Be all brawn AND brains

The overall focus of our research program is to determine how specific psychosocial factors including personality, mindfulness, and psychological flexibility affect psychological and physical wellness in the general and in clinical populations. Our goal is to examine interdependent physical and psychological symptoms and outcomes across various samples such as in individuals living with traumatic brain injury, cancer, autoimmune disorders, and disordered eating. Physical and psychological wellness are both fundamental dimensions of overall well-being. Maintaining both physical and psychological wellness may improve various domains in one’s life, and thus, merits continuous research. Identifying relevant predictors of both health outcomes, including personality and mindfulness traits, may help elucidate our conception of overall wellness and, in turn, inform appropriate intervention strategies to improve both physical and psychological health. There are several research methods in health psychology such as self-report techniques, experimental methods (e.g., the electroencephalogram seen in this photo), and observational techniques.