Psychology and social sciences.

Thursday, February 23
Location: Meeting Room 3

Oral Presentations
8:15 AM to 11:45 AM
(Abstracts pp 100-103)

8:15   How Do Interracial Copules Strategize Against the Complexities of
       Racism?
8:30   Cell Phone Usage and Dependency in Undergraduates
8:45   Patterns of Cell Phone Usage in Undergraduates
9:00   Personality Variables and Cell Phone Use in Undergraduates
9:15   A Wake up Call for Cell Phone Users: Cell Phones and
       Undergraduate GPA
9:30   The Color Complex: Relationships Between Self-rated Skin Tone and
       Self-esteem in African-Americans
9:45   Incidence of Domestic Violence among Students at the University
       of Southern Mississippi: an Initial Report of Findings
10:00  Break
10:15  The Effect of Parenting Styles on Intimate Relationship
10:30  Use of Radiographs of Patients with Arthritis and Pain
       Questionnaire Results in the Identification of Forensic Cases
10:45  Health Status and Social Stratification at Mangum (22cb584)
11:00  Patterns of Health among Children in Nineteenth Century Natchez
11:15  Comparative Analysis of the Relationships of Age, Gender, and
       Cause of Caucasian Deaths in Late Nineteenth Century Vicksburg
       and Natchez, Mississippi
11:30  Population Aging and the Measurement of Dependency: the Case of
       Germany

Symposium on Hurricane Katrina
1:15 PM to 2:30 PM
(Abstracts pp 103-104)

       The Psychology & Social Science Invited Symposium on Hurricane
         Katrina
       Disaster Preparedness Plans for Animal Facilities
2:30   Break

Oral Presentations
2:45 PM to 3:45 AM
(Abstracts pp 104-105)

2:45   ASL and Schizophrenic Language: Misdiagnosis and Needed
       Modifications to the Diagnosis Criterion of Deaf Schizophrenics
       from a Bio-Psychosocial Perspective
3:00   Effects of L-tryptophan on Food Intake in Bushbabies Are Sex
       Specific
3:15   Gender Differences in Attitudes Toward Care and Use of Animals
3:30   Weight Concern and Body Image among Southern African American
       Females

Divisional Business Meeting
3:45 PM

Thursday, February 23
Location: Exhibit Hall B

Divisional Poster Session
6:00 PM to 7:00 PM
(Abstracts pp 105-108)

       Racial Disparities in Tobacco Use and Social Influences in a
         Rural Southern Middle School
       Integrating Data Analysis in the Sociology Curriculum
       Effects of Modafinil on Working Memory
       Effects of Early Food Restriction on Subsequent Weight Gain
       Health and Activity of a Plaquemine Necropolis in Claiborne
         County, Mississippi
       Unstable Self-esteem and Psychological Defense
       Teenage Rates Pregnancy among Daughters Whose Mothers Are
         Incarcerated
       Passengers: Do They Value Their Lives?
       Narcissistic Subtypes and Contingent Self-esteem
       The Influence of Gender Role Identity and Gender Related Traits
         on the Perceptions of Severity in Same and Cross-Sex Sexual
         Harassment