Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Congratulations Heather!

Congratulations to Heather Burke, who defended her Master's Thesis: The Relationship Between Implicit and Explicit Violent Self-Concept and Violent Behaviour Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Kimia!

Congratulations to Kimia Fardfini, who defended her Master's Thesis: Dyadic Associations between Body Mass Index, Stress and Type 2 Diabetes Complications Supervised by: Dr. Rachel... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Simon!

Congratulations to Simon Baldwin, who defended his Doctoral Thesis: A Reasonable Officer: Examining the Relationship between Stress, Training, and Performance in Use of Force Encounters Supervised by: Dr. Craig... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Hannah!

Congratulations to Hannah Brazeau, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Being “in Touch”: The Role of Daily Empathic Accuracy and Affectionate Touch Fulfillment in Shaping Well-Being Supervised by: Dr. Chris Davis & Dr. Cheryl... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Logan!

Congratulations to Logan Ewanation, who defended his Doctoral Thesis: The effect of victim race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal use of force Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Joy!

Congratulations to Joy McLeod, who defended her Master's Thesis: Community Peer Support Among Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injury Supervised by: Dr. Chris... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Ali!

Congratulations to Ali Croke, who defended her Master's Thesis: Evaluative Attitudes of Sexual Aggression Towards Women from Men Who Commit Sexually Aggressive Acts Towards Women Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Monday, September 20, 2021

Congratulations Sam!

Congratulations to Sam Hollingshead, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: An Integrated Thesis Examining the Influence of Casino Loyalty Program Membership on Gamblers’ Attitudinal and Behavioural Loyalty Supervised by: Dr. Michael... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Congratulations Zheren!

Congratulations to Zheren Li, who defended his Master's Thesis: Constructing a Career: An Investigation of the Career Construction Model of Adaptation in Recent Graduates Supervised by: Dr. Bernadette... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Congratulations Roxana!

Congratulations to Roxana Ehsani-Moghaddam, who defended her Master's Thesis: System Justification and Normative Influence: Jury Decision-Making in a Police Shooting Trial Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn... More

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Congratulations Chloe!

Congratulations to Chloe Pedneault, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Development and Validation of the Attitude toward Sexual Aggression against Women (ASAW) Scale Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Congratulations Mariya!

Congratulations to Mariya Davydenko, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Self-control strategies for financial goals: Proactive and reactive strategy use and effectiveness Supervised by: Dr. Johanna... More

Friday, September 10, 2021

Congratulations Sasha!

Congratulations to Sasha Gunpat Motayne, who defended her Master's Thesis: Associations between Positive Psychological Well-Being, Psychological Distress, and Physical Activity among Adults with Diabetes Supervised by: Dr. Rachel... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Mackenzie!

Congratulations to Mackenzie Dunham, who defended his Master's Thesis: Investigating the Dynamic Risk Assessment for Offender Re-entry’s (DRAOR) Ability to Operate as a Weighted Risk Prediction Instrument Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Cassandra!

Congratulations to Cassandra Starosta, who defended her Master's Thesis: Let’s Get Prototypical: The Role of Complainant/Defendant Gender and Form of Sexual Act on Mock Jurors’ Decisions in Sexual Assault Trials Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn Maeder.  ... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Colleen!

Congratulations to Colleen Robb, who defended her Master's Thesis: An Examination of How Various Statistical Weighting Methods Impact Predictive Validity of the Service Planning Instrument for Women (SPIn-W) Supervised by: Dr. Shelley... More

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Congratulations Joshua!

Congratulations to Joshua Remedios, who defended his Master's Thesis: Exploring the Moderating Role of Self-Compassion on Family Achievement Guilt and Psychological Ill-being in First-Generation and Non-First-Generation University Students Supervised by: Dr. Katie... More

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Congratulations Alexandra!

Congratulations to Alexandra Therond, who defended her Master's Thesis: Validation of Smartphone-Based Cognitive Assessments for Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder Supervised by: Dr. Andrea Howard & Dr. Synthia... More

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Congratulations Sonya!

Congratulations to Sonya McLaren, who defended her Master's Thesis: Capturing Change: Validation of the Client Change Scale with the Correctional Service of Canada Community Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Deanna Whelan!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Deanna Whelan on receiving a New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award! This award, given annually by Teaching and Learning Services, is presented to faculty in their first five years at Carleton who are active in using innovative, unique or engaging teaching techniques. Deanna has made tremendous progress on... More

Monday, July 26, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Nassim Tabri!

Please join us in congratulating our colleague, Dr. Nassim Tabri – he has just won the 2021 Annual Research Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling for his paper, “An Examination of the Validity and Reliability of the Positive Play Scale: Findings From a Canadian National Study” (Nassim Tabri, Richard Wood, Kahlil Philander... More

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Congratulations Natasha!

Congratulations to Natasha Maltais, who defended her Master's Thesis: Is it all in the details? Effect of psychopathy risk communication format on mock jurors’ perceptions of recidivism, risk management, and treatment amenability Supervised by: Dr. Julie... More

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Departmental Closure: Friday, July 2nd

Please note that the Department of Psychology will be closed on Friday, July 2nd for the Appreciation Day Holiday. All inquiries will be responded to when the Department reopens on Monday, July 5th.... More

Friday, June 25, 2021

Congratulations to our Medal Winners!

The Department of Psychology would like to congratulate the following students on their wonderful achievement: Sabina Franklyn, Master of Arts in Psychology, will receive a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement - Graduate. Cole Johnson, Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology, will receive a Governor General's Medal. Caitlin Walker,... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Alex!

Congratulations to Alex McCaffrey, who defended his Master's Thesis: Forgiveness contributes to the moral licensing effect in a multiple victim context Supervised by: Dr. Michael... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Karen!

Congratulations to Karen Jones, who defended her Master's Thesis: Classifying Justice-Involved Males in Iowa: A Latent Class Analysis with the Dynamic Risk Assessment for Offender Re-Entry (DRAOR) Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Dorothy!

Congratulations to Dorothy Shipley, who defended her Master's Thesis: “I’ve Got Your Six”: The Importance of Peer Support to Women Working in Non-Traditional Roles Supervised by: Dr. Janet... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Sacha!

Congratulations to Sacha Maimone, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Assessing Implicit Evaluative Attitudes Toward Violence in Male Students, Male Community Members, and Men Convicted of Violent Offences Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Kate!

Congratulations to Kate Hill MacEachern, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: What is it about Organized Sports? Understanding the Associations between Experiences in Youth Sport and Positive Youth Development Supervised by: Dr. Anne... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Congratulations Megan!

Congratulations to Megan Lamb, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: The impact of body esteem on health-related outcomes in children and youth with severe obesity Supervised by: Dr. Anne... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Congratulations Emily!

Congratulations to Emily Dunn, who defended her Master's Thesis: Evaluative Attitudes Towards Sexually Offending Against Children: The Development of Self Report Measure Items Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Being a Grad Student During a Pandemic Blog Series: Sarah Enouy and Kimia Fardfini

This year has been challenging for everyone, including our graduate students. What were some of the challenges faced by our graduate students during the COVID pandemic? What kind of mental health, physical, or logistic trials did they experience? Conversely, what were some of their positive, humorous, or encouraging experiences? In this series of... More

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Being a Grad Student During a Pandemic Blog Series: Isabella Bossom

This year has been challenging for everyone, including our graduate students. What were some of the challenges faced by our graduate students during the COVID pandemic? What kind of mental health, physical, or logistic trials did they experience? Conversely, what were some of their positive, humorous, or encouraging experiences? In this series of... More

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Carleton Researcher Explores Links Between Solitude and Wellness During the Pandemic

Spending time alone is like exposure to direct sunlight. We all need some of it, but too much can be unhealthy — and everybody’s threshold is different. Researchers call this the paradox of solitude, and it has become a key part of the conversation about mental health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are experiencing... More

Monday, May 3, 2021

Carleton Students to Provide Psychology Wellness Clinic to Promote Student Mental Health

Carleton University graduate students will soon be applying what they learn in class by supporting their fellow students at an online Psychology Wellness Clinic. As part of a new mental health and well-being course, the clinic will offer hands-on experience dealing with mental health issues. Department of Psychology Chair Joanna Pozzulo Psychology... More

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Wednesday, September 22, 2021

Congratulations Heather!

Congratulations to Heather Burke, who defended her Master's Thesis: The Relationship Between Implicit and Explicit Violent Self-Concept and Violent Behaviour Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Kimia!

Congratulations to Kimia Fardfini, who defended her Master's Thesis: Dyadic Associations between Body Mass Index, Stress and Type 2 Diabetes Complications Supervised by: Dr. Rachel... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Simon!

Congratulations to Simon Baldwin, who defended his Doctoral Thesis: A Reasonable Officer: Examining the Relationship between Stress, Training, and Performance in Use of Force Encounters Supervised by: Dr. Craig... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Hannah!

Congratulations to Hannah Brazeau, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Being “in Touch”: The Role of Daily Empathic Accuracy and Affectionate Touch Fulfillment in Shaping Well-Being Supervised by: Dr. Chris Davis & Dr. Cheryl... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Logan!

Congratulations to Logan Ewanation, who defended his Doctoral Thesis: The effect of victim race on jurors’ perceptions of lethal use of force Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Joy!

Congratulations to Joy McLeod, who defended her Master's Thesis: Community Peer Support Among Individuals Living with Spinal Cord Injury Supervised by: Dr. Chris... More

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

Congratulations Ali!

Congratulations to Ali Croke, who defended her Master's Thesis: Evaluative Attitudes of Sexual Aggression Towards Women from Men Who Commit Sexually Aggressive Acts Towards Women Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Monday, September 20, 2021

Congratulations Sam!

Congratulations to Sam Hollingshead, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: An Integrated Thesis Examining the Influence of Casino Loyalty Program Membership on Gamblers’ Attitudinal and Behavioural Loyalty Supervised by: Dr. Michael... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Congratulations Zheren!

Congratulations to Zheren Li, who defended his Master's Thesis: Constructing a Career: An Investigation of the Career Construction Model of Adaptation in Recent Graduates Supervised by: Dr. Bernadette... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Congratulations Roxana!

Congratulations to Roxana Ehsani-Moghaddam, who defended her Master's Thesis: System Justification and Normative Influence: Jury Decision-Making in a Police Shooting Trial Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn... More

Thursday, September 16, 2021

Congratulations Chloe!

Congratulations to Chloe Pedneault, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Development and Validation of the Attitude toward Sexual Aggression against Women (ASAW) Scale Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Tuesday, September 14, 2021

Congratulations Mariya!

Congratulations to Mariya Davydenko, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Self-control strategies for financial goals: Proactive and reactive strategy use and effectiveness Supervised by: Dr. Johanna... More

Friday, September 10, 2021

Congratulations Sasha!

Congratulations to Sasha Gunpat Motayne, who defended her Master's Thesis: Associations between Positive Psychological Well-Being, Psychological Distress, and Physical Activity among Adults with Diabetes Supervised by: Dr. Rachel... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Mackenzie!

Congratulations to Mackenzie Dunham, who defended his Master's Thesis: Investigating the Dynamic Risk Assessment for Offender Re-entry’s (DRAOR) Ability to Operate as a Weighted Risk Prediction Instrument Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Cassandra!

Congratulations to Cassandra Starosta, who defended her Master's Thesis: Let’s Get Prototypical: The Role of Complainant/Defendant Gender and Form of Sexual Act on Mock Jurors’ Decisions in Sexual Assault Trials Supervised by: Dr. Evelyn Maeder.  ... More

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Congratulations Colleen!

Congratulations to Colleen Robb, who defended her Master's Thesis: An Examination of How Various Statistical Weighting Methods Impact Predictive Validity of the Service Planning Instrument for Women (SPIn-W) Supervised by: Dr. Shelley... More

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Congratulations Joshua!

Congratulations to Joshua Remedios, who defended his Master's Thesis: Exploring the Moderating Role of Self-Compassion on Family Achievement Guilt and Psychological Ill-being in First-Generation and Non-First-Generation University Students Supervised by: Dr. Katie... More

Tuesday, August 24, 2021

Congratulations Alexandra!

Congratulations to Alexandra Therond, who defended her Master's Thesis: Validation of Smartphone-Based Cognitive Assessments for Individuals with Major Depressive Disorder Supervised by: Dr. Andrea Howard & Dr. Synthia... More

Thursday, August 12, 2021

Congratulations Sonya!

Congratulations to Sonya McLaren, who defended her Master's Thesis: Capturing Change: Validation of the Client Change Scale with the Correctional Service of Canada Community Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Deanna Whelan!

Please join us in congratulating Dr. Deanna Whelan on receiving a New Faculty Excellence in Teaching Award! This award, given annually by Teaching and Learning Services, is presented to faculty in their first five years at Carleton who are active in using innovative, unique or engaging teaching techniques. Deanna has made tremendous progress on... More

Monday, July 26, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Nassim Tabri!

Please join us in congratulating our colleague, Dr. Nassim Tabri – he has just won the 2021 Annual Research Award from the National Council on Problem Gambling for his paper, “An Examination of the Validity and Reliability of the Positive Play Scale: Findings From a Canadian National Study” (Nassim Tabri, Richard Wood, Kahlil Philander... More

Tuesday, July 20, 2021

Congratulations Natasha!

Congratulations to Natasha Maltais, who defended her Master's Thesis: Is it all in the details? Effect of psychopathy risk communication format on mock jurors’ perceptions of recidivism, risk management, and treatment amenability Supervised by: Dr. Julie... More

Wednesday, June 30, 2021

Departmental Closure: Friday, July 2nd

Please note that the Department of Psychology will be closed on Friday, July 2nd for the Appreciation Day Holiday. All inquiries will be responded to when the Department reopens on Monday, July 5th.... More

Friday, June 25, 2021

Congratulations to our Medal Winners!

The Department of Psychology would like to congratulate the following students on their wonderful achievement: Sabina Franklyn, Master of Arts in Psychology, will receive a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement - Graduate. Cole Johnson, Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology, will receive a Governor General's Medal. Caitlin Walker,... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Alex!

Congratulations to Alex McCaffrey, who defended his Master's Thesis: Forgiveness contributes to the moral licensing effect in a multiple victim context Supervised by: Dr. Michael... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Karen!

Congratulations to Karen Jones, who defended her Master's Thesis: Classifying Justice-Involved Males in Iowa: A Latent Class Analysis with the Dynamic Risk Assessment for Offender Re-Entry (DRAOR) Supervised by: Dr. Ralph... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Dorothy!

Congratulations to Dorothy Shipley, who defended her Master's Thesis: “I’ve Got Your Six”: The Importance of Peer Support to Women Working in Non-Traditional Roles Supervised by: Dr. Janet... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Sacha!

Congratulations to Sacha Maimone, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: Assessing Implicit Evaluative Attitudes Toward Violence in Male Students, Male Community Members, and Men Convicted of Violent Offences Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Thursday, June 3, 2021

Congratulations Kate!

Congratulations to Kate Hill MacEachern, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: What is it about Organized Sports? Understanding the Associations between Experiences in Youth Sport and Positive Youth Development Supervised by: Dr. Anne... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Congratulations Megan!

Congratulations to Megan Lamb, who defended her Doctoral Thesis: The impact of body esteem on health-related outcomes in children and youth with severe obesity Supervised by: Dr. Anne... More

Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Congratulations Emily!

Congratulations to Emily Dunn, who defended her Master's Thesis: Evaluative Attitudes Towards Sexually Offending Against Children: The Development of Self Report Measure Items Supervised by: Dr. Kevin... More

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Being a Grad Student During a Pandemic Blog Series: Sarah Enouy and Kimia Fardfini

This year has been challenging for everyone, including our graduate students. What were some of the challenges faced by our graduate students during the COVID pandemic? What kind of mental health, physical, or logistic trials did they experience? Conversely, what were some of their positive, humorous, or encouraging experiences? In this series of... More

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Being a Grad Student During a Pandemic Blog Series: Isabella Bossom

This year has been challenging for everyone, including our graduate students. What were some of the challenges faced by our graduate students during the COVID pandemic? What kind of mental health, physical, or logistic trials did they experience? Conversely, what were some of their positive, humorous, or encouraging experiences? In this series of... More

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Carleton Researcher Explores Links Between Solitude and Wellness During the Pandemic

Spending time alone is like exposure to direct sunlight. We all need some of it, but too much can be unhealthy — and everybody’s threshold is different. Researchers call this the paradox of solitude, and it has become a key part of the conversation about mental health throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, when people are experiencing... More

Wednesday, May 5, 2021

Graduate Research Showcase: Shreena Thapa

Name:  Shreena Thapa Area of Study: Forensic In what program are you currently enrolled? PhD What year of the program are you currently in? 4 Citation in APA format Thapa, S., Brown, S. L., & Skilling, T. A. (2020). The Relationship Between Self-Esteem, Gender, Criminal Attitudes, and Recidivism in a Youth Justice Sample. Criminal Justice... More