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Foundation amerIcan psychologIcal lizette Peterson-Homer grantee aims to reduce rabies risk among children APF has given doctoral student Jiabin Shen, of the University of Alabama, a $5,000 APF Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant to explore how to reduce dog-bite injuries to children in rural China. Dog-bite injuries are particularly prevalent due to the high number of dogs in the country — many of which are used as protection by women whose husbands have left the village to seek work in nearby cities. Between 1996 and 2006, there was a 2000 percent increase in rabies cases in China. Shen will use the grant to gather more data on how and when children are bitten. She will also study attitudes among parents about preventing injury to create dog-bite prevention programs for Chinese farmers and their children. For more information on the Lizette Peterson-Homer Injury Prevention Grant, visit www.apa.org/apf/funding/ peterson-homer.aspx. APF awards four scholarships APF has awarded scholarships to four graduate students who are doing promising work: • Stephen P. Becker, of Miami University, who won the $5,000 Harry and Miriam Levinson Scholarship to fund his dissertation, “Differentiating the Development of Internalizing and Externalizing Comorbidities with ADHD: The Roles of Social Information Processing and the Positive Illusory Bias.” • Kristy E. Benoit, of Virginia Tech, who won the $3,000 Ruth G. and 86 Children in rural China are at a high risk of rabid dog bites. Between 1996 and 2006, there was a 2000 percent increase in rabies cases in the country. Joseph D. Matarazzo Scholarship to support her dissertation project, “Interpretation Bias in Anxious Mothers and Their Children: Can Interpretation Modification Affect the Intergenerational Transmission of Anxiety?” • Erik J. Girvan, of the University of Minnesota, who won the $2,000 Clarence J. Rosecrans Scholarship to support work on his thesis, “Habits of Meaning: When Does Learning to Categorize Situations Attenuate Bias in Social Judgments?” • Courtney Gosnell, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, who won the Peter and Malina James and Dr. Louis P. James Legacy Scholarship for her research, “The Ego-Depleting Nature of Social Support.” This is the first year APF has awarded the James scholarship, which was established by retired psychology professor Louis James, PhD, in honor of his parents. Funding opportunities Fund your research on gifted and talented children APF is accepting applications for the M o n i t o r o n p s y c h o l o g y • F e b ru a ry 2 0 1 2 Thinkstock http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx http://www.apa.org/apf/funding/peterson-homer.aspx

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Monitor on Psychology - February 2012

Monitor on Psychology - February 2012
Letters
President’s column
Contents
From the CEO
APA files two briefs in support of same-sex couples
New registry seeks to understand addiction recovery through ‘crowdsourcing’
APA launches a database of tests and measures
Watch for new member benefit: “APA Access”
Apply now for APA’s Advanced Training Institutes
PsycTHERAPY, APA’s new database, brings therapy demos to life
In Brief
APA scientists help guide tobacco regulation
A-mazing research
‘A machine for jumping to conclusions’
Judicial Notebook
Random Sample
Righting the imbalance
The beginnings of mental illness
Science Directions
Improving disorder classification, worldwide
Protesting proposed changes to the DSM
Interventions for at-risk students
Harnessing the wisdom of the ages
Anti-bullying efforts ramp up
Hostile hallways
R U friends 4 real?
Support for teachers
Speaking of Education
Record keeping for practitioners
Going green
At the intersection of law and psychology
Division Spotlight
Grants help solve society’s problems
Personalities

Monitor on Psychology - February 2012