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CALL FOR PAPERS

Poster proposals should address key issues of concern to identity researchers and theorists. SRIF is an interdisciplinary organization and strongly encourages submissions from all relevant fields. Due to space limitations, preference will be given to those submissions presenting projects with completed data analysis, but theoretical and pedagogical presentations are also welcome. All methodologies appropriate to the discipline, the data and the issue under study are acceptable (including small sample, single subject and descriptive designs). Submissions should summarize data already collected and must include sufficient report of data analysis for reviewers to evaluate it.

If you are interested in submitting a poster proposal, it is important that you read this document carefully and pay close attention to the instructions while you are preparing your proposal(s). If you have questions, please contact the program committee (listed below). Improperly prepared proposals will NOT be reviewed.

Posters should present the results of a single study or series of related studies. We will also consider poster submissions that are research proposals and theoretical or pedagogical work, though priority will be given to completed projects.

Include in your submission:
* A cover page with:
a. Poster title
b. The name, institutional affiliation, mailing address and email address of the first author.
c. The name and institutional affiliation of all co-authors.
* A 100-word abstract. Please follow the format in the example below.
* A 500 word (maximum) summary of the presentation including the title, but no authors. Up to 2 figures or tables and key references may also be included (and excluded from your word count).

Submission deadlines:
In order to facilitate planning for those of you needing to come from long distances and/or arrange finances with your universities, we are using a two-tier review process again this year:
1. So long as they are topical, related to some aspect of identity and in the required submission format, all poster submissions received by OCTOBER 28th, 2005 will be accepted.
2. Poster submissions received by January 27th, 2006 will be critically reviewed for presentation and will be subject to space considerations. As above, they must be topical, related to some aspect of identity and in the required submission format.

Instructions for sending your submissions via e-mail:
* Each submission must be sent as an attachment in Microsoft Word or text format. Do not send the proposal in the body of an email message.
* Save the cover page and abstract in one document. The file name should be yourlastname_abs.doc (or .txt for text files). Save the proposal (titles included, author names not included) in another document. The file name should be yourlastname_pro.doc (or .txt for text files). Include BOTH documents as attachments in ONE email. Do NOT send multiple emails for one proposal.
* If submitting more than one proposal, each proposal must be sent in a separate email. To distinguish between proposals, add a number after your name on the file. For example, your second submission would be titled yourlastname2_pro.doc.

Send email submissions to:
sberman@ucf.edu
The "subject" line should read "SRIF submission"

Abstracts for the Conference Program
Abstracts for all accepted submissions will be included in the conference program. To facilitate compilation of the conference program, abstracts must be in the format below and must be no longer than a maximum of 100 words. As noted above, abstracts must be submitted in either Microsoft Word or text format.

Format for Abstracts:
TITLE IN ALL CAPITAL LETTERS.
First Author, Second Author, etc.
A brief - maximum of 100 words - description of the presentation.

For example:
HEALTHY IDENTITY AND INTIMACY SKILLS SAFEGUARD AGAINST DEPRESSION.
Kristina Houck and Janet Gebelt
Erikson theorized that identity cohesion must exist before entering into intimate relationships. Furthermore, both identity cohesion and intimacy skills should correlate with psychological health. This study examines the relationships among identity, intimacy, and depression. Participants completed Eriksonian measures of identity and intimacy and the Beck Depression Inventory. Simple linear regressions showed that level of identity cohesion predicts intimacy skills for both men and women. Hierarchical regressions showed that identity alone predicts depression and that intimacy adds further predictive power. This was true for both men and women. Results are discussed in terms of identity and intimacy being safeguards against depression.

We look forward to receiving your submissions.

Your 2006 SRIF Program Committee:

Steve Berman (Chair) sberman@ucf.edu
Kristine Anthis anthisk1@southernct.edu
Laura Ferrer-Wreder lwreder@mail.barry.edu
Durell Johnson hdj2@psu.edu
Seth Schwartz sschwartz@med.miami.edu
Kazumi Sugimura kazumi.sugimura@nifty.ne.jp
Andrea White awhite@ithaca.edu
Ani Yazedjian ani@txstate.edu