Sara Salavati
- Evolutionary Psychology and Human Behavior
- Attachment and Relationship Dynamics
- Psychological Well-being and Life Satisfaction
- Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology
- Family Dynamics and Relationships
- Anxiety, Depression, Psychometrics, Treatment, Cognitive Processes
- Intimate Partner and Family Violence
- Health disparities and outcomes
- Identity, Memory, and Therapy
- Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
- Mental Health Research Topics
- Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development
- Transportation Planning and Optimization
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
University of Calgary
2021-2024
Shahid Beheshti University
2018
Family Research Institute
2018
Following the global outbreak of COVID-19 in March 2020, individuals report psychological distress associated with “new normal”—social distancing, financial hardships, and increased responsibilities while working from home. Given interpersonal nature stress coping responses between romantic partners, based on systemic transactional model this study posits that perceived partner dyadic may be an important moderator experiences relationship quality. To examine these associations, self-report...
Abstract Seemingly benign extradyadic behaviors (e.g., buying/receiving gifts or talking on the phone) may be perceived as infidelity under certain circumstances, therefore causing distress and conflict in romantic relationships. A policy‐capturing method was used to illuminate relative role of contextual factors (secrecy, frequency behavior, victim's familiarity with rival) perceiving whether a mundane, everyday act is cross line from infidelity. In two sessions, 135 participants completed...
<p xmlns="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/JATS1">The COVID-19 pandemic has caused significant psychological distress worldwide. It is important to enhance our understanding of the interpersonal and intrapersonal processes that can be addressed promote well-being after experiencing an adverse event like a pandemic. Therefore, understand direct indirect associations between tolerance diverse outcomes following onset pandemic, we examined whether perceived threat mediates association several (i.e.,...