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Resources for Health Psychology, Emotion research, and Positive Psychology 

Interested in learning more about the fields of health psychology, emotion, or positive psychology?  Below are links to some societies that can provide you with helpful information. This is not a complete list, but it represents some of the organizations Dr. Pressman is familiar with and some of the meetings she attends.

Applying for Graduate School

Interested in learning more about applying for graduate school and don't know where to start?

Here's a set of videos from the American Psychological Association that will help you prepare and apply to grad school

Here's a great list of resources organized by UCLA on getting started, CVs, personal statements, interviews and more.

Health Psychology Relevant Organizations

Division 38 of the American Psychological Association *great information on graduate schools in health psychology at this website.

The American Psychosomatic Society – top notch science regarding mind-body connections. Dr. Pressman chaired this meeting in 2018 and 2019.

The Social Personality & Health Network *has a one day preconference before SPSP (below) as well as wonderful online resources and regular health psychology lectures streamed online.

The Society for Behavioral Medicine

Emotion/Social Psych Organizations

International Society for Research on Emotion

Society for Personality & Social Psychology (SPSP)

Society for Affective Science 

Positive Psychology Organizations & Meetings

International Positive Psychology Association

Gallup has wellbeing summits from time to time and a lot of very interesting wellbeing data. 

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