MA in Counselling Psychology (Project Stream), McGill University

BA in Psychology (Honours), University of Guelph

Fuchs, D. E., Fleischmann, M. H., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2024). The relationship between mindfulness facets, self-compassion, and aggression in young adult women. Current Psychology, (2.4) 43(6), 5443-545.https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04732-9

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2022). Which Emotion-Regulation Strategies Explain the Negative Relationship Between Dispositional Mindfulness and Self-Compassion with Eating to Cope? Appetite (3.9), 172, 105912. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.105912

Fleischmann, M., Manova, V., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B (2021). Mindfulness facets and self-compassion as moderators of the relationship between stressors and psychological symptoms in Canadian police. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science. https://doi.org/10.1037/cbs0000290

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2022) Which emotion-regulation strategies explain the relationship between dispositional mindfulness, self-compassion, and eating to cope? Appetite. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2022.105912

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2021) Specific emotion-regulation processes explain the relationship between mindfulness and self-compassion with coping-motivated alcohol and marijuana use. Addictive Behaviors, 112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106590

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2020a) Is self-compassion negatively associated with alcohol and marijuana-related problems via coping motives? Addictive Behaviors, 111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.addbeh.2020.106554

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2020b) Mindfulness facets, self-compassion, and drinking to cope: How do associations differ by gender in undergraduates with harmful alcohol consumption? Journal of American College Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2020.1818758

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019). Associations between specific mindfulness facets, self-compassion, internally motivated drinking, and alcohol-related problems. Mindfulness, 10, 2073-2081. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12671-019-01172

Spinelli, C., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019). Mindfulness training for healthcare professionals and trainees: A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Journal of Psychosomatic Research, 120, 29-38. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpsychores.2019.03.003

English, L. H., Wisener, M., & Bailey, H. N. (2018). Childhood emotional maltreatment, anxiety, attachment, and mindfulness: Associations with facial emotion recognition. Child Abuse & Neglect, 80, 146-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2018.02.006

POSTER PRESENTATIONS

 Fuchs, D., Fleischmann, M., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B (2023, June). The relationship between mindfulness facets, self-compassion, and aggression in young adult women. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 84th National Convention.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2021, June). Specific emotion-regulation strategies underlie the negative relationship between dispositional mindfulness and self-compassion with eating to cope. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 82nd National Convention (Conference virtual due to COVID-19).

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2021, May). Specific emotion-regulation processes explain the negative relationship between dispositional mindfulness and self-compassion with eating to cope. Poster presentation at the 2021 Association for Psychological Science Virtual Convention (Conference virtual due to COVID-19).

Fuchs, D., Fleischmann, M. H., Wisener, M., Khoury, B. (2021, March). The relationship between mindfulness and aggression in female young adults. Poster presentation at the American Psychology-Law Society Conference (Conference virtual due to COVID-19).

Fleischmann, M. H., Manova, V., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2020, May). The influence of mindfulness and self-compassion on occupational stress in Canadian law enforcement. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2020, May). Is self-compassion associated with alcohol-related problems via drinking to cope motives? Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

Wisener, M., Manova, V., Spinelli, C, Wallace, A., & Khoury, B. (2020, May). A meta-analysis of the relationship between dispositional mindfulness and alcohol-related outcomes. Poster presentation at the Canadian Psychological Association’s 81st Annual National Convention, Montreal, Canada (Conference cancelled due to COVID-19).

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, November). Specific mindfulness facets and self-compassion are associated with drinking to cope with depression in undergraduate women and men with problematic consumption. Poster presentation at the Issues of Substance Conference, Ottawa, Canada (Cancelled).

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, October). Associations between mindfulness facets, self-compassion, and drinking to cope in undergraduate women and men with problematic consumption. Poster presentation at the 9th Biennial Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, October). Gender differences in mindfulness, self-compassion, and drinking to cope in undergraduates with problematic consumption. Poster presentation at the 3rd International Conference on Whole Person Care, Montreal, Canada. 

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, October). Specific mindfulness facets and self-compassion: Associations with coping-motivated drinking and alcohol-related problems. Poster presentation at the 9th Biennial Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood Conference, Toronto, Canada

Manova, V., Fleischmann, M. H., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, April). The influence of self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness on police occupational stress: Preliminary results. Poster presentation at McGill University’s Department of Psychology Poster Day, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, April). Mindfulness facets and self-compassion: Associations with internally-motivated drinking. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual Human Development Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Fleischmann, M. H., Manova, V., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, March). The influence of self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness on police occupational stress: Preliminary results. Poster presentation at the Inaugural Mental Health and Law Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Fleischmann, M. H., Manova, V., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, March). Police occupational stress: The influence of self-compassion and dispositional mindfulness. Poster presentation at the 18th Education Graduate Students Society Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, March). Are mindfulness facets and self-compassion associated with internally-motivated drinking and alcohol-related problems in undergraduates? Poster presentation at the 18th Education Graduate Students Society Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2018, August). Comparing mindfulness, suppression, and distraction strategies for smoking cessation. Poster presentation at the 126th Annual American Psychological Association, San Francisco, United States of America.

Wisener, M., Khoury, B., & Spinelli, C. (2018, July). Can trait mindfulness and self-compassion protect undergraduate students from drinking to cope and alcohol-related problems? Poster presentation at the International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wisener, M., Khoury, B., & Spinelli, C. (2018, July). Stop suppressing, stop smoking? A protocol study comparing mindfulness, suppression, and distraction strategies for smoking cessation. Poster presentation at the International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Spinelli, C., Carrière, K., Paradis-Gagné, E., Per, M., Wisener, M., Sadowski, I., & Khoury, B. (2018, June). Evaluating the use of mindfulness-based strategies and yoga in improving the well-being of forensic inpatients at the Institut Philippe-Pinel de Montréal. Poster presentation at the 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M., Forbes, L., & Giguère, B. (2018, June). Junk food consumption, perceptions, and pressure in undergraduate students. Poster presentation at the 29th International Congress of Applied Psychology, Montreal, Canada.

Spinelli, C., Carrière, K., Paradis-Gagné, E., Per, M., Wisener, M., Sadowski, I., & Khoury, B. (2018, May). Using mindfulness and yoga to treat forensic inpatients. Poster presentation at the 4th Annual Mindful Society Conference, Toronto, Canada.

Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2018, March). A protocol study comparing mindfulness, suppression, and distraction strategies for smoking cessation. Poster presentation at the 17th Education Graduate Student Society Conference, Montreal, Canada.

Selby, P., Minian, N., Rose, J., Di Matteo, D., Krishnan, S., Rizwan, R., Wisener, M., Yu, S., & Noormohamed, A. (2017, March). Developing a patient-centered, mHealth solution to smoking cessation: A feasibility study. Poster presentation at the Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco’s 23rd Annual Meeting, Florence, Italy.

Wisener, M., & Giguère, B. (2016, April). Junk food consumption and perceptions in undergraduate students. Poster presentation at the University of Guelph’s Psychology Honours Thesis Poster Conference, Guelph, Canada.

ORAL PRESENTATIONS

Spinelli, C., Wisener, M., & Khoury, B. (2019, July). Examining the use of mindfulness and meditation training for healthcare professionals and trainees: A meta-analysis of Randomized Control Trials. Oral presentation at the 6th World Congress of Positive Psychology, Melbourne, Australia.

Spinelli, C., Carrière, K., Paradis-Gagné, E., Per, M., Wisener, M., Sadowski, I., & Khoury, B. (2018, July). Mindfulness and yoga training as adjunctive therapies in forensic patient treatment. Oral presentation at the International Conference on Mindfulness, Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Wisener, M. Examining brief mindfulness training for smoking cessation. (2018, January). Oral presentation at McGill University’s 3rd Annual Graduate Student Speaker Series, Montreal, Canada.

Wisener, M. Developing a patient centered, mobile-based smoking cessation app. (2016, August). Oral presentation at the Nicotine Dependence Service’s Summer Research Student Presentation Day, Toronto, Canada.

Funding (Selected)

• Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship ($150 000), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

• Canada Graduate Scholarship-Doctoral ($105 000), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) [DECLINED]

• Doctoral Training Award ($84 000), Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé (FRQS) [DECLINED]

• Graduate Excellence Fellowship ($35 000), McGill University

• Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s ($17 500), Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)

• Graduate Excellence Fellowship ($10 000), McGill University

Awards (Selected)

• Graduate Research Enhancement and Travel Award ($250), McGill University

• Graduate Student Enhancement Award ($250), McGill University

• Graduate Student Speaker Series Award ($150), McGill University

• Psychology Honours Thesis Prize ($200), University of Guelph

• Certificate of Academic Excellence, Canadian Psychological Association

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