Talia is a PhD student in the UBC Health Psychology program working under the supervision of Dr. Anita DeLongis. Her research examines how stress and coping processes unfold over time and how these processes contribute to physical and psychological health outcomes.

Stress, Coping, Health Behaviours, Chronic Illness, Social Support, Relationships

DeLongis, A., & Morstead, T. (2019). Bringing the social context into research using the Common-Sense Model. Health Psychology Review.  https://doi.org/10.1080/17437199.2019.1652107

Hill, P. L., Morstead, T., Pfund, G. N., Burrow, A. L., DeLongis, A., & Sin, N. L. (2024). Examining changes in sense of purpose before, during, and after COVID-19 vaccination. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2024.01.028

Morstead, T., & DeLongis, A. (in press). Coping in Context: An Intrapersonal, Interpersonal, and Sociocultural Process. In The SAGE Handbook of Health Psychology (2nd edition)

Morstead, T., & DeLongis, A. (2023). Searching for secrets, searching for self: Childhood adversity, self‐concept clarity, and the motivation to uncover family secrets through direct‐to‐consumer genetic testing. Journal of Genetic Counseling. https://doi.org/10.1002/jgc4.1679

Morstead, T., Rashidi, R., Zheng, J., Sin, N. L., & DeLongis, A. (2024). Personality as a predictor of changes in perceived availability of social support during the COVID-19 pandemic. Personality and Individual Differences.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2024.112708

Morstead, T., Rights, J. D., Sin, N. L., & DeLongis, A. (2024). Predictors of Complicated Grief During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Classified Analysis. OMEGA-Journal of Death and Dying. https://doi.org/10.1177/00302228241239698

Morstead, T., Zheng, J., Sin, N. L., & DeLongis, A. (2022). Perceived threat and coping responses during the COVID-19 pandemic: Prospective associations with vaccine hesitancy. Vaccine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.vaccine.2022.10.081

Morstead, T., Zheng, J., Sin, N. L., King, D. B., & DeLongis, A. (2022). Adherence to recommended preventive behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic: The role of empathy and perceived health threat. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1093/abm/kaab107

Morstead, T., Zheng, J., Sin, N. L., Rights, J., & DeLongis, A. (2022). Pandemic stressors and depressive symptoms: Examining within- and between-person effects of neuroticism. Personality and Individual Differences. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2022.111827

Pfund, G., Sin, N. L., DeLongis, A., Morstead, T., & Hill, P. (2022). Being active for a purpose: Evaluating the bi-directional associations between monthly purpose and physical activity. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115300.

Zheng, J., Morstead, T., Sin, N., Klaiber, P., Umberson, D., Kamble, S., & DeLongis, A. (2021). Psychological distress in North America during COVID-19: The role of pandemic-related stressors. Social Science & Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2021.113687

• Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, SSHRC (2023-2026)
• President’s Academic Excellence Initiative PhD Award, UBC (2023)
• Faculty of Arts Graduate Award, UBC (2023)
• Excellence in Health Psychology MA Research Award, UBC (2022)
• Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Award, SSHRC (2021)
• Graduate Entrance Scholarship, UBC (2021)
• Distinguished Undergraduate Research Award, Psi Chi, UBC Chapter (2020)
• Quinn Research Assistantship, UBC (2019, 2021)
• Peter Crocker Award in Psychology, UBC (2018)