Lab news

  • October 2017 – public address

    Dr. Busseri gave a public address, entitled “Well-being and again: Understanding our beliefs and experiences of well-being across the lifespan”, sponsored by the Centre for Lifespan Development Research at Brock University.

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  • October 2017 – manuscript

    Congratulations to Dr. Busseri. A manuscript based on his research on subjective well-being has been accepted for publication in the journal Personality and Individual Differences. See details here.

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  • September 2017

    We are pleased to welcome Holly Harris (Honours Thesis study) and Jennifer Mills (Research Assistant) to the Well-Being Research Lab.

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  • Jun 2017

    Lab members attended the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association (Toronto, ON).

    Mojan Naisani Samani presented a poster entitled, “The when of Zen: Mindfulness and temporal perspective”, based on her MA research. Carlie LeBlanc presented a poster entitled, “Harnessing young adults’ fantasies about their future” based on her Honours Thesis study.

    Kathryn Bunda presented a poster entitled, “Lay theories of health, self-rated health, and health behavior engagement” based on her Honours Thesis project.

    Erin Shanahan presented a poster entitled, “Life script theory and the belief that life gets better and better: A multi-country meta-analysis” based on her on-going research collaboration with Dr. Busseri.

    Congratulations to all!

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  • April 2017 – Mojan Naisani Samani

    Congratulations to Mojan Naisani Samani (current MA student), who has accepted an offer of admission to the PhD program in Business Administration at the DeGroote School of Business in Management of Organizational Behavior and Human Resources at McMaster University, under the supervisor of Dr. Rick Hackett (beginning September 2017).

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  • April 2017 – Carlie LeBlanc

    Congratulations to Carlie LeBlanc (BA, 2017; thesis student, 2016-2017), who has accepted an offer of admission to the MSW program at the University Toronto (beginning September 2017).

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  • April 2017 – Kathryn Bunda

    Congratulations to Kathryn Bunda (BA, 2016; thesis student, 2015-2016; lab RA, 2016-2017), who has accepted an offer of admission to the MA/PhD program in Social Psychology at Iowa State University under the mentorship of Dr. Alison Phillips (beginning September 2017).

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  • April 2017 – Lacey Sherk

    Congratulations to Lacey Sherk (BA, 2015; lab RA, 2014-2015), who has accepted an offer of admission to the MSW program at the University Toronto (beginning September 2017), and will be supported by an MA award from the Social Sciences and Humanities
    Research Council of Canada.

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  • December 2016

    Congratulations to Kathryn Bunda (BA, 2016).

    A manuscript based on her undergraduate Honours Thesis project, entitled “Lay theories of health, self-rated health, and health behavior intentions”, co-authored with Dr. Busseri has been accepted for publication at the Journal of Health Psychology. See details here.

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  • September 2016 welcome

    We are pleased to welcome Carlie Le Blanc (Honours Thesis study) and Kathryn Bunda (Research Assistant) to Well-Being Research Lab.

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