updates

may 2025

march 2025

february 2025

january 2025

may 2025

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

march 2025

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]

february 2025

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!

january 2025

A paper has been accepted into the Journal of Happiness Studies, stay tuned for the pdf!

december 2024

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]

november 2024

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]

october 2024

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.

september 2024

We are recruiting participants for an online survey on personality and well-being - see flyer below.

Recruitment ad #1.pdf

august 2024

Dr 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