The Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies (ABCT) 2021 Annual Conference will take place from November 18th to the 21st in New Orleans, LA. The conference seeks to promote cognitive and behavioral practice and science regarding public health, social justice, policy, research, practice, and training.

ACE project members Nasreen Hidmi, Odette Manresa, and Sarah Hartmann collaborated on and received two poster presentation acceptances for this current year’s ABCT conference. The first poster acceptance is titled “The continued benefit of distress tolerance during the COVID-19 pandemic,” which assesses the changes in distress tolerance impact on adolescent mental health and perceived quality of life outcomes across the course of the pandemic. Findings suggested that pandemic-associated stressors negatively affecting adolescent mental health and quality of life can be mitigated by distress tolerance. On the other hand, the second poster acceptance titled “Coping activities during COVID-19 ameliorate the lack of technical resources’ negative impact on adolescent mental health” examined the association between lack of technical resources and mental health in adolescents, and whether this relationship is moderated by positive coping activities. Research findings suggested that the negative effects on adolescent mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic might be partially mitigated by positive coping activities ​​but even more so, a focus on increasing universal student access to technical resources for remote learning.

Congratulations to Nasreen, Odette, and Sarah on both acceptances!

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