Karin was in the MA Program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University. Broadly, her research interests involve investigating how individual differences and situational factors relate to the development, maintenance, and treatment of internalizing disorders. In her MA thesis project she will investigate how forgiveness may affect the association between past childhood adversity and mental health difficulties in adulthood.
Elizabeth began the MA program in Clinical Psychology at Lakehead University in 2021. Her research interests involve understanding the impacts of adverse experiences on individual adjustment and regulation capacity as well as interventions to mitigate maladaptive behaviours. Her MA thesis will seek to define a minimal clinically important difference for emotion regulation through the evaluation of an e-mental health resilience-building tool, the JoyPopTM app, with youth seeking mental health treatment in Thunder Bay. Elizabeth's graduate studies are supported by funds from the Social Sciences Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship and St. Joseph's Care Group Award in Applied Health Research.
Read MoreAnastasia graduated from the HBSc Psychology program, with a minor in Biology. She was a research coordinator in the lab. Her areas of interests include language and communication disorders, neuropsychology, and child development.
Read MoreRobyn is a Research Assistant in the lab. She began the HBSc Biology program in 2020, and has been assisting with various studies in the lab since her first year. She mainly assisted with data collection for a study looking at the influence of a perfectionistic social environment/personal ideals on maladjustment in undergraduate students. For her undergraduate thesis, Robyn is researching the effects of a combination drug treatment on skeletal muscle physiology at NOSM University. She aspires to work as a physician in the future. Outside of the lab, Robyn spends her spare time going to the gym, playing/watching sports, and spending time with family.
Read MoreShaelynn graduated from Lakehead University in May 2023 with an HBSc in Psychology. Her thesis was on the differences between first year and fourth year undergraduate students in daily stress and coping.
She really enjoyed working under the supervision of Dr. Musquash (and co-supervisor Angela!). She had a really great and supportive group of peers in her honour thesis seminar.
From the birth of her son in July 2023 into 2024, Shaelynn will be focusing on her family in the role of a homemaker.
Read MoreChi completed her BA, honoring in psychology at St. Thomas University in 2022. After graduation, she began working as a clinical research assistant at St. John Regional Hospital and a volunteer research assistant at the lab. Her areas of research interests include multi-dimensional perfectionism, stress and burn-out, depression, impostor syndrome, personality disorders, and psychotherapies. Chi hopes to go to graduate school after 2-3 years of working to gain more research experiences.
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