Seon recently completed her undergraduate degree at McGill University in the Honours Psychology program. She joined the Health Psychology Lab in the fall of 2022 as a research student. Under the supervision of Dr. Knäuper and graduate student Aidan Smyth, she investigated the validity of the English version of the Equanimity scale. Her research interests are emotion regulation, reward sensitivity, and child psychopathology. In her free time, she enjoys playing the harp.
Seonwoo Hong
Volunteer Research Assistant
seonwoo.hong [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Education
2019–2022 | Bachelor of Science with Honours in Psychology, McGill University, Montreal, QC.
Conference Presentations
Hong, S., Morand-Beaulieu, S., & Weinberg, A. (2022, September 29). Investigating multiple neural measures of reward sensitivity in early adolescence using time frequency analysis. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Critch, K., Hong, S., Nagar, M., & Talwar, V. (2022, May 3). The power of emotional support: How teachers can help in the fight against cyberbullying [Poster presentation]. McGill Applied Psychology conference. Online. https://cpssmcgill.wixsite.com/conference/schedule-1
Hong, S., Critch, K., Nagar, M., & Talwar, V. (2022, March 25). Examining the role of teacher support and school climate in adolescents’ disclosure of cyberbullying [Poster presentation]. McGill Education Graduate Student Society (EGSS) conference, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. https://egssconference.wixsite.com/20thannual-ccr/conference-program
Hong, S., Critch, K., Nagar, M., & Talwar, V. (2022, March 11). Break the silence: The role of teachers and schools in encouraging youth’s disclosure of cyberbullying [Poster presentation]. Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH) conference. Online.
Schaffer, J., Hong, S., Freeman, C., Renault, H., Panier, L., & Weinberg, A. (2021, October 16). A history of childhood trauma is associated with blunted neural responses to positive social feedback in adult women [Poster presentation]. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) conference. Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13928
Hong, S., Schaffer, J., Panier, L., Renault, H., Freeman, C., & Weinberg, A. (2021, October 15). Adverse parenting styles are associated with blunted neural responses to social feedback in adulthood [Poster presentation]. Society for Psychophysiological Research (SPR) conference. Online. https://doi.org/10.1111/psyp.13928
Funding
2022 | Science Undergraduate Research Awards, Faculty of Science, McGill University - $7000
2021 | Celia Hendler Scholarship in Psychology Faculty of Science, McGill University - $3285
2021 | Science Undergraduate Research Awards, Faculty of Science, McGill University - $7000
2019 | Top Scholars Award, Faculty of Arts and Science, Concordia University - $2500 (declined)