Katya Kredl
katyakredl.bsky.social
Katya Kredl
@katyakredl.bsky.social
McGill Social Psych PhD student | Studying close relationships and singlehood
Really disturbed seeing my high school do this.
Last week an indigenous student at my local high school was suspended for an Insta post strongly criticizing Israel’s genocide in Gaza. Read & sign if you think the school has no business policing students’ political views (or language on social media…)

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Petition to revoke the suspension of Sunny Picard
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November 8, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
If you have or have had Tri-Council funding you, too, may be concerned about this Parliamentary Committee request for confidential data.

Also, these clowns asked for 5 years of data on applications from everyone from MA students to Canada Research Chairs in... an excel spreadsheet. 15 days notice.
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data? The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:03 AM
A thought-provoking video essay about Canadian racism. Kudos to my sister Emma Chang-Kredl for this video!

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We Need to Talk About Canadian Racism...
YouTube video by Emma Chang-Kredl
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October 26, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
4th year undergrads and grad students: SPSP is now accepting advisee applications for our Peer Advising Program! This is an excellent opportunity to get guidance and support from advanced grad students.

Apply here before October 28: ow.ly/r0zo50X4rrc
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
In a new paper, my colleagues and I set out to demonstrate how method biases can create spurious findings in relationship science, by using a seemingly meaningless scale (e.g., "My relationship has very good Saturn") to predict relationship outcomes. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Pseudo Effects: How Method Biases Can Produce Spurious Findings About Close Relationships - Samantha Joel, John K. Sakaluk, James J. Kim, Devinder Khera, Helena Yuchen Qin, Sarah C. E. Stanton, 2025
Research on interpersonal relationships frequently relies on accurate self-reporting across various relationship facets (e.g., conflict, trust, appreciation). Y...
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September 10, 2025 at 6:18 PM
📄 New paper about single people's dating experiences is out!

We found that relationship clarity - the extent to which someone know what they want in a relationship - predicts single young adults' loneliness and well-being as they navigate the dating world.

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Knowing What You Want: The Role of Relationship Clarity in Single Young Adults' Loneliness and Well‐Being
The goal of the current study was to explore the role of relationship clarity—the extent to which someone understands what they want in a relationship—in single young adults' dating experiences. We h....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 27, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
The Love Consortium Statistics Decision Tree launched today! Think of it like a choose-your-own adventure guide to help you identify the best analyses for your specific dataset and research question.

theloveconsortium.org/so/9fPWyVE6Z...

#DataScience #Statistics
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July 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
📢 Calling all faculty at Primarily Undergraduate Institutions! Our PUI Invited Research Talk Series is back and we want to showcase your work. Learn more about this virtual event series and apply today!

🗓️Application deadline: August 12

Apply: ow.ly/8F4z50Wqwhy
July 16, 2025 at 2:15 PM
New pub out in the Journal of American College Health! We examined how attachment anxiety and changes to best friendships influence first-year students' adjustment to university.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Heading to university with(out) a best friend: attachment anxiety, changes to best friendships and adjustment to first-year university
We examined the links among attachment anxiety, coming to university with or without a best friend, forming new friendships, and adjustment to university.First-year undergraduate students at a Cana...
www.tandfonline.com
April 16, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Reposted by Katya Kredl
This week we’re highlighting a publishing by Kredl et al. that found that individuals lower in self-concept clarity find it more challenging to navigate partner selection and reported dating incompatible others more often.
February 27, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I have been working on a project called "Art, Heart and Pedagogy for Social Change" for the past couple of years and I am so excited to see it as a published paper!!

journals.library.brocku.ca/index.php/SS...
Art, Heart, and Pedagogy for Social Change | Studies in Social Justice
journals.library.brocku.ca
December 10, 2024 at 5:50 PM
Last week, I had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture about singlehood and well-being to McGill students in Interpersonal Relationships (PSYC474)! I really enjoyed introducing these students to the growing field of singlehood research📚
December 2, 2024 at 5:22 PM