Maria Jernslett
Thesis title: An Attachment Perspective on Everyday Resilience
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Background
Prior to starting my PhD studies, I completed a two-year MSc in Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice at University College London and The Anna Freud Centre, where I simultaneously worked in a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service as an Assistant Child Psychotherapist. I have further gained a range of other clinical experiences with children and young people, including working as a Care Worker in an emergency residential home for looked after children with severe complex trauma backgrounds. More recently, I worked as a Research Associate at the University of Nicosia in Cyprus, where I designed and led four research projects related to childhood adversity and trauma, with a particular focus on identifying trajectories of risk, resilience, and psychological growth, both among children and adults with previous childhood adversity exposure. I currently combine my PhD studies with tutoring assignments.
Qualifications
MSc, Developmental Psychology and Clinical Practice - University College London / The Anna Freud Centre (2017-2019)
BSc, Psychology - Queen Mary University of London (2014-2017)
Research summary
My PhD research focuses on the relationship between attachment and daily routine regularity among adults, with a particular interest in understanding this relationship within the perspective of past developmental contexts and how this maps onto current resilience processes. Through adopting a non-binary view of resilience processes and a non-pathologising perspective of attachment orientations, my thesis aims to identify tangible resilience trajectories associated with different attachment orientations, while also delving into underlying mechanisms of stress regulation.
Jernslett, M., Anastassiou-Hadjicharalambous, X., Lioupi, C., Syros, I., Kapatais, A., Karamanoli, V., ... & Lotzin, A. (2022). Disentangling the associations between past childhood adversity and psychopathology during the COVID-19 pandemic: The mediating roles of specific pandemic stressors and coping strategies. Child Abuse & Neglect. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105673
Jernslett, M., Thackeray, L., Faith, O., & Midgley, N. (2021). The experience of sleep problems for adolescents with depression in short-term psychological therapy. Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. DOI: 10.1177/13591045211006157