Selected Publications
2025
Meaning making in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic: effects of purpose in life, positive reframing, acceptance, and event appraisal
Daria Karbainova, Shichen Fang & Erin T. Barker
Journal of Applied Developmental Science
More Than Academics: Time Use and Friendship Stress Also Covary with Canadian University Students’ Mental Health Symptoms Across the Academic Year
Ayse Turkoglu, Shichen Fang, Erin T. Barker, Gaya Arasaratnam, Victoria Lane, Roisin M. O’Connor, Alexandra Panaccio, Marina M. Doucerain, Debora Rabinovich & Cat Tuong Nguyen
Journal of College Student Mental Health
2024
Curbing the Campus Mental Health Crisis: The Role of Extracurricular Activity Participation Extracurricular Activity Participation
Rosanne Villemaire-Krajden, Erin Barker
Journal of Youth Development Journal of Youth Development
Developing and evaluating a Student Well-Being Dashboard intervention to improve mental health literacy and help-seeking and reduce service needs gaps for vulnerable university students
Erin Barker, Gaya Arasaratnam, Debora Rabinovich, Roisin O’Connor, Alexandra Panaccio, Marina Doucerain
Report
2023
Moderators of the Association Between Co-Rumination and Depressive Symptoms in Emerging Adult Friendships
Lori Hazel, Erin Barker, Kalee De France, & Dale Stack
Emerging Adulthood
Concordia University Student Food Security Report 2023
Claudette Torbey, Hannah Ostiguy, Erin Barker, Gaby Szabo
Report
2022
The Transition From University to Work: The Positive Influence of Purpose in Life and Social Support
Daria Karbainova & Erin Barker
Canadian Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy
Charting a Course, Weathering Storms, and Making Lemonade: A Person-Centered Mixed Methods Analysis of Emotional Wellbeing and Dispositional Strengths Following University Graduation
Sarah Newcomb-Anjo, Kathryn Mulvihill, Daria Karbainova, & Erin Barker
Journal of Adult Development
First-Year University Students' Mental Health Trajectories Were Disrupted at the Onset of COVID-19, but Disruptions Were Not Linked to Housing and Financial Vulnerabilities: A Registered Report
Andrea Howard, Kendra Carnrite, & Erin Barker
Emerging Adulthood