Rachele Benjamin


PhD Candidate

Psychology

Faculty of Arts

University of British Columbia

I am a PhD student in Psychology at UBC, interested in the study of meaning and how we make sense of the world around us. I am especially interested in how lacking meaning, or lacking certainty about ourselves and our role in our social environment, relates to the experience of physical pain.

Research Keywords: Social/personality psychology, Uncertainty, Pain, Psychological pain

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