Emotion regulation, imagery, and anxiety in elite performance
Katie Finch is a Waterloo graduate student in the clinical psychology program who is interested in exploring different factors related to performance anxiety and its effective treatment. She is particularly interested in music performance anxiety (MPA) and how mental imagery can be used to help musicians deal with MPA. Katie is also interested in whether skilled performers (e.g., musicians and athletes) experience negative images of themselves in performance situations and how this might relate to past anxiety provoking performance experiences. In her spare time, Katie enjoys playing the cello and chasing around her miniature dachshund.
2016 RESEARCH SUPPORT
Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
President’s Graduate Scholarship
University of Waterloo
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
MANUSCRIPTS
Finch, K.K., & Moscovitch, D.A. (2016). Imagery-based interventions for music performance anxiety: A critical, integrative review. Medical Problems of Performing Artists, 31(4), 222-231.
POSTER PRESENTATIONS
Finch, K.K., Oakman, J.M., Capobianco, K., Keleher, B., Milovanov, A., & Mittelstaedt, W. (June 2017). Autocorrelation in single-case research. Poster submitted to the 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hudd, T., Vidovic, V., Lenton-Brym, A., Finch, K., Parker, V., Dupasquier, J., Nightingale, B., Barber, K., & Moscovitch, D.A. (June 2017). The nature and impact of negative autobiographical memory retrieval in social anxiety disorder. Poster submitted to the 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Keleher, B., Oakman, J., Capobianco, C., Milovanov, A., Finch, K., & Mittelstaedt, W. (June, 2017). Hi [insert name]: The role of basic needs support and thwarting in the development of motivation for emotionally demanding tasks. Poster submitted to the 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Milovanov, A., Oakman, J.M., Keleher, B., Capobianco, K., Finch, K.K., Mittelstaedt, W. (June, 2017). Common Therapeutic Factors in Psychotherapy and Complementary Treatments. Poster submitted to the 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Capobianco, K., Keleher, B., Oakman, J., Ma, R., Milovanov, A., Finch, K. K., and Mittelstaedt, W. (June, 2017). Tailored or Standardized Interventions for Academic Procrastination. Poster submitted to the 78th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Vidovic, V., Lenton-Brym, A., Zabara, N., Finch, K., Dupasquier, J.R., Barber, K.C., & Moscovitch, D.A. (2016, May). Phenomenology and significance of mental imagery in social anxiety disorder: A study of the waterloo images and memories interview. Poster session presented at the 6th annual convention of the Canadian Association of Cognitive & Behavioral Therapies (CACBT), Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Finch, K.K., & Moscovitch, D.A. (2015, June). Just relax? Music performance anxiety and the use of imagery-based interventions to manage arousal and enhance performance. Poster session presented at the 76th annual convention of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA), Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.