BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID: 1 VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-TIMEZONE: America/Los_Angeles DTSTAMP: 20260531T131819 BEGIN:VEVENT UID: info@vconferenceonline.com SUMMARY:Clinical Psychology: Paper Session III PRIORITY:0 CATEGORIES:SESSION CLASS:PUBLIC DTSTART:20200618T093000 DTEND:20200618T105000 URL: https://event.vconferenceonline.com DESCRIPTION:CHAIR: IRA RANDY KULMAN

9:30am - 9:45am
THE DEVELOPMENT OF A SCREENING TOOL TO ASSESS SLOW PROCESSING SPEED
IRA RANDY KULMAN (UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND), CASSANDRA MANDOJANA (UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND)
Slow processing speed (SPS) is increasingly identified in the classroom and community. The pace of 21st-century life, high-stakes testing, and demands of school can cause children with SPS to fall behind. Subtle impacts of SPS include lowered self-esteem, identifying as being lazy, and avoidant behavior. SPS is generally identified through lengthy neuropsychological testing. The development of a screening tool for parents, The Processing Speed Questionnaire, can help with the early identification of SPS.

9:50am - 10:05am
THE ABILITY OF NAïVE PARTICIPANTS TO MALINGER MILD TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY
JOSEPH PRECKAJLO, MONIKA FLOWERS, RICHARD CONTI (KEAN UNIVERSITY)
The present study investigated the ability of naïve participants to malinger mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) in a civil case involving an automobile accident. After reading the case, participants were asked to simulate mTBI symptoms in order to obtain financial compensation. Participants were either given a standard symptom checklist or a modified checklist containing additional bogus items. Over 50% of participants in both groups were able to successfully malinger mTBI, and 37% endorsed bogus symptoms.

10:10am - 10:25am
PREDICTORS OF MENTAL HEALTH LITERACY IN A DIVERSE SAMPLE OF UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS
RONA MILES, LAURA RABIN, ANJALI KRISHNAN (BROOKLYN COLLEGE OF THE CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK)
Mental Health Literacy was assessed in a demographically diverse sample of undergraduate students (n=1200) using a newly developed measure. Factors associated with the greatest variance in mental health literacy scores included having taken a class related to clinical psychology, majoring in psychology, being diagnosed or treated for a psychological disorder, gender, and ethnicity. Findings will be used to develop interventions at the college level that target vulnerable students in this high risk population. LOCATION: END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR