Christina Shihara Fernando
Education
Specialized Honours B.A.
September 2019 - April 2024
Psychology
York University
Publications
Neofytou, E., Farah, A., Fernando, C.M.S. (in preparation). The prevalence of Borderline
Personality Disorder in female sex offenders: A meta-analysis.
Acknowledgments
Bellana, B., Mahabal, A., & Honey, C.J. (2022). Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32113-6
Conference Poster Presentations
Fernando, C.M.S. (2022, March). Social media use and psychological developmental
disturbances in adolescent females. Luminate Mental Health Conference.
*Event held virtually.
Research Experience
Lab Manager
August 2022 - Present
Research Assistant
May 2022 - August 2022
Research Assistant: Individual Research Project
September 2022 - Present
Project: Non-narrative content and spontaneous thought.
This project is a branch off of Dr. Bellana's recent work "Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought".
Previously, I coded the main experimental task and its conditions using Javascript, HTML, and CSS. I have also done a preliminary literature search to source the relevant questionnaires to gather participant data related to our variables of interest.
My main task will be to integrate the experimental tasks into an online experimental framework via Psiturk to produce a working experiment that participants can interact with on Prolific. This includes ensuring participant data is anonymous and saved to a secure database for further data analysis. Once we begin to gather data, I will be building upon my data analysis and statistical coding skills to decipher the results of the data using primarily R.
I will be presenting our findings at the end of the year to the department heads, the lab, and potentially at a conference. I hope to be a part of the writing process as the project continues past my IRP term.
Research Assistant
January 2022 - September 2022
Well-Being Research Lab (WiRL)
Supervisor: Dr. Nicole Mead
Schulich School of Business, York University
Lab Manager and Research Assistant
May 2022 - August 2022
Volunteer Experience
July 2022 - Present
Peer Mentor
September 2021 - July 2022
Peer Ambassador
August 2020 - July 2021
Peer Mentor
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University
Undergraduate Psychology Student Association
Keele Campus, York University