معرفی
Professor Melanie Dirks is the Department Chair of Psychology at McGill University, specializing in Clinical Psychology and Developmental Science. Her research focuses on mapping social and emotional skills across childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood, with emphasis on peer/sibling relationships and their impact on psychological symptoms.
- Uses multimodal methodologies: observational studies, daily diaries, emotion recognition tasks
- Current projects: friendship quality maintenance, interpersonal victimization in youth, emotional communication dynamics
Key research themes from publications include:
- Peer Relationships: Dissolution patterns, prosocial behavior, bullying, and dating aggression
- Emotional Processing: Vocal emotion recognition, neural reward responses, stress-neuroimaging links
- Contextual Influences: Family dynamics, socioeconomic status, post-pandemic social changes
Her lab (CASC Lab) trains students in advanced social-emotional assessment techniques, with notable advisees including *Morningstar, *Gilbert, and *Santucci. Google Scholar articles (2014-2025) demonstrate expertise in developmental psychopathology, social neuroscience, and cross-cultural mental health determinants.
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