Dr. Carsten Wrosch

Principal Investigator

carsten.wrosch@concordia.ca

Faculty profile

CV

Teaching and supervision

Graduate student supervision

• Isabelle Bauer, 2002-2008, (BA from Mc Gill University)
  • MA in Clinical Psychology, 2004, Concordia University, MA thesis: Unattainable goals across adulthood and old age: Benefits of goal adjustment capacities on well-being, funded by fellowships from SSHRC and FQRSC.
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2008, PhD thesis: Management of life regrets in young adulthood & old age: The roles of social comparisons & disengagement through disclosure, funded by a CGS SSHRC fellowship.
• Stephanie Brun de Pontet, 2002-2008, (BA from University of Pennsylvania)
  • MA in Clinical Psychology, 2004, Concordia University, MA thesis: Business and well being: The experience of entrepreneurs, funded by a fellowship from FQRSC.
  • PhD in Psychology, 2008, PhD thesis: Using theories of control and self-regulation to examine the leadership transition between a parent and child in family-owned businesses, funded by an operating grant from SSHRC. (Award for best thesis in 2008; Family Firm Institute).
• Ayca Guler, 2005-2006
  • Visiting PhD student from the Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey, funded by a fellowship from the Turkish Academy of Science.
• Rebecca Rueggeberg, 2008-2012, (MA in Psychology from TU Berlin, Germany)
  • PhD in Psychology, 2012, PhD thesis: The influence of behavioral and cognitive self-regulation on older adults’ psychological, biological, and physical health, funded by a fellowships from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Ella Amir, 2008-2012, (MA in Clinical Psychology from Bel-Ilan University, Israel)
  • PhD, Special Individualized Program, 2012, PhD: Thesis: The experience of family members in the context of mental illness: Caregiving burden, personality constructs, and subjective well-being.
• Erin Dunne, 2004-2012, (BA from University of Victoria)
  • MA in Clinical Psychology, 2006, MA thesis: The association between daily acute physical symptoms and negative affect in older adults: The buffering effects of goal adjustment capacities, funded by fellowships from SSHRC and CRDH.
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2012, PhD thesis: Functional disability and depressive symptoms in older adulthood: The role of general goal adjustment capacities and specific goal adjustment strategies, funded by a CGS SSHRC fellowship.
• Jamie Farquhar, 2006-2014, (BA from Mount Allison University)
  • MA in Clinical Psychology, 2008, MA thesis: From the work-place to the golf-course? The adaptive value of life regrets on activity and emotional well-being, funded by fellowships from SSHRC (CGS), FRSQ, CRDH.
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2014, PhD thesis: Opportunity and adaptive management of regret across the lifespan, funded by a CGS SSHRC fellowship and top-up funding from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• E. Gaelle Hortop, 2010-2013, (BA in Psychology from McGill University)
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, 2013, MA thesis: The why and how of goal pursuits: Effects of global autonomous motivation and perceived control on emotional well-being, funded by fellowships from SSHRC and FQRSC and top-up funding from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Tal Aviram, 2007-2015, (BA from York University)
  • MA in Clinical Psychology, 2009, MA thesis: Having goals or having purpose? Differential associations with age and quality of life in older adulthood, funded by grants and fellowships from SSHRC, FRSQ, and CRDH.
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2015, PhD thesis: Two sides of the same coin? The positive and negative consequences of severe life regrets in young versus older adulthood, funded by a FQRSC fellowship and top-up funding from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Joelle Jobin, 2010-16, (BA and MA in Psychology from Concordia University)
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2016, PhD thesis: Adaptive Self-Regulation across Older Adulthood: The Complementary Roles of Dispositional Optimism and Goal Disengagement, funded by a fellowship from FRSQ, a CGS SSHRC fellowship, and top-up funding from the Faculty of Arts and Science.
• Sarah Liu, 2012-14, (BSc in Psychology from University of Washington)
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, 2014, MA thesis: Self-esteem change and diurnal cortisol secretion in older adulthood, funded by a fellowship from CIHR and Alfred Bacher Graduate Award Master’s program entrance award from Concordia University and a CGS MA award from CIHR.
  • PhD in Clinical Psychology, 2019, Changes in Personality and Well-Being Across Adulthood: Riding the Self-Esteem Rollercoaster, funded by a fellowship from FRQ.
• Meaghan Barlow, 2013- , (BA in Psychology from Bishop’s University)
  • MA, Psychology, 2015, MA Thesis: Chronic Illness and Loneliness in Older Adulthood: The Role of Self-Protective Control Strategies, funded by Alfred Bacher Graduate Award Master’s program entrance award from Concordia University and a CGS MA award from CIHR.
  • PhD in Psychology, 2019, Emotions and Well-Being in Older Adulthood: Exploring the Roles of Age, Stress, and Motivational Processes funded by fellowships from FRSQ and SSHRC.
• Georgina Faddoul, 2014-17, (BA in Psychology from Carlton University)
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, 2017, MA thesis: A Temporal Investigation of Within-Person Changes in Optimism and Stress as Predictors for Changes in Well-Being, funded by an entrance award from Concordia’s FAS and and a CGS MA award from CIHR.
• Heather Herriot, 2016- , (BA in Psychology from UBC)
  • MA, Psychology, 2018, MA thesis: Intra-individual cortisol variability and low-grade inflammation over 10 years in older adults, funded by CGS MA award from SSHRC.
  • PhD in Psychology, expected in 2020, funded by Joseph-Armand Bombarbier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
• Irene Giannis, 2018- , (BA in Psychology from McGill)
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, funded by CGS MA award from SSHRC.
• Jamie Borenstein-Laurie, 2019- , (BA in Psychology from McGill)
  • MA, Clinical Psychology, funded by CGS MA award from SSHRC.