Psychology Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations from the Department of Psychology, collected from the Scholarship@Western Electronic Thesis and Dissertation Repository
Theses/Dissertations from 2023
Exploring the Experience of Disclosing in the Workplace, Jillian Auger
Using an Evolutionary Framework to Test the Social Functions of Risky Behavior in Emerging Adulthood, Michal Bak
Examining the Paradox of Adult Second Language Word and Grammar Learning, Leah Brainin
Neural responses to magnetic orientation information in songbirds, Madeleine IR Brodbeck
The Concept of Trust in Newly-formed versus Long-term Romantic Relationships, Omar Jordan Camanto
Too Many Constructs in the Kitchen: Toward a Feature-Based Approach to Mistreatment, Sarah Carver
Disordered Eating Behaviours in Adolescents with and without a Formal ED Diagnosis: Comparing Individual and Contextual Factors, Eve G. Chapnik
A Multi-method Assessment of the Impact of Stress on Families’ Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Andrew R. Daoust
Young Arabs in Canada: Ethnic Identity and Intersectionality, Rama Eloulabi
Investigating the language of time: Evaluating the use and comprehension of before and after, Kimberley R. Henderson
The Effects of Self- and Partner- Schemas on Relationship Quality and Depression in Romantic Dyads, Owen Hicks
Affectivity and its Role in Predicting Sociometric Position in Small Group Networks, Roy Hui
Spontaneous Intrapersonal Synchrony and the Effect of Cognitive Load, Ramkumar Jagadeesan
Beyond Rank Attainment: Examining the Nature and Function of Dominance and Prestige in Teams, Lynden Jensen
Putting the 'A' in Prosocial: Development and Validation of a Measure of Trait Altruism, Laura K.D. Johnson MSc
Mindfulness Meditation Interventions as a Predictor of Environmental Leadership, Talib Karamally
Exploring the Dimensions and Dynamics of Partnered Sexual Behaviours: Scale Development and Validation Using Factor and Network Analysis, Devinder S. Khera
Knowledge of Late-Emerging Reading Disabilities Amongst Current and Future Ontario Educators, Chastine Lamoureux
What is Good Sex, and for Whom? A Psychometric Perspective, Nini Longoria
White matter connectome associations with reading functions in children, Chenglin Lou
Psychometric Validation of the Team Resilience Inventory, Alexander J. McGregor 6971928
Childhood Irritability: A Developmental Psychopathology Perspective, Ola Mohamed Ali
Examining service complexity in children with parents who abuse substances, Macall E. Oldenhof
Economics Or Culture? Measuring Economic Thinking And Cultural Enrichment Beliefs About Immigration., Paolo Aldrin Palma
The Role of Support Following Workplace Harassment Experiences, Victoria H. Paquette
Language, Reading, and Resting-state Oscillatory Power in ADHD, DLD, and Comorbid ADHD/DLD, Kaitlyn M.A Parks Ms
A Scoping Review Examining Treatment Components of Classroom and Small Group School-Based Anxiety and Test Anxiety Interventions, Lindsay B. Pittman
Assessing Misophonia: Cross-Cultural Validation of the MisoQuest and its Relation with Cognitive Functioning, Kate Raymond
Self-Worth and Identity: The Influence of Workplace Violence and Harassment in Canadian Workplaces, Chelsea Reid
The Development of the Experiential Impact of Mental Fatigue Scale, Olivia H. Richards
Exploring the Impact of Mood States on Motivation to Consume Food and Non-Food Rewards in Individuals with Loss of Control Eating, Kendall M. Schmidt
Examining Age-related Enhancement of Multisensory Gain: The Role of Sensory Decline and Inverse Effectiveness, Laura C. Schneeberger
Individual Differences in Decision-Making and Emotions: A Study of Alexithymia Using the Columbia Card Task, Kaycee A. Stewart Ms.
Non-Suicidal Self-Injury: Examining Factors Across COVID-19 Wave One and Wave Two Among Clinically Referred Children and Youth, Sarah Thomas
Investigating Neural Mechanisms Associated With the Double Empathy Problem Using fNIRS Hyperscanning, Kate E. Turner
An Empirical Examination of the Dyadic Partner-Schema Model of Relationship Distress and Depression, Jesse Lee Wilde Ms.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Examining the Structure and Outcomes of Work Motivation Profiles: A Mindset-Based Approach, Leonid V. Beletski
Developmental Differences in the Learning and Consolidation of Linguistic Regularities, Sarah Berger
More than just virtual communication: Examining Canadian volunteers’ virtual contact experiences with refugees, Maria Besselink
The Impact Of An Online Self-Compassion Intervention On Thwarted Belongingness And Perceived Burdensomeness, Genevieve M. Bianchini
The Predictive Validity of Intimate Partner Violence Warning Signs, Nicolyn H. Charlot
The Relationship Between the Big-Five Personality Traits and Depressive Symptoms: A Meta-Analysis, Parisa Chavoshi
The Coding Flexibility of Radical Position in Chinese, Zian Chi
The Development and Validation of the Self-Validation and Invalidation Scale (SVIS), Jason J. Chung
The Social Context of Nonverbal Behaviour, Alexa S. Clerke
Revisiting Cognitive Dissonance: A Closer Look at the Core Assumptions of a Classic Theory, Mikayla V. Colthirst-Reid
The Spacing Effect in Remote Information-Integration Category Learning, Anthony Cruz
Characterizing and Predicting Canadian Adolescents’ Internalizing Symptoms in the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic, Haley Elizabeth Green
Co-rumination In Social Networks, Samantha M. Jones
Culture and Classification: Investigating Analytic vs. Holistic Thinking Styles, Neha Khemani
A Demonstration of the Utility of Formalizing Theory: Mapping, Evaluating, and Testing the Theory of Devaluation of Alternatives, Rebecca Koessler
Movies on the Mind: Using Naturalistic Stimuli to Assess Perception, Cognition, and Awareness in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness, Geoffrey Laforge
Role of the default-mode network during narrative integration in major depressive disorder, Darren Ri-Sheng Liang
Development and Validation of the Fat Microaggressions Scale, Megan Lindloff
Examining the Relationships Between Socio-cognitive Factors and Neural Synchrony During Movie Watching Across Development, Kathleen M. Lyons
Interpersonal Problems and Suicidal Ideation in Daily Life: Examining the Moderating Role of Social Problem-Solving, Brianna M. Meddaoui
The Developmental Importance of Napping in Preschool Children, Adam T. Newton
Listening effort: Separating the subjective from the objective, Joseph E. Rovetti
It's Not My Phone, It’s Me: Investigating Smartphone Presence and Predictors of Smartphone Reliance, Ana C. Ruiz Pardo
Mental Health Walk-In Clinics for Children and Families, Catalina Sarmiento
Virtual Reality, Mindfulness and Their Associations to Personality Traits, Somer Schaffer
Development of a New Measure of Political Ideology, Vanessa M. Sinclair
The Psychotherapeutic Effects of Consumer-Grade EEG Neurofeedback on Mental Health and Well-being, Madeline Slack
Early Childhood Impulsivity and Parenting Predict Trajectories of Externalizing Psychopathology, Emma Stewart
An Interview Study of Beliefs About Confidentiality and Attitudes Towards Disclosure of Moral Injury in the Canadian Armed Forces, Cassidy Trahair
The Initial Development, Factor Structure, and Psychometric Validation of the Impostor Phenomenon Assessment (IPA): A Novel Assessment of Impostor Phenomenon, Deanna L. Walker
How Narcissism Relates to Social Rank Dynamics in Teams, Tianyue Xu
Temperament and Individual Differences in Category Learning, Tianshu Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Inter-Subject Correlation Using Movie-Driven fMRI in Drug-Resistant Epilepsy, Hana H. Abbas
Bridging the Gap: Building More Collaborative Psychoeducational Assessment Practices, Sarah E. Babcock
Loneliness Unlocked: Associations with Smartphone Use and Personality, Kristi J. Baerg MacDonald
More than just shying away from conflict: The relationship between social anxiety and workplace incivility, Jocelyn Brown
The Attitudinal and Motivational Consequences of Personality Differences in Teams, Kyle A. Cameron
Cognitive Neuroscience of Schizophrenia: Stochastic Modelling of Cognitive-Process Latencies and Nonlinear Dynamics of Neuro-signals, Colleen D. Cutler
Individual Differences and Social-Comparative Feedback, Kabir N. Daljeet
Perpetrator Blame Attribution in Heterosexual Intimate Partner Violence: The Role of Gender and Perceived Injury, Malvika D'Costa
The Need for Purpose: The Desire for Meaningful Direction as a Fundamental Human Motivation, Jose A. Espinoza Mogollon
The Effect of Feminist Identity on Women's Conceptualizations of Beauty and Body-Based Stigma: A Conceptual Replication and Extension, Courtney C. Hillier
Investigating the Role of Targeted Memory Reactivation in Sleep Spindle Production, Justin W. Hopper
Early experience and the functional calibration of the stress-response systems, Niki Hosseini-Kamkar
Why Do People Engage in Eating Disorder Behaviours?, Abbigail Kinnear
A Sense of Proportion: How humans process relative magnitudes in space and time, Rebekka Lagace-Cusiac
Visual Perception in Hearing Sign Language Users, Jessica M. Lammert
Cognitive and Affective Correlates of Math Achievement: An Examination of the Roles of Symbolic Number Development and Math Anxiety, Nathan T.T. Lau
Intergroup Leadership: Two Paths to Encourage Positive Intergroup Behaviours, Zhuo Li
Timber! How Loss of Trust Contributes to the Downfall of Narcissistic Leaders, Jennifer Lynch
Improving the Accuracy of References: The Effects of Felt Accountability on Personality Ratings, Cullen W. D. McCurrach
The relationship between neighbourhood-level and family-level factors and sleep problems among children and youth, Katarina McKenzie
Likelihood and familiarity in the simulation of future events, Claudia Morales Valiente
Validating an Observational Coding System for the Dominance Behavioural System (DBS) in Childhood, Jennifer Mullen
Finding Teams that Fight Fair: Exploring Trajectories of Team Conflict Over Time, Natasha E. Ouslis
The Role of Top-down Attention in Statistical Learning of Speech, Stacey Reyes
Audiovisual integration in cochlear implant users and typical hearing controls: A study of group differences in syllable perception and effect of asynchrony on speech intelligibility, Cailey A. Salagovic
A Mixed-Methods Examination of Modern Feminist Identity, Jaclyn Siegel
Trends in Mental Health Service Use Among Youth and Emerging Adults in Canada, Thipiga Sivayoganathan