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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

A new publication from PhD student Monica Grove (@m-grove.bsky.social) and Dr. Allison C. Kelly shares findings from an experimental #study on how peer displays of #selfcompassion affect self-compassion 2-4 days later in college women. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

Infographic for paper titled "How do Peer Displays of Self-Compassion Affect Personal Self-Compassion 2-4 days later?" An Experimental Study of College Women"

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Thanks to everyone at the bsky.app/profile/cana... #CPA2026 convention who came to our lab’s symposium on building self-compassion in self-critical individuals, featuring talks from Dr. Allison C. Kelly & 3 of our grad students, Michelle Mitrovic, Jenessa Shaw, and Monica Grove (pictured below)!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Thanks to everyone at the bsky.app/profile/cana... convention who checked out our #CPA2026 poster on increasing help-seeking & mental-health promoting behaviours, presented by Dr. Allison C. Kelly!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Come to our lab’s symposium at #CPA2026 tomorrow (Friday), where 4 of our lab members (including @m-grove.bsky.social and @michellemitrovic.bsky.social) will present talks sharing their research on building self-compassion in self-critical individuals!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Come check out our lab’s poster on help-seeking & mental health-promoting behaviours at the bsky.app/profile/cana... convention tomorrow (Thursday) #CPA2026!

Graphic for CPA convention with poster title (Can we increase help-seeking and mental health-promoting behaviors among distressed university students by reducing shame? A randomized controlled trial examining the relative effects of three single-session online workshops), authors (Giselle E. Kraus, Aleece Katan, Jenna Gilchrist, & Allison C. Kelly), date and time (Thursday, June 4 at 11:30 am), and location (8th Floor, Grand Hall)

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congrats to our grad student @emmyfuller.bsky.social who received #OGS to support her MA #research examining whether #self-compassion is shaped by social comparison processes!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

Congrats to our grad student @m-grove.bsky.social who was awarded the #SSHRC CGRS-D to support her PhD #research on the influence of social context & relationships on #self-compassion!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

At the @abctnow.bsky.social conference, PhD student Jenessa Shaw's poster shared findings from a #qualitative study of feared food exposure experiences in adults with #EatingDisorders undergoing #CBT. Thanks to everyone at #ABCT2025 who came to check it out!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Come check out PhD student Jenessa Shaw’s ABCT poster presentation on feared food exposure this morning at #ABCT2025!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Meet MA student @emmyfuller.bsky.social! Emily (she/her) is a first-year grad student in @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social clinical psych and the Self-Attitudes Lab. For her research, Emily will explore the relational aspects of self-compassion. She is also interested in 2SLGBTQIA+ wellness & body image.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 10/11/2025

@sjwithnell.bsky.social from the PEAR Lab at #WesternU is recruiting adults experiencing problems with their eating and/or body image to complete a virtual problem-solving #research study. Compensation will be provided. If you’re interested, check out this poster & complete the screening form!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Congratulations to former PhD student Aleece Katan for graduating with her doctoral degree last week! Aleece is now doing a SSHRC-funded post-doc at the University of British Columbia.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

Congratulations to former research assistant Caitlyn Mask for graduating with her bachelor’s degree last week! Caitlyn is also currently pursuing a Master of Information at the University of Toronto in their Library and Information Science concentration.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

The Waterloo-Wellington Eating Disorders Coalition is hosting a virtual conference on Diversifying Perspectives in Eating Disorder Care on October 24th. If you’re interested in learning more, visit this link: www.eventbrite.ca/e/diversifyi...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Adults aged 18+ with a current/past #EatingDisorder: A virtual #Compassion focused therapy group will be taking place this fall semester through the @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social. Email cmhrtintake@uwaterloo.ca ASAP if you're interested!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Huge congratulations to our grad student @michellekorlacka.bsky.social who recently received #SSHRC PhD funding for her research!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

#TBT Sydney Waring, Konstantyn Sharpinskyi and Allison Kelly's paper published in #BodyImage addresses limitations of past research on within-person variability in body image as a predictor of maladaptive body image and eating behaviours. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#TBT Kathryn Miller, Allison Kelly and Giselle Kraus' paper published in #BodyImage explores how adaptive body image can be learned from hearing a peer cope with their body image distress. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Congratulations to our research assistant Cheyenne Salazar on graduating with her bachelor's degree!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Jenessa Shaw has been presenting results from one of her dissertation studies at eating disorder treatment centers across the country. She shared a study of people who have completed feared food exposures with the Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association and St. Paul's Hospital to help inform treatment.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

Dr. Allison Kelly presented a poster at #CPA2025 sharing findings that #SelfCompassion indirectly promoted more help-seeking intentions and motives by facilitating greater engagement with personal feelings of distress. Thank you to everyone who came to check it out!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Congratulations to Sundus Ismaeil and Ashling Ayekun on graduating with their bachelor's degrees! They both completed research apprenticeships with the Self-Attitudes Lab and Ashling further volunteered as an RA.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Congratulations to our 2024 and 2025 honours thesis students on graduating with their bachelor's degrees! Huge congrats to Samantha Beneteau, Hayden Wong, Mia Mackenzie, Emma Mukkadan and Doris Wang.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

#TBT This qualitative study explores the pros and cons individuals with anorexia nervosa perceive to be associated with developing #SelfCompassion. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/bjc....

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Come check out Dr. Allison Kelly's poster this Saturday at #CPA2025!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Congratualtions to Aleece Katan on successfully defending her doctoral dissertation! We are so proud of her for achieving this milestone.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#TBT Revisiting Sydney Waring's preliminary study on relational #BodyImage. Sydney Waring and Allison Kelly investigate how an individual's body image varies from one personal relationship to another. Read it here: doi.org/10.1016/j.bo...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

#TBT Individuals with anorexia nervosa experience considerable day-to-day variability in #SelfCompassion. For individuals with average or above average trait self-compassion these variations affect their eating pathology. Read it here: doi.org/10.1002/eat....

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

#TBT Experiencing negative emotions with #SelfCompassion can momentarily improve distress tolerance by helping people feel more soothed. Check out Jenessa Shaw and Allison Kelly's publication here: rdcu.be/dzVnQ

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

We would like to congratulate Aleece Katan who was awarded a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship which she will be starting this fall at the University of British Columbia and St. Paul's Hospital!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

#TBT Self-compassionate college women are found to receive more social support under heightened distress. Suggesting, #SelfCompassion may improve utilization of interpersonal coping resources when distressed. Read more here: doi.org/10.1016/j.pa...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Emma Mukkadan recently presented some of her honours thesis results on #SelfCompassion, individualism, and collectivism in South Asian and White Canadians at the 2025 Conference for Undergraduate Health Research.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

#TBT The field of #EatingDisorder research may benefit from supplementing research on trait #SelfCriticism with investigations of state self-criticism. Read more in Allison Kelly, Aleece Katan and David Zuroff's commentary published in @intjeatdisord.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/eat....

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A new publication from Aleece Katan, Jacqueline Carter and Allison Kelly provides evidence that #SelfCompassion may facilitate feelings of social safeness in individuals with eating disorders, a population known for low social safeness. Read it here: doi.org/10.1111/bjc....

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

#TBT both daily and trait #SelfCompassion can promote markers of positive mental health (positive affect and social safeness) in women with anorexia nervosa. Read Aleece Katan, Allison Kelly and Josie Geller's paper here: doi.org/10.1080/1064...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

#TBT Published in #CognitiveTherapy and Research, findings suggest when a recalled event is highly threatening to #SelfEsteem, writing about the event self-compassionately encouraged deeper and lengthier disclosures to a stranger. Read it here: doi.org/10.1007/s106...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Samantha presented her honours thesis at the 2025 #UWaterloo Psychology Discovery Conference. The unique relationship between #BodyCompassion and general psychosocial functioning/eating pathology was investigated in women with bulimia nervosa when controlling for #SelfCompassion.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Honours thesis student Emma Mukkadan presented results comparing #SelfCompassion levels between South Asian and White Canadians at the 2025 #UWaterloo Psychology Discovery Conference.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Hayden Azim Wong presented his findings at the #UWaterloo Psychology Discovery Conference on gender expectations and experiences of a #SelfCompassion exercise. The experiences men and women had were found to be largely similar, and exercises like this may be equally effective for men and women!

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

#TBT Women with #Anorexia tend to feel proud before and immediately after exercise, but grow more ashamed of their eating, body, and general character as time passes. Read @maruofan.bsky.social and Allison Kelly's paper published in Eating and Weight Disorders here: t.co/pFgXCLSqRd

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

@michellekorlacka.bsky.social had a wonderful time presenting her and Dr. Allison Kelly's research to local researchers at the 2025 #UWaterloo Psychology Discovery Conference! She shared findings from their work on intervening with #SelfCriticism with #CompassionFocused and #Cognitive interventions.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Our lab enjoyed an engaging talk by keynote speaker Dr. Julian A. Scheffer from #WesternU at the 2025 #UWaterloo Psychology Discovery Conference! He provided clear distinctions between compassion and empathy, and discussed how #Compassion is less costly than #Empathy.

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Monica shared some exploratory findings from her MA research at this year's #Psychology Discovery Conference — hearing a peer demonstrate #SelfCompassion and discuss its benefits had different effects on participants' momentary self-compassion, depending on their level of self-compassion at baseline

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

#TBT Self-compassion may be contagious & benefit others! Hearing someone display #SelfCompassion is associated with more state self-compassion, more positive affect, & lower negative affect in the listener. Read Kathryn Miller & Allison Kelly's paper here: doi.org/10.1037/cbs0...

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

We are hardwired to need compassion, yet treating ourselves with compassion can be challenging, strange, and awkward. We developed a free #CompassionateME survival guide to help youth develop #SelfCompassion. Check it out here: t.co/OgPsJrioRI

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

#TBT Allison Kelly and Sydney Waring find a self compassionate letter-writing intervention for non-treatment seeking women with #anorexia, increases #SelfCompassion, decreases shame and fear of self-compassion, and may increase readiness to get help. doi.org/10.1002/eat....

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Self-Attitudes Lab @attitudeslab.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Meet (most of) the members of the Self-Attiudes Lab @uwaterloopsych.bsky.social this semester! We are so thankful to have such a wonderful team of #Researchers.

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