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Marina Milyavskaya is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at Carleton University, part of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. She holds a Ph.D. from McGill University. Her research focuses on understanding how contextual and individual factors influence successful goal pursuit, with a particular emphasis on self-regulation mechanisms, autonomous motivation, and psychological need satisfaction. She employs methodologies from social cognition and personality psychology, including longitudinal designs and advanced statistical techniques like multilevel modeling and structural equation modeling.
Her work explores domains such as health behaviors, attachment, and well-being across the lifespan. Key themes include the role of autonomy support in goal achievement, the distinction between automatic and controlled self-regulation processes, and obstacles encountered during goal pursuit. She has contributed to theoretical frameworks like Self-Determination Theory, examining how need satisfaction in different domains (e.g., autonomy, competence) shapes goal-setting and outcomes.
Marina advises graduate and undergraduate students in psychology, fostering their research and academic growth. Her research has been published in leading journals, including Journal of Personality and Social Psychology and Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. She is based in the Social Sciences Research Building and can be reached via email or her Carleton faculty page.
