About Phil
Phil completed his B.Sc. in Psychology at the University of Alberta in 1997. Following graduation, he worked with children in group home settings before shifting focus slightly to working directly with parents at an early intervention program. In 2002, he served as an advisory committee member for Health Canada's National Project, "My Daddy Matters because...".
Phil began his graduate studies in Clinical Psychology at the University of Regina in 2005. His research interests centre on the roles of fathers in families and the development of parenting self-efficacy. Phil is currently working on his doctoral dissertation, “Understanding Parenting Self-Efficacy in Fathers”. Phil’s work has been supported by several scholarships from the University of Regina Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research as well as a Master's Scholarship and Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.
Phil and his wife, Jennifer, are raising two wonderful daughters, Ayla and Alise.
Publications
Sevigny, P. R. & Loutzenhiser, L. (2010). Predictors of parenting self-efficacy in mothers and fathers of toddlers. Child: Care, Health and Development, 36, 179-189.
Loutzenhiser, L. & Sevigny, P. R. (2008). Infant sleep and the quality of family life for first-time parents of three-month-old infants. Fathering, 6, 2 – 19.
Poster
Sevigny, P. R. & Loutzenhiser, L. (2008, June). Marital Satisfaction and Family Functioning In Families with Toddlers: Evidence for a Single Construct. Poster presented at the Annual Convention of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, N.S.
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