The Team
Current Lab Members
Rony Hossan
Rony is a 1st year PhD student in the Applied Health Sciences program.
Darren Liu
Darren is a 1st year M.A. student in the Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management.
Lakin Rose
Lakin is a 4th year student in the B.A. Honours Program in the Department of Psychology.
Former Lab Members
Graduate Students
Tiffany Addison, M.A., Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Thesis: "The relationship between empathy and support for rule changes intended to reduce the rates of concussions in the National Football League"
Julie Brodeur, M.A., Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Thesis: "Obsessive passion in youth hockey parents: Relationships with need satisfaction and verbal aggression toward officials"
Craig Hillier, M.A., Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Thesis: "Savouring with elite adolescent tennis players: A feasibility study"
Cody Rogers, M.A., Faculty of Kinesiology and Recreation Management
Thesis: "How can sport help those with Type 2 diabetes? A look at coping"
Undergraduate Students
Julie Brodeur, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Why does obsessive passion predict dampening? A test of potential mediators"
Luella Friesen, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Romantic partner preference: What perfectionists look for in long-term romantic partners"
Amy Geddes, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Self-compassion and anger in response to a false accusation"
Simon Kigelman, Research Assistant
Meghan Kukelko, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Perfectionism and responses to remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic"
Jack Lötscher, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Burnout in coaches: links to harmonious and obsessive passion "
Kareen Lyimo, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Understanding apologizing behaviour: An investigation using the dualistic model of passion"
Sophia Mbabaali, Research Assistant
Samantha Onchulenko, Research Assistant
Allen Quach, Undergraduate Research Award Student
Eli Robertson, B.Sc. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Is self-compassion related to academic risk-taking? A survey of undergraduate students"
Alana Signore, Research Assistant
Kiera Wortley, B.A. (Honours), Department of Psychology
Thesis: "Self-compassion in concussion recovery of combat sport athletes"