Kaylee Misener, B.A, M.A., Ph.D.

 

Dr. Misener completed her undergraduate degree in psychology, Master’s degree in clinical psychology, and her PhD in clinical psychology all at the University of British Columbia Okanagan. Her Master’s research investigated the relationship between attentional biases and body dissatisfaction, using novel eye-tracking technology. Further, it provided a cross-cultural replication and expansion to facilitate the comparison of body image issues across cultures. Dr. Misener’s dissertation research involved the development and exploration body dissatisfaction prevention program that focuses on the role of self-compassion, mindfulness, and yoga in preventing body image concerns for youth. Dr. Misener also designed and taught a university course on the psychology of body image.

She completed her residency with the Vancouver Coastal Health Clinical Psychology Residency Program, with placements at the Foundry (general young adult mental health), the Carlile Youth Concurrent Disorders Centre (adolescent in-patient assessment), BC Operational Stress Injury (veteran mental health), and the Solid Organ Transplant Unit of Vancouver General Hospital (transplant assessment). 
 
Currently, Dr. Misener is a Psychology Advisor with WorkSafeBC. She also provides treatment and assessment services virtually to clients in BC through her private practice. 
 
 

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Publications

Amin, S., Ly, M., Misener, K., Brown, N., & Libben, M. (2024). Validation of the translated Negative Physical Self Scale in a sample of Asian women living in Canada. PloS One, 19, e0301184-e0301184. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0301184

Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Misener, K., & Libben, M. (2023). Examining the effectiveness of cognitive bias modification for perfectionism in exploration of the mediating and moderating effects of body dissatisfaction and self-efficacy. Current Psychology, 42, 1635-1651. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-021-01550-9
 

Fraser, E., Misener, K. & Libben, M. (2022). Exploring the impact of a gratitude-focused meditation on body dissatisfaction: Can a brief auditory gratitude intervention protect young women against exposure to the thin ideal? Body Image, 41, 331-341. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2022.04.002.

Wang, Y., Wang, Y., Misener, K. & Libben, M. (2021). Cognitive Bias Modification for Perfectionism: Examining the Mediating and Moderating Effects of Body Dissatisfaction and Self-Efficacy. Current Psychologydoi: 10.1007/s12144-021-01550-9.

Misener, K. & Libben, M. (2020). Examination of the Relationship Between Attentional Biases and Body Dissatisfaction: An Eye-Tracking Study. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 43, 211-232. doi: 10.1007/s10608-020-10084-6.

Ly, M., Misener, K. & Libben, M. (2019). Validation of the translated Negative Physical Self Scale in a female North American sample: Preliminary examination. Eating Behaviors34, 101-109. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2019.101314.

Misener, K. & Libben, M. (2017) The relationship between cognitive bias and eating disordered traits in a sub-clinical sample: A lexical decision study. Body Image21, 103-106. doi: 10.1016/j.bodyim.2017.03.00.

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