Carly is a Ph.D. student in the Clinical Psychology program, supervised by Dr. Lynn Alden. Her research focuses on understanding the motivations for–and consequences of–Internet and social media use in anxious populations, particularly adults with social anxiety or obsessive-compulsive tendencies. In her clinical work, Carly has assessed and treated children, adolescents, and adults with anxiety disorders, mood disorders, personality disorders, and trauma backgrounds, and has special interests in obsessive-compulsive disorder and emerging adulthood.

Carly’s research interests include social anxiety disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder, internet use, smartphone use, social media, and emerging adulthood.

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Parsons, C. A., & Alden, L. E. (2022). Online reassurance-seeking and relationships with obsessive-compulsive symptoms, shame, and fear of self. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 33, 100714. https://doi.org/j.jocrd.2022.100714

Parsons, C. A., Alden, L. E., & Biesanz, J. C. (2021). Influencing emotion: Social anxiety and comparisons on Instagram. Emotion, 21(7), 1427-1437. https://doi.org/10.1037/emo0001044

Parsons, C. A., & Alden, L. E. (2018). The Inventory of Interpersonal Problems. In V. Zeigler-Hill & T. Schakelford (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. New York: Springer.

Fung, K., Xu, C., Glazier, B., Parsons, C. A., & Alden, L. E. (2016). Research in clinical psychology: Social exclusion in clinical samples. In P. Riva & J. Eck (Eds.), Social exclusion: Psychological approaches to understanding and reducing its impact. New York: Springer.

Parsons, C. A., Jacobson, J. A., & Krupp, D. B. (2016). Self-resemblance and social rejection. Evolutionary Psychology, 14(4), 1474704916685324. https://doi.org/10.1177/1474704916685324

Regambal, M. J., Alden, L. E., Wagner, S. L., Harder, H. G., Koch, W. J., Fung, K., & Parsons, C. (2015). Characteristics of the traumatic stressors experienced by rural first responders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 34, 86-93. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.janxdis.2015.06.006

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2016)
• Joseph Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (2014)
• Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association (2013)