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A phenomenological investigation of the role of guilt in obsessive-compulsive disorder
(1994-10)
The current study takes a phenomenological approach to investigating the role of guilt in a sample of persons diagnosed with Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD). The role of guilt in OCD has been frequently noted in the ...
Body image and pregnancy : application of the theory of reasoned action
(2005-03-22)
Past research has demonstrated that there are numerous medical and psychological consequences when a woman with an eating disorder becomes pregnant. There has been a paucity of research, however, examining the attitudes ...
The Level of Service Inventory (Ontario Revision) scale validation for gender and ethnicity : addressing reliability and predictive validity
(2011-04)
Previous investigations of the Level of Service Inventory – Ontario Revision (LSI-OR) have examined individual subgroups of offenders (e.g., women, Aboriginal offenders), which has made comparisons of its predictive validity ...
Prenatal testing decisions : women's needs and well-being
(2006-03-20)
Objectives: Advancements in women’s reproductive technology have resulted in women having to face the decision whether to undergo prenatal testing (PNT). This study explored the factors involved in women’s decisions around ...
An empirical clarification of motivational variables among Saskatchewan people of Indian ancestry
(1964)
A lack of reliable knowledge regarding the problems facing Indian and Metis people has hindered the development of intelligent programs and policies to facilitate their healthy integration into the larger Canadian society. ...
Attention in normal aging and Alzheimer's disease
(2008)
A large body of research has investigated various aspects of attention in normal aging and Alzheimer’s disease (AD). Most of the previous studies have shown that divided attention, the ability to attend to two tasks or ...
Intending to be aggressive : applying the theory of planned behaviour to reactive and instrumental adolescent aggression
(2007-01-02)
Adolescents’ intentions to behave in both reactive and instrumental aggression were assessed using the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB; I. Ajzen, 1985). Along with examining the TPB, perceptions of self-efficacy (A. ...
Impulsivity, social problem solving and alcohol dependency as contributors to aggression in a sample of provincially incarcerated offenders
(2008-01-02)
Numerous cognitive, personality and situational factors have been found to be related to
aggression. Understanding how these factors interrelate is essential to predicting violence and critical to the assessment and treatment ...
Resident quality of life and routinization in rural long term care facilities
(2006-12-03)
Past research advocates the need for long-term care (LTC) facilities to adopt a person-centred model of care to optimize residents’ quality of life. The construct of quality of life in LTC has been defined by satisfaction ...
Conditioning of interictal behaviours, but not ictal behaviours, seizures, or afterdischarge threshold, by kindling of the amygdala in rats
(2007-02-05)
Repeated focal electrical stimulation of the brain results in kindling, the development of generalized seizures that progress in length and severity as more seizures are elicited. Barnes et al. (2001) paired one context ...