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Wrosch Lab: Personality, Aging and Health Research Laboratory

Centre for Research in Human Development

Wrosch Lab: Personality, Aging and Health Research Laboratory

Centre for Research in Human Development

Funding

Current and past grants

Our research projects are supported by the following grants:

  • SSHRC, 2018-2023, $276,260, Principal Applicant: Management of psychosocial stressors across older adulthood: The age-related roles of discrete emotions, motivational tendencies, and control strategies (Co-Applicants: Ute Kunzmann, University of Leipzig; Christiane Hoppmann, UBC), Operating grant.
  • VPRGS - Concordia University, 2017-2018, $20,000, Co-Applicant. Trying to fix lapses in goal pursuit through compensatory behaviors: Does it work? (Prinicpal Applicant: Lisa Kakinami, Concordia University). Internal team grant.
  • SSHRC, 2017-2021, $155,946, Co-Applicant: It takes two to tango: A couples approach to goal regulation in old age (Principal Applicant: Christiane Hoppmann, UBC), Operating grant.

  • VPRGS - Concordia University, 2014-2019, $100,000, Principal Applicant: Concordia University Research Chair in Aging and Health (Tier 1), Internal award.

  • CIHR, 2014-2019, $473,302, Co-Applicant: Psychosocial and physiological predictors of chronic inflammation among individuals exposed to chronic stress (Principal Applicant: Jean-Philippe Gouin, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2013-2019, $757,722, Principal Applicant: Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: Examining psychobiological pathways to healthy aging (Co-Applicants: Gregory Miller, Northwestern University; Jens Pruessner, Douglas Hospital Research Center; Catherine Sabiston, University of Toronto; Jean-Philippe Gouin, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • SSHRC, 2013-2016, $192,660, Co-Applicant: The first-year experience: An international motivational perspective (Principal Applicant: Nathan Hall, McGill University), Partnership development grant.

  • CIHR, 2013-2014, $16,000, Co-Applicant: Social support and resilience to depression across the life course in Canada (Principal Applicant: Amelie Quesnel-Vallee, McGill University), Planning grant.

  • German Research Foundation, 2013-2015, Collaborator: Age differences in emotional reactivity: The discrete emotion’s age relevance counts (Principal Applicant: Ute Kunzmann, University of Leipzig), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2012-2017, $416,485, Co-Applicant: Lifestyle activity and the promotion of emotional well-being, biological functioning, and physical health among breast cancer survivors over time (Principal Applicant: Catherine Sabiston, University of Toronto), Operating grant.

  • SSHRC, 2012-2014, $62,500, Collaborator: Testing a reciprocal model of affect balance and goal regulation to enhance well-being in the transition to adulthood (Principal Applicant: Erin Barker, Concordia University), Development grant.

  • VPRGS - Concordia University, 2011-2016, $350,000, Co-Applicant: Centre for research in human development (Principal Applicant: William Bukowski, Concordia University), Infrastructure grant.

  • SSHRC, 2011-2015, $145,530, Principal Applicant: Goal adjustment and subjective well-being across the lifespan: Mechanisms, reciprocal associations, and spousal effects (Co-Applicant: Christiane Hoppmann, University of British Columbia), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2011-12, $3000, Contributor: Health and well-being across the lifespan and life domains (Prinicipal Applicant: Concordia University). CIHR Café Scientifique.

  • FQRSC, 2011-2012, $110,548, Co-Applicant: Centre for research in human development (Principal Applicant: William Bukowski, Concordia University), Regroupement strategique, Centre grant.

  • SSHRC, 2010-2014, $82,263, Co-Applicant: Negative emotions, goals, and identity development in adolescence: Linking daily life processes in families with longer term outcomes in adolescents (Principal Applicant: Christiane Hoppmann, University of British Columbia), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2008-2013, $947,030, Co-Applicant: The psychobiology of caregiving for a spouse with cancer (Principal Applicant: Gregory Miller, University of British Columbia), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2008-2011, $432,345, Co-Applicant: Physical activity among breast cancer survivors: Understanding the impact of biological risk factors and psychological health over time (Principal Applicant: Catherine Sabiston, McGill University), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2007-2012, $412,848, Principal Applicant: Self-regulation of common age-related challenges: Benefits for older adults’ psychological and physical health (Co-Applicants: Gregory Miller, University of British Columbia; Sonia Lupien & Jens Pruessner, Douglas Hospital Research Center), Operating grant.

  • SSHRC, 2007-2010, $100,463, Principal Applicant: Functions and management of life regrets in young adulthood and old age (Co-Applicant: Adam Radomsky, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, Institute of Aging, 2006, $5,000, Principal Applicant: Recognition Prize in Research in Aging, (award for the highest ranked proposal in the open competition on research in aging).

  • NIMH, R21 MH079961-01, 2007-2009, $125,000, Consultant: A new measure of adaptive strategies and its relation to late-life depression (Principal Applicant: Jennifer Morse, University of Pittsburgh).

  • CIHR, 2006-2011, $275,000, Principal Applicant: Self-regulation of health threats and life regrets in old age: Effects on diurnal cortisol rhythms and physical health, New Investigator Award.

  • CIHR, 2004-2009, $490,038, Co-Applicant: Reconstructing life after employment: Transition to retirement (Principal Applicant: Dolores Pushkar, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • FQRSC, 2004-2009, $1.658,766, Co-Applicant: Centre for research in human development (Principal Applicant: Lisa Serbin, Concordia University), Regroupement strategique, Centre grant.

  • FQRSC, 2004-2006, $88,000, Co-Applicant: A socio-cultural model of the impact of neighbourhood characteristics and parental participation in games of chance on children’s achievement motivation (Principal Applicant: William Bukowski, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2003-2006, $224,514, Principal Applicant: Self-regulation of health challenges in old age: Relations to well-being and stress (Co-Applicants: Gregory Miller, University of British Columbia; Sonia Lupien, Douglas Hospital Research Center), Operating grant.

  • SSHRC, 2003-2006, $97,614, Principal Applicant: What facilitates family business transmission? The adaptive role of goal adjustment and autonomous motivation (Co-Applicant: Marylene Gagne, John Molson School of Business, Concordia University), Operating grant.

  • FQRSC, 2003-2004, $100,000, Co-Applicant: Centre for research in human development (Principal Applicant: Lisa Serbin, Concordia University), Regroupement strategique, Centre grant.

  • FQRSC, 2002-2005, $45,000, Principal Applicant: Adaptive goal disengagement: Relations to well-being, regret, and stress across the adult life span, Nouveaux chercheurs, Operating grant.

  • CIHR, 2002-2003, $80,000, Co-Applicant: Healthy living across the lifespan (Principal Applicant: Martin Singer, Concordia University), Institutional development grant.

  • FRDP, 2001-2003, $15,000, Principal Applicant: Faculty Research Development Program, Concordia University, Internal grant.

  • FCAR, 2001-2003, $360,000, Co-Applicant: Centre for Research in Human Development (Principal Applicant: Lisa Serbin, Concordia University), Centre grant.

  • GRF, 2001-2002, $4,000, Principal Applicant: Goal adjustment, well-being, and health across the adult life span, General Research Fund Competition, Concordia University, Internal grant.

  • National Marrow Donor Program; 2001-2003, $152,397, Co-Applicant: Psycho-social processes of long-term adjustment in transplant patients (Principal Applicant: Galen Switzer, University of Pittsburgh), Operating grant.

For information on our past projects, see our publications.

 
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