CV | Christina Shihara Fernando

Education

Specialized Honours B.A.

September 2019 - April 2024

Psychology

York University

Publications

Neofytou, E., Farah, A., & Fernando, C.M.S. (submitted). The prevalence of Borderline Personality Disorder in female child sex offenders: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Conference Poster Presentations

Fernando, C.M.S. (2022, March). Social media use and psychological developmental

disturbances in adolescent females. Luminate Mental Health Conference.

*Event held virtually.

Acknowledgments

Bellana, B., Mahabal, A., & Honey, C.J. (2022). Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32113-6

Research Experience

Mar Lab

Supervisor: Dr. Raymond Mar

Keele Campus, York University

Lab Manager

August 2022 - Present

Volunteer Research Assistant

May 2022 - August 2022

Memory & Meaning Lab

Supervisor: Dr. Buddhika Bellana

Glendon Campus, York University

Research Assistant: NSERC USRA

May 2023 - Present

Project: TBD

Research Assistant: Individual Research Project

September 2022 - May 2023

Project: Non-narrative content and spontaneous thought.

This project is a branch off of Dr. Bellana's 2021 project "Narrative thinking lingers in spontaneous thought".

My main task was coding the 3 experimental conditions for this study using the popular NYTimes online game Wordle as a reference. This helped me learn and improve my coding skills in Javascript, HTML and CSS. I also conducted a literature search to find relevant questionnaires related to our variables of interest. Finally, I conducted an additional literature review to write a final paper on the types of content that linger in the mind, the process of lingering, and how factors such as meaning and engagement affect lingering.

Research Assistant

January 2022 - September 2022