Psychology Undergraduate Research Event (PURE)

This annual celebration of student achievement involves our 4th-year Undergraduate Honours students sharing their capstone research via poster presentations. This has become Carleton’s largest undergraduate research event. To help with this celebration of student achievement, we welcome fellow students and their families, members of the Department, and the University community to attend.

PURE was held in-person on Thursday April 10^th, 2025. Students were supported by their friends, family, and members of the Department. Each student did an excellent job presenting their poster, but the following seven students were selected to receive an outstanding presentation award. Congratulations!

Our winners from the Honours Project PSYC 4909/4910:

Sienna Kasler: Space to Grow Greenspace in Schools for Youth Health

Olivia Merpaw: Why Do Some Officers Break and Others Bounce Back? Understanding Predictive Factors Influencing Police Officers’ Risk to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Selena Stuckless: Unraveling the Link: Risk Factors and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Military Personnel Post-Deployment

Madoka Suzuki: Understanding the Relationship Between Stress and Performance in Sports Psychology

Faith Thornton: Social Media and Social Stress: The Effects of Problematic Social Media Use

Annika Whitford: Addressing The Mental Health Crisis in Higher Education Perfectionism, Performance, and Social Pressure

Our winners from the Honours Thesis PSYC 4907/4908:

Olivia Sebastian: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and Recidivism in Justice-Impacted Youth: Considering Gender Differences and the Mediating Effects of Mental Health

Nadia Senkowski: Psychopathy in the Family: Examining the Psychological Impacts of Having a Family Member with Psychopathic Traits

Tamara Tobin: The Fault in Our Peers: Peer Victimization’s Association With Stress in Late Adolescence

Take a look at the 2025 PURE Conference Program published by the Carleton Undergraduate Journal of Science. This conference proceedings issue comprises abstracts from undergraduate students in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University who presented at PURE 2025.