Anahita Mehrpour
PhD in Social Psychology (of Health)
Post-doctoral Researcher
RESEARCH TOPICS
- Mental health and wellbeing across the life course
- Social antecedents of health and well-being
- Social Network Analysis
- Social connectedness and social identity in transition to adulthood
- Social media data extraction for understanding psychosocial phenomena
- Lifecourse factors related to self and identity
BRIEF CURRICULUM VITAE
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Education |
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October 2019-January 2025
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PhD in Social Psychology, Institute of Psychology, and Centre Lives, Universities of Lausanne and Geneva, Switzerland. Director prof. Christian Staerklé (Unil), Co-director prof. Eric Widmer (Unige). Thesis title: Connected Well-Being: Integrating Personal Networks and Social Identities in the Transition to Adulthood |
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September 2016-September 2018 |
Master of Science in Social Work with Families and Children, University of Gothenburg, Sweden (MFamily Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters on Social work With Families and Children). Thesis title: A Self-Determination Theory Approach to Depressive Symptoms after Marriage: A Causal Model |
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September 2011-September 2015 September 2010-September 2015 |
Bachelor of Science in Clinical Psychology, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Graduated with distinction. Thesis title: Predicting Emotional Autonomy Based on Family Communication Patterns: The Mediating Role of Aspects of Identity
Bachelor of Arts in Persian Linguistics and Literature, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran. Graduated with distinction.
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Selected PUBLICATIONS
- Mehrpour, A. Hoffman, A., Staerklé, C., & Widmer, E. D. (2024). Social
Ties and Social Identification: Influences on Well-Being in Young Adults.
Journal of Social and Personal Relationships 41 (10),
3085-3108. https://doi.org/10.1177/02654075241263239 [in English]
- Hoffman, A., Mehrpour, A., & Staerklé, C. (2023). The Many Faces of Social
Connectedness and Their Impact on Well-being. In D. Spini & E. Widmer (Eds.),
Withstanding Vulnerability throughout Adult Life (pp. 169–187). Springer Nature
Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4567-0_11 [in English]
- Zamani Alavijeh, S., Zarrinkalam, F., Noorian, Z., Mehrpour, A., & Etminani,
K. (2023). What users’ musical preference on Twitter reveals about psychological
disorders. Information Processing & Management, 60(3), 103269. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.ipm.2023.103269 [in English].
- Mehrpour, Widmer, E. D., and Staerklé, C., (2025). Social Network Analysis in
Social Psychological Research (1990-2020): A Scoping Review. British Journal of
Social Psychology, 64(1), e12833. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjso.12833.
- Hosseinchari, M., Mehrpour, A. And Kamali, F. (2015). Psychometric Properties
of the Regulatory Emotional Self-efficacy Scale (RESE). Quarterly of Educational
Measurements 6 (22), pp 85-113. https://doi.org/10.22054/jem.2016.4016 [in
Persian]
- Ghahramani, Z., Mehrpour, A., and Shayan, L. (2013). Positive Psychological
Aspects on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder after Traumatic Brain Injury. Bulletin
of Emergency and Trauma, 1 (4): 139-140. PMCID: PMC4789447, [in English].