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Arasteh Gatchpazian, M.A., Ph.D.Contributing Writer
Arasteh Gatchpazian earned her Ph.D at the University of Toronto studying emotion regulation and its impact on stress and health. She enjoys creating healthy recipes, interior design, and photography.
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Education
- Ph.D. Candidate in Social/Personality Psychology at University of Toronto (expected graduation: Spring 2023)
- BSc and MA in Psychology at the University of Toronto
Work Experience
- Researcher and writer focusing on emotion, health, and well-being topics
- Teaching assistant (emotion, methods, personality)
- Former University of Toronto lab manager at a psychophysiology lab
Expertise/Skills:
- Assessing emotion and emotion regulation in daily life
- Physiological data collection and cleaning (e.g., heart rate, blood pressure)
- Longitudinal study design and data collection
- Writing about research findings for technical and non-technical audiences
Sample Publications
- Stellar, J. E., Anderson, C. L., & Gatchpazian, A. (2020). Profiles in empathy: Different empathic responses to emotional and physical suffering. Journal of Experimental Psychology: General, 149(7), 1398-1416.
- Smith, A., Willroth, E., Gatchpazian, A., Shallcross, A. J., Feinberg, M., & Ford, B. Q. (under review). Coping with health threats: The costs and benefits of managing emotions. Pre-print.
- Feinberg, M.*, Ford, B. Q.*, Thai, S., Gatchpazian, A., Lassetter, B. (under review). The political is personal: Daily politics as a chronic stressor. *Authors contributed equally. Pre-print.
