Benjamin Hives, PhD Candidate

Currently in the third year of the PhD Program, Ben (he, him, his) has a BKIN and MSc from UBC, as well as a diploma in the Culinary Arts at Vancouver Community College. His research interest includes cardiovascular stress responses to stress and statistical method evaluation. He has been a Teaching Assistant (TA) for the School of Kinesiology’s Introduction to Statistics, Research Methods, and Sport’s Nutrition courses. Ben also has a keen interest in statistical methods, baseball, and programming in R.

Select Publications

Waldhauser, K. J., Hives, B. A., Liu, Y., Puterman, E., Sharifian, N., Castañeda, S. F., … & Millennium Cohort Study Team. (2025). Military Veterans’ Psychological Health and Physical Activity Following Separation from Service. American Journal of Preventive Medicine.

Hives, B. A., Haight, B. L., Beauchamp, M. R., Liu, Y., Webster, J., Injege, B., … & Puterman, E. (2025). Effects of a 6-week at-home exercise intervention on psychological and physical indicators of well-being during the COVID-19 pandemic: Secondary analysis of a pragmatic randomized trial. Mental Health and Physical Activity, 100675.

Haight, B. L., Peddie, L., Crosswell, A. D., Hives, B. A., Almeida, D. M., & Puterman, E. (2023). Combined effects of cumulative stress and daily stressors on daily health. Health Psychology, 42(5), 325.

Reis, N.A., Waldhauser, K.J., Hives, B.A., Hulteen, R.M., Ruissen, G.R., Wierts, C.M., Puterman, E., Liu, Y., Rhodes, R.E., & Beauchamp, M.R. (2023). Effects of older adults’ social identification on psychological flourishing and exercise program adherence. Psychology & Health. 40(2). 272–284.

Boucher, V. G., Haight, B. L., Hives, B. A., Zumbo, B. D., Merali-Dewji, A., Hutton, S., Liu, Y., Nguyen, S., Beauchamp, M. R., Black, A. T., & Puterman, E. (2023). Effects of 12 Weeks of At-Home, Application-Based Exercise on Health Care Workers’ Depressive Symptoms, Burnout, and Absenteeism: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA psychiatry.

Lockwood, K.G, Peddie, L., Crosswell, A.D., Hives, B.A., Slopen, N., Almeida, D.M., Puterman, E. (2022). Effects of chronic burden across multiple domains and experiences of daily stressors on negative affect. Annals of Behavioural Medicine. 56(10). 1056–1067.