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2025 APS Global Summit Program

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6 Sessions

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

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Roundtable

Misrepresentation By Design? Developing Guidelines for Collecting and Reporting Data about Racial Identities

Tuesday October 21, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM ET (16:00 - 16:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

By asking research participants to indicate their race from a set of race categories are we inadvertently misrepresenting their racial identities and harming their well-being? Does reporting “N participants were [race category]” suggest that race is objective and immutable? In this session, we will brainstorm how to avoid these problems.

By asking research participants to indicate their race from a set of race categories are we inadvertently misrepresenting their racial identities and harming their well-being? Does reporting “N participants were [race category]” suggest that race is objective and immutable? In this session, we will brainstorm how to avoid these problems.

Roundtable

Revisiting Family Purpose - from Functional Assertions to Performative Constitutions

Tuesday October 21, 2025 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM ET (16:00 - 16:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

This conceptual study draws on speech act theory and social ontology to distinguish family purpose from family function. We show that performative purpose statements constitute families as autonomous plural subjects. The findings offer a framework for analyzing how families co-create identity, continuity, and commitment through collective self-definition.

This conceptual study draws on speech act theory and social ontology to distinguish family purpose from family function. We show that performative purpose statements constitute families as autonomous plural subjects. The findings offer a framework for analyzing how families co-create identity, continuity, and commitment through collective self-definition.

Roundtable

Cultural Reflections: Social Media, Self-Esteem, and the Female Experience in Asia

Tuesday October 21, 2025 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET (17:00 - 17:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

This qualitative systematic review analyzed 41 studies using the PRISMA model to explore the impact of social media advertisements on female self-concept in Asian countries. Findings show consistent links between ad exposure and body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, and cultural pressure, suggesting a need for intervention and culturally informed digital policy.

This qualitative systematic review analyzed 41 studies using the PRISMA model to explore the impact of social media advertisements on female self-concept in Asian countries. Findings show consistent links between ad exposure and body dissatisfaction, low self-esteem, and cultural pressure, suggesting a need for intervention and culturally informed digital policy.

Roundtable

Breaking the Cycle: Chronic Stress, Cultural Identity, and the Strong Black Woman Schema

Tuesday October 21, 2025 1:00 PM - 1:45 PM ET (17:00 - 17:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

This roundtable explores how chronic stress impacts Black women’s mental and physical health, drawing on clinical observations from years of therapy sessions. It examines the Strong Black Woman schema as a coping mechanism and presents African-centered healing strategies that restore identity, spirit, and wellness through assertiveness, boundaries, and emotional reconnection.

This roundtable explores how chronic stress impacts Black women’s mental and physical health, drawing on clinical observations from years of therapy sessions. It examines the Strong Black Woman schema as a coping mechanism and presents African-centered healing strategies that restore identity, spirit, and wellness through assertiveness, boundaries, and emotional reconnection.

Roundtable

Delving into the Dimensions of "Ginhawa": Towards the Development of a Comprehensive Well-Being Scale

Thursday October 23, 2025 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM ET (13:00 - 13:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

The construction of the Ginhawa Scale followed a systematic and rigorous process to ensure its validity and reliability as a culturally grounded measure of well-being in the Filipino context. Ultimately, results establish the Ginhawa Scale- able to capture its multidimensional nature across physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.

The construction of the Ginhawa Scale followed a systematic and rigorous process to ensure its validity and reliability as a culturally grounded measure of well-being in the Filipino context. Ultimately, results establish the Ginhawa Scale- able to capture its multidimensional nature across physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual well-being.

Roundtable

Cultural-Clinical Psychology and the Need for a Global Network of Locally-Situated Researchers

Thursday October 23, 2025 9:00 AM - 9:45 AM ET (13:00 - 13:45 UTC)

Subject Area: Cultural Psychology

Abstract

Cultural diversity poses challenges to developing a global psychological science and effectively applying it to clinical settings. This roundtable will discuss steps towards a systematic, culturally-attuned database. We will consider what questions are most pressing, what methods are most effective, and how to build collaborative global networks of locally-situated researchers.

Cultural diversity poses challenges to developing a global psychological science and effectively applying it to clinical settings. This roundtable will discuss steps towards a systematic, culturally-attuned database. We will consider what questions are most pressing, what methods are most effective, and how to build collaborative global networks of locally-situated researchers.