Mackenzie Dowson
Masters Student
| Degrees: | BA Honours Psychology, Carleton University |
| Email: | mackenzie.dowson@carleton.ca |
Following the completion of an honours thesis in psychology in 2020, Mackenzie became the Betterment Lab’s manager/ research assistant. Mackenzie is now continuing her research as a Masters student under the supervision of Dr. Michael Wohl. Her research interests include nostalgia, addiction, ambivalence and behaviour change. Specifically, her work examines relapse prevention among individuals with gambling disorders and other addictive behaviours.
Conference Presentations
Dowson, M. E., Bossom, I. R. L., Salmon, M. M., Tabri, N., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2021, October). Should I Stay or Should I Go: Feeling Both Optimistic for Recovery and Nostalgic for Gambling Heightens Ambivalence and Likelihood of Relapse. Poster presented at the 22nd annual conference of the International Center for Responsible Gaming (virtual)*
*Awarded Most Outstanding Poster
Dowson, M. E., Bossom, I. R. L., Salmon, M. M., Tabri, N., & Wohl, M. J. A. (2021, April). Longing for the game: Nostalgia predicts relapse among people living with gambling disorder. Poster presented at the 20th Annual (virtual) conference of the Alberta Gambling Research Institute (AGRI).
Notable Awards
| 2021 | Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement |