Lynn Alden, University of British Columbia

Research

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Latest papers

Consequences of Moral Distress in the Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.
American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses · 2017
Causes of moral distress in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.
Journal of critical care · 2016
Moral distress in intensive care unit professionals is associated with profession, age, and years of experience.
Journal of critical care · 2016 · senior author

All 4 publications

Latest funding

Social anxiety and memory for social events
SSHRC · 2018 · Principal investigator
$93,077
Characterizing the Peripheral Biology of Depression, Social Anxiety, and their Comorbidity
CIHR · 2017 · Co-investigator
$573,750
Moving from Moral Distress to Moral Action in Intensive Care Units
CIHR · 2015 · Co-investigator
$200,000

All 10 grants and awards

4 publications.

01

Consequences of Moral Distress in the Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study.

Henrich NJ, Dodek PM, Gladstone E, Alden L, Keenan SP, Reynolds S, Rodney P

American journal of critical care : an official publication, American Association of Critical-Care Nurses2017

DOI: 10.4037/ajcc2017786 PMID: 28668926

02

Causes of moral distress in the intensive care unit: A qualitative study.

Henrich NJ, Dodek PM, Alden L, Keenan SP, Reynolds S, Rodney P

Journal of critical care2016

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2016.04.033 PMID: 27481736

03

Moral distress in intensive care unit professionals is associated with profession, age, and years of experience.

Dodek PM, Wong H, Norena M, Ayas N, Reynolds SC, Keenan SP, Hamric A, Rodney P, Stewart M, Alden L

Journal of critical care2016Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2015.10.011 PMID: 26596697

04

Social anxiety in Chinese- and European-heritage students: the effect of assessment format and judgments of impairment.

Hsu L, Alden L

Behavior therapy2007Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/j.beth.2006.06.006 PMID: 17499079

Social anxiety and memory for social events

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn E.

Keywords: memory; selective retrieval; social anxiety; recall bias

$93,077

Characterizing the Peripheral Biology of Depression, Social Anxiety, and their Comorbidity

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Project Grant

Principal investigators: LeMoult, Joelle

Keywords: Comorbidity; Depression; Hypothalamus-Pituitary-Adrenal Axis; Inflammation; Psychophysiology; Social Anxiety

$573,750

Moving from Moral Distress to Moral Action in Intensive Care Units

Co-investigatorCIHR2015Operating Grant: Knowledge to Action

Principal investigators: Dodek, Peter M; Stewart, Miriam

Keywords: Critical Care; Healthy Workplace; Moral Distress; Participatory Action Research

$200,000

Reshaping the self-schema

Principal investigatorSSHRC2012Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn E.

Keywords: theories of self; social relatedness; authenticity; safety-behaviours; self-schema

$177,304

Social phobia and the self

Principal investigatorSSHRC2009Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn E.

Keywords: social phobia; safety behaviors; interpersonal processes; information processing; cognitive biases

$125,251

The Relationship between Moral Distress in Healthcare Workers and Patient Safety in ICUs

Co-investigatorCIHR2009Partnerships for Health System Improvement (PHSI)

Principal investigators: Dodek, Peter M; Stuart, Michelle M

Keywords: Healthy Workplace; Human Factors; Intensive Care Unit; Moral Distress; Patient Safety

$199,984

Safety behaviours and cognitive biases in generalized social phobia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn E.

Keywords: safety behaviors; social phobia; cognitive biases; information processing; self-schema; interpersonal processes

$134,393

Social phobia and assimilation of positive information

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn E.

Keywords: information processing; social phobia; self-schema; cognitive biases

$124,104

Self-schema modification in social phobia

Principal investigatorSSHRC2000Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn

Keywords: social anxiety, social phobia, information processing,self, social cognition

$105,000

Judgement biases and social information-processing in social anxiety and depression

Principal investigatorSSHRC1997Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Alden, Lynn

Keywords: Judgemental biases; information-processsing; social anxiety; social phobia; depression

$64,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

Frequent collaborators

Department of Psychology
MacIsaac School of Nursing
Department of Emergency Medicine
Other

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Patricia Rodney

MacIsaac School of Nursing

3 shared papers, latest 2017

Hubert Wong

Department of Emergency Medicine

1 shared papers, latest 2016

Najib Ayas

Faculty

1 shared papers, latest 2016

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Alden, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Consequences of Moral Distress in the Intensive Care Unit: A Qualitative Study." (2017), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]