{"id":10905,"date":"2012-05-27T18:28:37","date_gmt":"2012-05-27T22:28:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/?page_id=10905"},"modified":"2026-03-03T15:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T20:59:23","slug":"health","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/research\/research-areas\/health\/","title":{"rendered":"Health"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><\/h4>\n<div class=\"columns\"><div class=\"columns__two\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">About Health Psychology<\/h3>\n<p>Health psychologists are concerned with the psychological, social and behavioural factors that influence the onset, course and treatment of disease, as well as the impact of stress and illness on the individual. Questions of interest to faculty in the Department of Psychology include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What are the differences between happy and unhappy people?<\/li>\n<li>How do people adapt to life-changing experiences?<\/li>\n<li>What are the psychological benefits of forgiveness?<\/li>\n<li>What factors contribute to gambling and refusal to seek treatment?<\/li>\n<li>What predicts the health and well-being of workers?<\/li>\n<li>How does cancer treatment affect memory and sexuality?<\/li>\n<li>How do individual differences influence health, coping with medical problems and seeking treatment for them?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"columns__two\"><h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">Faculty Researchers<\/h3>\n<table style=\"width: 54.4586%; height: 369px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/rachel-burns\/\">Dr. Rachel Burns<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/chad-danyluck\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Chad Danyluck<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/chris-davis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Chris Davis<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/kate-dupre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Kate Dupr\u00e9<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/katie-gunnell\/\">Dr. Katie Gunnell<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/andrea-howard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Andrea Howard<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/vivian-lee\/\">Dr. Vivian Lee<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/yan-liu\/\">Dr. Yan Liu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/stefania-maggi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Stefania Maggi<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/stafffaculty-listing\/faculty\/janet-mantler\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Janet Mantler<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/marina-milyavskaya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Marina Milyavskaya<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/maria-a-rogers\/\">Dr. Maria Rogers<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/nassim-tabri\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Nassim Tabri<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td lang=\"\" style=\"height: 25px; width: 100%;\" scope=\"\" valign=\"top\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/michael-j-a-wohl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Michael Wohl<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/people\/john-m-zelenski\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. John Zelenski<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/psychology\/labs-and-research-groups\/#Cognition\">Related Labs and Research Groups<\/a><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bea-well-lab\/\">Behaviours, Exercise, Assessment, and Well-Being Lab (BEA-WELL Lab)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/bettermentlabs\/\">The Betterment Labs<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/happinesslab\/\">Carleton University Happiness Laboratory\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/ccmhome.blogspot.ca\/\">Carleton Cognitive Modeling Lab (CCM)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www3.carleton.ca\/cacr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Center for Applied Cognitive Research<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/cllr\/\">Child Language and Literacy Research Lab (CLLR)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/goallab\/\">Goal Pursuit and Self-Regulation Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/healthpsychlab\/\">Health Psychology Lab<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/rogerslabs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Rogers Child Mental Health 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