Graduate Students
Goal Auzeen Saedi
Program: Counseling
Goali is broadly interested in the area of minority mental health. This includes gender discrimination, adjustment issues in immigrants, and the experience of ethnic minority adolescents. Additionally, she is interested in the interface between Eastern and alternative mental wellness regimens and Western practices.
Recent Presentations:
Saedi, G. (2008, October). Strategies for enhancing the recruitment of Iranian-Americans in community mental health research. Poster presented at the 3rd Northwest ECO/Community Psychology Conference. Portland, OR.
Saedi, G., & Saedi, T. (2008, May). Examining safety attitudes of skateboarders through implementation of Skateboard Fest Intervention. Poster presented at the 20th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science. Chicago.
Saedi, G. (2007, May). Iranian college student perfectionism, psychological well-being, and academic achievement motivation. Poster session presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Saedi, G. (2006, June). Perfectionism and psychological well-being in Iranian-American college students. In S. Pesznecker (Chair), Our lives and minds: the psychological impacts of experiences. Paper presented at the Undergraduate and McNair Research Conference, Portland, OR.
Saedi, G., & Olsen, J. (2006, April). The effect of parental attributions, perceived control, and anxiety on temperamental ratings. Paper presented at the Northwest Undergraduate Research Conference, Portland, OR.
Bonds, L., Olsen, J., Stettler, N., & Saedi, G. (2005, July). Online on the frontline: An exploration of psychological and research dilemmas. In S. Fuhr (Chair), Cyberwars: The new mediated mind. Symposium conducted at the meeting of the Nonviolence Institute, Portland, OR.
Recent Publications:
Saedi, G. (2008). Prevention resources. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roget (Eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Saedi, G., & Wisdom, J.P. (2008). Prevention strategies. In G. L. Fisher & N. A. Roges (Eds.), Encyclopedia of substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Wisdom J.P., Bruce K., Saedi G., Wilmeth-Weis T., & Green C.A. (2008). “Stealing me from myself”: Identity and recovery in personal accounts of mental illness. Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 42(6), 489-495.
Wisdom J.P., Saedi G., Green C.A. (in press). Another breed of service animals:STARS Study findings regarding petownership and recovery from serious mental illness. Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Saedi, G. (in press). Addressing the paucity of psychological scholarship conducted with Iranian populations: A preliminary review of Iranian mental health research in the United States. Journal of Muslim Mental Health.
Undergraduate Institution:
Portland State University
Contact Information:
Email: gsaedi@nd.edu