Speaker
Kasia Kostyrka-Allchorne
Research Fellow, School of Academic Psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King’s College London, UK
Biography
Kasia is a developmental psychologist interested in researching digital interventions that use mobile phone technology to provide low-cost and scalable support for parents of young children both in the community and within child and adolescent mental health services, as well as for other user groups (e.g., teachers). She is also working on developing a better understanding of the mechanisms that underpin the associations between childhood and adolescent psychopathology and digital engagement. Finally, Kasia’s research concerns developing a better understanding of the processes that underpin decision-making and goal-directed behaviour in adolescence. Specifically, what is the role of future-oriented thinking and its variations related to adolescent mental health?