A paper has been accepted at Applied Psychology: Health & Wellbeing - stay tuned for the pdf:
Kohlert, A., Gallant, N. T., Hill, T. G., & Dabek, K. (in press). Existential therapy for treating chronic pain: A scoping review. Applied Psychology: Health & Wellbeing.
A paper is now online first with the journal Health Policy - stay tuned for the pdf:
Card, K. G, Refol, J., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C., Coplan, R. J., Joordens, J., Roddick, C. M., Oliffe, J. L., Dej, E., Chen, F. S., Pinel, E. C., Helm, P. J., Skakoon-Sparling, S., and Members of the Social Connection Guideline Development Expert Advisory Group. (2025). Public health guidelines for social connection: A delphi study. Health Policy. doi.org/10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105452
Members of the SEW lab contributed to a public engagement event on Saturday - the Explorathon in Dundee Science Centre - where families come and learn about local research happening at DundeeU.
What makes you happy?
Dr Hill with her MSc's (Kendall and Mhairi)
Sources of happiness post-its
Sources of happiness post-its
A paper has been accepted into the journal Health Promotion International - stay tuned for the pdf!
Refol, J., Raufi, S., Delgado-Ron, J. A., Mulligan, K., Hill, T. G., Benoit, C., Coplan, R. J., Pinel, E. C., Skakoon-Sparling, S., Helm, P. J., Oliffe, J. L., Bombaci, P., Card, K. G. (in press). Diverse community perspectives on potential public health guidelines for social connection: A qualitative study. Health Promotion International, 40(4), daaf131.
A paper has been accepted into the journal Personality Science, stay tuned for the pdf!
SEW lab director Taylor Hill co-led a two day doctoral training workshop on data management, open science, and R programming
A new paper has been published:
Hill, T. G., Allsop, D. B., Bagnell, B. K., & Rosen, N. O. (2025). Love in the face of loss: Associations between self-compassion, compassionate love, and sexual and relationship satisfaction in couples experiencing a recent pregnancy loss. Journal of Happiness Studies, 26(32). [PDF]
Our work has been accepted for presentation at two conferences for summer 2025 - the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) and the Understanding Society Scientific Meeting!
A paper has been accepted into the Journal of Happiness Studies, stay tuned for the pdf!
Two new papers have been published:
Wilcox, G., Hachem, M., Millar, D., & Hill, T. G. (2024). Positive police presence in elementary schools: A scoping review. Journal of School Violence, 24(1), 138–153. [PDF]
Hill, T. G., Sheaves, A., Tiller, A., & Fisher, M. L. Exploring mental health literacy in Canada: A mixed-method cross-sectional study. Healthy Populations Journal. [PDF]
The SEW lab has been successful in securing internal funding for psychometric work on a new well-being scale, for future longitudinal studies. We will be recruiting participants soon!
Two new papers are out: one online first (International Journal of Community Well-Being) one fully published (International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology):
Hill, T. G. & Terashima, M. Positive mental health promotion: State of the field and next steps. International Journal of Community Well-Being. e-first. [PDF]
Hill, T. G., Loock, J. V., & Mackinnon, S. P. (2024). Focused, flourishing, but not in flow: Achievement strivers' experiences of competence, flow, and well-being during personally expressive activities. International Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 1-30. [PDF]
The SEW lab has been successful in securing internal funding for a collaborative research project to build partnerships with community organizations across Scotland! We will be hiring a part-time research assistant for the Winter, stay tuned for the advertisement.
We are recruiting participants for an online survey on personality and well-being - see flyer below.
Recruitment ad #1.pdfDr Hill is guest editing two special issues. See below for the call for papers:
Call for Papers! (Linked here)
Community programs and practices to improve mental health and wellbeing
(International Journal of Community Well-Being)
Call for Papers! (Flyer below)
The physiological and psychological benefits of social connection: Moderators, mediators, confounders, and covariates
(Discover Social Science and Health)
The Physiological and Psychological Benefits of Social Connection E-flyer.pdf