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Dr. Mark Seery<\/a><\/strong>‘s SPP Lab is particularly focused on stress and coping; specifically, understanding the factors that contribute to resilience versus vulnerability to potential stressors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We measure participants\u2019 cardiovascular responses (i.e., blood pressure, heart rate, and how much blood the heart is pumping) during potentially stressful tasks, such as giving a speech, problem solving, and interacting with others. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We use these bodily responses as a way to measure participants\u2019 psychological states while they perform the task, without having to interrupt them to ask or depend on them to accurately self-report what they are thinking or feeling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our current research focuses on three core topics:<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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  1.  Examining when and how high self-esteem serves as a resource versus a vulnerability, and the associated consequences for potentially destructive behavior.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2.  Investigating how past experience of adverse life events can contribute to developing a propensity for future resilience.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3.  Exploring the role of individuals\u2019 relationships with other people and entities (e.g., romantic partners, social movements, things that inspire awe) in resilience versus vulnerability<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Funding from the National Science Foundation<\/a> has supported this work<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Dr. Mark Seery‘s SPP Lab is particularly focused on stress and coping; specifically, understanding the factors that contribute to resilience versus vulnerability to potential stressors. We measure participants\u2019 cardiovascular responses (i.e., blood pressure, heart rate, and how … <\/p>\n

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