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 GAZDERTaranah is the project manager for the Diverse Romantic Relationships and Well-Being II (DRRAW II) study. Her research interests include mindfulness, self-compassion, and attachment.

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

MARSHA LAU

Honours Dissertation Student

EURUS LI

Honours Dissertation Student

HAYLEY MCCORMACK

Honours Dissertation Student

DORAH PAINE

Honours Dissertation Student

ANYA RAMACHANDRAN

Honours Dissertation Student

MILLIE TAYLOR

Honours Dissertation Student

WENJING ZHU

Honours Dissertation Student

Staff and Research Assistants

None currently