Lydia is a second-year doctoral student in the Health Psychology program under the supervision of Dr. Nancy Sin. She received her Master’s in Health Psychology from UBC in 2022 and her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Chapman University in 2020. Her research interests lie in daily stress processes in adulthood, with a focus on experiences of discrimination. She is also interested in the protective effects of daily positive events.

Stress, everyday discrimination, positive events, daily diary/ecological momentary assessment

Jenkins, B.N., Ong, L.Q., Lee, H., Ong, A.D., & Boehm, J.K. (2023). Affect variability and physical health: The moderating role of mean affect. Applied Psychology: Health and Well-Being. https://doi.org/10.1111/aphw.12459

Ong, L.Q., Klaiber, P., DeLongis, A.D., & Sin, N.L. (2022). Everyday discrimination, daily affect, and physical symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic. Health Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/hea0001242

Sin, N.L., & Ong, L.Q. (2022). Considerations for advancing the conceptualization of well-being. Affective Science. DOI: 10.1007/s42761-022-00149-y

Frederick, D.A., Schaefer, L.M., Hazzard, V., Rodgers, R., Ong, L.Q., … Murray, S.B. (2022). Racial identity differences in pathways from sociocultural and objectification constructs to body satisfaction: The U.S. Body Project I. Body Image. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.01.019

Berardi, V., Bostean, G., Ong, L.Q., Wong, B., & Hovell, M.C. (2021). The role of ethnicity and nativity in the correspondence between subjective reports and objective measures of in-home smoking. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10903-021-01307-3

Ong, L.Q., Bellettiere, J., Alvarado, C., Chavez, P., & Berardi, V. (2021). Cannabis use, sedentary behavior, and physical activity in a nationally representative sample of U.S. adults. Harm Reduction. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-021-00496-2

• Four Year Doctoral Fellowship (2022)
• Excellence in Health Psychology Research Award – Master’s Level (2022)
• Northern Telecom Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2021)
• Jean MacDonald Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2021)
• Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, University of British Columbia (2020)
• Best Use of Statistics Award, American Statistical Association (2020)
• Outstanding Senior Award, Chapman University, Department of Psychology (2020)