Staff Profile
Weronika Robakowska
Academic Associate
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I am an Academic Associate and Doctoral Researcher in Psychology at York St John University.
I did my BSc Hons psychology and MReS psychology degrees at York St John University, graduating in 2021 and 2023. My dissertation looked at mental health (depression and anxiety) and whether it has an influence on emotional expressiveness in individuals in long term romantic relationships. My masters thesis looked at measuring Psychological Flow states experimentally using eye tracking behavioural measures, my Doctoral research follows on from this, looking at eye tracking and flow.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – W.robakowska1@yorksj.ac.uk
Further information
Teaching
I teach a multiple of first and second year seminars/workshops for BSc Hons Psychology, with modules ranging from social psychology to advanced research methods.
Research
My current research looks at the viability of measuring Psychological Flow within a controlled environment, across different tasks and a neurodiverse population. The key focus is on how behavioural measures, such as eye tracking, can be incorporated to provide a deeper insight into the experience of flow and how this occurs across both neurotypical and neurodivergent individuals.
I have completed data collection in December 2024 for my first study, using lab based tasks varying on levels of predictability, making use of the desktop eye tracker as well as a Qualtrics set of self report questionnaires. Data analysis includes a mixed methods approach using quantitative data from behavioural measures and questionnaires (analysed using a range of statistical tests e.g., MANOVA, paired t-tests etc.) and also qualitative data on thoughts during the tasks (analysed using content analysis (Prasad, 2008; Stemler, 2015)).
Further studies will look at behavioural measures exhibited during flow in sports, e.g., chess players, and naturally occurring flow across neurodiverse populations.
