abstract)
10:30
Why Some Minds Forget Easily: Exploring the Role of Inhibitory Control in Retrieval-Induced Forgetting (abstract)
PRESENTER: Nicole Lim
09:45-10:45 Session 2E
Location: Edwards 116
09:45
Factors that Impact Wellbeing in Muslim Emerging Adults: Sense of Community, Identity Centrality and Religiosity (abstract)
PRESENTER: Izza Shahid
10:00
Culture as Medicine: Métis Wellbeing Through the Red River Jig (abstract)
PRESENTER: Alexis McDonald
10:15
An Autoethnographic Study of VR Meditation Experiences in Enhancing Mindfulness and Psychological Well-being (abstract)
10:30
Navigating Between Two Worlds: Examining the Mechanisms of Acculturation of Bangladeshi Immigrant Adolescents in Canada Using the Theory of Sociocultural Model (abstract)
PRESENTER: Antara Deb
10:45-11:00Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Session 3A
Location: Edwards Room 3
11:00
Generative AI, Critical Thinking, Actively Openminded Thinking, and Cognitive Ability: What is the Full Story? (abstract)
PRESENTER: Olivia Carlson
11:15
Is AI Rotting Your Brain? Evidence from Heuristics-and-Biases Tasks (abstract)
PRESENTER: Daryn Hines
11:30
The Frequency and Experience of United Agency in Joint Action (abstract)
PRESENTER: Madison Morton
11:45
Compassion as a Competitive Edge (abstract)
PRESENTER: Cadence Bissky
11:00-12:00 Session 3B
Location: Edwards Room 12
11:00
Examining the Predictive Validity of the SAPROF in a Canadian Sample of NCR and UST Individuals (abstract)
PRESENTER: Leslie Searle
11:15
Beyond Sex: A Qualitative Exploration of Identity, Motivations, and Challenges in Experienced Practitioners of Consensual Non-Monogamy (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tara Hanterman
11:30
Examining the Relationship Between Moral Disengagement and Sexual Consent Attitudes and Behaviours (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ella Lauber-Hamm
11:45
Understanding Intimate Partner Violence on Campus: Comparing Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Students’ Educational Exposure and Recognition Using a Two-Eyed Seeing Framework (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chelsea Ochoa
11:00-12:00 Session 3C
Location: Edwards Room 44
11:00
Evaluating Cellular Prion Protein (PrPC) as a Potential Biomarker for Concussion (abstract)
PRESENTER: Sara Khoziry
11:15
Biomarkers of Concussion/Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Buccal and Nasal Cavities (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kojo Apaw-Gyasi
11:30
University of Saskatchewan Student Attitudes Toward Vaccines: A Two-Year Follow-Up Study with Expansion to Neurodegenerative Disease Prevention (abstract)
PRESENTER: Margot Macdonald
11:45
Healthcare Provider’s Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Regarding Culturally Competent Care for Equity-Seeking University Students (abstract)
PRESENTER: Osama Alharbi
11:00-12:00 Session 3D
Chair:
Location: Edwards 116
11:00
Too Hot to Handle: How Human and Virtual Influencers Impact Women's Cognitive Performance (abstract)
PRESENTER: Téa Schlegel
11:15
“Have We Got It Covered?”: An Autoethnographic Account of Sexual Health Education in Saskatchewan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mclaughlin Dani
11:30
Expert Perspectives: Exploratory Interviews with Indigenous Health Scholars (abstract)
11:45
Chronic Pain, Immigration, and the Contradictions of Patienthood (abstract)
PRESENTER: Armine Sergoyan
12:00-13:00Lunch Break
12:00-13:00 Session 4: Poster Session
Location: Edwards Room 18
Quick! What is Behind Your Couch? Hand-Specific Advantages in Haptic Object Identification (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mac Parker
Raising Expectations: Parenting Style, Stress, and Beliefs About Developmental Milestones (abstract)
The role of reading direction on the prediction of play direction (abstract)
The Left Side Story: Developmental Changes in the Cradling Bias During Childhood (abstract)
PRESENTER: Saphia Bedi
Planting SEEDS: A toolbox intervention summer program for Social, Emotional, & Executive Development for School readiness in preschoolers (abstract)
PRESENTER: Maya Abdulhak
Stigmatized work: An exploration of outreach workers who work with individuals with substance use disorder in Saskatoon (abstract)
PRESENTER: Miranda Russell
How Instructors in Post-Secondary Institutions Perceive and Support the Academic Needs of Students with ADHD (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mikka Mitchell
13:00-14:00 Session 5: Keynote Talk: Learning not to fear failure: The story of my academic path

Dr. Kristy Kowatch, Department of Psychology and Health Studies, University of Saskatchewan

Location: Edwards Room 18
14:00-14:15Coffee Break
14:15-15:15 Session 6A
Location: Edwards Room 3
14:15
The 'Nice' Narcissist: Discussions and Portrayals of Communal Narcissism in Online Popular Culture (abstract)
PRESENTER: Raelynn Olson
14:30
Understanding Technology-Facilitated Interpersonal Violence: The Role of Psychopathy and Online Disinhibition (abstract)
PRESENTER: Zuha Nizamani
14:45
An Investigation of Digital Stress Among People with Migraine (abstract)
PRESENTER: Mileva Elias
15:00
Left in Good Hands: Lateral Bias in Parent-Child Positioning Across Naturalistic Contexts (abstract)
14:15-15:15 Session 6B
Chair:
Location: Edwards Room 12
14:15
Rural Boomerang Kids: Experiences and Meanings of Rural Young Adults Who Return to the Parental Home (abstract)
14:30
Mental Health Needs and Supports for Métis Youth (abstract)
PRESENTER: Kylee Hagley
14:45
Spirituality as Performance-Enhancing for Track and Field Athletes?: Psychology, Resilience, and Wellness (abstract)
PRESENTER: Grace Igbiki
15:00
The Experience of Non-Indigenous Foster Parents Supporting the Cultural Identity of Indigenous Children in Saskatchewan (abstract)
PRESENTER: Avery Marchand
14:15-15:15 Session 6C
Location: Edwards Room 44
14:15
Class Complexity: A Qualitative Inquiry into Teacher Experiences with Increasing Class Sizes (abstract)
PRESENTER: Rylie Gosselin
14:30
Institutional Policies Effects on the Mental Health of Students Away from Home (abstract)
PRESENTER: May Elsayed
14:45
Navigating the PhD Experience: Supervisory Relationships and their Impact on the Mental Health of Doctoral Students (abstract)
PRESENTER: Ayyah Ismail
15:00
Self-Concept Clarity and Feared Self-Themes: Replicating and Extending Findings to Body Dysmorphic Disorder (abstract)
PRESENTER: Tatum Young
14:15-15:15 Session 6D
Location: Edwards 116
14:15
The World According to Some: Exploring Concepts about Relationships with the World held by Individuals with Non-Religious Spirituality (abstract)
PRESENTER: Chloe Walmsley
14:30
Supporting Families Through Loss: Evaluating the SPA-LTC Bereavement Pamphlet in Saskatchewan LTC (abstract)
14:45
Oncology Providers’ Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) in Cancer Care: A Qualitative Study (abstract)
PRESENTER: Malak Awadalla