Graduate Students:
Stephanie Manuel
Program & Year: Clinical Psychology, 4th Year PhD Candidate.
成人大片 Me: My research explores how depressive symptoms shape individual鈥檚 social and emotional experiences. My dissertation focuses on how depression may strain relationships by disrupting self-disclosure鈥攖he sharing of personal thoughts and feelings that typically fosters closeness and emotional wellbeing. In my spare time, I enjoy spending time outdoors, enthusing about sushi, and coming up with endless nicknames for my polydactyl cat, Kittalina!
Bianca Wilhelm
Program & Year: Social-Personality Psychology, 3rd Year PhD Candidate.
成人大片 Me: My research focuses on the intertwined topics of research measurement/methodology and social identity. My dissertation research examines how the placement of demographic questions can alter participants' responses to other items by making certain social identities salient. Outside of the lab, I enjoy playing videos, cooking, and doing cross stitch and crochet.
Laura Fung
Program & Year: Social-Personality Psychology, 2nd Year MSc Student.
成人大片 Me: My research interests centre around personality, the self, and women's experiences with a specific interest in motherhood. My master's thesis focuses on selfships, which are the relationships people form with others who provide them specific types of self-relevant feedback. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with friends, playing games on my Nintendo Switch, or snuggling with my dogs Mickey and Ella!
Honours Thesis Students:
Antonia Escobar
Program & Year: 4th Year BSc Psychology Student
成人大片 Me: I am interested in how our cognitions are influenced by social processes like social exclusion. My thesis explores the concept of selfships: relationships used to regulate self-worth. It examines whether feedback from a close other (versus a stranger) influences perceived relationship quality, depending on whether the feedback is expected or unexpected. In my free time, I like to spend time with my friends and family and go on walks!
Keanna MacKinnon
Program & Year: 4th Year BSc Psychology Student
成人大片 Me: My research interests include developmental psychology, especially related to language, and social psychology, particularly how mood states influence social perception. My thesis examines how individuals with dysphoria may prefer to apply problem-solving over emotional support, and how this preference could impact their relationships. Outside of school, I enjoy spending time outdoors with friends, reading a good book, and playing with my dog Kali.
Directed Lab Students & Undergraduate Research Assistants:
- Hannah Arsenault
- Sonia Backe
- Calista Beacom
- Maya Campbell
- Chloe Chen
- Aiden Douglass
- Innez Galle
- Brooklyn Karkoulos
- Jenna Martens
- Kaitlin McClelland
- Amy Russell
- Claire Waraich
- Katie Wong
- Carina Yeung
Lab Alumni
* Received CPA award for the best thesis or dissertation
鈥 Received the McGhie Prize for top psychology PhD student
- Paige Babb (Honours Thesis): Dysphoria and Social Validation
- Nicole Maneh (Honours Thesis): Dysphoria as a Predictor of Problem Solving Versus Emotionally Validating Social Support in Social Interactions
- Milena Montanino (Honours Thesis): Dysphoria and Support Provision Tendencies in Friendships
- Teagan Schuck (Honours Thesis): Causal Uncertainty and its Relation to Roommate Rejection
- Alanna Dochuck (Honours Thesis): Dysphoria and Sensitivity to Social Rejection Cues
- Elma Sabanovic (Honours Thesis): Self-Judgements and Information Seeking
- Robert Rynard (Honours Thesis): Non-Naivet茅 and Replications of Judgement and Decision-Making Tasks
- Emma Wilkinson (Honours Thesis): Windows vs. Screens: Effects of Parallax on Social Interactions
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Shahnawaz Towheed (Honours Thesis): Meditation and Self-Enhancement
- Sophie Blackmore (Honours Thesis): Mimicry and Mental State Decoding Accuracy in Undergraduate Students with Dysphoria
- Ziyi Lai (MSc, Social-Personality): Dysphoria as a Moderator of Online Self-Presentation Via Image Selection
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Shana Marie Needham (PhD, Social-Personality): Causal Uncertainty and Romantic Relationships
- Dominique Mielnik (Honours Thesis): Causal Uncertainty and Empathic Accuracy about a Conflict Conversation
- Kelsey Rozema (Honours Thesis): Causal Uncertainty and Conflict in Roommate Relationships
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Harmony Jarvis (MSc Social-Personality): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty and Social Rejection"
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Kevin Rounding (PhD Social-Personality): 鈥淩eligion and Self-Control"
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Maddie D鈥橝gata (MSc Social-Personality):鈥 The Effect of Lying on Self-Control Depletion鈥
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Carly Parsons* (Honours Thesis):鈥淚nvestigating the Role of Kinship Cues in the Response to Social Rejection鈥
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Allyson Smith (Honours Thesis): 鈥 The Role of Attributional Biases in the Relationship Between Dysphoria, Theory of Mind, and Social Functioning 鈥
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Julia Gordon (Honours Thesis): 鈥淓xamining the Effects of Social Influence on Face Recognition Accuracy of Individuals with Dysphoria鈥
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Janine Haq (Honours Thesis):鈥 The Effects of Causal Uncertainty on Self-Regulation Depletion in Dyadic Interactions鈥
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Alessia Milano (Honours Thesis):鈥 The Relationship Between Causal Uncertainty and Roommate Rejection 鈥
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Kristen Blackler (MSc Social-Personality): 鈥淭he Effect of Adaptive Perfectionism, Maladaptive Perfectionism, and Feedback on Procrastination Behaviour鈥
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Nathalie C么t茅 (Honours Thesis): 鈥淓xamining the Implication of Feedback on the Relationship between Dysphoria and Theory-of-Mind Abilities鈥
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Jacob Deodato (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Role of Gender in the Relationship between Causal Uncertainty and Mimicry鈥
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Kevin Rounding* (MSc Social-Personality): 鈥淐ompounding Effects of Dysphoria and Mood Stability on Eyewitness Identification鈥
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Sarah Shallwani (Honours Thesis): 鈥淢imicry and Mental State Decoding Accuracy in Undergraduate Students with Dysphoria鈥
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Eliane Boucher* (PhD Social-Personality): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty in Social Interactions: The Impact of Interpersonal Expectations and Uncertainty Reduction on Liking鈥
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Meghan McPhie (Honours Thesis): 鈥淎n Examination of the Relationship Between Accuracy of Mental State Decoding and Dysphoria in University Students鈥
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Jennifer Passey (PhD Social-Personality): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty and Self-Regulation Abilities鈥
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Rachel Ruttan (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Relationship Between Causal Uncertainty and Nonconscious Mimicry鈥
- Emilie Chan (MSc Clinical): 鈥淭he Roles of Theory of Mind and Empathy in the Relationship between Dysphoria and Poor Social Functioning鈥
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Carly Ainlay (Honours Thesis): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty and Social Information Seeking鈥
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Rebecca Brown (Honours Thesis): 鈥淩esponses to Medical Tests with Uncertain Results鈥
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Kimberly Thomson (Honours Thesis): 鈥淣onverbal Mediators of the Relationship between Causal Uncertainty and Liking鈥
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Michelle Vitti (Honours Thesis): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty and Stop Rules in Dyadic Interviews鈥
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Alexandra Wilson (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Influence of Involvement, Source Credibility, and Message Strength on Responses to Pro-Attitudinal Messages鈥
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Stacy Crosson (Honours Thesis): 鈥淟ongitudinal Effects of Life Experiences on Causal Uncertainty鈥
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James Doiron (Honours Thesis): 鈥淎n Analysis of Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms in Parents of Autistic Children鈥
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David Duong* (MA Clinical): 鈥淒ysphoria and Theory-of-Mind Abilities: The Role of Cognitive Processing鈥
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Rebecca Hockin (Honours Thesis): 鈥淎n Analysis of the Relationship between Maternal Depression and Infants鈥 Theory-of-Mind Abilities鈥
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Jennifer Passey (MA Social-Personality): 鈥淐ausal Uncertainty and Social Rejection鈥
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Graeme Rassenti (Honours Thesis): 鈥淐ommunication Accommodation in CMC: Investigating the Role of Anticipated Future Interaction on the Use of Emoticons鈥
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Kyla Bondy (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Effect of Causal Uncertainty on Empathic Accuracy in Computer-Mediated Communications鈥
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Eliane Boucher* (MA Social-Personality): 鈥淓xamining the Effects of Causal Uncertainty in Face-to-Face and Computer-Mediated Interactions鈥
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Angela Collins (Honours Thesis): 鈥淟ife-Sustaining Treatment Preferences as a Function of Context鈥
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Shannon Currie (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Role of Causal Uncertainty in Empathic Accuracy Judgments鈥
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Elizabeth Donnery (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Effect of Unrealistic Optimism and Culture on Health in People Living with HIV/AIDS鈥
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Chiara Papile (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Effects of Causal Uncertainty on Ego Depletion in Dyadic Social Interactions鈥
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Elena Ballantyne (Honours Thesis): 鈥淟ife Events and Health Outcomes of Older Adults鈥
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Jennifer Laforce*鈥 (PhD Clinical): 鈥淓xperience of Parenting: Parenting Strategies and their Relationship with Parental Self-Efficacy, Perceptions of Control, and Parental Affect鈥
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Anna Ebel-Lam* (MA Social-Personality): 鈥淥ptimism, Self-Mastery, and the Perceived Controllability of a Health Threat as Moderators of Reactions to Negative Feedback 成人大片 One鈥檚 Health鈥
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Veronica Legnini (Honours Thesis): 鈥淎 Cross-Cultural Evaluation of a Health Threat in Canadians and Asians鈥
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Nina Rytwinski (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Relationship Between Causal Uncertainty and Roommate Rejection in University Students鈥
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Michelle Lafrance (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭heory of Mind and Dysphoria: Investigating Memory Perspective and Emotion Projection鈥
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Sharon Lin (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭emporarily Activated Causal Uncertainty Beliefs and Stop Rule Usage鈥
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Nisanne Tadman (Honours Thesis): 鈥淓ffects of Causal Uncertainty and Judgement Objectives on Stereotyping鈥
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Jessica Bloomfield (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Relationship Between Causal Uncertainty, Reassurance Seeking, and Depressive Symptomatology鈥
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Sarah Reiss (Honours Thesis): 鈥淭he Effects of Self-Construal on Motivated Skepticism鈥