Dr. Robert Coplan and Alicia McVarnock recently had this article published. Take a look here:

The academic urge to quit everything and live in a forest.

Life hack: Give yourself 8-12 hours of solitude in the morning to mentally prepare for the day. 🫠

New publication‼️ In this paper, we report the social and emotional challenges associated with increased screen time among shy children in China.

I wish less people glorified accomplishing things before 30. More exploring. More starting over at 40. More finding your true passion at 50. More moving across the country at 60. People get complacent because they think life has a time limit. It doesn't. Celebrate lifelong

🚿💭- Today I received a desk rejection letter re a study I’ve been working on for ~5 yrs. Not mad about it. It just made me wonder, why do I only post about my successes? Kind of cringe/misleading. Failures deserve hype, too.

Excited to share that I’ll be co-chairing a symposium on ‘solitude in context’ tomorrow at ISSBD 2024 in Lisbon, Portugal! What a great way to kick off Day 2 of the conference 🎉

Presenting on solitary activities and psychosocial adjustment in emerging adulthood during today’s poster session! Come bring me a coffee or sweet treat🎀💅🏻🧁 drive.google.com/file/d/1p45kbM…

What’s the max number of times your paper has been rejected before publication? Asking for a friend 🙃

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Kang Lee for the 2024 Pickering Public Lecture on September 26th at Carleton University! Visit our website to register today pickeringcentre.org/register/

Article Spotlight: ‘The Risks of Being a Wallflower: Exploring Links Between Introversion, Aspects of Solitude, and Indices of Well-Being in Adolescence' was recently published by Dr. Rob Coplan, Anna Stone, Megan DeGroot, Alicia McVarnock & Tiffany Cheng mdpi.com/2076-328X/15/2…

Article Alert🚨 An article titled, ‘Motivations for social withdrawal and socio-emotional functioning among urban/suburban Chinese children‘ was recently published by Alicia McVarnock, Robert J. Coplan & Laura L. Ooi. Read it here: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

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What has changed in social withdrawal research over the last seven decades? Quite a bit, actually. muse.jhu.edu/pub/27/article… bsky.app/profile/alicia…

Just touched down in St. John’s for CPA 2025… bsky.app/profile/alicia…