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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Exploring knowledge of Canadian values and social axioms in international and landed immigrant students' adaptation to Canada
(2008)
This thesis was an exploration of the relationship between the host cultural knowledge of newcomers and their behavioural and psychological adaptation to the host culture. Utilizing a theoretical and applied approach to ...
The level of service inventory and female offenders : addressing issues of reliability and predictive ability
(2009)
The legitimacy of classifying female offenders in the correctional system has been disputed (especially the application of male-normed risk assessment tools), and yet, there is a need to accurately determine the risk of ...
The transition to university : adaptation and adjustment
(2008)
Beginning university can be conceptualized as a stressful life event as both positive aspects and several new challenges are associated with the transition (Hudd, Dumlao, Erdmann-Sager, Murry, Phan et al., 2000; Kerr, ...
The influence of offender and victim ethnicity on perceptions of crime severity and recommended punishment
(2007)
Crime severity has been found to be one of the best predictors of sentencing decisions (Darley, Carlsmith, & Robinson, 2000). There is however a dearth of research examining the effect of offender and victim ethnicity on ...