Collaborative Projects
Psychological Impacts of COVID-19 On Canadians
Collaborative Project
This is a multi-wave study examining mental health, substance use, social support, social isolation, adherence to government guidelines (and more) through the use of online surveys and targeted interviews. Groups that may be disproportionately impacted by COVID-19 are of special interest in this study.
Importantly, we are learning about coping of Canadians and plan to use this information in allocating mental health resources to those who need it most.
Publications
Gicas, K. M., Paterson, T. S. E., Narvaez Linares, N. F., & Loken Thornton, W. J. (2021). Clinical psychological assessment training issues in the COVID-19 era: A survey of the state of the field and considerations for moving forward. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie canadienne, 62(1), 44–55. DOI: 10.1037/cap0000258
Gregory, M. A., Legg, N. K., Senay, Z., Barden, J. L., Phiri, P., Rathod, S., Turner, B. J. & Paterson, T. S. E. (2021). Mental health and social connectedness across the adult lifespan in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Canadian Journal on Aging/La Revue canadienne du vieillissement, 40(4), 554-569. DOI: 10.1017/S0714980821000477
Rathod, S., Pallikadavath, S., Graves, E., Rahman, M. M., Brooks, A., Rathod, P., Bhargava, R., Irfan, M., Aly, R., Mohammad Saleh Al Gahtani, H., Salam, Z., Chau, S. W. H., Paterson, T. S. E., Turner, B., Gorbunova, V., Klymchuk, V., & Phiri, P. (2023). Effects of cumulative COVID-19 cases on mental health: Evidence from multi-country survey. World journal of psychiatry, 13(7), 461–477. DOI: 10.5498/wjp.v13.i7.461
Turner, B. J., Switzer, A. C., Welch, B. E., Legg, N. K., Gregory, M. A., Phiri, P., Rathod, S., & Paterson, T. S. E. (2023). Psychological mediators of the associations between pandemic-related stressors and suicidal ideation across three periods of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. Journal of Affective Disorders, 324, 566–575. DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.074
Turner, B. J., Welch, B. E., Legg, N. K., Phiri, P., Rathod, S., & Paterson, T. S. E. (2023). Psychological impacts of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Healthcare Workers: A Case Control Comparison From Three Cross Sectional Surveys. Journal of Occupational & Environmental Medicine, 65(9), e580–e586. DOI: 10.1097/JOM.000000000000291\
Interindividual and intraindividual variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) measured with an online cognitive assessment
Collaborative Project
Mean cognitive performance is worse in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) compared to control groups. However, studies on variability of cognitive performance in aMCI have yielded inconclusive results, with many differences in variability measures and samples from one study to another.
The current study demonstrates that self-administered online tests can be used to remotely assess different types of variability in people at risk of Alzheimer`s. Our findings show small but significantly more interindividual differences in people with aMCI. This diversity is considered as ‘noise’ in standard assessments of mean performance, but offers an interesting and cognitively informative ‘signal’ in itself.
Publications
Paterson, T. S. E., Sivajohan, B., Gardner, S., Binns, M. A., Stokes, K. A., Freedman, M., Levine, B. & Troyer, A. K. (2022). Accuracy of a self-administered online cognitive assessment in detecting amnestic mild cognitive impairment. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, 77(2), 341-350. DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbab097
LaPlume, A. A., Paterson, T. S. E., Gardner, S., Stokes, K. A., Freedman, M., Levine, B., Troyer, A. K., & Anderson, N. D. (2021). Interindividual and intraindividual variability in amnestic mild cognitive impairment (aMCI) measured with an online cognitive assessment. Journal of Clinical and Experimental
Graduate Research
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Honours Research
The Mental Health of Undergraduate Students and the Impact of COVID-19
Investigating Honours Student: Jennifer Reeves
This study is looking to examine the mental health of undergraduate students, including the impact of self-care habits, hobbies, and COVID-19. Additionally, this study will examine how mental health fluctuates between the years of study. Previous researchers have found differing results in regards to the timing of peaks in distress, which this study hopes to address.
Status: Survey now closed
Early Caregiver Support and Type 1 Diabetes Distress in a COVID-19 Context
Investigating Honours Student: Taylor McEachnie
The purpose of this study is to improve the understanding of diabetes distress in emerging adults with type 1 diabetes (T1D) through its relationship to early caregiver support. In addition, it will investigate how diabetes distress interacts with the mental health impacts of COVID-19. The psychosocial experiences of type 1 diabetes are under-represented in research, so participation will serve to inform how mental health outcomes for emerging adults with T1D can be improved.
Status: Survey now closed
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