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Laura Lambe serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychology at St. Francis Xavier University, where she maintains an active research program and clinical practice as a registered psychologist. Her work bridges academic research with community-based mental health interventions, focusing on adolescent development and peer dynamics.
Her academic credentials include:
- Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario
- Pre-doctoral residency in pediatric clinical psychology at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, Ontario
Dr. Lambe’s research program targets the developmental links between bullying involvement and mental health outcomes in youth. She pioneers innovative methodologies including virtual reality simulations to study emotional processes in peer defending behaviors, while building community partnerships for data collection. Her dual-pronged approach aims to (1) mobilize peer groups to reduce victimization and (2) promote social-emotional development in high-risk youth through evidence-based interventions.
Analysis of her 2020-2025 publications reveals consistent thematic focus on bullying dynamics, substance use correlates, and pandemic-related mental health impacts. Her work demonstrates methodological evolution from traditional surveys toward virtual reality experiments and longitudinal social network analysis, with increasing attention to mediating mechanisms like moral disengagement and emotional regulation. Emerging adults and Canadian adolescent populations form primary research cohorts across these studies.
