Yana Ryakhovskaya
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Yana Ryakhovskaya
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PhD candidate at The University of Melbourne | personality, well being and meditation
Bit of a late post...but wanted to share the most beautiful room where I had the privilege to present. Thank you for a great conference, #ISSID2025!
August 3, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Yana Ryakhovskaya
If researchers find Cohen’s d = 8, no they didn’t.

(probably.)

Thoughts on the distribution of Cohen's d values in psychology and why we should think about their plausibility when reading articles.
If researchers find Cohen's d = 8, no they didn't
I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the plausibility of standardized effect sizes in the last year. From a trustworthiness assessment perspective, (standardized) effect sizes have a great combinat...
mmmdata.io
July 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Had a great first time at #ARP2025 and it was lovely to share (initial) results of our meta-analysis of well being interventions.
June 30, 2025 at 8:44 AM
What kinds of people are drawn to meditation?

Excited to share the first paper from my PhD (w/ @ntvandam.bsky.social and Luke Smillie) now out in Mindfulness (doi.org/10.1007/s126...)

Across 2 samples, we examined personality predictors of meditation and related constructs (1/3)
Who Wants to be Mindful? Personality Predictors of Meditation Practice - Mindfulness
Objectives Meditation has received increasing interest from scientists and the public for potential benefits to mental health and well-being. We examined personality predictors and expectancies of med...
doi.org
February 8, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Reposted by Yana Ryakhovskaya
Very cool website, R package, and tutorial paper on preprocessing data from ESM / EMA studies.

Website: preprocess.esmtools.com

Preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps...
November 8, 2023 at 10:34 AM
Hi Bluesky 👋

I'm a 3rd yr PhD student at the University of Melbourne

My phd looks at whether personality predicts #meditation, including differences in experiences during practice

Broadly I'm interested in personality-situation interactions behind different #well-being practices..

(1/2) #perpsy
December 12, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Reposted by Yana Ryakhovskaya
New to @bsky.app?

Here's a quick getting started guide, primarily aimed at scientists zenodo.org/records/1414...

#AcademicSky
Getting started on BlueSky; a guide for scientists
A quick getting started guide for using BlueSky, aimed primarily at scientists, particularly those interested in open science and research culture
zenodo.org
November 15, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Reposted by Yana Ryakhovskaya
Want to learn/teach R? I'm still actively developing my package of learnr tutorials at github.com/profandyfiel... Just added a tutorial on multilevel models and repeated measures.
GitHub - profandyfield/discovr: discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio
discovr package for R to accompany Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio - profandyfield/discovr
github.com
November 18, 2024 at 10:42 PM
Reposted by Yana Ryakhovskaya
go.bsky.app/TwHBMQi I started a personality psychology starter pack. If I missed you or put you here by mistake, please reach out.
November 15, 2024 at 12:18 PM