{"id":133,"date":"2017-10-26T11:33:13","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T15:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthpsychlab\/?page_id=133"},"modified":"2025-09-26T15:43:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T19:43:53","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthpsychlab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our lab explores how psychological and social factors shape physical health and wellbeing.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>Some of the questions we are interested in are:<\/p>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What are the links between mental health and physical health?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>We explore how psychological wellbeing\u2014both positive and negative\u2014shapes physical health. 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