PhD Students
JIAXUAN DU
Jiaxuan’s research focuses on understanding the role of mindfulness in sexual experiences in romantic relationships. She is especially interested in integrating longitudinal and dyadic methods to investigate how mindfulness affects sexual rejection strategies and relationship outcomes over time.
TARANAH GAZDER
Taranah’s research focuses on the interplay between mindfulness and attachment in adult close relationships. She is particularly interested in how different meditation interventions (e.g., mindfulness, loving-kindness) buffer attachment insecurity and enhance attachment security over time.
Affiliated PhD Students
XIAOHUI DENG
Xiaohui’s research focuses on romantic relationship status, individual differences, and well-being. She is particularly interested in the role personality and other individual differences play in explaining when romantic relationship status is linked to life satisfaction.
Primary Supervisor:
Prof René Mõttus
ORESTIS MICHAELIDES
Orestis’s research focuses on interrater agreement in personality ratings of friends and partners. He is especially interested in reconciling the perspectives offered by individual differences, psychometrics, and social psychology on why others’ views of us may differ from our own.
Primary Supervisor:
Prof René Mõttus
MSc and MScR Students
None currently
Undergraduate Honours Students
YIXIN FAN
Undergraduate Honours Student
VIOLA HONG
Undergraduate Honours Student
LONNEKE HUTTON
Undergraduate Honours Student
KETAKI KARVE
Undergraduate Honours Student
EMMA MACKIE
Undergraduate Honours Student
ANNA ROSS
Undergraduate Honours Student
LILY STOVIN
Undergraduate Honours Student
Staff and Research Assistants
None currently