Who we are

Director

Gunnell, Katie

Associate Professor

Current Students

Eggleton, Sofia

Honours Thesis Student

Alumni

Doctoral Students

Joshua Remedios (2021-2023). Co-supervised with Chad Danyluck (Carleton University)

Master of Arts Students

Yulia Gmiro (2022-2024): Basic Psychological Need Satisfaction and Frustration During Social Media Use and Mental Health Among University Students no title. Co-supervised with Andrea Howard (Carleton University)

Ryan Soltendieck (2022-2024): Understanding the Association Between Offline Psychological Need Satisfaction and Social Media Related Bedtime Procrastination. Co-supervised with Rachel Burns (Carleton University)

Mackenzie Johnston (2020-2022): The Moderating Effects of Exercise Motivation on Self-Compassion and Physical Activity. Co-supervised with Rachel Burns (Carleton University)

Wardah Mahboob (2020-2022): Does Reducing Social Media Use Have an Effect on Loneliness and Social Comparisons? Co-supervised with Gary Goldfield (CHEO-RI)

Joshua Remedios (2019-2021): Family Achievement Guilt and Self-Compassion in First-Generation University Students

Alexandra Allan (2018-2020): Appearance Overvaluation, Attachment Insecurity, and Disordered Eating. Co-supervised with Nassim Tabri (Carleton University)

Madison Paynter (2018-2019): Basic psychological needs and passion: Exploring predictors of problematic video gaming behaviours.. Co-supervised with Nassim Tabri (Carleton University

Honours Thesis Students

Connor Mccrindle: Limiting social media and its impacts on physical activity levels (2022-2023)

Gabrielle Coelho-Gillespie: The effects of screen time on ill-being: does screen multitasking play a moderating role? (2022-2023)

Hannah Leistle: Investigating the relationship between psychological need fulfillment during screen time and sleep outcomes (2020-2021)

Alysia Emmanuel: Associations between leisure screen time and well-being among university students (2020-2021)

Abigail Sckrapnick: Prevalence and correlates of meeting integrated 24-hour movement guidelines among a sample of Canadian parents during the COVID-19 pandemic (2020- 2021; co-supervised)

Katie Schiek: The association between sleep, screen time and depression. (2020)

Helen Thai: The effects of reducing social media use on body image: a randomized controlled trial (2020; co-supervised)

Amira Sookram: Moderation of screen time on the relationship between physical activity and symptoms of depression in undergraduate students (2017-2018)

Rana Nawwara: Perceived basic psychological needs satisfaction and screen time (2017-2018)

Interns

Madeline Wadlow: Psychological needs satisfaction during screen time and well-being. 2020-2021 I-CUREUS Intern

Jayson Yung: Mindful screen time. 2020-2021 I-CUREUS Intern