Mary Gick

Research Interests

Trained initially as an experimental cognitive psychologist, my current research interests are in health psychology. One long-standing interest is individual difference factors (e.g., attachment style, Conscientiousness) associated with physical health, health behaviours, and coping with medical problems and seeking treatment for them. A more recent interest is singing, health and well-being.

Please note that Dr. Gick retired July 1, 2018.

Selected Publications

Gick, M., & Nicol, J. (2016). Singing for respiratory health: Theory, evidence and challenges. Health Promotion International, 31(3), 725-734. doi:10.1093/heapro/dav013

Maras, D., Obeid, N., Flament, M., Buchholz, A., Henderson, K., Gick, M., & Goldfield, G. (2016). Attachment style and obesity: Disordered eating behaviors as a mediator in a community sample of Canadian youth. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 37(9), 762-770. doi:10.1097/DBP.0000000000000361

Gick, M.L., & Daugherty, C. (2015). Changes in spirometry, quality of life and well-being as a
function of singing, diaphragmatic breathing, and singing and diaphragmatic breathing: A
pilot study. Music and Medicine, 7, 40-49.

Gick, M. (2014). An exploration of interactions between conscientiousness and consideration of future consequences on healthy eating. Personality and Individual Differences, 66, 181-187. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2014.03.020

Gick, M. L., & Sirois, F. M. (2010). Insecure attachment moderates women’s adjustment to inflammatory bowel disease severity. Rehabilitation Psychology, 55(2), 170-179. doi:10.1037/a0019358

Hill, E. M., & Gick, M. L. (2013). Attachment and barriers to cervical screening. Journal of Health Psychology, 18(5), 648-657. doi:10.1177/1359105312454910

Hill, E. M., & Gick, M. L. (2011). The big five and cervical screening barriers: Evidence for the influence of conscientiousness, extraversion and openness. Personality and Individual Differences, 50(5), 662-667. doi:10.1016/j.paid.2010.12.013

Gick, M.L. (2011). Singing, health and well-being: A health psychologist’s review. Psychomusicology, 21(1-2), 176-207.

Nisbet, E. K. L., & Gick, M. L. (2008). Can health psychology help the planet? Applying theory and models of health behaviour to environmental actions. Canadian Psychology/Psychologie Canadienne, 49(4), 296-303. doi:10.1037/a0013277