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Department of Psychology
173 Chrysler Hall South
401 Sunset Avenue
Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P4
Phone: (519) 253-3000 Ext. 2217
Fax: (519) 973-7021
Office Hours: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm

Department Head
Dr. Sandra Paivio
Ext. 2232
Email: paivio@uwindsor.ca

Undergraduate Academic Advisor:
Joanna Hessen
Ext. 2216 CHS Room 166
Office Hours: Thursday 9:00 - 1:00 p.m.
Email: psychology@uwindsor.ca Undergraduate FAQs

PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH GROUPS

What’s happening in research ?.........read on..............

Problem Gambling Research Group (G. Ron Frisch, Richard Govoni, Nick Rupcich)
The Problem Gambling Research Group was established in 1993 to increase the understanding of gambling and problem gambling in the community. The Group includes academic researchers, graduate students and community based researchers and service providers to form a unique research program.
The Group's initial program of research had been to monitor the impact of increased gambling availability on gambling in the Windsor community. The increase in gambling availability in the City of Windsor has included the opening of a commercial casino (Casino Windsor, now Caesars Windsor), simulcast track wagering, off-track horse betting, extended hours of bingo operation, Nevada tickets sold in non-licensed establishments, and an increased number of lottery products. These increases in gambling availability have made the Windsor community a natural laboratory for the study of gambling behaviour.
The Research Group has completed community based studies on prevalence of problem gambling and projects to understand and prevent problem gambling in older adults. It continues to carry out basic research on gambling behaviour.
Feminist Research Group (Charlene Senn)
In 1999, a group of approx. 10 grad students and 1 faculty member (Charlene Senn) met regularly to discuss the feminist research enterprise in psychology. In March 2000, they held a multidisciplinary feminist graduate student conference on campus. Membership has changed over time. The group now includes students and faculty from outside Psychology (Dr. Pamela Milne, Women's Studies) but continues to be located in and strongly supported by the Psychology Department. March 2002 marked the third annual conference organized by the group. Click here for our web page.
Studies in the Psychology of Appearance (SPA)
The Studies in the Psychology of Appearance (SPA) laboratory is dedicated to research in the area of body image and the factors that promote over investment in appearance in women and men. The SPA group meets bi-weekly to develop, review, and critique ongoing research projects. The group emphasizes collaborative research efforts and mutual support while maintaining a high level of demand on its members.

Members
Josée L. Jarry, PhD: Research supervisor
Katelyn Boersma, BA: Graduate student
Karen Ip, MA: Graduate student
Michael Kong, BA: Graduate student
Katherine Krawiec, MA: Graduate student

Katie Leblang, BA: Research assistant
Catherine McKeown: Research assistant
Elisabeth Edmondson: Research assistant

Lauren Hamilton: Undergraduate Honour’s thesis student

Areas of Research

Body image: conceptual foundations, measurement, and treatment

Binge eating: the impact of weight related teasing, mood, and anxiety

Evolution & eating: the impact of intra-sexual competition on eating behaviour

Neglect & eating: the impact of childhood neglect on adult eating pathology

OCD & eating: the interface between obsessive compulsive characteristics and eating style

Cognitive foundation of OCD: the exploration of appraisals of responsibility in OCD

The Body Image, Eating Behaviour and Anxiety Research Group

The Psychology of Appearance and Eating Behaviour Rsearch group

The Psychology of Appearance and Anxiety Laboratory (PAAL)

The Psychology of Eating, Appearance, and Anxiety Research Laboratory (PEAARL)

Reversal Theory Research Group (Kathryn Lafreniere, Ken Cramer, Rosanne Menna)
The Developmental Group on Aging
Two programmes within the Developmental Area, Clinical/Developmental and Clinical Neuropsychology, have a life-span developmental orientation. Thus, graduate students can choose to study and research any or all aspects of normal and dysfunctional human development.

The Developmental Group on Aging is simply a specification of our capacity to offer a specialization in the study of older adults: i.e., the multifaceted nature of the psychosocial and neuropsychological dimensions of older persons.

Currently, this group is composed of five faculty members from the Developmental Area whose research and clinical interests are, at least in part, focussed on the psychological dimensions of aging. A professor in Human Kinetics has also joined the programme. (for more information click on title)
Animal Cognition Research Group (Jerry Cohen)
It is supervised by Dr. Cohen and is composed of senior level psychology and BCN undergraduate students who have been supported by NSERC, Ontario work/study, and HRDC Careers Opportunity funds.
Clinical Assessment (Stephen Hibbard)
Emotional Competence (Julie Hakim-Larson, Sylvia Voelker, Kimberley Babb)
Forgiveness (Robert Orr, Ken Hart)
Conscious and Unconscious Processes (Stephen Hibbard)

Trauma and Psychotherapy (Sandra Paivio)

Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence against Women (Charlene Senn)

An Ontario Women's Health Council Career Award (2005-2008) allowed Dr. Senn to establish a Health Research Centre for the Study of Violence Against Women. This Centre acts as an intellectual home for many researchers and trainees across disciplines with interests that include the causes, the prevention and the rehabilitation of the effects of violence against women. The Centre provides a venue for communication of research ideas and results, will be the core of an extended mentorship program, and will be a source for research funding to help our junior researchers establish their own independent research studies related to women’s health and violence against women.

Multicultural Clinical and Counselling Research Group (MCCRG)

The MCCRG is consisted of graduate/undergraduate and faculty researchers who are interested in cultural or cross-cultural research with specific focuses on application to clinical and counselling practices. The MCCRG’s philosophy premises on the importance of investigating and applying theoretically-driven and empirically-tested cultural variables (e.g., self-construals, individualism-collectivism, acculturation, etc.) to psychological inquiries. The group meets biweekly to discuss, exchange, and critique research ideas and on-going projects carried out by members of the group. These projects have included students’ theses/dissertations, independent research studies, and faculty-student collaborations etc. Members of the group are supported and encouraged to submit their works to academic conferences and refereed publications. Some examples of recent research projects by the members of the MCCRG have included:

Coping strategies of African Canadians in response to racial discrimination
Acculturation discrepancies as predictors of intergenerational conflicts for Asian Canadian young adults
Depression among Asian American older adults: A critical review of empirical studies
Acculturation’s link to professional and informal help-seeking among gamblers of Asian descent

Supervising Faculty: Ben C. H. Kuo, Ph.D., Certified Psychologist, Associate Professor
Tel: 253-3000 Ext. 2238
E-mail: benkuo@uwindsor.ca

Location: CHS 291 - Multicultural Clinical and Counselling Research Lab