Presentations
Community and conference presentations by Dr. Catherine Costigan and the BRANCH Research team.
Student Contributions Underlined
Updated September 2022
Ortiz, D. L., Woodin, E. M., & Costigan, C. L. (2022, June). Changes in police contact for individuals living with severe mental illness after admission to police-integrated Assertive Community Treatment teams [Poster presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association’s Annual General Meeting and National Convention, Calgary, Canada.
Clark N., Quan, C., & David, A., Costigan, C. L., Chou, F. (2022, March) Planning and Developing a Culturally Safe Process for Engaging Immigrants and Refugees in Mental Health Research. Oral presentation in the Symposium Putting Patients First 2022. BC SUPPORT UNIT Conference (virtual).
Chim, L., Li, J., Tanaka, J., Costigan, C. L. (Oct, 2021). The psychology of diversity: Evaluation of a new pedagogical approach to teaching about diversity. Presentation at the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Annual Conference on Teaching, Louisville, KY (moved virtual).
Ortiz, D. L. & Costigan, C. L. (2021, March). The Religious Identity Formation of Filipinx Canadian Youth: Religiosity, Development, and Enculturation/Acculturation [Online presentation]. Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. Online due to COVID-19.
* Chosen for competitive special poster session entitled “Adolescence in the Context of Domestic and Global Diversity.”
Costigan, C. L. (2020, May) Symposium Moderator: Untangling Links between Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment among Immigrants and Refugees. Symposium presented at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Costigan, C. L., Longtin, E., & Taknint, J. T. (2020, May). Reciprocal Relations among Refugee Social Relationships and Adjustment: Community Perspectives. Paper presented as part of the Untangling Links between Acculturation and Psychological Adjustment among Immigrants and Refugees symposium at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada (Cancelled due to COVID-19)
Swaich, A. & Costigan, C. L. (2020, May 28–30). South Asian-Canadian Young Adults’ Cultural Values and Sexual Health. Poster for the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Montreal, QC (Conference canceled due to COVID-19).
Shunmugam, R. D., Woodin, E. M., Costigan, C. L., & Ortiz, D. L. (2020, May). Does Police Involvement on Mental Health Teams Cut Incarceration Rates for Visible Minority Clients? Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada. (presented online due to COVID-19)
Quan, C., Costigan, C. L., So, V., & Longtin. E. E. (2020, May 28–30). Parenting through cultural change: A Pilot Intervention for Immigrant and Refugee Parents. Presentation for the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Montreal, QC (Conference canceled due to COVID-19).
Wong, M., Ortiz, D. & Costigan, C. L. (2020, May 28–30). Acculturation Differences Between Marital-Dyads and Parent-Child Dyads: Resources or Risks? Poster for the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Montreal, QC (Conference canceled due to COVID-19).
Ortiz, D. L., Wieradzka-Pilarczyk, A. & Costigan, C. L. (2020, April). The Religious Identity Scale: Comparisons of Religious Identity Types Between Poles and Immigrant Filipinx Teens and Emerging Adults. Oral presentation at the Tenth International Conference on Religion & Spirituality in Society, Vancouver, Canada.
Quan., C., Costigan., C. L., So, V., Longtin, E. (2020, March) A Sibling to Turn To: The Experience of Immigrant Siblings in Chinese Canadian Families. Poster presented at the 2020 Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting. San Diego, CA.
So, V. W. Y., & Costigan, C. L. (2020, March). Parental monitoring of Chinese Canadian young adults. Poster presented at the Society for Research on Adolescence Biennial Meeting, San Diego, CA. (Conference cancelled on March 9th due to COVID-19)
Costigan, C. L., Al Qudayri, B., Longtin, E. E., Mudryk, E., & Taknint, J. (2020, March 19–21). Diverse Perspectives on Refugee Social Inclusion: Designing Community Programs to Build Genuine Connections. Poster for Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, CA, United States (Conference canceled due to COVID-19).
Ortiz, D. L. & Costigan, C. L. (2020, January). Social Religious Experiences that Predict Religious Identity Formation and Mental Health Among Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Pilipinx Canadian Youth. Presentation at the 3rd biennial Asian American Psychological Association Division on Filipinx Americans Conference, San Diego, CA.
Woodin, E., & Costigan, C. L. (2019, August). Integrating Police Officers on ACT teams: Benefits and Drawbacks. Paper presented at the Crisis Intervention Training International annual conference, Seattle, WA.
Costigan, C. L., Woodin, E. (2019, August). Integrating Police Officers on ACT teams: Recommendations. Paper presented at the Crisis Intervention Training International annual conference, Seattle, WA.
Costigan, C. L., So, V, Quan, C., Ortiz, D. (2019, July) Parenting through Cultural Change: An Attachment-based Intervention for parents with an immigrant or Refugee background.
Paper presented at the International Attachment Conference, Vancouver, Canada
Costigan, C. L., Quan, C., Ortiz, D. (2019, June) Building Protective Resources in Refugee Families: Development of a Prevention-focused Multiple Family Group Intervention.
Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual convention, Halifax, Canada
Quan. C., Costigan, C. L. (2019, June). A sibling to turn to: An exploration of acculturation and enculturation profiles of immigrant siblings. Paper presented at the Canadian
Psychological Association Annual convention, Halifax, Canada.
Costigan, C. L., Taknint, J. T., Al Qudayri, B. (2019, June). A Seat at the Table: Investigating Diverse Community Perspectives on Refugee Social Inclusion.
Paper presented at the International Metropolis Conference, Ottawa, ON
Costigan, C. L., Woodin, E., Duerksen, K., Ferguson, R. (2019, May). Integrating police officers onto Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) teams: A qualitative Investigation of the views of clients and staff.
20th Canadian Collaborative Mental Health Care Conference. Vancouver, BC.
Ortiz, D., Costigan, C. L. (2019, April). Immigrant Religious Identity Development. Poster presented at the Ninth International Conference on Religion Spirituality in Society, at
The University of Granada , Granada, ES Granada/Spain.
So, V. W. Y., Costigan, C. L. (2019, March). Links between Chinese Canadian children’s parenting discrepancies, Chinese cultural orientation, and adjustment: Using polynomial regression and response surface analysis.
Paper presented in a symposium at the Society for Research in Child Development, Baltimore, MD.
Costigan, C. L., Miao, S., So, V., Quan, C. Ortiz, D. (2018, April). Investigating Acculturation gaps with Polynomial Regressions and Response Surface Analyses.
Presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Shen, Y., Juang, L., Costigan, C. L., Hou, Y. (April, 2018). Time-Varying Associations of Racial Discrimination and Adjustment among Chinese- Heritage Adolescents in the US and Canada.
Presented at the meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
So, V. W. Y., Costigan, C. L. (2018, July). Using polynomial regression and response surface analysis to assess whether discrepancies between Chinese Canadian youths’ perceived and ideal monitoring predict adjustment.
Paper presented at the 24th Congress of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology, Guelph, ON.
Costigan, C. L., Quan, C., Ferguson, G. M. (July, 2018) Remote Enculturation: Measuring the diverse ways in which individuals learn about their heritage culture from afar.
Paper presented in a symposium at the 24th Congress of the International Association of Cross-Cultural Psychology conference, Guelph, ON.
Quan, C., Costigan, C. L. (2017, June), Comparing the acculturation profiles of immigrant siblings.
Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, BC.
Costigan, C. L., Taknint, J. T., So, V. W. Y., Quan, C. (2017, April). Family-centered care for adolescent mental health concerns in immigrant communities.
Poster presented at the 38th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. Princeton, NJ.
So, V. W. Y., Costigan, C. L. (2017, April). Parent-child relationship dynamics as risk factors for adolescent maladjustment in Chinese Canadian immigrant families.
Poster presented at the 38 th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Psychiatry and Culture. Princeton, NJ.
Ferguson, G. M., Costigan, C. L., Beck, S., Quan, C., David, L. (2017, July). Exploring the Who, How, Where and Why of Remote Acculturation: New data from US and Canadian emerging adults.
Paper presented at the meeting of the International Association of Intercultural Research, New York, NY.
Hayman-Abello, B. Costigan, C. L., Ritchie, K, Werchler, J. (2017, June) Preparing for internships and debunking the myths, CCPPP Internship Fair,
Presentation at Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Toronto, BC.
Taknint, J. T., Costigan, C. L. (June, 2016). The Role of Gender in Understanding Immigrant Adult Experiences of Discrimination and Identity.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, British Columbia.
So, V. W. Y., Costigan, C. L. (June, 2016). Exploring mismatches between adolescent perceptions and ideals of parenting in a Chinese Canadian population.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, BC.
Costigan, C. L., Hua, J. (June 2016). Language Brokering in Chinese Immigrant Families: Disentangling the Effects of Frequency versus Feelings.
Paper presented at the annualmeeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Victoria, British Columbia.
Costigan, C.L., Ritchie, K, Hayman-Abello, B. Jerott, S., Teeft. T. (2016, June) Preparing for internships and debunking the myths, CCPPP Internship Fair, Presentation at Canadian
Psychological Association Annual Convention, Victoria, BC.
Miao, S., Costigan, C. L. (March, 2016). Spillover of Stress to Parenting: Exploring the Impacts of Acculturation and Parent-Child Stressors on Immigrant Chinese Parents.
Poster presented at the 2016 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. * selected for a second presentation at “Adolescence in Diverse Contexts” poster session
Costigan, C. L., Rasmi, S., Taknint, J. T., So, V. W. Y. (March, 2016). Exploring the acculturation gap-distress hypothesis: The role of immigrant parents’ goals for their children’s acculturation.
Poster presented at the 2016 Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Rasmi, S., Costigan, C. L., (Aug 2015), Acculturation goals in immigrant Chinese Canadian families.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Association, Toronto, ON
Ferguson, G. M., Ge, J. E., Costigan, C. L., Clarke, C. V. (July, 2015). New horizons in modern enculturation: Remote means of heritage culture learning.
Paper presented at the Regional Conference of the International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico.
Costigan, C. L. (June, 2015). Challenges and strengths for immigrants to Canada viewed through the lens of family relationships.
Invited address to the International and Cross Cultural Psychology section at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON
So, V. W. Y., Costigan, C. L. (June, 2015). Biculturalism and adaptation in Chinese Canadian mothers, fathers, and adolescents.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Ottawa, ON
Costigan, C. L., Miao, S., Taknint, J. T., So, V. W. Y (March, 2015). Immigrant views on what constitutes successful integration: The importance of adopting a family lens.
Poster presented at the 2015 National Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, BC.
Taknint, J. T., Costigan, C. L. (March, 2015). Reciprocal links between Identity and Discrimination over time.
Poster presented at the 2015 National Metropolis Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Ferguson, G. M., Costigan, C. L., Clarke, C. V., Ge, J. E. (March, 2015). Introducing “Remote Enculturation”: Learning your Heritage Culture from Afar.
Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Philadelphia, PA. * also selected for special presentation by the International Section
Costigan, C. L., Taknint, J. T., Miao, S. W., So, V. W. Y. (2014, October). How Are Parent- Child Conflict and Psychological Adjustment Related Over Time? Evidence from Boys and Girls in Chinese Canadian Families.
Paper presented at On New Shores Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
Miao, S. W., Costigan, C. L. (2014, October). Acculturation Stress as a Predictor of Psychologically Controlling Parenting in Chinese Immigrant Families: A Two-Wave Longitudinal Study.
Poster presented at On New Shores Conference, Toronto, Ontario.
Miao, S. W., Costigan, C. L. (2014, June). Predictors of parental psychological control in immigrant Chinese Canadian families.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Hua, J. M., Costigan, C. L., Taknint, J. T. (2014, June) Adolescent language brokering and adjustment: The moderating role of autonomy support in Chinese immigrant families.
Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia. (Awarded best student poster)
Costigan, C. L. (2012, September). Comparing the acculturation of parents and children in immigrant families.
Invited presentation to the Intercultural Association of Greater Victoria. Victoria, BC.
Costigan, C. L. (2012, June). Risks to well-being experienced by international students studying in Canada.
Invited presentation to the Cultural Assistants Orientation, English Language Centre, University of Victoria
Costigan, C. L. (2012, May). Acculturation over time among adolescents from immigrant Chinese families.
Paper presented at the Workshop on the Immigrant Family presented by the Population Change and Lifecourse Strategic Knowledge Cluster. Waterloo, Ontario.
Costigan, C. L. (2012, Feb.) Personality and Its Disorders.
Invited presentation to the 2nd year students in the University of British Columbia Medical Program.