Our lab studies the way our various self-attitudes, like being critical or compassionate towards ourselves, influence the way we feel, think, and behave. We are especially interested in the relationship between self-attitudes, eating behaviour, and body image. Through our research, we seek to inspire new ways to understand, prevent, and treat eating disorders, and innovative ways to promote flexible eating, healthy body image, and well-being.
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Aleece Katan is awarded the Psychology Memorial Award
Congratulations to Aleece Katan for being selected as a recipient of the UWaterloo Psychology Memorial Award! This award is given to outstanding UWaterloo Psychology students in honour of their academic excellence.
Monica Grove and Michelle Korlacka graduated with Psychology MA
Congratulations to Monica Grove and Michelle Korlacka for graduating with their Master of Arts (MA) degree in Psychology today! Monica and Michelle are both now continuing their self-compassion research in the Self-Attitudes Lab as PhD students with an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.
Jenessa Shaw is awarded PhD funding from SSHRC
Congratulations to Jenessa Shaw for being awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for her PhD research! Jenessa's PhD research will further advance the understanding of the association between emotional distress tolerance and self-compassion. See here for information about Jenessa's MA research.