Publications and Conferences

Selected Publications: 

Onorato, P. R.Rawana, J. S., & Flett, G. L. (2025). An examination of the role of interpersonal emotion regulation on the link between social anxiety and well-being. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 49(3), 662–672. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-024-10566-x 

Diplock, B.D.Selchen, S., Rawana, J.S., Craig, S.G., & Pepler, D.J. (2024). A nonrandomized trial of a five-week brief mindfulness-based intervention for emerging adults experiencing anxious and depressive symptoms. Advances in Mental Health, 23(1)70-87. doi.org/10.1080/18387357.2024.2367408 

Levin, R., & Rawana, J.S. (2022). Exploring two models of emotion regulation: How strategy use, abilities, and flexibility relate to well-being and mental illness. Anxiety, Stress and Coping: An International Journal, 35(6), 623-636. doi.org/10.1080/10615806.2021.2018419

Chan, S., & Rawana, J.S. (2021). Examining the associations between interpersonal emotion regulation and psychosocial adjustment in emerging adulthood. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 45(4), 652-662. doi.org/10.1007/s10608-020-10185-2

Rawana, J.S., Sieukaran, D.D., Nguyen, H.N.T., & Pitawanakwat, R. (2015). Development and evaluation of a peer mentorship program for Aboriginal university students. Canadian Journal of Education, 38(2), 1-34.

Refereed Conference Presentations (Selection):

Estill, A., Rawana, J.S., & Connolly (2026, June 2-3). Partnering with youth in transition through community-based participatory research: Practical strategies, tools, and lessons for positive development. In J. S. Rawana [Chair]Using a community-based participatory framework to understand the relationships of young people leaving out-of-home care: Research findings, clinical implications, and lessons learned [Paper Symposium]. A Canadian Developmental Psychology Conference, Montreal, QC.  

Benvenuto, K., Connolly, J., Chan, S., Estill, A., & Rawana, J.S. (2026, June 2-3). Supportive relationships along the path from care to adulthood. In J. S. Rawana [Chair]Using a community-based participatory framework to understand the relationships of young people leaving out-of-home care: Research findings, clinical implications, and lessons learned [Paper Symposium]. A Canadian Developmental Psychology Conference, Montreal, QC.  

Chan, S., Estill, A., Samuel, C., Samuel, R., Rawana, J.S., & Connolly, C. (2024, April). An exploratory, mixed methods evaluation study of a community-based program to support child welfare youth’s transition from adolescence to adulthood. Flash talk presented at the 2024 Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Chicago, IL.

Lee., K., Rawana, J.S., & Prime, H. (2023, June). Parenting behaviours and emotional socialization on emerging adults’ happiness, life satisfaction and flourishing: Emotion regulation as a mediator. Individual paper presented at The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), San Diego, CA.

Onorato, P.R., Rawana, J.S., & Flett, G.L. (2023, June). The relations among social anxiousness, interpersonal emotion regulation, and well-being: Support for a structural equation mediation model. Individual paper presented at The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA), San Diego, CA.

Lee, K., & Rawana, J.S. (2022, June). Perceived parental warmth and flourishing among youth: The mediating effect of emotion regulation. Lightening Talk presented at Development 2022: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB.

Onorato, P.R, & Rawana, J.S. (2022, June). The role of interpersonal emotion regulation on social anxiety and well-being. Lightening Talk presented at Development 2022: A Canadian Conference on Developmental Psychology, Calgary, AB.

Chan, S., & Rawana, J.S. (2019, October). Exploration of intrapersonal and interpersonal emotion regulation experience among emerging adults: A qualitative pilot study. In J.S. Rawana (Chair), Emotion Regulation and mental health among emerging adults. Paper symposium presented at the 9th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Toronto. ON.

Levin, R., & Rawana, J.S. (2019, October). The influence of emotion regulation on well-being and psychopathology among emerging adults. In J.S. Rawana (Chair), Emotion Regulation and mental health among emerging adults. Paper symposium presented at the 9th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Toronto. ON.

Sutherland, J., Gentile, P., Chan, S., & Rawana, J.S. (2019, October). Exploring the emotion regulation and interpersonal functions of non-suicidal self-injury with and with-out a peer among emerging adults. In J.S. Rawana (Chair), Emotion Regulation and mental health among emerging adults. Paper symposium presented at the 9th Conference on Emerging Adulthood, Toronto. ON