2025 SPA Convention & Workshops
March 26 - 30, 2025 | Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel | Denver, CO
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March 26 - 30, 2025 | Denver, CO
The SPA Annual Convention is a must-attend event for both personality researchers and clinicians. Stay updated with cutting-edge research, network with experts, enhance professional development, gain diverse perspectives, earn continuing education credits, and be part of an inspiring community. Join us and elevate your knowledge of personality assessment.
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Featured Lecturers
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Immigrant Health is Interpersonal
Friday, March 28th
University of Houston
The aim of this presentation is to outline interpersonal factors that exacerbate and mitigate risk for mental health problems among Latine immigrants, particularly asylum seekers from Central America.Data from across the lifespan, including children, adolescents, young adults, and adults, will be presented centered on how interpersonal processes shape risk and resilience for immigrants.
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand significant health disparity in posttraumatic stress facing Latine asylum seekers of all ages
- Elaborate several interpersonal factors that shape mental health risk
- Leverage interpersonal factors in clinical practice
Positive Emotion Disturbance and Psychological Health
Saturday, March 29th
University of Colorado Boulder
Emotions are powerful processes that enable us to respond adaptively to life’s triumphs and challenges. A longstanding assumption has been that positive emotions are predominantly adaptive relative to negative emotions. This talk will provide an overview of our research that strives to shift these theoretical and empirical tides to illuminate the nature of, and mechanisms underlying, positive emotion disturbance and its risk for psychopathology onset and severity. This guiding framework will be used to review supportive evidence we’ve collected utilizing a multi-modal clinical-affective science approach outlining key themes in positive emotion difficulties in individuals at risk for, and diagnosed with, affective disorders. Recent findings will be discussed including multi-site studies examining changes in affective trajectories among a large sample of diverse young adults as well as international partnerships examining cross-cultural variation in positive emotion difficulties. Implications will be discussed for considering the importance of positive emotion in elucidating mood health and its translational relevance.
Learning Objectives:
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Describe the nature of positive emotion disturbance and its risk for psychopathology onset and severity.
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Discuss the importance of positive emotion in elucidating mood health and its translational relevance.
Workshops
More Info Coming SOON!
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
(A1) Dr. James Kleiger & Dr. Ali Khadivi
(A2) Dr. Benjamin Morsa & Dr. Leighko Yap
(A3) Dr. Greg Meyer
(A4) Dr. Robert Trigone & Dr. Seth Grossman
(A5) Dr. Emiliano Muzio & Dr. F. Barton Evans
8:00 AM - 11:45 AM
(A6) Dr. Carol George & Dr. Melissa Lehman
(A7) Dr. Luciano Giromini
1:00 PM - 4:45 PM
(A8) Dr. Bob Kruger, Dr. Tanya Freedland, & Dr. Kelsey Hobbs-Matteson
(A9) Dr. Krista Brittain
Thursday
8:00 AM - 11:45 AM
(B1) Dr. Douglas Roberts & Dr. Ksera Dyette
(B2) Dr. Len Simms, Dr. Katherine Jonas, Dr. Roman Kotov, Dr. Lee Anna Clark, & Dr. Craig Rodriguez-Seijas
(B3) Dr. Serena Messina, Dr. Diane Santas, & Dr. Filippo Aschieri
(B4) Dr. Madeleine Starin & Dr. Connor Adams
Sunday
8:00 AM - 4:45 PM
(C1) Dr. Stephen Finn & Dr. Dale Rudin
Pricing
Convention Scholarships which are meant to help fund your attendance at the annual conventions are currently open. Click here for more information.
*Member pricing is based on individual membership status at the time of the event. At this time, the SPA Annual Convention does not provide the option to join/renew and register in the same transaction. However, you will be given the option to join/renew prior to starting registration when you click the registration link. If you have never been a member and would like to register for the SPA Annual Convention at the member rate, please create a profile and join prior to registering.
In-Person Tickets
| Member Type | Early Registration Rate* (Now - 1/16/25) | Regular Registration Rate* (1/17/25 - 3/9/25) |
Late Registration Rate* (3/10/25 - 3/30/25) |
| Student | $99 | $124 | $164 |
| Early-Career | $209 | $249 | $299 |
| Member/Fellow/Associate | $339 | $389 | $459 |
| Non-Member Student | $149 | $174 | $214 |
| Non-Member Early-Career | $289 | $329 | $379 |
| Non-Member | $479 | $529 | $599 |
Half-Day Workshop Tickets
| Member Type | Early Registration Rate* (Now - 1/16/25) | Regular Registration Rate* (1/17/24 - 3/9/25) | Late Registration Rate* (3/10/25 - 3/30/25) |
| Student | $74 | $99 | $139 |
| Early-Career | $104 | $179 | $229 |
| Member/Fellow/Associate | $189 | $239 | $309 |
| Non-Member Student | $104 | $129 | $169 |
| Non-Member Early-Career | $194 | $234 | $284 |
| Non-Member | $259 | $309 | $379 |
Full-Day Workshop Tickets
| Member Type | Early Registration Rate* (Now - 1/16/25) | Regular Registration Rate* (1/17/25 - 3/9/25) | Late Registration Rate* (3/10/25 - 3/30/25) |
| Student | $139 | $164 | $204 |
| Early-Career | $199 | $239 | $289 |
| Member/Fellow/Associate | $249 | $299 | $369 |
| Non-Member Student | $169 | $194 | $234 |
| Non-Member Early-Career | $254 | $294 | $344 |
| Non-Member | $324 | $374 | $444 |
Cancellation Policy: Cancellations will be accepted for the Annual Convention and/or workshop, less a $75 administrative fee, until March 9, 2025. After this date NO REFUNDS will be granted.
Hotel Information
Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel
1550 Court Place Denver, CO 80202
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The renovated guest rooms and suites at Sheraton Denver Downtown Hotel have been enhanced to provide a premium experience. The platform-style Sheraton Sleep Experience Beds feature integrated reading lights and ample bedside charging, while the updated bathrooms are outfitted with a stylish vanity unit and an elegant shower room. For your comfort and convenience, they’ve also introduced ergonomic workspaces and deluxe in-room amenities like a refreshment center with a refrigerator. Here, you can stay productive or rest before setting out to explore all that our vibrant community has to offer.
Mind Meld at Meow Wolf: A Networking Adventure
Join your fellow convention attendees for food, drink, and fellowship at Meow Wolf Discover immersive psychedelic, mind-bending art at Meow Wolf's Convergence Station in Denver, CO. This will be a great opportunity to network with fellow convention attendees with food and drinks in a more relaxed environment. Add-on your admission during registration. Learn more about Meow Wolf by clicking the link below.
Continuing Education Statement
The Society for Personality Assessment (SPA) is approved by the American Psychological Association to sponsor continuing education for psychologists. SPA maintains responsibility for this program and its content.
Society for Personality Assessment is recognized by the New York State Education Department's State Board for Psychology as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed psychologists #PSY-0218.
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