selected recent presentations:

Craig, J. C., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, August). Positive thought-action fusion: Implications for risk-taking behavior. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Gotovac, S., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, August). Restrictive eating: Where do we perceive the risk? Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Williston, C. J., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, August). Naming abuse experiences: An interactive model of abuse definition. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON.

Craig, J. C., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, June). Improving our interpretations with state measure salience. Paper presented at the 17th International Reversal Theory Conference, Niagara College, Ontario, Canada.

Ianni, P. A., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, June). Applying reversal theory to energy drink misuse. Paper presented at the 17th International Reversal Theory Conference, Niagara College, Ontario, Canada.

O'Neil, A., & Lafreniere, K. D.(2015, June). (Meta)motivation and pre-drinking behavioiur. Paper presented at the 17th International Reversal Theory Conference, Niagara College, Ontario, Canada, 2015, June.

Reaume, S., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, June). Reversal theory and information processing: The role of dominance and state in responses to health messages. Paper presented at the 17th International Reversal Theory Conference, Niagara College, Ontario, Canada.

Lafreniere, K. D., O'Neil, A. I., Craig, J. C., Cramer, K. M., & Menna, R. (2015, May). "Will this be on the test?" Consequences of grade orientation in university students. Poster presented at the Windsor-Oakland Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Windsor, Canada.

Ianni, P. A., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2015, May). Academic motivators of energy drink misuse. Poster presented at the Windsor- Oakland Teaching and Learning Conference, University of Windsor, Canada.

O'Neil, A. I., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2014, August). Motivations for pre-drinking in undergraduate students. Poster presented at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association, Washington, DC.

Menna, R., Lafreniere, K., & Cometto, J. (2014, July). An intervention program to encourage help-seeking in youth: Pilot study findings. Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on Child and Adolescent Psychopathology, London, UK.

O'Neil, A. I., Craig, J. C., & Lafreniere, K. D. (2014, May). Night people operating in a morning-oriented world: Recommendations for accommodating students' natural tendencies in academic settings. Poster presented at the Eighth Annual Conference on Teaching and Learning, Oakland University, Oakland, MI.