{"629641":{"#nid":"629641","#data":{"type":"event","title":"PhD Proposal by Alexandra Trani","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EName:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cstrong\u003EAlexandra Trani\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EDissertation\u0026nbsp;Proposal Meeting\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EDate:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;December 10, 2019\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETime:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u0026nbsp;3:00 pm\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ELocation:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/strong\u003EJ.S. Coon Building, Room 217\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EAdvisor:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nPaul Verhaeghen, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003EThesis Committee Members:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EPaul Verhaeghen, Ph.D.\u0026nbsp;(Georgia Tech)\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nEric Schumacher, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EKeaton Fletcher, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EChrist Stanzione, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EErica Briscoe, Ph.D. (Georgia Tech Research Institute)\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\n\u003Cstrong\u003ETitle: Creativity, Depression, and Rumination\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EAbstract:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EAmong\u0026nbsp; creative professionals,\u0026nbsp; affective vulnerability\u0026nbsp; and diagnosed\u0026nbsp; mood disorders\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nare higher than would be expected in the general population (Ludwig, 1995). The relation-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nship between creativity and depression may be mediated by rumination (Trani, submitted;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nVerhaeghen,\u0026nbsp; Joormann,\u0026nbsp; \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp; Aikman,\u0026nbsp; 2014;\u0026nbsp; Verhaeghen,\u0026nbsp; Joormann,\u0026nbsp; \u0026amp;\u0026nbsp; Khan,\u0026nbsp; 2005;\u0026nbsp; Ver-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nhaeghen, Trani, \u0026amp; Aikman, 2017)\u0026ndash; that is, a broad class of thoughts that recur regardless\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nof context or task and are centered around a common theme or idea (Leonard L. Martin \u0026amp;\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nTesser, 1996). Recently I proposed a model in which adaptive and maladaptive ruminations\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ndifferentially influence creativity and mood (Trani,\u0026nbsp; submitted).\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; Essentially,\u0026nbsp; rumination,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmaladaptive or otherwise, enhances associative processing by sustaining the activation of\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nconcepts within memory. Adaptive rumination supports creative associative processing by\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nallowing concepts in memory to remain active despite being unrelated to present tasks or\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nenvironments. In much the same way, maladaptive rumination works to sustain depressive\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nsymptoms across environments by sustaining activation of negative affect and related con-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ncepts in memory which would impair a person\u0026rsquo;s ability to distract themselves from negative\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nmoods. The present proposal seeks to test the hypothesized relationships between creativ-\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nity, rumination, and depression using structural equation modeling.\u0026nbsp; Roughly 350 students\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nenrolled at the Georgia Institute of Technology will complete an online battery of creativity,\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\nrumination, personality, and affective vulnerability measures.\u0026nbsp; Additionally, I will explore\u003Cbr \/\u003E\r\ndifferences in these relationships with state and trait rumination.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Creativity, Depression, and Rumination  "}],"uid":"27707","created_gmt":"2019-12-03 16:36:01","changed_gmt":"2019-12-03 16:36:01","author":"Tatianna Richardson","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2019-12-10T15:00:00-05:00","event_time_end":"2019-12-10T17:00:00-05:00","event_time_end_last":"2019-12-10T17:00:00-05:00","gmt_time_start":"2019-12-10 20:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2019-12-10 22:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2019-12-10 22:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"221981","name":"Graduate Studies"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"102851","name":"Phd proposal"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1788","name":"Other\/Miscellaneous"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"},{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}