
Veronica Benyamin

LATEST NEWS

Dr. Prime
published the Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2) protocol describing our ongoing L2P2 research program.
September, 2022
Prime Family Lab
and collaborators published Positive Parenting and Early Childhood Cognition: A Systematic Review and Meta‑Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials in
February, 2023


Jazzmin Demy
began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology
Welcome, Jazzmin!
September, 2022

Alex Markwell
began at York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology
Welcome, Alex!
September, 2022

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

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

Maya Koven

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

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

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

Jazzmin Demy
was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.
Congratulations, Jazzmin!
April, 2022

Alex Markwell
was awarded a SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship to fund her MA research.
Congratulations, Alex!
April, 2022

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

Prime Family Lab

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

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

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

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

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

Maya Koven
has joined the lab as the newest research assistant.
Welcome, Maya!
March, 2022

was awarded the Lillian Meighen Wright Maternal-Child Health Undergraduate Scholarship. Congratulations, Katherine!
March, 2022

Katherine McGuire
Veronica Benyamin
was accepted to McMaster University's MSc program in Psychotherapy. Congratulations, Veronica!
March, 2022

Jazzmin Demy

was accepted to York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology and will be working as a graduate student in the Prime Family Lab.
Congratulations, Jazzmin!
February, 2022
Alex Markwell
was accepted to York University's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Developmental Psychology and will be working as a graduate student in the Prime Family Lab. Congratulations, Alex!
February, 2022


Veronica Benyamin
presented her summer Independent Research Project entitled Bridging theory and practice: Love Together, Parent Together writing program for couples with young children at the SPSP Annual Convention 2022.
Congratulations, Veronica!
February, 2022
Katherine McGuire
had her Independent Research Project titled Parent-child relations and COVID-19 stress: Parental adverse childhood experiences as a moderator accepted as a poster at CPA's Annual Convention.
Congratulations, Katherine!
February, 2022

Gillian Shoychet
had a poster titled Validation and adaptation of the COVID-19 Family Disruption Model: A systematic search and narrative synthesis accepted at CPA's Annual Convention. Congratulations, Gilli!
February, 2022

Alex Markwell
had a poster titled Feasibility and acceptability of Love Together, Parent Together (L2P2): An online intervention for couples with young children accepted at CPA's Annual Convention.
Congratulations, Alex!
February, 2022

Dr. Prime
published COVID-19 disruption gets inside the family: A two-month multilevel study of family stress during the pandemic in Developmental Psychology.
An exciting collaboration with the CRAMPED study.
November, 2021

Veronica Benyamin
presented her summer Independent Research Project entitled Promoting positive relationship dynamics during COVID-19 at the Harvard Women in Psychology's Annual Trends in Psychology Summit
Congratulations, Veronica!
November, 2021

Alex Markwell

Dr. Prime
was awarded the Mitacs-Banting Research Foundation Discovery Award for a study evaluating a program to help families strengthen relationships. This represents a partnership with SickKids Centre for Community Mental Health
July 4, 2021
received the Undergraduate CPA Award of Excellence for her thesis entitled, "Responsive parenting and children's executive function: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials".
Congratulations, Alex!
August 11, 2021

Alex Markwell

Gillian Shoychet
received the Ontario Graduate Scholarship for her MA1 year in the Clinical-Developmental Program.
Congratulations, Gillian!
June 2, 2021
received the Dr. Eric Jackman Health Scholars Award funded by the LaMarsh Centre for her community-engaged research with Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health. Congratulations, Alex!
May 25, 2021

Pardeep Kaur
who recently completed her Independent Research Project in the Prime Lab, was accepted into the Master of Science in Global Health at McMaster University. Congratulations, Pardeep!
May 25, 2021

Gillian Shoychet
received the Dr. Eric Jackman Health Scholars Award funded by the LaMarsh Centre for her community-engaged research with Sick Kids Centre for Community Mental Health. Congratulations, Gillian!
May 25, 2021

Alex Markwell
had her undergraduate thesis titled Responsive Parenting and Children's Executive Function: A Meta- analysis of Randomized Control Trials accepted as a poster at CPA's Annual Convention! Congratulations, Alex!
April 30, 2021

Dr. Prime
published The COVID-19 Family Stressor Scale: Validation and Measurement Invariance in Female and Male Caregivers in Frontiers in Psychiatry. An exciting collaboration with the CRAMPED study.
May, 2021

Alexey Urusov
was accepted to the University of Waterloo's MA/PhD Program in Clinical Psychology! Congratulations, Alexey!
April 1, 2021

Caren Colaco
was accepted to the University of Guelph's MA/PhD Program in Industrial-Organizational Psychology! Congratulations, Caren!
April 1, 2021