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Theses/Dissertations from 2015
INFLUENCE OF PLANNING RESOURCES ON GAIT CONTROL IN PARKINSON’S DISEASE, Frederico P. Faria
Plans as Emotion Regulation Tools? Examining the Consequences of Planning on Affect, Rebecca Friesdorf
Imagining Accomplishments from Differing Visual and Temporal Perspectives, Deanna C. Hall
The Effect of Emotion on Associative and Item Memory, Priyanga Jeyarathnarajah
Growth Potential in Relationships: A Promotion-Focus Perspective, Amanda E. Kohler and Justin Cavallo
Changing Theories of Change: Strategic Shifting in Implicit Theory Endorsement, Scott Leith
BILL 13 (THE ACCEPTING SCHOOLS ACT): ONTARIO LEGISLATION MANDATING SUPPORT FOR LGBT STUDENTS IN PUBLICLY-FUNDED SCHOOLS, Renato M. Liboro Jr.
Moral Identity Development in Adulthood, Lourdes Andrea Murua
An Exploration of the Wheel-Induced Feeding-Suppression, Stephen Benjamin Peckham
The Development and Application of a Measure to Assess the Interpersonal Qualities of Self-Talk, Elizabeth L. Price
“Don’t Talk about It”: Investigating the Effects of PEI’s Cultural Silence on Abortion Access and Advocacy from the Perspective of Advocates and Support People, Emily A. Rutledge
Gender Differences in Pay Equity: An Examination of the Working Adolescent, Melanie L. Saari
DEFENSE AGAINST DEFENSIVENESS: HOW IMPORTANT PERSONAL VALUES CAN PROMOTE MORE ADAPTIVE RESPONSES TO SEVERE ENVIRONMENTAL THREAT, Kathryn Schuett
A Living Wage for All Manitobans?: Perspectives from the Private Sector, Paul Campbell Sheridan
Motivations to Gamble in Younger and Older Adults, John Bryan R. E. Smith
“Are the girls out to bingo? And is “Frenchie” gettin tipsy? On a Sudbury Saturday night”: Gambling among Older Francophones in North-Eastern Ontario, Éric R. Thériault
ENHANCING CANADIAN GIRLS’ RESILIENCE THROUGH GIRLS-ONLY PROGRAMMING, Ayesha Umme-Jihad
Backward Planning: Examining Consequences of Planning Direction for Time Prediction, Jessica Wiese
Once A Thief, Always A Thief? How Time, Implicit Theories, and Race Affect Moral Judgments, Sarah L. Williams
Social Factors Influencing Early Reading Development from Kindergarten to Grade One in English-speaking Public Schools in Ontario and Quebec, Katherine Wood
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Positive Moral Emotions and Moral Identity Development: The Difference between Authentic and Hubristic Pride, Victoria Casey
A MICROGENETIC APPROACH TO EXAMINING SET FOR VARIABILITY: AN EXPLORATION OF EARLY READING DEVELOPMENT, Phil R. Cave M.A.
Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension Intervention: A Focus on Students in the Late Elementary Grades, Melissa L. Dol
INTERDEPENDENCE AND INTERPERSONAL INFLUENCE AMONG INDIVIDUAL SPORT TEAMMATES, Blair Evans
Time, Perspectives, Verbs, and Imagining Events, Jeffrey P. Hong
Urdu as a First Language: The Impact of Script on Reading in the L1 and English as a Second Language, Amna Mirza
The Structures and Practices of Collaboration among Environmental Organizations in Waterloo Region, Felix P. Munger
Endocannabinoid Involvement in Impulsivity and Decision-making, Christopher P. Norris
PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION IN SHARED-COMPUTER ACTIVITIES: AN EXPLORATORY STUDY EXAMINING PARENT-CHILD INTERACTION WITH A MOBILE DEVICE, Marjan Petkovski
RECOVERY FROM ACUTE TOLUENE INTOXICATION IS FACILITATED BY THE NMDA RECEPTOR CO-AGONIST D-SERINE, BUT NOT THE GABAA RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST PICROTOXIN, Susan R. Samuel-Herter
Youth's Comprehension of Environmental Justice Across Multiple Countries, Alexa L. Stovold
A Bittersweet Investigation of Availability and Nutritive Value as Determinants of Volitional Sucrose Consumption, Milan D. Valyear
Children's cognitive processing of abuse as described in investigative interviews., Kayleen A. Willemsen and Kim P. Roberts
THROUGH AN INTERSECTIONALITY LENS: SERVICE PROVIDER VIEWS ON THE SEXUAL HEALTH NEEDS OF RACIALIZED LGBTQ YOUTH IN TORONTO, Shanshan Yan
Improving Preschoolers' Mathematical Performance: The Nature of Spatial Input by Early Childhood Educators, Joanna Zambrzycka
Theses/Dissertations from 2013
The Effects of Housing Manipulations on Wheel Running, Feeding and Body Weight in Female Rats, Angela Mastroianni
OGWEHOWENEHA: A Hodinohsonih research methodology, Darren Thomas
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Interprofessional Empathy in an Acute Healthcare Setting, Keith Adamson
An Approach to Engagement with Youth in Gangs Participatory Action Projects, Lisa Armstrong
Neural Mechanisms of Interference and Storage in Vibrotactile Working Memory, Tyler D. Bancroft
Exploring Perfectionism, Rumination and Social Anxiety: Theoretical and Causal Implications, Jaclyn R. Brown
The Role of Taste and Calories in Access-Induced Excessive Sweets Consumption by the Rat, Adam Celejewski
Examining Experiences of English Literacy Development (ELD) Program from Multiple Stakeholders’ Perspectives, Hany Ibraham
To Tell or Not to Tell: Predictors of Disclosure and Privacy Settings Usage in an Online Social Networking Site (Facebook), Amanda Nosko
The Internalization of Mathematics Stereotypes in Elementary School Children, Amanda Schell
Reading Development in Adolescent First and Second Language English Learners: A Comparison Using Age Match Design, Vahidehsadat Shahidi
Summer Library Reading Programs and Literacy: An Assessment of Children’s Reading Progress After Having Participated in a Summer Library Reading Program, Ashley Kristina Van Andel
Multi-Tasking: The Effects of Interacting With Technology On Learning In A Real-Time Classroom Lecture, Lucia Zivcakova
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
The Effects of Associative Interference, Stimulus Type, and Item Familiarity on Associative Recognition Memory, Fahad Naveed Ahmad
“Just What Were You Expecting From Your Experience Anyway?” University Expectations and Subsequent Adjustment in Visible Minority Students, Wisam Al-Dabbagh
Vocabulary and Phonological Awareness in 3- to 4-Year-Old Children: Effects of a Training Program, Iuliana Elena Baciu
It’s Like Jumping Out of a Plane without a Parachute: Incarceration and Reintegration Experiences of Provincially Sentenced Women in Atlantic Canada, Jennifer Robena Bernier
A Participatory Study of the Nature of Touch at L’Arche: Understanding Protective and Risk Factors to Develop and Approach to Safe and Respectful Touch for People with Developmental Disabilities, Lindsay Paige Buckingham-Rivard
Poverty and Disability: The Need for Inclusion, Alexis Buettgen
Beauty and Belonging: How Appearance Self-Appraisals Affect Perceived Relational Value, Relationship Standards and Desire for Interpersonal Contact, Vanessa M. Buote
An Evaluation of a Dialogic Book-Reading Program for At Risk Children, Daniel Anthony Colangelo
The Role of Choice and Control in Women’s Childbirth Experiences, Katie M. Cook
Interviewing Children about Repeated Events: Does Mental Context Reinstatement Improve Young Children’s Narratives?, Donna M. Drohan-Jennings
What Pushes Your Buttons? How Knowledge about If-Then Personality Profiles Can Benefit Relationships, Charity A. Friesen
Age and Amount of Experience on Children’s Representations of Repeated Events, Una Glisic
Young, Working and Black: A Study of Empowerment, Oppression, Race and Gender in Community Settings, Julian Hasford
Spiritual Empowerment Through Buddhist Practice, Adam McKenzie Hodgins
Urban Neighbourhood Associations: People, Organizations, and Place, Brian Michael Hoessler
Investigating the Relationship Between Motor Resonance and Nonconscious Mimicry, Jeremy Hogeveen
Reconstructing Sex: Women Having Sex With Women, Alixandra Holtby
Towards a Seamless Support Sysetm for Federally Sentenced Women Returning to the Community, Jessica Hutchison
Moral Emotion Expectancies in Adolescence: A Cross-Cultural Perspective, Fanli Jia
Understanding Academic Success for Onkwehonwe (Indigenous) Students Through the Use of an Onkwehonwe'neha (Indigenous Methodology), Ashley Victoria Dorothy Johnson
A Qualitative Exploration of the Needs of (Pre)Parenting: Women Parenting with Women in Southern Ontario, Krystal Lee Kellington
The Role of Auditory Feedback on the Control of Voice Fundamental Frequency (F0) while Singing, Dwayne Nicholas Keough
Predicting Resilience in Young Adult Turning Point Stories: A Narrative Approach to Understanding Well-Being, Norah Love
Raising an Issue in a Relationship: I’ll Tell You What’s Wrong, But Only If I Think It Will Help, Megan H. McCarthy
The Problem of Causal/Explanatory Exclusion, Dwayne Moore
Two Sides to Every Trauma: The Role of Posttraumatic Growth and Decline in Well-Being, Danay C. Novoa
Effects of Chlorpromazine on Feeding and Wheel Running on Rats with Acute Wheel Access, Graham Gregory Parfeniuk
The “Budget Fallacy”: Sources of Accuracy and Bias in Personal Spending Predictions, Johanna Peetz
Working Against Youth Violence Everywhere: Evaluating a Peer-Led Approach to Bullying Prevention, Rebecca L. Pister
Training Children Where They Learned Information: A Test of Two Techniques, Justine Renner
Conjunction Search Onset Following Single-Feature Preview: Equating Visual Transients, Wafa Saoud
Attentional Biases in Social Anxiety: An Investigation of Rumination, Katie L. Walters
Supporting University Students with Mental Health Issues: A Needs Assessment, Amanda Celeste Weckwerth
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Implementing Technology in the Classroom: Assessing Teachers’ Needs Through the Use of a Just-In-Time Support System, Alissa N. Anderson
Event Syntax and Event Semantics as Constraints on Availability of Discourse, Raymond B. Becker
An Action Research Study of the Supporting the University-Ready through Environment (SURE) Program, Natalie Brown
Community Consultation and Environmental Justice in the Regent Park Revitalization, Jacqueline de Schutter
Acknowledging the Skeletons in Our Closet: Collective Guilt and Ingroup-Affirmation, Gregory Roy Gunn
Neural and Behavioral Responses to the Use of Auditory Feedback in Vocal Control, Colin S. Haweo
Can Overeating Induce a Conditioned Taste Avoidance in Previously Restricted Rats?, Amanda Louise Hertel
Moral Emotion Expectancies and Moral Behavior in Adolescence, Megan E. Johnston
Effects of Context on Target Localization, Cheryl M. Lavell
Birds of a Feather Sit Together: Physical Similarity Predicts Seating Choice, Sean Mackinnon
Internal and External Triggers for Action, Shannon Matkovich
Understanding Best Practices for Community Engagement in Municipal Contexts, Sherry McGee
Satisfaction with Sexual Health Education among Recent Graduates of Ontario High Schools, Glenn J. Meaney
Computer Integration in Elementary and Secondary Schools: Variables Influencing Educators, Julie Mueller