Adele Kohanyi
E-mail: adele.kohanyi@kwantlen.ca
Phone: 604.599.2162 vm 9301
Office Location: D212 Surrey
List of courses taught:
- Psyc 1200 Introduction to Psychology: Areas and Applications
- Psyc 2321 Developmental Psychology: Adolescence
- Psyc 3920 Aging
Areas of Interest & Investigation: psychology of the arts, creative writers/writing, literature, creativity, imagination, pretense, imaginary companions, positive psychology and qualitative research methods
"I am willing to supervise honours students."
Educational background: B.A. (U Oregon), M.Sc. (U Oregon), Ph.D. (Boston College)
Selected References:
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Kohanyi, A. (in press). The more I write, the better I write, and the better I feel about myself: mood variability and mood regulation in student journalist and creative writers. In S. B. Kaufman and J. C. Kaufman (Eds.), The psychology of creative writers. New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Kohanyi, A. (2005). Four factors that may predict the emergence of creative writing: A proposed model. Creativity Research Journal, 17(2&3), 195-205
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Kohanyi, A. (2004). Turning inward vs. turning outward: A retrospective study of the childhoods of creative writers vs. journalists. Creativity Research Journal, 17(4), 309-320
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Taylor, M., Hodges, S. D., & Kohanyi, A. (2002-2003). The Illusion of IndependentAgency: Do adult fiction writers experience their characters as having minds of their own? Imagination, Cognition, and Personality, 22(4), 361-380.
