Van Bui is a third year PhD student in clinical psychology at the University of Waterloo. She is currently interested in understanding how excessive reassurance seeking impacts those with social anxiety.
EMAIL: van.bui@uwaterloo.ca
DEGREE IN PROGRESS:
- PhD in Clinical Psychology (3nd year PhD), University of Waterloo
DEGREES:
- MA in Clinical Psychology (2023), University of Waterloo
- B.A. (Hons.) Psychology (2020), First Class Honours, University of Manitoba
RESEARCH SUPPORT:
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
- Bui, V., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2024). Predictors of excessive reassurance seeking in social anxiety. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 48(2), 292–302. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10473-1
SELECTED CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
Bui, V., & Moscovitch, D.A. (2026, June). Predictors, functions, and emotional impacts of reassurance seeking in social anxiety: Results from a 14-day naturalistic diary study. Poster presented at the annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montréal, CA.
Bui, V., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2025, November). The role of daily self-doubt, post-event processing, and reassurance quality on excessive reassurance urges for people with social anxiety. Presented at the “Novel approaches to delineating the cognitive mechanisms and treatment of social anxiety disorder” symposium at the annual conference of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies, New Orleans, LA.