
Veronica Benyamin

LATEST NEWS
Gillian Shoychet
published Empirical support for a model of risk and resilience in children and families during COVID-19: A systematic review & narrative synthesis in Development & Psychopathology.
Congratulations, Gilli!
August, 2023
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Maya Koven
is joining the lab as part of York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.
Welcome, Maya!
August, 2023
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Paul De Luca
is joining the lab as part of York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.
Welcome, Paul!
September, 2023
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Dr. Prime
published Promoting Conflict Reappraisal in Parenting Couples: A Feasibility Study and Preliminary Evaluation of a Brief Writing Intervention in Journal of Child and Family Studies.
August, 2023
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Prime Family Lab
Gilli, Alex, and Jazzmin presented their symposium titled A Family Systems Approach to Understanding Family Functioning Amid the Pandemic at the CPA 2023 Annual Convention.
Congratulations, Jazzmin, Alex, and Gilli!
June, 2023
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Prime Family Lab
Jazzmin Demy, Alex Markwell, and Maya Koven were awarded the Ontario Graduate Scholarship to fund their MA research.
Congratulations!
June, 2023
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Jazzmin Demy
was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship for her interest in the area of maternal-child health.
Congratulations, Jazzmin!
April, 2023
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Gillian Shoychet
was awarded the SSHRC Canadian Graduate School Scholarship to fund her PhD research!
Congratulations Gilli!
April, 2023
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Prime Family Lab
We had a wonderful time in Salt Lake City for the biennial convention for the Society of Research in Child Development. Check out Jazzmin and Alex's posters!
March, 2023
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Prime Family Lab
and collaborators published Positive Parenting and Early Childhood Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.
February, 2023
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Dr. Prime
published the Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2) protocol describing our ongoing L2P2 research program.
September, 2022
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Jazzmin Demy
began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.
Welcome, Jazzmin!
September, 2022
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Alex Markwell
began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology.
Welcome, Alex!
September, 2022
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Dr. Prime
published Pandemic-related disruption and positive adaptation: Profiles of family function at the onset of the pandemic in Adversity and Resilience Science: Journal of Research and Practice.
September, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
published Assessing positive adaptation during a global crisis: The development and validation of the family positive adaptation during COVID-19 scale in Frontiers in Psychology.
September, 2022
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Maya Koven
started as lab coordinator helping to run our L2P2 study (and others!).
September, 2022
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Prime Family Lab
Gilli, Alex, Negar and Katherine presented their research at the Development 2022 Conference and CPA's 83rd Convention.
Congratulations to the lab!
June, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
was awarded second place for her poster titled The Validation of the COVID-19 Family Disruption Model: A Systematic Search & Narrative Synthesis at the Canadian Psychological Association's 83rd convention (Family Psychology section).
Congratulations, Gilli!
June, 2022
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Dr. Prime
was awarded the President's New Researcher Award by the Canadian Psychological Association. The award recognizes the exceptional quality of the contribution of new researchers to psychological knowledge in Canada.
Congratulations, Dr. Prime!
May, 2022
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Jazzmin Demy
was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.
Congratulations, Jazzmin!
April, 2022
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Alex Markwell
was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.
Congratulations, Alex!
April, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship and The Meighen Wright Foundation Maternal-Child Health Graduate Scholarship for her MA research.
Congratulations, Gilli!
April, 2022
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Prime Family Lab
research was featured in an article titled 4 tips for improving family wellness in the Globe and Mail.
Congratulations to the lab!
April, 2022
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Alex Markwell
was named a Top 25 finalist in the SSHRC Storytellers competition. Her submission focused on findings from a SSHRC-funded meta-analysis.
Congratulations, Alex!
April, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
had her symposium talk titled Assessing positive change during a global crisis: The development and validation of the COVID-19 family benefits and coping scale accepted at Development 2022.
Congratulations, Gilli!
March, 2022
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Alex Markwell
had her symposium talk titled A preliminary evaluation of Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A writing intervention to improve couples' conflict and family functioning accepted at Development 2022.
Congratulations, Alex!
March, 2022
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Negar Shavandi
had her independent research project titled The association between COVID-19 family stressors and sibling relationship challenges: Moderation by sibling age gap accepted as a poster at Development 2022.
Congratulations, Negar!
March, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
had her symposium talk titled Assessing positive change during a global crisis: The development and validation of the COVID-19 family benefits and coping scale accepted at Development 2022.
Congratulations, Gilli!
March, 2022
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Alex Markwell
had her symposium talk titled A preliminary evaluation of Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): A writing intervention to improve couples' conflict and family functioning accepted at Development 2022.
Congratulations, Alex!
March, 2022
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Gillian Shoychet
has published her first paper titled The Impact of COVID-19 Anxiety on Quality of Life in Canadian Adults: The Moderating Role of Intolerance of Uncertainty and Health Locus of Control in the Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science/ Revue.
Congratulations, Gilli!
March, 2022
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Maya Koven
has joined the lab as the newest research assistant.
Welcome, Maya!
March, 2022
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Kathrine McGuire
was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship.
Congratulations, Katherine!
March, 2022
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Veronica Benyamin
was accepted to McMaster University's MSc program in Psychotherapy. Congratulations, Veronica!
March, 2022
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