Courses taught:

Psychology 2701: Personality
Psychology 3001: Advanced Design and Analysis
Psychology 3301: Interpersonal Relations
Psychology 4701: Advanced Topics in Personality
Psychology 4903: Honours Seminar

Research interests:

In general, my research interests involve the self. Specifically, I am interested in the beliefs and feelings people have about themselves. One line of research concerns linking aspects of the self (e.g., self-complexity, self-discrepancies) with the Big 5 personality traits. For example, we found that people who score high on neuroticism are likely to be more self-discrepant than people who score low on neuroticism. Moreover, those who score high on neuroticism are vulnerable to the negative consequences of being discrepant. Other research interests include body dissatisfaction and self-evaluations, risk taking behaviours, and the scholarship of teaching.

Recent publications:

Wasylkiw, L., & MacKinnon, A. L., MacLellan, A. M. (2012). Exploring the link between self-compassion and body image in university women. Body Image , 9, 236-245.

Wasylkiw, L., & Currie, M. (2012). The Animal House era.: How university-themed comedy films affect students' attitudes. Social Psychology of Education, 15, 25-40.

Tomes, J. L., Wasylkiw, L., & Mockler, B. A. (2011). Studying for success: Diaries of students' study behaviours. Education Research and Review, 17, 1-12.

Claxton-Oldfield, S., Wasylkiw, L., Mark, M., & Claxton-Oldfield, J. (2011). The Inventory of Motivations for Hospice Palliative Care Volunteerism: A tool for recruitment and retention. American Journal of Hospice & Palliative Medicine, 28, 35-43.

Wasylkiw, L., Currie, M. A., Meuse, R., & Pardoe, R. (2010). Perceptions of male ideal: The power of presentation. International Journal of Men's Health, 9, 144-153.

Wasylkiw, L., Fabrigar, L. R., Rainboth, S., Reid, A., & Steen, C. (2010). Neuroticism and the architecture of the self: Exploring neuroticism as a moderator of the impact of ideal self-discrepancies on emotion. Journal of Personality, 78, 471-492.

Wasylkiw, L., & Tomes, J. L. (2009). Using tests to enhance active learning. Association of Atlantic University: Conference Proceedings.

Wasylkiw, L., Gould, O. N. Johnstone, D. (2009). Exploring women’s attitudes and intentions to seek care from nurse practitioners across different age groups. Canadian Journal on Aging, 28, 177-183.

Wasylkiw, L. Emms, A. A., Meuse, R., & Poirier, K. F. (2009). Are all models created equal? A content analysis of women in advertisements of fitness versus fashion magazines. Body Image, 6, 137-140.

Wasylkiw, L., Tomes, J. L., & Smith, F. (2008). Subset testing: Prevalence and implications for study behaviors. Journal of Experimental Education, 76, 243-257.

Farquhar, J. C., & Wasylkiw, L. (2007). Media images of men: Trends and consequences of body conceptualization. Journal of Men and Masculinity, 8, 145-160.

Gould, O. N., Johnstone, D., & Wasylkiw, L. (2007). Nurse practitioners: Beginnings, Benefits and Barriers. Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, 19, 1-7.

Dr. Wasylkiw’s webpage

http://www.mta.ca/faculty/science/psych/lwasylkiw/index.html