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 2019
The Role of Cognitive Distortions in the Longitudinal Relationship Between Problematic Drinking and Depressive Symptoms, Monica F. Tomlinson
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Semantic Processing of Nominal Metaphor: Figurative Abstraction and Embodied Simulation, Hamad Al-Azary
Understanding Stigma, Secrecy, and Sex in CNM Relationships, Rhonda Balzarini
Object processing in the medial temporal lobe: Influence of object domain, Anna Blumenthal
The Cognitive Psychology of Humour in Written Puns, James Boylan
Examining Stigma Among Preservice Teachers Following the Completion of a Mental Health Literacy Course, Nella Cautillo
The Influence of Romantic Rejection on Change in Ideal Standards, Ideal Flexibility, and Self-Perceived Mate Value, Nicolyn H. Charlot
Empowering Employees to Reduce Perceptions of Workplace Incivility, Chloe A. Cragg
Examining Child Sex as a Moderator of the Relationship Between Cortisol Reactivity and Symptoms Over Time, Andrew R. Daoust
Examining Rating Source Differences in Narrative Performance Feedback, Kevin Doyle
Assessing and Preventing Applicant Faking on Personality Tests, Justin Feeney
Trajectories of the Effects of Sad Mood Induction Procedures (MIPs), Jennifer C. P. Gillies
Assessing the Perceptions of the Use of a Courthouse Facility Dog Program with Child and Youth Witnesses, Melissa Glazer
Investigating the Interaction of Emotion and Cognition: Conflict Adaptation and the Impact of Emotionally-Salient Distraction, Samantha Goldsmith
Mindful Resilience: Investigating Mindfulness and Resilience in Relation to a Broad Range of Adversity, Aaron J. Halliday
The Light Triad Scale: Developing and Validating a Preliminary Measure of Prosocial Orientation, Laura K.D. Johnson
The Development and Validation of a Preliminary Meditation Intentions Questionnaire, Daniel Kharlas
When Your Boo Becomes a Ghost: The Association Between Breakup Strategy and Breakup Role in Experiences of Relationship Dissolution, Rebecca B. Koessler
Episodic-like Memory in Dogs: Solving What-Where-When Tasks, Ka Ho Lo
Spatial memory for isolated arm locations on the radial maze, Hayden MacDonald
Time, Number, Space, and the Domestic Dog, Krista M. Macpherson
Conceptual Representation in Bilinguals: A Feature-Based Approach, Eriko Matsuki
Does self-regulation mediate the relationship between locus of control and resiliency related outcomes?, Alexander J. McGregor
A Role for the Somatosensory System in Motor Learning by Observing, Heather R. McGregor
The Effects of Proficiency and Task Context on L2-L1 Noncognate Masked Translation Priming in Chinese-English Bilinguals, Mark J. McPhedran
Girls’ Internalizing Symptoms and White Matter Tracts in Cortico-Limbic Circuitry, Ola Mohamed Ali
Understanding and Coping with Possible Depressive Symptoms: An Extension of the Self-Regulation Model, Melissa N. Mohan
The Effects of Perceptual Fluency on Emotional Word Recognition, Joseph M. Nidel
Exploring the Process of Statistical Language Learning, Nicolette B. Noonan
Testing a New Model of Team Interdependence, Natasha E. Ouslis
Empathy in Inclusive Classrooms: Exploring Prosocial Behaviour Through Children’s Academic Writing Skills, Erica J. Partridge
Settlement Experiences of Syrian Refugees, Jennifer Perkins
Imidacloprid Impairs Performance on a Model Flower Handling Task in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens), Jordan D. Phelps
Relating Sensory Sensitivity and Repetitive Behaviours in Autism Spectrum Disorders, Samantha E. Schulz
Perfectionistic Strivings are Neither Adaptive, Healthy, Positive, Functional, nor Advisable: Findings From Six Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles, Martin M. Smith
Crossover Kids: Maltreatment Experiences, Subsequent Maladjustment, and Systems of Care, Blake Stewart
Behavioural Flexibility in Bumblebees (Bombus impatiens), Caroline Strang
The Effects of Semantic Priming on Lexical Processing, Alexander Taikh
Development of a Three-Factor Model of Psychological Ownership of Country: Applications for Outgroup Attitudes and Citizenship Behaviors, Joshua D. Wright
Dopaminergic Medication Decreases Motor Impulsivity on the Go/No-go Task in Parkinson's Disease, Xue Qing Yang
Dual Route Model of Idiom Processing in the Bilingual Context, Tianshu Zhu
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
The SELF-DISS: A Comprehensive Measure of Self-Defeating Interpersonal Style, Breanna E. Atkinson
Examining the Influence of Demographic Differences on Children's WISC-V Test Performance: A Canadian Perspective, Sarah E. Babcock
Supporting Educator Access to Evidence-Informed School-Based Mental Health Programs: An Effectiveness Evaluation, Renelle Claudette Bourdage
Development of new methods to investigate the role of the avian hippocampus in memory formation in brown-headed cowbirds, Madeleine IR Brodbeck
Initial Development of the Reasons for Reckless and Destructive Behaviours Inventory: Expanding the Role of Dissociation in Self-Destructive Behaviours, Matthew F D Brown
Quality of Life and Sources of Stress in Teachers: A Canadian Perspective, Jessica R. Danilewitz
Does Reflection Mitigate Negative Emotions Following Work Performance Feedback?, Rebecca J. Factor
The effects of corticosterone and social isolation on song stereotypy and neural plasticity in zebra finches, Pavlina Faltynek
Do You “Like” Me?: Reassurance Seeking on Facebook and Depression, Callista Forchuk
Decoding Mental States after Severe Brain Injury, Raechelle M. Gibson
The Effect Of The Dopamine Agonist Pramipexole On Measures Of Impulsivity In Young, Healthy Participants, Daniel Glizer
Therapeutic Induction of Altered States of Consciousness: Investigation of 1-20Hz Neurofeedback, Heather K. Hargraves
Attentional Preference After a Brief Mindfulness Meditation Intervention, Joshua John Hatherley
Exploring the Differences Between Domestic Homicide and Homicide-Suicide: Implications for Risk Assessment and Safety Planning, Chelsea A. Heron
What Are The Cognitive Mechanisms That Underlie Our Theory Of Mind? Potential Insights From Information Theory, Nellie Kamkar
Individual Differences in the Allocation of Visual Attention during Navigation, Mikayla Keller
Identifying Electrophysiological Components of Covert Awareness in Patients with Disorders of Consciousness, Geoffrey Laforge
Development and Psychometric Validation of the interRAI Internalizing and Externalizing Subscales, Chloe Lau
Vulnerability to Depression in Middle Childhood: The Role of Pubertal Development and Cortisol Reactivity in Risk for Depression, Sarah VM Mackrell
Exploring Mental Health in Justice Involved Youth: Relevance for Policy and Practice, Angelina Sarah MacLellan
The Influence of Beliefs and Gender on Choosing, and Feeling Like You Belong in Engineering, Julia McMenamin
The neural mechanisms underlying the perception and production of learned vocalizations in songbirds, Shannon Katie Mischler
Abstract and Concrete Concepts According to Word Association, Daniel Nedjadrasul
Parental Help-seeking for Pediatric Insomnia: Where, When, and Why Do Parents Seek Help?, Adam T. Newton
Examining the Differences in Beat Perception and Production Between Musicians and Dancers, Tram Nguyen
The Role Of Individual Differences In Bilingual Language Processing, Emily S. Nichols
Investigating the Influence of Grammatical Aspect on Eye-Movements, Kelly A. Nisbet
Mapping Alternative Masculinities: Development, Validation, and Latent Profile Analysis of a New Masculinity Measure, Jessica K. Padgett
Perception And Construction of Individuals At The Intersect Of Race And Immigration Status, Paolo Aldrin Palma
Mixture Modelling of the HEXACO Personality Inventory, Carolina Patryluk
Women’s Experience of Incivility in Professional Occupations: The Roles of Gender Representation and Occupational Commitment, Christina Politis
The Influence of Similarity and Social Reciprocity on Decisions to Trust, Alexa Rempel
Social Media and Cognition, Ana C. Ruiz Pardo
Social Relationships in Young Offenders: Relevance to Peers, Poverty, and Psychological Adjustment, Victoria Sabo
Predictors of Re-Accessing Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents, Catalina Sarmiento
Transitioning from Children's Mental Health to Adult Care: Stakeholder Perspectives and Tracking Service Use into Adulthood, Kyleigh E. Schraeder
The Heart of Ideology: Bringing Compassion Into the Political Sphere, Vanessa M. Sinclair
A Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study of Motor Fibre Path Integrity and Overt Responsiveness in Disorders of Consciousness, Clara A. Stafford
The Behavioural Consequences of the Implicit and Explicit Dehumanization of Refugees, Alina Sutter
Predictors of Cognitive Reactivity in Depression, Lindsay K. Szota
Understanding Workplace Incivility Experiences and the Moderating Role of Mindfulness, Rima C. Tarraf
Analysis of Social Determinants of Health in Justice-Involved Youth: Relevance in the Context of Poverty, Orla C. Tyrrell
An Exploration of Gender Differences in Higher Risk Young Offenders: Implications for Assessment and Service Delivery, Jordyn G. Webb
It's Not Me It's You: Examining the Link Between Partner-Schema Organization, Relationship Functioning, and Depressive Symptoms, Jesse Lee Wilde
That's not fair! Examining individual differences in perceptions of fairness, Hayden Jerney Randolph Woodley
Theses/Dissertations from 2016
Foster Parents Experiences with Conflict and Grief, Nadine L. Bilawski
Promoting Resiliency and Managing Behaviour: Evaluation of an On-line Foster Parent Training Program, Laura Bonnell
Posttraumatic Substance Use Disorders (PTSUD): Perceived Causal Relations between Trauma-Related Symptoms and Substance Use Disorders, Emily N. Boughner
An Investigation of the Role of Corporate Social Responsibility Features in Attracting and Retaining Employees, Nicholas L. Bremner
The Dark Side of Jealousy, Kristi A. Chin
Aggression Among Children and Youth: An Examination of Service Allocation for Subtypes of Aggression, Kari-Ann Clow
Unravelling The Subfields Of The Hippocampal Head Using 7-Tesla Structural MRI, Jordan M. K. DeKraker
Oxytocin’s Effects on Sickness Behaviours, Anxiety Responses, and Immune Function in Adult Male Mice, Julie Deleemans
Are you coming on to me? Accuracy and bias in couples' perceptions of sexual advances, Kiersten Dobson