Research & Volunteer
Research Highlights
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Presented research findings at six different regional conferences
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Prepared two manuscripts for publication in research journals
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Awarded a $1475 research grant as an undergraduate student
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Completed two thesis projects
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Employed as a research assistant for a meta-analytic analysis on AIDS treatments
Examined factors that led to successful and unsuccessful long-distance dating relationships in college students.
Tasks
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Conducted literature reviews
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Administered psychological inventories (tests)
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Statistically analyzed data
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Developed new psychological questionnaires
Studied specific techniques and strategies used by mental health therapists in coping with job-related burnout.
Topics Studied
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Psychological burnout in therapists
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Long-distance dating
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Reading skills in children
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Maintaining an exercise regimen
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AIDS treatment
Research Projects
Scarola, M. (2002, August). Coping techniques and strategies for therapist burnout: A descriptive exploration. Poster presented at the Smith College School for Social Work Poster Session, Northampton, MA.
Scarola, M. (2000, May). Long-distance dating relationships in first-year college women. Undergraduate thesis successfully defended, Syracuse, NY.
Daisey, D. M., Scarola, M., & Eckert, T. L. (1999, May). Improving oral reading: An examination of the efficacy of combining skill-based and performance-based interventions. Poster presented at the Psychology Department Undergraduate Poster Session, Syracuse, NY.
Scarola, M., Foels, R., & Durant, L. (1999, April). Gender differences in exercise maintenance: The stages of change exercise measure-2. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, RI.
Foels, R., Scarola, M., Durant, L., Wolfe, L., & Samuels, A. (1999). Measuring exercise acquisition: Stage versus continuous models of behavior change. Unpublished manuscript.
Scarola, M. (1998, November).
Maintenance of exercise behavior: The need for a stages of change exercise measure-2. Poster presented for the Syracuse University Board of (Philanthropic) Visitors, Syracuse, NY.
Volunteer Activities
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Crisis hotline telephone counselor at Contact Community Services
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United Way grant allocation review team member
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Participated in Habitat for Humanity building events
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Organized a group of approximately fifty people to assist in Hurricane relief (cleanup and light construction)
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Volunteered to work with children of single parents residing in a domestic violence shelter
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Tutored children in grades 3-6
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Went on group social outings with mental health patients at Riverview Medical Center
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Started a nonprofit organization called Encouragemint that helped organize community service events including the two described below.
Helping to raise awareness for a family run animal shelter outside of Philadelphia, specializing in finding homes for cats.
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After Hurricane Sandy (2012), I solicited items for families most affected, including this one in Ocean County, NJ.
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