Frances Wang Email: franceswang3@gmaill.com Office: 2103G Cole Field House Work Phone: 301-405-3551 Curriculum Vitae

Background Information

I graduated in May 2008 with a B.S. with honors in Psychology from the University of Maryland, College Park. Currently, I am a full-time research assistant at CAPER working on several different research projects. Mainly, I serve as a project coordinator for a longitudinal project which assesses behavioral, genetic, and family emotional climate predictors of HIV-infection in a community sample of adolescents. In addition, I work with the Stress, Health, and Addictions Research Program in the School of Public Health as a therapist in a treatment outcome study examining the effectiveness of a brief behavioral activation treatment aimed to reduce depressive symptomatology and increase medication adherence for depressed, HIV positive substance users currently in residential substance use treatment. As an undergraduate I completed and defended my honors thesis which examined the relationship between parent and adolescent risk taking using the Balloon Analogue Risk Task (BART), a behavioral task designed to measure risk-taking propensity. I was also able to work on this project in the summer of 2007 when I was awarded the Senior Summer Scholars Grant. Currently I am in the process of applying to clinical psychology graduate programs for admission in Fall 2010.

Research Interests

My current research interests revolve around the influence of attachment processes in various domains. Specifically, I am interested in exploring the role of attachment in the development of psychopathology and also in the formation and maintenance of adult romantic relationships.

Published Abstracts

MacPherson, L., Reynolds, E., Duplinsky, M., Wang, F., & Lejuez, C.W. (2008). Positive and negative reinforcement mechanisms underlying riskiness in early adolescents. International Journal of Psychology, 43 (3-4), 756.

Selected Posters

Wang, F.L., Reynolds, E.K, MacPherson, L., Lejuez, C.W. (2008, April). Examining parental and adolescent risk-taking propensities on a behavioral task: The moderating effects of gender. Poster presented at the third annual ACC Meeting of the Minds, Tallahassee, FL.

Wang, F.L., Reynolds, E.K., Duplinsky, M.S., Bornovalova, M., MacPherson, L., & Lejuez, C.W. (2008, June). The Relationship between Emotional Abuse, Disinhibition, and Substance Use and Risk-Taking Behavior in a Community Sample of Young Adolescents. Poster presented at the 70th annual College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, PR.

Reynolds, E.K., Wang, F.L., MacPherson, L., Duplinsky, M.S., and Lejuez, C.W. (2008, June). Examination of Ethnicity Differences in Risk-taking Behavior within a Community Sample of Youth. Poster presented at the 70th annual College on Problems of Drug Dependence, San Juan, PR.

Wang, F.L., MacPherson, L., Reynolds, E.K., Calvin, N., Daughters, S., Cassidy, J., Mayes, L., Lejuez, C.W. Moderators of the Relationship Between Risk Taking Propensity, Substance Use, and other Risk Behaviors in Early Adolescents. Poster presented at the 71st annual College on Problems of Drug Dependence, Reno, NV.

Magidson, J.F., Gorka, S., La Touche-Howard, S., Wang, F.L., Lejuez, C.W., Daughters, S.B.. (2009, September). Behavioral Activation as a Mechanism of Change Following the LET'S ACT Intervention for Depressed, Low-Income Illicit Drug Users. Poster presented at the University of Maryland School of Public Health Research Interaction Day.

Wang, F.L., Reynolds, E.K., MacPherson, L., Zvolensky, M.J., Lejuez, C.W. (2009, November). One Year Stability and Predictors of Developmental Change in the Balloon Analogue Risk Task among Early Adolescents. Poster presented at the 43rd annual Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New York, NY.