Department of Psychology

Champika K. Soysa, Ph.D.

Contact Information

Office: Sullivan 241G

Phone: (508) 929-8703

Email: csoysa@worcester.edu

Education

PhD - Clark University

MA - Clark University

BA - Mount Holyoke College

Area of Specialization

Dr. Soysa’s main research interests are in the areas of 1) Stress and resilience (e.g., Is there a relationship between social support from friends and school stress? Are there gender/ethnic differences in the pattern of coping strategies used when people experience stress?), 2) Ethnic/gender differences in the experience of mental distress 3) Gender issues 4) Prejudice and 5) Ethnic identity

Representative Scholarly Activity

Soysa, C. K. (2004, February).  Posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in Sri Lankan women exposed to war.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Women in Psychology, Philadelphia, PA.

Soysa, C. K. (2003, May).  Sociostructural and sociopolitical contexts influence group identity and prejudice in Sri Lanka.  Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Psychological Society, Atlanta, GA.

Soysa, C. K. (2003, April).  Posttraumatic stress disorder symptomatology in Sri Lankan children exposed to war.  Poster presented at the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Tampa, FL.

Azar, S.T. & Soysa, C. K. (1999). Legal Issues in the Assessment of Family Violence Involving Children.  In R.T. Ammerman and M. Hersen (Eds.), Assessment of Family Violence: A Clinical and Legal Sourcebook.  New York:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Addis, M. E., Hatgis, C., Soysa, C. K., Zaslavsky, I. & Bourne, L. S. (1999). The dialectics of manual-based psychotherapy. The Behavior Therapist, 22, 130-132.