Elizabeth Chan

Psychology PhD student @UofT

[Phyllis Lun @phyllis_lun]

Thrilled to share that our new paper on subjective well-being in Afghanistan is out in @ScienceAdvances! It sheds light on the enduring psychological toll of war—reminding us that the human cost of conflict often persists long after the fighting stops.

[Levi D. Stutzman @LDStutzman]

My first article is out, with @phyllis_lun, @meiyang2025, @KenithChan, & @felixckc (@pwb_lab). We examine wellbeing in Afghanistan during the final stages of the Afghan War and find it dropped to the lowest ever recorded after the war ended.

Read here: https://t.co/u2o0tPydqF

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

Published this week in @ScienceAdvances:
@LDStutzman, with @phyllis_lun @meiyang2025 @KenithChan @felixckc, investigates historically low well-being in Afghanistan after the 2022 military withdrawal.
Read here 👉 https://t.co/TnW7lDHcGw
@pwb_lab @UofTArtSci @UofT

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

The McGill-UofT Wellbeing Seminar is back! Join us monthly for online talks with researchers on key well-being topics. Each 3-month mini-series features two perspectives, followed by a panel discussion. Talks are at noon EST on select Tuesdays. 📷

[Katy Tam @KatyYYTam]

Now online! https://t.co/8nX1CtCiAF

[Anthony McCanny @anthonymccanny]

Today the @pwb_lab and I publish the 2024 Canadian Happiness Report! Confirming the findings of @HappinessRpt, Canadians do feel that the quality of their lives are declining, however they remain very satisfied with these lives (especially before the pandemic)! 🧵

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[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

@minzlicht @felixckc @Shige_Oishi @rlucas11 Appreciate it, Mickey!

[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

Three years ago, during my undergrad, @felixckc shared an article by Ed Diener, @Shige_Oishi, and @rlucas11 (2015) that I had the opportunity to cover in this journal club. I discuss how well-being science can benefit from a population angle and interdisciplinary collaboration.

[Nature Reviews Psychology @NatRevPsych]

Elevating well-being science to the population level

Journal Club by @ElizabethWChan

https://t.co/6V3KL7pN7z

[Nature Reviews Psychology @NatRevPsych]

Elevating well-being science to the population level

Journal Club by @ElizabethWChan

https://t.co/6V3KL7pN7z

[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

Thanks to them for their contributions to this field and inspiring my research.

[Geoff MacDonald @gmacdonalduoft]

New press release for @elaine_hoan's study on personality and singlehood!

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

The McGill-UofT Wellbeing Seminar hosts a series of open online talks and discussions with leading researchers in the realm of wellbeing across a variety of disciplines. This seminar series, held at noon on the first (or occasionally second) Monday of every month.

[UofT PsyComm @uoftpsycomm]

Applications for SPRINT 2023 are now officially open!
If you are an Ontarian high school student interested in psychology and research, this is the perfect opportunity for you 🥼💖
Click the link in our bio to learn more and apply to the program by May 31, 2023!

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

How should we measure the inequality of wellbeing within a society? Today, we released a report arguing that the most democratic way is simple: just report the entire distribution. https://t.co/kv0Y5xoeV9 1/9

[The 100% CI @the100ci]

New post! Are representative samples redundant at best? @dingding_peng investigates 3 scenarios: estimating a prevalence, estimating a causal effect in an experiment, and estimating a causal effect (or a correlation!) in an observational study. https://t.co/x9uvA596NA

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

Our lab will be presenting a symposium titled "Social and Personality Psychology at Times of War and Conflict" at the 2023 International Convention of Psychological Science on Friday, March 10 from 5:30-6:50 PM, chaired by @felixckc. (1/6)

[Population Well-being Lab @pwb_lab]

In conjunction with @IntAdaptInt, we are running an adaptive experiment testing social interventions to improve short-term well-being. We are interested in crowdsourcing creative interventions from both seasoned and early career researchers. (1/2)

[Whitney Ringwald @WhitneyRingwald]

There’s a HUGE gap in personality development research–it's focused on the Big 5, but personality is hierarchical! So we know little about processes at higher-order (metatrait) or lower-order (facet) levels.

So we studied it! & the results are SO COOL! https://t.co/FN4EoAUjcZ

[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

I’m incredibly grateful to @felixckc, Ralph Ma, Kenith Chan, @anthonymccanny for their guidance and to members of the @pwb_lab for their support. Feel free to get in touch if you’d like to chat about compositional data analysis, time use, or anything well-being-related!

[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

First time chairing a symposium “Promoting well-being through awe, mindfulness, intergenerational connections, and time use” at #SPSP2023. Wonderful to share the podium with @jdproulx, Maria Monroy, and @pbeloborodova.

[Elizabeth Chan @ElizabethWChan]

Super exciting to present research on time use that started as my undergraduate thesis with @felixckc. We are pioneering compositional data analysis to account for the inherent opportunity cost involved in time use and examine how reallocating our limited time affects well-being.