Welcome to the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress (DAS) Lab at UBC!
We are working to better understand the onset, presentation, and course of depression and anxiety disorders in adolescents and adults. We are particularly interested in why some individuals experience depression and anxiety in response to stress and why others do not.
Congratulations to Cristina Ardelean for presenting at the EABCT Conference 2024!
Congratulations to our RA Cristina for presenting at the European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (EABCT) Conference 2024! Cristina presented: “Socioeconomic status as moderator of the association between mothers’ emotion regulation and depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic”. This study investigates the moderating effect of SES on how mothers’ tendency to use cognitive reappraisal […]
A visit from Dr. Xinli Chi and Dr. Peichao Zhang!
We are so lucky to have had a visit from colleagues Dr. Xinli Chi and Dr. Peichao Zhang from Shenzhen University. We are collaborating with them on the Culture, Anxiety, and Depression (CAD) Study! The CAD study is an international collaboration between the DAS lab here at UBC and Dr. Xinli Chi and her lab […]
Congratulations to our collaborator, Dr. Chi on her poster at APA!
Congratulations to Dr. Xinli Chi who presented at the American Psychological Association Conference in Seattle last week!
Congratulations to our RAs who presented at the Canadian Psychological Association Conference 2024!
Research Assistants from the DAS Lab went to the Canadian Psychological Association Conference! Zack Allan presented his poster titled: The Moderating Effect of Physical Activity on Internalizing Symptoms Following Early Life Adversity Abstract: “Exposure to early life adversity (ELA) increases risk for mental and physical health conditions, underlining the need to identify protective factors following […]
DAS Lab at the 2024 Psychology Undergraduate Research Conference (PURC)!
Congratulations to Cindy, Megan, Fides and Puloma for their amazing poster presentations at PURC! Cindy presented: Differences in Depression, Anxiety and Contributing Psychological Factors among Young Adults from Chinese, Chinese Canadian, and Canadian Backgrounds: A Study Proposal Read: Cindy’s Poster Although it is known that culture influences the expression of depression and anxiety, less is […]
Congratulations to our research assistants who presented at the Ninth Annual Women’s Health Research Symposium!
Cristina Ardelean, Megan Macfarlane, and Puloma Gupta presented posters at the 2024 Women’s Health Research Symposium held at UBC on Women’s Day! Megan presented: “Does Income Level Moderate the Association of Gender and Rumination?” “Rumination, commonly reported by women, involves repetitively dwelling on negative thoughts post-stress, leading to mental health issues like depression. This gender […]
Congrats to Dr. Zieff on his latest publication + Research Recap!
Congratulations to Dr. Gabriel Zieff and collaborators for publishing their paper titled, “Ultrasound-based measurement of central adiposity: Key considerations and guidelines” in the Obesity Reviews! Check out our research recap about the paper and read the full paper here! Abstract: “Central adiposity, which is visceral and subcutaneous adiposity in the abdominal region, is a […]
Congratulations to Ashley Battaglini for her talk at the 2024 SAS conference!
Ashley presented at the Society for Affective Science (SAS) Conference in New Orleans last weekend. Her talk was about intra- versus interpersonal emotion regulation: Associations with Affect, relationship quality, and biological markers of stress. Congrats Ashley!
Check out our latest research recap on Communication Modality in Adolescents!
Our latest research recap aims to answer the question: How do adolescents communicate their feelings and problems with friends? Does this impact mental and social well-being? Citation: Battaglini, A. M., Rnic, K., Jopling, E., Tracy, A., & LeMoult, J. (2024). Communication modality matters: Co‐rumination via in‐person versus digital modalities has different prospective associations with depression […]