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.
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.
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.
Congratulations to Sydney Waring for submitting her Clinical Psychology PhD dissertation on relational body image to the University of Waterloo! Sydney will be defending her dissertation on June 22nd.
Congratulations to Michelle Korlacka for being awarded a Canada Graduate Scholarship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) for her masters research! Michelle's research is investigating how self-compassion-based interventions can promote distress reduction.
Congratulations to Aleece Katan and Allison Kelly for their recent article published in the Journal of Eating Disorders! Aleece's research investigates the association between daily self-compassion and adaptive coping behaviors in women with bulimia nervosa.
An interview with Sydney Waring, a Psychology PhD candidate, regarding her PhD research on relational body image was featured in The Record. The study has been published in the journal Body Image. The study results suggest that young women's body image (i.e. the way they feel about their body) is affected by how accepted they feel by others as well as how body-preoccupied others are around them.
An interview with Dr Allison Kelly regarding the research study "Compassion, social connectedness and trauma resilience during the COVID-19 pandemic: A multi-national study" was featured in The Record. The study is looking at how people are coping with the current pandemic and aims to assess whether compassion for oneself and for others can reduce the impact of stress caused by this pandemic. Anyone interested in taking part in the study can find the survey here.
Congratulations to Dr. Allison Kelly for receiving The Early Researcher Award! She was one of fifteen University of Waterloo researchers to receive this award along with funding from the provincial government to advance Ontario’s knowledge-based economy. Read about the Dr. Kelly's research project here.
Congratulations to Sydney Waring for being awarded the Student Poster Award at the 2019 annual meeting of the Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research!
Waring, S. V., & Kelly, A. C. (2019, June). Investigating relationship-specific variations in perceived unconditional acceptance and body image. Poster presented at the 2019 Society for Interpersonal Theory and Research Annual Meeting, Grand Rapids, MI.