Dr. Jennine Rawana is a faculty member in Psychology at York University. She is the Head of Calumet College, which supports the success of Faculty of Health students and the co-chair of York’s Well-Being Strategy. Her research interests are in adolescent and emerging adult emotion regulation, well-being, and mental health, including those from vulnerable populations including child welfare and first-generation youth (e.g., first in their family to attend post-secondary education).
Kaja Bakken is a MA student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program at York University. Her research interests include mental health, well-being, and emotion regulation in adolescents and emerging adults, as well as evidence-based intervention processes and implementation.
Kate Lee is a third-year doctoral student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program at York University. Her research interests include parenting, emotion regulation, resiliency, and well-being among youth, with a specific focus on first-generation students. She is passionate about applying this research to develop evidence-based interventions for youth.
Laura Harris-Lane is an MA student in the Clinical Developmental Psychology program at York University. Laura’s research interests focus on mental health, well-being, and emotion regulation in adolescence and emerging adulthood, as well as implementation science, and health equity.
Paolina Onorato is a third-year doctoral student in the Clinical-Developmental Psychology program at York University. Her research interests include interpersonal emotion regulation, mood and anxiety disorders, and well as youth’s levels of general well-being. Paolina hopes to apply this research to inform evidence-based programs to promote well-being and positive mental health.
Description: Youth face significant challenges with respect to their well-being (e.g., happiness, flourishing) and mental health (e.g., depression, anxiety), which have worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A common thread across these challenges is poor emotional coping or regulation (ER; difficulty managing negative emotions). The session will share an overview of the current state of the research on emotion dysregulation among youth and include research findings on the first known study to simultaneously examine key theories of ER using novel methods (e.g., daily diary) in order to elucidate (a) the ways in which youth use ER on a daily basis, and, in turn, (b) identify how daily ER is associated with key outcomes important to youth, caregivers, and community members, namely well-being and mental health. Through case studies, audience members will practice identifying and supporting emotion regulation among youth and an emotion regulation toolkit for supporting youth will be shared. Implications of this research and toolkit relevant to key stakeholders across academic, education, and broader communities will be discussed in this workshop, including application and limitations of emotion regulation research to equity-deserving groups.
By attending this workshop you will:
- Learn about the current state of the research on emotion regulation among youth including innovative research on the daily experiences of emotion regulation in real-world settings.
- Practice identifying and fostering daily experiences of emotion regulation skills among youth.
- Obtain a toolkit for supporting emotion regulation among youth.
- Learn about the application and limitation of this research and toolkit for equity deserving groups (e.g., Black, Indigenous youth).
