Sarena Daljeet

MA Candidate

Sarena Daljeet

Research Interests 

Sarena is a graduate student in the clinical psychology program at the University of Waterloo. She is working under the supervision of Dr. Jonathan Oakman as part of the Psychological Intervention Research Team. Her thesis work explores patterns of factors that promote change over the course of psychotherapy. She is interested in the relationship between the therapeutic alliance and emotional processing within and between sessions. Her second line of research involves applying the Job Demands and Resources Model to study burnout, engagement, and well-being in university students. 

Sarena received a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) from the Department of Psychology at the University of Western Ontario, where she acted as the editor-in-chief of the Western Undergraduate Psychology Journal.  

Three-Minute Thesis Talk 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcTPxOvPO-4 

  • University Finals, People’s Choice Award (2020) 

  • Arts Department, 2nd Place (2020) 

Contact Information 

sgdaljee@uwaterloo.ca 

Publications and Presentations 

  • Milovanov, A., Tran, E., Kinnear, A., Daljeet, S., Finch, K., Capobianco, K., Keleher, B., Mittelstaedt, W., Oakman, J. (2020). Personality predictors of psychotherapy preferences in depressed undergraduate students. Poster presented at the Association for Psychological Science Annual Convention, Chicago, IL. 

  • Daljeet, S., Granger, C., Harris, K., Hinson, R., & Judson, M. (2019, November). Defining recovery at Westover. Poster presented at the Society for the Study of Addiction Annual Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. 

  • Daljeet, S. & Stanton, K. (2019, June). Grandiose versus vulnerable narcissism and treatment utilization. Poster presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Annual Convention, Halifax, NS. 

  • Daljeet, S. (2019, March). The assessment of zero-sum beliefs. Presented at the Western Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, London, ON. 

  • Daljeet, S. (2018). Common misconceptions about narcissistic personality disorder. Western Mind. 

  • Daljeet, S. (2018). A professor’s perspective: Common misconceptions about marijuana use disorder. Western Mind. 

  • Daljeet, S. (2018, November). The match hypothesis: Coping and support resources in the job demands and resources model. Presented at the Industrial/OrganizationalPsychology and Organizational BehaviourGraduate Student Conference, London, ON. 

  • Daljeet, S. (2018, March). Issues in providing mental health services to middle eastern refugees. Presented at the Western Anthropology Graduate Student Conference, London, ON.