Etiology of distorted body image ideals and role of therapeutic alliance for eating disorders
Sarina Trac is an Honours Arts Psychology (co-op) student at the University of Waterloo. She completed her honours thesis under Dr. Allison Kelly's supervision, which investigated the moderating role of emotional closeness toward body comparisons in response to self-help strategies for body image. More generally, Sarina's research interests lie in the etiology of distorted body image ideals and the role of the therapeutic alliance for eating disorders. Sarina hopes to attend graduate school in clinical psychology to earn a PhD.
Vimalakanthan, K., Trac, S., & Kelly, A.C. (2017, January). From Competition to Compassion: Alleviating the Negative Effects of Appearance-Focused Social Comparisons. Poster accepted to Society for Personality and Social Psychology Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX, USA.
Trac, S., Vimalakanthan, K., Kelly, A.C. (2016, May). Compassionate mindset promotes well-being in upward body comparisons. Poster presented at the Ontario Psychology Undergraduate Thesis Conference, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada