{"id":150,"date":"2026-02-11T09:41:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/?post_type=cu_people&p=150"},"modified":"2026-09-22T15:11:38","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T19:11:38","slug":"kassia-makris","status":"publish","type":"cu_people","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/people\/kassia-makris\/","title":{"rendered":"Kassia Makris"},"content":{"rendered":"
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PhD Student<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doctor of Philosophy, Psychology in progress (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master of Arts, Psychology (Carleton University) Honours Bachelor of Science, Psychology (minor: Neuroscience and Mental Health; concentration: Cognitive Psychology) (Carleton University)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Research Interests<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

I am a third-year PhD student in Psychology. My research focuses on mental health support and help-seeking among athletes. I am particularly interested in how emerging technologies, like generative AI, are used for mental health support and relate to athletes\u2019 engagement with professional services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selected Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Campbell, A., Sarraf, L., Daniels, T., Sharp, R., & Makris, K<\/strong>. (2026). The moderating effects of classroom social support on the relationship between peer victimization and children\u2019s emotional-behavioral functioning.\u00a0Canadian Journal of School Psychology<\/em>,\u00a041<\/em>(3), 183-206.\u00a0https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1177\/08295735261471624<\/a> Erbach,\u00a0M., Hashem,\u00a0R., Makris,\u00a0K.<\/strong>, Rosic, T., Corace, K., Sivaloganathan,\u00a0S., Porath, A. & DesClouds, P. (2026). Barriers and facilitators to implementing quality standards for youth and family engagement in community\u00a0agencies. Journal of Child and Family Studies<\/em> (manuscript under review).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Presentations<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DesClouds, P., Makris, K.<\/strong>, McGavin, S., & Porath, A. (2025, November 17-19). Facilitating the implementation of quality standards for youth and family engagement in the child and youth mental health and substance use health system<\/em> [10-minute oral presentation; speaker]. CCSA <\/strong>Issues of Substance 2025 Conference: Anchoring Hope, Halifax, NS.<\/strong> <\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makris, K.<\/strong>, Cappelli, M., Polihronis, C., Daniels, T. & Thompson, M. (2024, June 21-23). Mental health and mental health service utilization of youth during COVID-19<\/em> [Poster; presenter]. Canadian Psychological Association (CPA) Annual Convention 2024, Ottawa, ON.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Makris, K.<\/strong>, Daniels, T., Bonneville, A., Sharp, R., Sarraf, L. & Diaz, C. (2024, June 13-15). Unravelling the impact of cyber dating aggression on adverse mental health outcomes among emerging adults: The buffering role of relationship characteristics<\/em> [Symposium; speaker].Interdisciplinary Conference in Psychology (ICP) 2024, Ottawa, ON.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":103,"featured_media":303,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Kassia","cu_people_last_name":"Makris","cu_people_initials":"KM","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[20],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-150","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-graduate-students"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"","cu_people_degree":"","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"She\/Her","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/103"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":305,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/150\/revisions\/305"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=150"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}