This online database contains the full-text of PhD dissertations and Masters’ theses of Wilfrid Laurier University students from 1982 forward. These documents are made available for personal study and research purposes only, in accordance with the Canadian Copyright Act and the Creative Commons license—CC BY-NC-ND (Attribution, Non-Commercial, No Derivative Works). Under this license, works must always be attributed to the copyright holder (original author), cannot be used for any commercial purposes, and may not be altered. Any other use would require the permission of the copyright holder. Students can choose to withdraw their dissertation and/or thesis from this database. For additional inquiries, please contact the repository administrator via e-mail or by telephone at 519-884-0710 ext. 2073.
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Picture This: The Effect of Imagery Perspective on Affective Forecasting, Giselle Durand
Using Our Past to Predict Our Future: Applying Reference Class Forecasting to Debias Individual Project Completion Predictions, Rebecca Friesdorf
What Makes an Image Memorable? Effects of Encoding on the Mechanism of Recognition, Asiya Gul
The role of life events in older women's psychosocial development and well-being, Taylor Hill
The Effects of Dorsal Lateral Telencephalon Lesions on Zebrafish Social Behaviour, Hailey Katzman
Narrating a Conscientization journey on Crime Prevention through Social Development, Carlos Luis Zatarain
Examining the longer-term impact of a home-visiting intervention program on the school readiness skills of English language learners in kindergarten, Michelle McCann
Age, Access, and Sweets-Motivation, Gehan Senthinathan
Reducing Meat Consumption: Drawing on Participatory Action Research to Explore Ways of Engaging in a Process of Meat Consumption Reduction, Brittany Spadafore
Transforming relations: Anishnawbe Natural Law in the “Ring of Fire”, Darren Thomas
Narcissistic worldview: How narcissism relates to perceptions of conflict and exploitative behaviour, Nicola Urquhart
(Subjective) Time Heals All Wounds: The Competing Roles of Objective and Subjective Time in Reactions to Past Events, Sarah L. Williams
An Evaluation of the Timeline as a Memory Retrieval Aid for Children’s Recall of Specific Details from a Repeated Event, Huan Huan Zhang
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Connectedness to Nature and Pro-Environmental Behaviour from Early Adolescence to Adulthood: A Comparison of Urban and Rural Canada, Daniel Anderson
Free, Prior, and Informed Decision-Making About Proposed Development on Indigenous Territories in Northern Ontario, Courtney Arseneau
EXPLORING THE FEMALE AUTISM PHENOTYPE: PERSONAL IDENTITY FORMATION AND WELL-BEING IN AUTISTIC FEMALES, Erinn Nell Barry
Started from the future now we're here: The effect of planning direction on motivation, Kaylee Boulton
“INVISIBLE” PARENT EXPERIENCES OF HOMELESSNESS AND SEPARATION FROM THEIR CHILDREN IN CANADA, Rachel A. Caplan
Neurogenesis and Hippocampus- and Olfactory-Dependent Learning in the Goto-Kakizaki Rat, Alanna Chalk
Older Adults’ Social Networks and the Role of a Telephone Helpline Program, Harmanpreet (Preet) Chauhan
Changing the Narrative of Social Determinants of Health: Messaging for Ontarians, Emily Churchill
Access to the Healthcare System for ACB People Living in Waterloo Region, Ontario: A Racial and Socio-ecological Examination, Tiyondah Fante-Coleman
Long-term effects of a universal program on child welfare youth's psychosocial outcomes, Alexis Gilmer and Colleen Loomis
Sense of Community in Young Adulthood and its Relation to Early Childhood Experiences, Madeline Gritzan
Exploring Profiles of LGBTQ Social Wellbeing in Waterloo Region, Canada, Kendra Hardy
THE MUSLIMAH PROJECT: A COLLABORATIVE INQUIRY INTO DISCRIMINATION AND MUSLIM WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH IN A CANADIAN CONTEXT, Brianna Hunt
Second Language Acquisition and Acculturation Differences Between Immigrants and Refugees, Ali Jasemi
Moral Development in the Online Context, Sarah Mitchinson
Perceived Social Support and Identity Formation in Bereaved University Students, Katherine Ottley
THE INFLUENCES OF CULTURE AND THE SELF ON CHILDREN’S MEMORY ENCODING AND DELAYED RETRIEVAL, Hongyuan Qi
Youth-adult community partnerships: Student voice and choice in addressing racism, Sarah Ranco
Bridging the Gaps in Bringing in the Bystander: An Intersectional Approach to Campus-Based Sexual Violence Prevention, Anne E. Rudzinski
Moral Identity, Moral Disengagement, and Online Behaviour from Adolescence to Young Adulthood, Luc Saulnier
Psychosocial Development and Well-being in Retirement: The Relationship Between Generativity, Ego Integrity, and Regret Among Canadian Retirees, Shauna Spirling
Using Social Media to Engage Toronto Communities for Resiliency and Stress Planning, Martha Ta
The Relationship Between Characteristics of Collective Action, Introversion/Extraversion, and Collective Action Endorsement, Adrianna Tassone
Social Support, Discrimination, and Self-Esteem in LGBTQ+ High School and Post-Secondary Students, Kirstie Taylor
Learning, Attitudes and Perceptions: Evaluating Teachers Acquiring Competence with Online Literacy Programs for Children, Constanza Uribe-Banda
Helping Those Who Are Like Me: Highlighting Similarities to Elicit Empathy in Narcissists, Alys Yijun Zhao and Christian H. Jordan
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Do socially anxious individuals lack behavioural mimicry? Examining the relationships among social anxiety, self-focused attention and mimicry, Kayleigh Abbott
Successes and Challenges of Syrian Refugee Children in Canada: Language and Literacy, Norah Amin
Indigenous-Black Identity: Two Manuscripts Concerning Indigenous-Black Identity, Identity Formation, Mental Health, and Trauma, Ann Marie Beals
Moving Forward with Self-Compassion: An Examination of Self-Compassion, Social Anxiety, and Post-Event Processing, Rebecca A. Blackie
Examining parental scaffolding in computer based contexts as a function of task difficulty and mobility of computer device, Domenica De Pasquale
INVESTIGATING THE ROLE THAT COGNITIVE DEFUSION PLAYS WITHIN MINDFULNESS, Amanda Desnoyers
DO EARLY COMMUNITY-BASED INITIATIVES PREDICT SOCIAL ANXIETY 20 YEARS LATER?, Christina Dimakos
For better or for worse? Investigating the meaning of change, Jaslyn English and Anne Wilson
Assessing Job Seekers’ Attraction to Working in Green Buildings, Devon Fernandes
Testing the Network Reset Hypothesis: Noradrenergic Modulation of Hippocampal Representations, Stephanie L. Grella
Confronting Sexism in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM): What Are the Consequences?, Eden J.V. Hennessey
A Grateful Mind: The Impact of Felt Fluency on Subjective Well-Being, Renee Hunt
Learning to Read in English: Vocabulary Knowledge, Phonological Awareness in Relation to Oral Reading Fluency in Chinese-English Bilinguals, Michelle (RuYun) Huo
INVESTIGATING THE ROLES OF MECHANORECEPTIVE CHANNELS IN TACTILE APPARENT MOTION PERCEPTION: A VIBROTACTILE STUDY, Phill Kim and Philip Servos Dr.
Social Anxiety and Interpersonal Interactions: Investigating the Impact of Anxiety on Interpersonal Behaviours, Perceptions, and Processes, Kelly McDonald
Reading across Different Orthographies: Urdu, Arabic, Hindi and English, Amna Mirza
The Great and Widening Divide: Political False Polarization and its Consequences, Victoria Parker
A Phenomenological, Arts-Based Study of Art Therapists’ Self-Reflective Practice, Laurie Ponsford-Hill
Hepatitis C Testing and Treatment Access Among People Who Inject Drugs, Monika Roerig
Comparison of the Sensitivity of Yes/No and Forced Choice Associative Recognition, Garrett Schliewinsky
Moral identity development across middle childhood and adolescence, Sonia Sengsavang
Narcissistic Intolerance: Verbal Hostility and Dismissiveness in Response to Subjective Disagreement, Wan Wang
Knowledge mobilization for complex community initiatives: Examining how peer learning strategies influence capacity for local implementation of Housing First, Sarah Kathleen Worton
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Negative Intergroup Contact: Self-Distancing Facilitates Wisdom for First-Generation Immigrants, Hajer Al Homedawy
CHILDREN'S LETTER LEARNING: THE EFFECT OF MANIPULATING VISUAL COMPLEXITY ON CHILDREN'S LETTER LEARNING, Bahar Amani
Reading in Arabic Script: A Cross-Linguistic and Cross-National Study, Asma Amin
Exploring Metacognition, Multitasking and Test Performance in a Lecture Context, Fatma Arslantas
Dynamic Assessment of Early French Immersion Literacy Learning Competencies, Alexandra Bellissimo
The Ripple Effect: Youth Leadership Development and Influence on Environmental Engagement in the Community, Laine Bourassa
EXPLORING THE MIDDLE PATH: EFFECTS OF ETHICAL AND SECULAR MINDFULNESS ON WELL-BEING AND PROSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR, Siyin Chen
Neural and Social Mechanisms Behind the Social Transmission of Food Preference, Chelsey Damphousse
A comprehensive study of personal and social information use in female brown-headed cowbirds, Molothrus ater, Hayden Davies and David J. White
Young Children's Source Monitoring: Exploring the Contexts of Task Difficulty and Repeated Events, Becky Earhart
Bye Bye Binary: Exploring Non-Binary Youths' Experiences of Mental Health, Discrimination, and Community Belongingness, Ellis Furman
Investigating the Effects of Mindfulness on Children’s Executive Function, Emotional Regulation, Stress, and Academic Performance Compared to a Control Condition, Lerna Hanceroglu
Participant Perspectives on Housing and Landlords in a Canadian Housing First Program, Timothy MacLeod
Spicing Things Up: How Regulatory Focus Affects People’s Willingness To Try Novel Activities With A Romantic Partner, Jill Prince
Auditory ERP differences across a continuum of psychotic symptoms in non-clinical population, Anaya Rehman
Desiring to Appear Moral versus Being Moral: Development of Moral Hypocrisy and Moral Integrity, Kathleen Tamming
An Examination of Imagined Contexts: The Unreliability of Context-Dependent Memory Effects in Recall, Caitlin J. I. Tozios
WHY BE MORAL? MORAL MOTIVATION ACROSS CONTEXT AND AGE, Rosemary Victor Abdou
Young Leader's Sustained Engagement in Environmental Action: A narrative inquiry, Sara Wicks
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Scalar Short-Term Memory, Tyler D. Bancroft
The Influence of Freedom and Choice in Action Selection and the Valence of Action-outcomes on the Sense of Agency, Zeynep Barlas Wilfrid Laurier University
An examination of newcomer integration processes in sport teams: A socialization perspective, Alex J. Benson
STIGMA, COMMUNITY CONNECTEDNESS, AND SOCIAL SUPPORT AMONG TRANS WOMEN LIVING WITH HIV IN ONTARIO: FINDINGS FROM THE TRANS PULSE PROJECT, Tanya D'Amours
Social Justice and Worker Cooperatives, Gurveer Shaan Dhillon
SOCIAL PROBLEMS, BIOMEDICAL ANSWERS? HOW CAUSES OF SOCIAL PROBLEMS AFFECT CHOICE OF SOLUTIONS, Bianca C. Dreyer
INVESTIGATING GRANDIOSE NARCISSISM AS A PERSONALITY PROCESS, Miranda Giacomin
HIV Testing in the Context of HIV Stigma and Minority Stress, Mallory C. Harrigan
How Perceptions of a Relationship Partner’s Self-Esteem Influence Support Seeking, Alexandra Hirniak
The Effects of Script on Reading Development of Farsi and Arabic Bilinguals, Fatemeh Hosseini Almadani
The Effects of Altered Auditory Feedback on Speech Production in Adults: A Comparison of Perturbation and Sensorimotor Adaptation Paradigms, Danielle S. Jacobson