Sophie Kudryk

Graduate researcher

Sophie Kudryk

Sophie Kudryk headshot 2025

Sophie Kudryk is a Ph.D. student in clinical psychology. Her research focuses on the interplay between social anxiety and the autobiographical memory system, including memories of personal events and the self-knowledge that underlies and is formed by these memories.

EMAIL:

smkudryk@uwaterloo.ca

DEGREE IN PROGRESS:

Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, University of Waterloo

DEGREES:

M.A. in Clinical Psychology (2024), University of Waterloo

BSc (Hons) in Psychology (2022), High Distinction, University of Toronto

SELECT PUBLICATIONS:

Kudryk, S. M., Richter Powell, A., Ho, J. T. K., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2025). Positive social autobiographical memory recall enhances positive affect, self-esteem, and social reward seeking after exclusion in individuals with high social anxiety. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000234

Kudryk, S. M., Ho, J. T. K., Budge, J. R. C., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2024). Identifying analogue samples of individuals with clinically significant social anxiety: Updating and combining cutoff scores on the Social Phobia Inventory and Sheehan Disability Scale. Psychological Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1037/pas0001328

Martin, K. E., Kudryk, S. M., & Moscovitch, D. A. (2024). Effects of social anxiety and self-schemas on the impact and meaningfulness of positive versus negative social autobiographical memories. British Journal of Clinical Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12504