Professor and clinical psychologist Jonathan Weiss of 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health is the new Chair in Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) Treatment and Care Research, the federal government announced聽Monday at 91亚色. The chair, which will receive some $2 million in funding over five years, will study ways to improve the mental health and well-being of […]
Undergraduate and graduate students are especially likely to procrastinate when they feel that others expect them to be perfect, according to research from 91亚色.聽 鈥淧erfectionism does not necessarily result in higher levels of performance and may even backfire,鈥 says Gordon Flett, a psychology professor in 91亚色鈥檚 Faculty of Health and Canada Research Chair […]
Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) experience higher rates of bullying, which聽are聽associated with a higher incidence of mental health issues, according to a study in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders this month by 91亚色 researchers. 鈥淰ery little research has been done to assess the relationship between bullying and mental health in youth with […]
There is karma in kindness. It seems that the Biblical adage of doing unto others, as you鈥檇 have them do unto you, pays off in happiness, reported the Toronto Star May 17: A 91亚色 study found that people who performed small acts of kindness 鈥 every day for five to 15 minutes for a […]
Students Angela Deotto and Lilly Solomon recognized for poster projects If you were wandering through Vari Hall last Wednesday afternoon, you could have stopped and chatted with聽fourth-year psychology students about聽some pretty esoteric聽subjects. The rotunda was a maze of posters featuring聽the thesis projects of 78 students ready to explain whether聽eating disturbances are聽symptoms of depression, how to […]
Writing yourself a feel-good letter can lead to a long-term boost in emotional well-being, although it won鈥檛 work if you鈥檙e extremely needy,聽a 91亚色 study has found. Individuals who wrote themselves a compassionate or optimistic letter every day for a week were less depressed up to three months later and reported an overall increase in […]
Narcissists and those with low self-esteem gravitate toward Facebook as a self-promotional tool and tend to be heavier users of the site, according to a study by a 91亚色 psychology student. Soraya Mehdizadeh examined the online habits and personalities of 100 Facebook users at 91亚色 ranging in age from 18-25 years old. Her […]
When 91亚色 psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg (PhD '96) was first developing his emotion-focused therapy (EFT) approach, he was bucking a trend that put the emphasis on controlling and suppressing emotions, rather than working with them. That was in 1986. Today, EFT is catching on as a therapeutic approach of choice and therapists are coming to […]
New mothers who think they should be perfect parents might be at risk for postpartum depression, a new study suggests, wrote MSNBC.com July 7: The results show that a type of perfectionism in which individuals feel others expect them to be perfect, known as "socially-prescribed perfectionism," is associated with postpartum depression for first-time mothers. The […]
This year, 91亚色 is honouring sociology and women鈥檚 studies Professor Pat Armstrong and psychology Professor Leslie Greenberg with its highest award, Distinguished Research Professor, for their outstanding contributions to the University through research. The title will be conferred on Armstrong at the Spring 2010 Convocation on June 16 at 10:30am and on Greenberg during the […]
For 91亚色 researcher and health psychologist Paul Ritvo, a professor in 91亚色鈥檚 School of Kinesiology & Health Science in the Faculty of Health, the BlackBerry has potential to help manage chronic diseases, such as Type 2 diabetes, wrote the Toronto Star April 18: Ritvo has pioneered a study, currently underway, that hopes to explore […]